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I have not heard of such theory before… whether you referring to UCLA or Stanford. However, we have seen Harvard admits getting dinged by top 20 schools. The other way around…

I mentioned it in HBS thread, we would not know for sure. If you got invited to one of both schools, that means you are more than qualified. Congrats!

Is the thinking that they want to improve their yield rate? To improve the rankings? Just wondering what the motivation would be for them to do this?

I’m referring to the fact that if I was invited for an HBS interview, in theory, I have a strong profile that could also be attractive to Stanford. Or do HBS and Stanford look for different profiles? Could a profile be strong for one school and not for the other?

I think they both look for diverse applicants and pretty amazing applicants. There are not that many things to look at in my humble opinion 😇 Stanford is a much smaller program however but they also have A lower yield rate so they proportionately admit a few more people than Harvard

That could be a possibility, but again it is just a conjecture. Every process has a loophole especially in the education system. Traditionally, Harvard is strong in finance and Stanford has more interests in entrepreneurship etc... so they might have specific points/strengths they emphasize/focus on. So a favorable candidate for HBS is not necessarily a favorable candidate for GSB.