Mr. BS MS MBA

Hi Mr. BS MS MBA, I am going to tell you something that few admission officials will tell you. Like many other of the MBA programs that are considered to be among the best, MIT Sloan looks for elitist credentials in its MBA candidates. Having done your undergrad work at Davenport University is not going to help you at MIT Sloan or any other elite business program. If you were to look at the “feeder schools” to Sloan, you most likely would find them to be Ivy League, near-Ivy, or public-Ivy universities. I really wish I could tell you otherwise, and I wouldn’t want to discourage you from applying because there are successful candidates from undergraduate institutions who are not from Ivy or near-Ivy schools, but they are few and far between. This is a shame because at a very young age you have achieved an impressive record of success, with your master’s from Michigan State, your work at a Fortune 500 company, your 720 GMAT score, your 4.0 on your undergraduate work, and your very reasonable and thoughtful post-MBA goals. I also would bet that you are a first gen college grad. If so, you should play that up in your application. I don’t want to tell you that getting into Sloan or Harvard is impossible, but it is unlikely. If you do apply to these two schools in particular, it’s important that you execute a perfect application and use all your charm and intelligence to make sure the admissions folks know you really want to attend. Good luck. I am rooting for you.