Mr. Filling In The Gaps

Hedge fund jobs are difficult to get, especially right about undergrad and especially at what you say is a top three hedge fund. Frankly, that is the most impressive part of your application. Your GPA is low for Stanford, Purdue is not a feeder school, and the fact that you left your hedge fund job to work at your family company may or may not be a plus depending on the scope of the job, your achievements in it, and your family company’s importance. Your GRE hits the Stanford class average but again this is going to be a super competitive year for MBA admissions at Stanford and you are in the most overrepresented part of the applicant pool. So the big question here is will your ability to land that highly selective hedge fund job outweigh the obvious hurdles for a GSB admit. Given the fact that the GSB rejects 94% of the people who apply and the rejection rate will like go a point or two higher this coming season, I am willing to bet you won’t get an admit until someone at your former hedge fund job who is high up pulls some weight for you at the school with a super recommendation and a phone call. Your chances at HBS, London and Stern are all much better and I would think you will get into two or all three of those schools.