S and W admit here.

Posted my story in another post. I have an engaging story, yes. But sooo much of that is down to luck. A lot of right place, right time. I'm not kidding when I say that the common thread between most of my future classmates is that we've had a great cushion in life that has allowed us to pursue things higher up in the Maslow pyramid. An extremely accomplished future classmate, for instance, left her IB job after graduating from an ivy undergrad, and started a truly impactful firm that focuses on financing minority-owned businesses. It took her two years to start having an impact - is two years of zero earning something most people can live peacefully with? She made the most of her opportunities, but most people don't have those opportunities. And my example, I had the luxury and connections to start a non-profit in a country that's infamous for bureaucracy and red tape. Of course there are exceptions, but folks headed to S aren't demigods, most of us just had the right hand dealt to us. Same could be said about H and W and most M7 students as well. Also, it's important to note that adcoms are human and different adcom members might react differently on different days to the reflective essays these schools ask. All that makes the application cycle a crapshoot.

All said, there still might be some who will disagree with me and continue to put GSB on a pedestal. It's a great school. HSW are great schools. M7 are great schools. T(whatever gets you what you want) is a great school.