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Keep your job.

Close the sales.

Boost your resume with these huge wins.

Study the GMAT a bit more and boost your score.

Reapply in a year or two to even better schools with the improved work profile.

Get accepted by an even better school ... and negotiate a good deal ... including potentially negotiating a deal for your company to keep you around afterwards by paying for it.

Then, pay cash for whatever isn't covered by fellowships, scholarships and your employer.

An elite MBA with no debt?

You'll NEVER be beholden to an employer. Being debt free gives you amazing power and freedom when thinking about your life.

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Gotta echo what everyone else said here. The bonus you make in one year will pay for your entire 2 years at an MBA program. Crazy opportunity cost you'd be forgoing for just a Top 20 school. Even if M7 accepted you, there's gotta be a way around it, like deferring for a year.

2 years of $350K each year just from the bonus is nuts. Plus salary in both years, your income is basically $1M. Invest in some real estate, be an angel investor, start a business, etc. You won't need an MBA. You could still pursue it if you'd like, but by then, it'll be a 2-year vacation while you already have your financial freedom. At that point, you'll just need a higher GMAT score and if you don't get Harvard/Stanford/Wharton and maybe MIT if you wanna stay in Tech, then forgo the MBA altogether.
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Why do you need MBA right now if you are doing great. Finish all your works and then, maybe try EMBA
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People do MBA to get better pay, with the amount you are earning I'm curious why you are doing a MBA?

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hope you took the money
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Hope that you took the money not the MBA! Any updates?