Mr. Mojo

Hi Mr. Mojo,
This is Debbie Choy, Senior Consultant with mbaMission. It looks like you have been doing very well at your career at an elite FANG company, and active in your community with organizing clean up events and other charity events. That said, your low GPA could be a concern for a competitive school like HBS. Your GMAT score is also a shade below the average, and could be problematic for candidates in overrepresented groups. As you put together your HBS app, consider sharing personal stories to share with the Admissions Committee (AdCom) what motivates you, what differentiates you. This will be important in helping your application stand out from the crowd. Wishing you the best in your MBA journey!

Hi Mr. Mojo, I like your style! This is Donna Bauman with Stratus Admissions. With your engineering background and already working in FANG firms I see a bright future for you in PM in tech. While I would never suggest not to apply to HBS if it is your dream school, I would encourage you to widen to include Kellogg’s MMM program, Haas and Ross and maybe even Cornell to go along with the schools on your list. It looks like you have some good leadership in organizing a 300+ person volunteer effort so be sure to talk about the impact of this event and other habits of leadership in HBS. I’d like to see you share more of your impact at work and in all the things you do outside of work if you want to give HBS a shot. Just don’t make the mistake of having the what more they need to know being your resume in prose. Really try to give them the why behind the choices you have made and give them a chance to see how you have elevated the groups you’ve been involved with. Please do reach out if you want to do a free consult with us—we have some excellent counselors for HBS, Wharton and CBS and all the top programs.