Mr. MBB To Tech

You have an ideal profile for an admission to either HBS or Stanford with only one exception: In this sparse profile, you don’t have any extras or details that make you a really interesting candidate. Accomplished? Absolutely. Your degree from Northwestern with a 3.7, your jumbo 760 GMAT score, your landing a job at one of the world’s most selective consulting firms and your transition into the startup world at a unicorn player where you are exercising your leadership skills as a team leader (though not sure what you do there). So what’s missing? I don’t see any evidence here of your desire or track record of helping others (super important at Stanford), and I don’t see a distinctive personal story. You may very well have one and didn’t take the time to share it. So on the facts you present, you are a viable candidate to both HBS and Stanford. But if you want to get over the hump, I think you need one or two of those other missing ingredients to beat the odds in what will be one of the most competitive admissions cycles we’ve ever seen.