HELP. If i do a deal with Harvard Business School Can I go to Harvard Business School?

Hey guys.

I work at a company recently got a meeting with Harvard Business School and it might be a deal. i want to go to Harvard Business School.

I had a mediocre (3.0 in engineering) GPA at a state school.

Is doing a business deal with harvard business school enough to get into Harvard Business School?

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> I had a mediocre (3.0 in engineering) GPA at a state school.

there have been admits w/ similar GPA. Not many, but some.

> Is doing a business deal with harvard business school enough to get into Harvard Business School?

I don't think it's any more or less useful than any other deal w/ a large organization. like a lot of schools, HBS is a giant cluster of disparate offices, so admissions is unlikely to ever get word of your dealings with other divisions/departments.

Even if the deal was w/ admissions, I would imagine they have mechanisms in place to make sure admissions staff aren't able to influence the process for people they know, professional or otherwise (but that's just my speculation)

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