MBA Handicapping: Optimizing A PE/IB Application For An Elite School

Elj graduated magna cum laude from the top university in the Philippines with a bachelor’s degree in applied economics. Ranked third in his class of 417 students, he even won the honor of being a commencement speaker at his graduation. He’s currently an investment analyst for a $15 billion hedge fund.

His goal: To land a spot in the MBA class at Kellogg, Wharton, Columbia, UVA Darden, Dartmouth Tuck, Chicago Booth, or MIT Sloan. Eldrick wants to leverage his MBA into a job on Wall Street in I-banking, eventually hoping to build his own advisory firm in the Philippines.

What are his chances? In this episode of Friday’s With Sandy, HBSGuru.com Founder Sandy Kreisberg assesses Elj’s odds.

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