MBA Handicapping: Will Stanford & Harvard Buy This Story? by: Sandy Kreisberg & John A. Byrne on April 17, 2020 | 6,635 Views April 17, 2020 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Daniel is a 26-year-old professional with a lot of promise. He has worked as a senior consultant for more than three years and wants to get an MBA to enhance his career opportunities. He brings some enticing assets to the table, including the fact that he graduated summa cum laude with a 3.96 GPA as well as a 710 GMAT on the first try. Plus, he’s from Columbia, a country that is underrepresented in most U.S. MBA programs. So what could hold him back? For one thing, he’s aiming very high. His target schools includeĀ Harvard, Stanford, MIT Sloan, Berkeley Haas, and Northwestern Kellogg. For another, he did not do his undergraduate education from an elite university but rather the University of Cincinnati which is not a feeder school to either HBS or the GSB. And finally, he doesn’t work for McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte or Accenture but rather a global firm headquartered out of Spain that was founded by Anderson partners when the Enron scandal caused both Arthur Anderson and Anderson Consulting to implode. Will those issues hold him back? In this episode of Friday’s With Sandy, HBSGuru.com founder Sandy Kreisberg assesses Daniel’s odds. Spoiler alert: Sandy is quite keen on this candidate, giving him a 30% to 35% chance of admission to Harvard Business School. Find out why. If you would like to participate in a future Fridays With Sandy webinar, you can contact Sandy and P&Q Founder John A Byrne here. DONāT MISS PREVIOUS FRIDAYS WITH SANDY EPISODES FULLBRIGHT, FAMILY POULTRY BIZ, PAKISTAN + HBS? HOW TO EXPLAIN SIX JOBS IN FIVE YEARS TO A BUSINESS SCHOOL SHOULD SHE RUSH TO APPLY NOW OR WAIT FOR THE NEXT CYCLE? HOW TO GET INTO HBS WITH A 3.2 GPA WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HARVARDāS 2+2 DEFERRED ADMISSIONS PROGRAM GETTING INTO KELLOGG & MCCOMBS FROM PLUTO (NOT THE PLANET) HOW DOES THIS MCKINSEY ANALYST NOT GET INTO HBS & STANFORD? A HIGHLY RANKED MBA FOR THIS CONCERT PIANIST? SWIMMER, TECH FOUNDER, BANKER, COMEDIAN TRIES FOR H/S/W BAINIE, BYU ATHLETE = H/S/W? INTERVIEW ADVICE FOR MILITARY CANDIDATES ā AND OTHERS Ā A 770 GMAT & A 4.O FROM LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ā WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED FOR HARVARDāS 2+2 FAANG APPLICANTS TO STANFORD & HBS ARE OFTEN SUCCESSFUL. THIS GUY SHOWS WHYĀ GROUPON TO HBS? THIS GUY MIGHT DO IT WHAT IT TAKES FOR A NON-IIT FROM INDIA TO GET INTO HBS 2+2 OLD, WHITE MALES WITH A CHANCE AT HBS? MBA MOCK INTERVIEW: A MORGAN STANLEY STAFFER GETS A DRILLING GRE FOR 2+2 SUPERSTARS: HOW LOW CAN IT GO?Ā SAY āYESā TO SILVER OR āHOLD OUTā FOR GOLD? WHEN WHITE MALES SHOULD RETAKE THE GMAT 3.4 GPA, 700 GMAT & HISPANIC: CAN HE GET INTO HARVARD, MIT, KELLOGG? CAN THIS LIFE SCIENCE CONSULTANT GET INTO COLUMBIA & KELLOGG?Ā DO FEMALE INDIAN TECHIES HAVE AN EASIER TIME WITH THE HBS ADCOM? Ā CAN THIS INDIAN IT MALE GET INTO HBS WITH A 3.4 GPA BUT A 750 GMAT? WHERE RETAIL BUYERS & BRAND SPECIALISTS GET MBAs CAN THIS EX-AIR FORCE OFFICER-TURNED-SOFTWARE-ENGINEER CRACK THE MBA CODE? CAN THIS TARGET STAFFER GET INTO HARVARD OR STANFORD? HOW PETRO ENGINEERS CAN GET INTO A TOP MBA PROGRAM LONG DISTANCE CALL: HOW DOES AN AUSSIE TELECOM GUY GET INTO STANFORD? IS THIS 30-YEAR-OLD ENERGY GUY HEADED FOR HBS? GETTING IN IF YOUR STATS ARE BELOW THE MEDIAN WHAT GMAT DOES THIS LATINA GOVERNMENT ANALYST NEED? REAL GOOD ODDS FOR THIS INDIAN DO-GOODER. HEREāS WHY MILITARY-BANKER-HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL? HOW TO AVOID LANDMINES IN YOUR 2+2 INTERVIEW THE REAL HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL 2+2 INTERVIEW