Mr. JD To MBA

You have a fascinating profile. You attended Stanford Law School but got your law degree from the University of Bristol in the U.K.? Not sure why you would leave Stanford for Bristol but it will immediately raise questions. Your GPA and GRE are below Stanford’s averages but clearly you were accepted to Stanford Law, which is not easy to do in the first place, and now work for the top law firm in the world as a corporate attorney. That is a highly selective job. Your post-MBA goal makes total sense, given your experience on trade policy. Your invites to interview from Columbia, Booth and Duke are also, obviously, a good sign. But as you surely know, Stanford GSB is a crap shoot because the school rejects more than 93% of the people who apply from what is already a self-selecting pool of candidates. I actually think you odds will be heavily influenced on the explanation you have for leaving Stanford Law to go to Bristol. If it’s not a solid reason, you will not get an admit from Stanford. If you have a good explanation, your chances are significantly better, probably three to four times the 6.7% admit rate. I am going to assume here that you do have a good justification for leaving Stanford Law.

Hi Mr. JD to MBA, thanks for posting. This is Kate Richardson, Senior Admissions Consultant. Congrats on the interview invites so far. If you’ve been invited to Booth and Columbia, you’re in range for GSB too, but GSB is a whole different ballgame with a much lower acceptance rate. I think you have an excellent work profile that GSB will really like, especially the public/private sector work and co-founder experience. And your goals align well with GSB’s offerings and motto to change the world. I’m going to assume you did an LLM or brief stay at Stanford Law, in which case, your ties to the school may be a slight boost to your admissions chances. I also think your international upbringing and global outlook will give you an edge too. GSB is hard to predict but I do think you have a shot!