SMU MSF to break into IB

Long story short I went to the single most non target school you have ever heard of. I had a 35 ACT and 745+ GMAT Focus. I have the raw intelligence. I have networked into several dozen banks. I get recommendations from both seniors and juniors. I have made the final round several times. But it always comes back to the same thing. I went to a cruddy online school and I get rejected because of it. SMU alumni can y'all reach out and tell me about the network? Is there a large gap between coming from SMU undergrad and grad school? Is there any OCR for the MSF? Thank you all.

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If you have the qualifications you speak of why wouldn't you aim for the best MSF for IB in Vanderbilt

 

A combination of SMU having the stronger overall network being local to family better city and better momentum. Also, Vandy isn't the best MSF anymore. You all lost that title the second Booth announced their MSF.

 

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