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December 2, 2024 5:47am ET

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Round: Round 1

Received via n/a December 2, 2024

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Note:

Hello Clear Admit community members! This week is the official start of what we call 'Decision Weeks' for Round 1 applicants. Schools like Emory Goizueta, CMU Tepper, Yale SOM, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, Michigan Ross, and more will all be getting word out - with many more decisions to come in the weeks that follow.

In light of this, I wanted to take a moment to wish all of our R1 folks the best of luck. The entire team here at Clear Admit is pulling for you and hoping that LiveWire will light up with many 'green' accepted posts!

Thanks for all you are doing to support each other here as you await word - and for sharing your journeys with fellow R1 applicants and those applying in R2 and beyond.

Graham Richmond
Clear Admit

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November 27, 2024 7:50pm ET

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Question - Are MBA programs primarily for students who weren't able to get into Ivy league undergraduate and are using it to access MBB and I - Banking opportunities? I'm an analyst at GS/MS/JPM and people in my group absolutely clown MBA associates. So I'm confused about the "prestige" of an MBA. They made me interview an MBA associate from Columbia and the dude didn't even know basic accounting. He also had a super mid background - average ug school and worked in sales. It seems like an MBA actually makes your resume look worse. Can someone explain??

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anon15075 Likes Earned: 6 you seem miserable to be around (6)

inertiae Likes Earned: 16 you must bring a lot of fun to parties. In all seriousness, MBA admission are different from college admission, so you just can't compare apple to orange. Anecdotally, I did a summer program at Stanford GSB back in college and out of the 30 Stanford undergras I know of, around 7~8 sought MBA and only one got into GSB. So this would suggest GSB more selective than Stanford Undergra, which's already the most selective undergra institution. (4)

tus93 Likes Earned: 4 To give you a real answer to a questionable question, not everyone wanted your trajectory from undergrad. The MBA is a phenomenal opportunity for a career transition. My background, for instance, was the in the military. I’d speculate that my perspective and my capacity to navigate difficult interpersonal interactions can be value added as I learn basic accounting skills. Technical skills can be taught but diverse experiences take years to craft. Hiring MBA graduates can be an investment in long term human capital. For example, I’d look at the associates you “clown” and see them as my future boss who I could develop and assist to make our collective team better. A productive approach will likely improve your life in a demanding field too. This might be a troll post but if not I’d suggest that phenomenal hard skills will not make up for an insufferable personality, in most cases. Hope this helps! (4)

anon56828 Likes Earned: 5 I got into MBB from a big ten school and a "super mid background" while actually having fun during my 4 years... not everyone wants to go to an ivy league school :) (2)

November 23, 2024 11:38am ET

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I have done interview with Dardeen, UNC, Tuck, Ross and Kelley. I didn't write GRE/GMAT. I applied for waiver based on my CPA and was granted. Does anyone know if it's possible to get a full ride in any of these schools without GRE/GMAT? Thank you

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anon10057 Likes Earned: 81 This is why i have a love/hate relationship with test waivers. You can certainly apply using them but that doesn't mean you're going to get selected and definitely doesn't mean you will receive scholarships. I've always advised people to don't apply with a test waiver because the schools care about their ranking at the end of the day and will spend money to get a student who has a high score to matriculate versus a student with a waiver (unless that student is very unique and can offer something beyond a high test score). (3)

anon10702 Likes Earned: 8 absolutely I applied for waivers in 2023 to UNC, Emory and UT Austin. I was accepted to all three, received a full ride to two and a partial to one. (2)

anon21995 Likes Earned: 21 Which country @anon10702 (0)

November 21, 2024 1:40pm ET

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Hi All,
Please help me understand the difference between ORM and URM?
I am an African-American male born in the United States. My work experience is in law (Legal Admin). Is this profile considered ORM for America top B-schools? I am so new with B-School admissions. This is very different from Undergrad admissions for sure.

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anon39641 Likes Earned: 31 African Americans would be considered URMs. ORMs in terms of demographics are individuals that are white, or Asian (specifically Indian and Chinese). ORM/URM is also in various ways aside from demographics. For example if you were a consultant/banker. That would be in an ORM bucket too. Many ways to look at it (1)

anon30383 Likes Earned: 4 Agree with @anon39641. The ORM/URM definition can work both ways. On the ethnic front, an example of the ORM category is Indian male, Chinese male and White male. I would add applicants from some African countries in this mix. On the occupation front, examples include engineer, consultant, finance and tech. I would even include entrepreneur in the conversation. One of the biggest issues ORM applicants face is differentiating themselves from the similar profiles. But there are ways to do that (i.e. high GMAT/GRE, high GPA, unique narrative). For the URM, ethnic wise are applicants who are African-American, Latino and Native American as well as women. Most programs will count any applicant identifying as LGBT as URM. On the professional front is any applicant who is coming from a background that doesn't usually lead to an MBA. The main challenges with URM from a professional standpoint is really articulating why an MBA is needed, highlighting the skills from their previous experience that can help in the post-MBA goals and finally showing the quant skills to excel in MBA programs. OP, the best thing you can do is clearly articulate your goals, why an MBA is needed to accomplish them, specifically that particular program and what do you plan to contribute to the community. Your narrative should answer these questions. I hope this helps and please chime in if you have any questions or concerns about this. (1)

November 18, 2024 1:40pm ET

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What is the chances of being admitted after an interview?

I interviewed at Booth, Olin, Ross and Yale.

Still waiting to hear from Kellogg (Starting to lose hope here) and GSB (I've lost hope on Stanford).

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1684 Nice spread of programs you’ve interviewed at, so I’d say your chances of admissions at Olin will be greater than the average interviewee at Olin (given that you have an invite at programs in higher tiers). So I’d consider that calculus.

For each individual program, the numbers are different, and range from above 50% to around 30%?

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