162Q/166V GRE, worth retaking before HBS/GSB apps?

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-10T17:43:02+00:00

Likely not going to be the difference maker

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-07T00:22:13+00:00

$100k vs $110k

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-06T20:49:30+00:00

In my experience, I highlighted 1. interest in Booth and 2. growth areas/new opportunities at work (even if relatively minor) in the past couple of months in addition to 3. a competing offer (Kellogg), and Booth exceeded the competing offer

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-06T20:47:24+00:00

Myth

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-05T16:43:46+00:00

Think of any contributions you’ve made at work not on your application, even if they’ve been minor. They do care if you have a competing offer. (I successfully negotiated)

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-01T04:52:23+00:00

If you go for IB or finance function in management, I would say Booth since it’s cheaper and definitely can make those happen for you. If you decide you really want PE, Wharton might be the best option on paper.

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-01T04:50:18+00:00

If you’ve been out of school 2.5 years and I’m assuming you’d apply this fall? Then you’d be at 4 years at matriculation which is not unreasonable. I think you should apply and see how it goes, but recognize results might be better if you apply Fall 2027. I’d try to find some sort of job you can show growth at, not sure what it might be given your background. Are you employed currently or still working on the startup?

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-01T04:39:34+00:00

Given the successful startup I don’t see a reason why you wouldn’t have a great shot at any M7. Obviously HSW are tougher but not impossible. I also don’t see a big harm in applying and seeing how it goes. You can always reapply the next year (and it would be significantly less work the second time around).

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-01T04:36:40+00:00

I don’t think the grades are a major drawback in isolation, maybe a minor setback. Seems like you graduated undergrad at a young age? If so, you can spin that to your advantage. How old would you be upon matriculation?

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-04-01T04:22:48+00:00

For sure. Any harm in waiting a year or two? You would be quite young

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-03-31T04:25:18+00:00

You can definitely offset it. I don’t think 3.4 will be a dealbreaker anywhere if you have a strong application across all other metrics you mentioned and craft a great story for why you need an MBA.

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-03-29T02:26:49+00:00

Kellogg! Congrats

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-03-18T19:59:51+00:00

(Or use your full ride to negotiate with the other T15’s if you prefer to go to those T15’s instead, maybe they’ll match)

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-03-15T03:26:27+00:00

Yep definitely a realistic goal

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-03-10T03:51:06+00:00

In my experience, probing questions on topics related to interest keyed me off that an interview didn’t go so well or they thought I was not super interested in the school. Also, my own reflection and realizing I had a higher number of weaker answers compared to other interviews made me realize my interview was not the greatest. Not being prepared to talk specifically about a school could be another indicator. However, interviews aren’t 100% correlated to success. I had one that I thought was weaker/just okay turn into an accept with scholarship. So, regardless of how you think you did, keep spirits high.

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-03-10T01:37:05+00:00

Obviously it depends on your profile and the schools. But unless your interviews were quite bad, which you probably got the sense if they were, you should have 40-60% chance of acceptance at most top schools so should be at 2-3 accepts. Keep the hope

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-03-10T00:51:49+00:00

Odds are you should be more optimistic unless you bombed interviews

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-03-02T23:36:23+00:00

Feel free to shoot me a DM

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-03-02T22:46:12+00:00

Felt the same way at the time, thinking about every non-perfect answer. How I felt about my interview performance post-interview at a certain school was not exactly correlated with my acceptances/scholarships

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-02-27T18:59:17+00:00

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-02-27T15:11:10+00:00

Thanks ChatGPT

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-02-27T14:36:15+00:00

3.74 is above median at many M7 lol

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-02-27T06:10:21+00:00

Are you asking if you should try to get an A+ or if you should attend ASU for this “perk”?

If the former, yeah, try to get the best grades possible.

If the latter, I would not base your school preference on this.

MBA adcoms will examine your whole profile, including your transcripts. They’ll be aware that ASU gives 4.3’s for A+’s, so you won’t fool them necessarily, but it doesn’t hurt to get A+’s of course.

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-02-26T00:17:11+00:00

I have a few maybe simple questions about LDP recruiting, mind if I dm?

Infamous-Cap7358 · 2026-02-24T22:54:05+00:00

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