MBA Handicapping: Maximizing An Engineering Background

Stanford. MIT Sloan. UC-Berkeley Haas, and Columbia Business School. These elite institutions host some of the most highly selective MBA programs in the world.

And Andrew, an undergraduate engineering major from George Mason University, hopes to get into at least one of these business schools. A staff engineer with a large engineering firm, he has a 3.35 GPA and a goal to scoring highly on the GRE. His post-MBA goal: To work as a consultant for the World Bank.

Does he have what it takes to surmount the incredible odds at these top schools? In this episode of Friday’s With Sandy, HBSGuru.com Founder Sandy Kreisberg assesses Elj’s odds.

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