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March 19, 2020 11:57pm ET

Enrolled: None

Admitted: CEIBS , Dartmouth / Tuck , Emory / Goizueta $

$80,000

, Michigan / Ross , UVA / Darden

Applied: CEIBS, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, UVA / Darden

Entering Year: 2020

Post MBA Career: , ,

GMAT: 740

GPA: 3.08

Location: China

Juno Member: Not yet

Notes:

General very happy with the results but a little disappoint with the scholarship. I am not finally ready to pay the full price.

Now I am really struggle with whether to enroll or not since I just made some great progress in work by joining a new firm. Not to mention this volatile economic situtaion. I am worried about my post MBA job-seeking.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1883 A tough decision to make, especially given all the uncertainties out there. Congrats on the new role/firm. Is that position secure, for the next couple of years? Would you be looking at reapplying in a year of two? How many years of experience do you have? (0)

anon28049 Likes Earned: 34 Thanks Alex for the kind reply. I already had 6.5 yrs work experience in healthcare marketing. I am current a senior product manager in a top mnc phara firm. I think I am safe in my role and I got a lot to learn. I am lucky to have good progress in my prior experience, so I am younger than my peers. The true reason for wanting an MBA is to upgrade my knowledge base, improve my competitiveness in edcational background and really open my eyes (study abroad is kinda my childhood dream). But now the price is too high. SO... (2)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1883 It might be worth reaching out to Ross and Darden, see if there's any possibility of some scholarship, given the increasing costs due to these uncertain times. Your work experience sounds great, but I'd fear that reapplying in a year or two would put you at the older end of the spectrum. (0)

anon28049 Likes Earned: 34 Thanks again for the great advice, Alex! (2)

anon28049 Likes Earned: 34 By the way it looks like Asian male have little chance wining scholarship unless so have a super high GMAT (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1883 You do have a decent GMAT score (0)

anon28049 Likes Earned: 34 Then guess it’s true that scholarship is really blackbox (1)

anon27821 Likes Earned: 193 I think you gotta go bacj to Ross or UVA and say something, maybe say something to Emory too (0)