MBA for an idiot
Hi feel like I’m gonna be a poor mediocre half failure my whole life but thought maybe an MBA from a good school could help me do better?? I went to the university that was the cheapest even though I got into better schools but didn’t realize it was barley top 100 and that it actually matters more than I thought. Just wondering if it’s even possible to get in to an M7 from a non-target with no IB or MBB experience. Rather I have done a lot with startups. Thanks.
A few solid MBA programs have been creaming themselves over entrepreneurship programs lately. If you can get decent test scores and spin the right story, it's definitely possible.
Thanks for the response! Do you know what specific programs are more likely to want entrepreneurship majors?
NYU part-time?
Assuming you are not diversity, if you crush the GMAT (720+ for T15, 760 for m7) and can spin a good yarn you should be fine.
My advice: start a bs company as a side hustle and claim entrepreneurship, get involved / on the junior board of some charity (not very hard, Google and you’ll find something), have a job where you can at least claim youve been promoted and manage a couple people, start grinding the GMAT, apply to 8+ of the T15.
If you do all of those things I’d give you a 99.9% of admission to a T15 assuming you’re not a complete weirdo in interviews.
Thank you! Yeah I didn’t realize community service was something that MBA programs cared about so the charity strategy is definitely a move and something I wasn’t thinking about.
Curious - how do you get on the board of a charity? Wouldn’t you need to volunteer for a few years at least? Or do you have to pony up a huge donation?
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