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Sandy Kreisberg is the founder of HBSGuru.com, a leading MBA admissions consulting firm that particularly specializes in helping candidates gain entry to Harvard Business School and other top MBA programs. A former attorney who taught English at Harvard College, Kreisberg is a frequent contributor to Poets&Quants with his long-standing Handicapping Your Elite MBA Odds series as well as his analysis of applicants who have been turned down by HBS.

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