HBS 2+2 Chances?
Hey, everyone, I'm considering applying for HBS 2+2. I'll list my bio below. I have a strong desire to work for or start an NGO to generate social change. During my 2 years of work, I plan to work for a non-profit.
University: non-target, but tier 1
Major, Year: Econ, Senior
Leadership exp: Varsity athlete for 2 yrs. (team captain); local school volunteer (5 months); non-profit summer internship (5 months); boutique investment bank (current job).
GMAT: 740 (balanced verbal and quant)
GPA: 3.9 (relatively poor freshman year but nearly flawless since then)
"Ask Alex at MBA Apply" search it on WSO
n he said 2+2 is pretty much a crapshoot
Thanks! So do I have a ~50% chance of admittance?
You have a near 0% chance. I am not being a bully, this is just the cold hard truth. Besides some of the extracurricular aspects HBS wants (nonprofit, scientific research), you need to be a hard science/math/humanities (read: not econ/finance) major and be a woman. If you are a URM then its fucking icing on the HBS cake.
EDIT: Absolutely no finance experience on your resume. Its basically an automatic ding.
The part about needing to be a woman or needing to have finance experience is completely false. You're implying they would take biology majors that have undertaken finance-related internships/plan on going into IB but not econ majors with the same goals. There would be absolutely no logic in the admissions committee discerning between the two if they have the same exact career goals. The whole point of the program is to attain diversity by seeking out people who AREN'T part of the usual finance/consulting mold and who DON'T want to just slave away at Goldman for the rest of their lives. The part about the majors, however, is true. All the people I know who were accepted to 2+2 majored in biology/chemistry/history/east asian studies/sociology. The hard sciences people all published extensive research, and the humanities people started their own companies/non-profits.
Would it make you feel better if someone said you had a "~50% chance"?
hahaha it sounds like you haven't taken econometrics or even stats. Grade school discrete probability, does that ring a bell?
I didn't know people THIS naive still existed
Actually I had studied stats and mathematics long before I took "econometrics" in college. I am also aware that most leading behavioral economists and cognitive scientists recognize heuristical decision-making as a more effective mechanism than strict adherence to probabilities.
Woops, meant to edit, not quote
What dude? Get out of here with that shit.
http://www.hbs.edu/mba/faq/#2plus2
^^That's why I am applying as a person with a finance internship. I have served in an impactful role within two non-profits, too.
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