Candidate:

Dr. Harvard Biotech

About Me:

Craniofacial surgeon, researcher, educator, Academician. Open to MIT Sloan fellows and Stanford MSx program.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: Stanford GSB, Foster School of Business, MIT Sloan

Invited to Interview: Stanford GSB, Foster School of Business, MIT Sloan

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Rejected

Details:

Undergrad School: MUHS

Undergrad Major: Dentistry

GPA: 4.0

GRE: 322

Age: 38, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Other Degree/Certification: MDS

School Name: MUHS

Extracurriculars: Volunteer with Operation Smile on 20+ missions. Team leader on 4 missions, Motivator in high schools to inculcate volunteerism, Community efforts to reduce the stigma associated with clefts

Work History:

Title: Incharge

Industry: Nonprofit / B-Corp

Company: Major NGO/NPO

Length of Employment: 5 yrs, 1 mos

Title: Director of research and training

Industry: Nonprofit / B-Corp

Company: Major NGO/NPO

Length of Employment: 4 yrs

Big Life Wins:

Changed lives of more than 6000 families by offering free of cost operations to correct congenital facial differences, trained surgeons from Africa to make them independent in Cleft surgery so that they can start a Center offering year-round surgery, reduced infanticide and oppression of mothers due to facial differences. Published 23 papers in peer-reviewed journals, contributed to 4 textbooks, delivered more than 50 guest lectures at international cleft surgery meetings. Invited to Harvard medical school and Northwestern medical school to give grand rounds to talk about my experience in Global surgery.

Post MBA Goal:

Be start a social enterprise which will make healthcare sustainable and equitable by training local healthcare providers in basic and live saving procedures.

Odds:

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John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 5%

Your biggest hurdle for an admit from Harvard Business School is clearly your age. At matriculation, you would be 39 years old. The last time HBS revealed data on years of work experience and age showed that MBA students aged 32 and up represented just 2.5% of the incoming class. And you can bet that just about all, if not all, of them were below the age of 35. You can see the data here:

https://poetsandquants.com/2018/06/16/can-you-be-too-old-for-harvard-business-school/?pq-category=admissions

If you want to do a full-time, two-year MBA program, your best bet is Foster among your target schools. But I would strongly advise you to consider the Sloan Fellows program at MIT Sloan or the MSx program at Stanford. These programs are more open to folks just …

Your biggest hurdle for an admit from Harvard Business School is clearly your age. At matriculation, you would be 39 years old. The last time HBS revealed data on years of work experience and age showed that MBA students aged 32 and up represented just 2.5% of the incoming class. And you can bet that just about all, if not all, of them were below the age of 35. You can see the data here:

https://poetsandquants.com/2018/06/16/can-you-be-too-old-for-harvard-business-school/?pq-category=admissions

If you want to do a full-time, two-year MBA program, your best bet is Foster among your target schools. But I would strongly advise you to consider the Sloan Fellows program at MIT Sloan or the MSx program at Stanford. These programs are more open to folks just like you, exceptional applicants who bring more work experience into a learning environment.

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