Rejected By Harvard B-School? Don’t Feel Bad. You’re In Great Company by: John A. Byrne on February 15, 2016 | 44,895 Views February 15, 2016 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Mr. Real Estate PE 750 GMAT 3.2 GPA Undergraduate degree from a lower Ivy Work experience includes a year at a hedge fund and then four years at a tier 1 real estate private equity firm with a track record of sending students to HBS Essay explored first generation student, non-traditional track to PE Goal: To pursue social impact investing 27-year-old Asian-American male Sandy’s Ding Analysis: Private equity is an elite feeder bunch and lots of guys with no boo-boos (e.g. your 3.2 GPA) and a more conventional and likable story. That’s my guess, You also have an odd-ish set of jobs and your job map and GPA raise some issues that many solid gold candidates in your IB/PE cohort do not have. Why not just take every dude with an Ivy degree, a 3.75+, 730+ GMAT, bulge bracket IB followed by Gold Plate and frequent feeder PE firm over you? Well, they did, and had no more room. What did you think your secret sauce was? Previous Page Continue ReadingPage 9 of 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10