UIUC -> Harvard?

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>Hey guys - repost from the wrong forum (although I did get a helpful reply in there).</p>

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<p>I've got a question that's been bugging me for a while; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Engineering - how does that fare in applying to top top business schools (Harvard-esque)? </p>

<p>Here's my understanding: it's no Ivy League undergrad, but it won't be a large hindrance if stats are in order (GPA and GMAT). As long as it won't lock me out (realistically, I understand that technically very little should lock you out), I'm fine with it. </p>

<p>Also, on a related note, how is grade inflation/deflation at UIUC Engineering? (I'll be making a new topic with this, but if anyone knows here, that would be superb)</p>

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<p>IMO, HBS is the scum of business school education, along with Wharton. Their graduates are responsible for nearly all major ethics disaster.</p>

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<p>Your presumption is correct, as long as your GMAT is way up there (730ish) you’ve got a good shot. Almost all engineering programs also get a bump for having low grade curves. (they won’t know the difference between one engineering program’s grade curve and another, though).</p>

<p>Can’t stress enough the importance of work experience. Get a good job doing something interesting, preferably entrepreneurial. A run-of-the-mill switchboard engineering job will get you the ding right away for being too 1950s.</p>