My chances at HBS, GSB and Wharton
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Why do you want to go to b-school? I only ask bc if you're at a tier 1 HF already, where do you think b-school is going to take you?
That's an exit that many in IB seek which is why the go to b-school. I went to b-school for the network and to land an opportunity like the one you already have.
Are you back/middle office? That could explain that you want to bounce to HBS hoping to land an FO role....
Either way if you have T1 IB & HF experience, I think it's definitely worth a shot to apply (esp given the extenuating circumstances). Also why not apply to all of M7? Exit opps are very similar at the end of the day for the most part.
Surprisingly (even to this day), I am on the investing side. My firm is not listed above for confidentiality reasons but most of the senior people have HBS and GSB profile or Harvard/Yale Law pedigree. I am still on the fence about going but want to gauge my chances.
Because I am at a top tier fund, I don't think anything outside of HBS and GSB would be worth it to leave my career and start the recruiting process all over again. Thank you for your input.
I heard the very opposite things about "exits" within M7. Top exits are only possible at HBS, GSB and Wharton (to an extent), and Columbia (For HF).
This just sounds like another WSO fanfiction story
It is not
Unless you're URM or "someone's" child, it likely is.
Lol if you were at a firm at the level of Renaissance you would not even be considering leaving to go to an MBA. Sounds like you’re just at a regular MM platform shop.
This is an anonymous forum what incentive do I have in telling something other than the truth. I am not posting for people’s amusement
Let’s be real here… you definitely know you have a solid chance. Unless any one of us in here are admissions officers for the programs you mentioned, our guess will be as good as yours. Your GPA is definitely worth a double take, but if you have legitimate story behind it some admissions officers may look past it (again, our guess is as good as yours). Take the validation and understand you’re in a great position. If you really are worried, ask your senior managers who went to HBS/GSB about their path to an MBA. Look up their background on LinkedIn/other sites if you don’t want to have that conversation with them. Sounds like you’re expecting a good GMAT/solid essay/solid recs, so understand you’re in a good position
My fund has a solid track record of sending kids to HBS and GSB, but they tend to be target with probably high GPAs so it is hard to truly gauge my chances as I am an anomaly at my firm.
Found the P72 guy
Thanks for the feedback
Glad to help. Good luck boss, you’re gonna need it
I could totally understand where the OP is coming from. Similar background as OP, however I didn't go to T1 IB or HF. I see a lot of people I work with end up in M7 B school but, I always doubt myself as well given that I graduated from a extreme non target school with 3.5 gpa and prior to that I transfer from another school with 2.5 gpa. Honestly, I think op should just apply and see. Better than asking all the college kids on wso. I have definitely see the quality of wso user going down hill.
You’ve made several different posts for this across different forums on this site, give it a rest. Nobody here works in admissions.
Awesome resume profile. Chances are looking good.
Thanks
Bump
Got 770 on gmat. White male. ec includes board of non profit and ton of diversity work / recruiting help at the HF. Now at corp dev in the industry i used to cover. Trying to move into strategy post mba.
Your best chance is going to be Wharton, then Harvard, then Stanford.
I believe Wharton would be a 60%, Harvard 35%, and Stanford 15-20%
Stanford cares a lot more than others about GPA and they only have a few spots for the under 3.5 students and usually they are from Kenya or Somalia and are like a war refugee or something crazy
Harvard is going to look for an X factor type applicant as well, it sounds like you are a very typical applicant there minus the GPA so that takes you from 50/50 to 35 imo. I do think you may be able to do something very extraordinary that could give you that X factor.
Wharton is most forgiving of GPA or at least they have a lower Average GPA of the 3. You also have a highly quantitative background from what it sounds like. Depending on GMAT breakdown and specific coursework and grades I would say you have an above average chance at Wharton.
I was a MBA advisor at my university for a few years and this is just what I have gathered from knowing other profiles and seeing admits and rejections.
Good Luck!
Would you be willing to do a review of my profile if I shared it with you via dm?
Yes
Could you give examples of x factor qualities for Stanford and Harvard?
My cum gpa is 3.2-3.3. Sth like 3.25 so rounding 3.3
Is this still same chances or less
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