Thank you bb for the advice. However I forgot to mention that in the why essay for Columbia. I only filled the application form with information about family business. I hope that would not hurt my chance too much.
I think that’s a minor thing. It mostly comes into play when you have LOR’s and other elements peculiar to family business. It won’t hurt chances really. Hopefully you mentioned it as your long term goal type of thing or somewhere. You can also share some of it in interview.
The only other program I could recommend would be either Wharton or Booth.
Also Good choice of Columbia over their family business program, that’s pretty unique.