HBS looks for those “who can assess, analyze, and act upon complex information within often-ambiguous contexts.”
@xgozax see if you can sift through the responses to your questions here and formulate the consensus on your own. Best of luck.
You seem to be misinterpreting admission statistics. They don’t accept students from the “top 11%,” they offered admission to only 11% of the students who applied.
16 - My guess is that most of the kids from tertiary undergrad programs who go on to HBS knocked it out of the park in rigorous STEM programs like applied math, comp sci, engineering etc...I'm guessing most of the undergrad liberal arts, econ or business majors at HBS are coming from the feeder Ivy+ schools where those kids get recruited in to high responsibility jobs regardless of their major.
–> Totally agree with this. I did BME at IIT Bombay, went to HBS (my IITB batchmate is now the Dean there). My bro studied Architecture at USC, landed at Wharton.
What is not often mentioned in these posts is the influence “pedigree” has in the selection to these top MBA schools and by this I do not imply any kind of legacy. Beyond my and my bro’s college records/work experience credentials, it helped tremendously that our dad was the CEO/MD of a large firm in India. He had done his post-grad studies at Oxford. I can relate to many such examples of my HBS class. Also, some of my recommendation letters came from very influential and well-renowned folks, who happened to know my dad/family.
@xgozax, your statement below is a real gem. I think that you should include it, verbatim, in your HBS application, or at least you should state that you know, based on your analytical abilities, that HBS accepts the top 11% and you are the top 1%.
“HBS doesn’t seem very hard to get into. Accepts top 11%, I am top 1%. Worse comes to worse I will UTD fast track or go to Wharton.”
bump
^^why did you bump a 6-month old thread?
@bluebayou it appears to be the same post as the one by Eagles106, but with another user name