Handicapping Your Odds: Agri-Chemical Compliance, FANG Analytics, First-Gen, Ex-Military, Big Four Auditors by: John A. Byrne on April 25, 2018 | 20,396 Views April 25, 2018 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit This 29-year-old white male professional has two super hot things going for him: He works for a FANG company (that would be Facebook, Amazon, Netflix or Google), and he works in analytics, one of the hottest business disciplines right now. He’s also an ex-pro basketball players who was the team capatain and leading scorer at a top three University of California campus. He now wants an MBA and a consulting job in analytics at McKinsey, Bain or BCG. She’s a 25-year-old young Indian professional who works in corporate governance and compliance at one of the world’s largest agri-chemical companies. With a 720 GMAT and a 3.8 GPA from the University of Mumbai, she also boasts an impressive portfolio of extracurriculars. She is hoping that an MBA will allow her to transition to a consulting role in the nonprofit or public sector. This first-generation, Hispanic college student has an unusual career path. He enlisted in the U.S. Army as a 19-year-old straight out of high school, served in the military for six years, including three and one-half in Afghanistan, and then entered college. With a 720 GMAT but a 3.1 GPA at a public university in Texas, he’s now a senior and wants to go to business school to transition into consulting. After graduating from Babson College with a degree in finance and accounting, he landed a job as an auditor for a Big Four accounting firm. Two years in, this 24-year-old professional with a Malaysian passport has set his sights on an MBA that will allow him to get a consulting job at McKinsey or Bain. What he has in his favor is an adversity story. He immigrated to the U.S. at an early age with a family that bounced around from one motel to another. CAN THEY GET INTO SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST ELITE MBA PROGRAMS Sandy Kreisberg, founder of HBSGuru.com What these four MBA candidates and more share in common is the desire to get through the door of a highly selective MBA program at one of the world’s very best business schools. Do they have a chance? Sanford “Sandy” Kreisberg, founder of MBA admissions consulting firm HBSGuru.com, is back to analyze these and a few other profiles of actual MBA applicants who have shared their vital statistics, work backgrounds, and career goals with Poets&Quants. Each written assessment by Sandy in this episode also includes bonus video so you can either read or watch the tell-it-like-it-is analysis. As usual, Kreisberg handicaps each potential applicant’s odds of getting into a top-ranked business school. If you include your own stats and characteristics in the comments, we’ll pick a few more and have Kreisberg assess your chances in a follow-up feature to be published shortly. (Please add your age and be clear on the sequence of your jobs in relaying work experience. Make sure you let us know your current job.) Registered User Content Only: Login or sign up to continue to the full article. Handicapping Your MBA Odds – The Entire Series Part I: Handicapping Your Shot At a Top Business School Part II: Your Chances of Getting In Part III: Your Chances of Getting In Part IV: Handicapping Your Odds of Getting In Part V: Can You Get Into HBS, Stanford or Wharton? Part VI: Handicapping Your Dream School Odds Part VII: Handicapping Your MBA Odds Part VIII: Getting Through The Elite B-School Screen Part IX: Handicapping Your B-School Chances Part X: What Are Your Odds of Getting In? Part XI: Breaking Through the Elite B-School Screen Part XII: Handicapping Your B-School Odds Part XIII: Predicting Your Odds of Getting In Part XIV: Handicapping Your MBA Odds Part XV: Assessing Your Odds of Getting In Part XVI: Handicapping Your Odds of Getting In Part XVII: What Are Your Odds of Getting In Part XVIII: Assessing Your Odds of Getting In Part XIX: Handicapping Your MBA Odds Part XX: What Are Your Odds Of Getting In Part XXI: Handicapping Your Odds of Acceptance Part XXII: Handicapping Your Shot At A Top MBA Part XXIII: Predicting Your Odds of Getting In Part XXIV: Do You Have The Right Stuff To Get In Part XXV: Your Odds of Getting Into A Top MBA Program Part XXVI: Calculating Your Odds of Getting In Part XXVII: Breaking Through The Elite MBA Screen Part XXVIII: Handicapping Your Shot At A Top School Part XXIX: Can You Get Into A Great B-School Part XXX: Handicapping Your Odds of Getting In Part XXXI: Calculating Your Odds of Admission Part XXXII: Handicapping Your Elite MBA Chances Part XXXIII: Getting Into Your Dream School Part XXXIV: Handicapping Your Shot At A Top School Part XXXV: Calculating Your Odds of Getting In Part XXXVI: What Are Your Chances Of Getting In Part XXXVII: Handicapping Your Business School Odds Part XXXVIII: Assessing Your B-School Odds Of Making It Part XXXIX: Handicapping MBA Applicant Odds Part XL: What Are Your Odds of Getting In Part XLI: Handicapping Your Odds of MBA Success Part XLII: What Are Your Chances Of Getting In Part XLIII: Handicapping Your MBA Odds Part XLIV: Can You Get Into A Top MBA Program Part XLV: Assessing Your Odds of Getting In Part XLVI: Handicapping Your Dream School Odds Part XLVII: Handicapping Your MBA Odds Part XLVIII: Assessing Your Odds of B-School Success Part XLIV: Handicapping Your B-School Odds Part XLV: Your Odds of Getting Into A Great School Part XLVI: Handicapping Your Shot At A Top MBA Part XLVII: Your Chances Of Getting Into An Elite School Part XLVIII: Handicapping Your Personal MBA Odds Part XLIV: Handicapping Your Elite School Chances Part XLV: Handicapping Those Tough MBA Odds Part XLVI: Your Chances Of Getting In PartXVII: Handicapping Your Elite MBA Odds PartXVIII: Handicapping Your Shot At An Elite School Part LXIX: What Are Your Odds Of Getting In? Part L: Handicapping Your Odds Of Getting In Part LI: Assessing Your Odds Of Getting In Part LII: Handicapping Your Business School Chances Part LIII: Your Chances Of Getting A Top MBA Part LIV: Handicapping Your Shot At A Top MBA Part LV: Calculating Your Odds of MBA Admission Part LVI: Handicapping Your Shot At A Top School Part LVII: Can You Get Into An Elite MBA Program? 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