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May 31, 2017 1:38pm ET

Enrolled: Harvard Business School

Admitted: Dartmouth / Tuck

Applied: Dartmouth / Tuck, London Business School

Entering Year: 2017

Post MBA Career:

GMAT: 710

GPA: 2.9

Location: Chicago

Notes:

African American applicant. Undergrad from MIT (grade deflation).

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Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Didn't know MIT had GMAT deflation as well... (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 lololol^ (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Just a bit absurd. A friend of mine from MIT had a 4.7/5.0 on their 5.0 scale (so 3.7 to OP's 2.9) and a 780 GMAT. Dinged because he was indian (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 @Anon The 710 is fine. Around the average. (0)

OP Likes Earned: 0 I got in because I am black. That is the way it works. Just taking full advantage of the situation. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 When did you hear back? (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 OP - that is a refreshing viewpoint, one I wish was shared by all who got in by similar means. I would fully take advantage of the situation as well, and no one is faulting you for that. Kudos (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 This post is a troll. (0)

I'm not black, but Likes Earned: 0 I think this post is a racist troll. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 @anon you sure your friend got dinged cause he/she is Indian? And not because he/she might have written awuful essays, or had bad recommendations, or interviewed poorly, or was maybe just all around boring? Are you sure your friend even exists? Or did you just a make it up as example to try to prove some point? Unless you work for adcom, stop making declarative statements. (0)

Woke person Likes Earned: 0 Affirmative action is inherently discriminatory against straight white males (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Grade deflation, haha. You mean you were 'below average against your peers', hence below 3.0. That's not grade deflation, that's how grading works. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Wow @anon anon - there's no need for the vitriol. I guess it depends on how you define "because he was indian". I meant it in the sense that were he non-asian, and to an extent non-white, it was more likely for him to be admitted. I just meant to reiterate the fact that the bar is higher (and conversely, lower) for certain demographic groups, in my opinion, unfairly. I do not mean to suggest the adcom said "ding - Indian" - therefore I do not need to be an adcom to make statements like the one I made. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Please get out of here with this racist BS. I know many black friends who didnt get into B. Schools they wanted to with stellar stats. How are you discriminated against? Have you seen class composition at these schools? There are very few blacks compared to other races and here you are being salty. In any case, you would not want to grow up black in America. Grow up (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 what about asian applicants who grew up poor? (0)

OP is a racist who is pretending to be a black person Likes Earned: 0 This post is clearly a troll. No black person (or any race) will talk about his owns in this demeaning manner. OP is a racist who is pretending to be a black person. (0)

@ OP Likes Earned: 0 Not sure if you are really the real OP, but after reading all your condescending comments, I will agree with you that you live in the mountains. I feel sorry for you. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 How is this person racists? People who pretend affirmative action doesn't make it extremely easier for some races and extremely more difficult for others are living in severe delusion. (0)

@ Anonymous below Likes Earned: 0 Those racist comments have been deleted by the moderator, so you didn't see them. The person commented multiple times as "OP", basically insulting black people. (0)

@ Anon below Likes Earned: 0 Those racist comments were deleted, so you did not see them. Someone posted multiple times below and pretended to be OP. His comments were condescending to black people. He seems proud to make those comments about "himself" and the rest of the African Americans. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 AA is extremely racist against poor white people. (0)