Long Distance Call: How Does An Aussie Telcom Guy Get Into Stanford?

Declan is a trained electrical engineer with Australia’s leading telecom who hopes to get into a prestige MBA program. He’s got an impressive 740 GMAT score and a 3.75 GPA with a double major in electrical engineering and finance.

His target schools? Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Columbia, and Chicago Booth.

In this episode of Fridays With Sandy, HBSGuru Sandy Kreisberg assesses his chances and offers some smart advice on how to shift the odds in his favor.

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