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Now assume the registrations look like this: most it will be a bell curve Level I: 20% (applicants fall under this) Level II: 35% (applicants fall under this) Level III: 30% (applicants fall under this) Level IV: 10% (applicants fall under this)

Yes, first Occupation, then city, then salary... a civil engineer earning $120K in Dallas would be top quartile in his industry to level 4, compared typical $150 Amazon pathways post MBA person, so mostly level 2 or 3 Level IV in a good way, unfortunately, if you end up in tech jobs post MBA your odds actually decrease as you are in Level II... compared to flat for that level of applicants ..Approx. selection odds per registration Level I: ~7.3% Level II: ~14.7% Level III: ~22.0% Level IV: ~29.4% Consulting and IB, you will be Level II or III Again this is a crude explanation so for level III your odds improved from 17% to 22% not much but still better Yes $100K going to be there