Mr. Billion Dollar Startup

I am really impressed with your role in building a startup to a $5 billion valuation. I can only imagine the total dedication of yourself to that goal. Your personal career goals, informed by your father’s death from cancer, also make you a person to root for. I sincerely hope you can fulfill your dream and make a meaningful contribution in the healthcare field. But unfortunately your undergraduate GPA and test scores will likely sink you at both HBS and Stanford. They are simply too low for admission officials at those two schools to think you can perform the rigorous academic work in their MBA programs. You also have to remember that you are competing against a lot of stellar applicants with higher GPAs and test scores from more prestigious schools. Even your stellar accomplishments at the startup aren’t going to offset that. You need to apply to a broader range of schools to get into a quality MBA program. You don’t have to go to Harvard or Stanford to accomplish your dream. Please look into Vanderbilt which is a superb school from which to launch a career in healthcare, if not the best. Good luck.