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MIT Deferred MBA Chance Me? 15 Sep 2020, 11:49
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Since there's no GMAT requirement now... I'm thinking of applying... but have no idea what my chances are

Age: 21
Current senior at USC (top 10 accounting program)
GPA: 3.84
Major Accounting, minor Economics
Work Exp: Big 4 Assurance (FT starting next year)
Mid-size Acquisition Group (interned at a company who owned Mercedes, Nissan, and Kia)
USC Data Group - student job for 2 years (real company name will not be disclosed)

Extra-curriculars:
Receive CA state recognition in HS, still play around the community (no college awards tho)
CFO & Cofounder of apparel company
Resident Advisor at USC
Mentor at Beta Alpha Psi
Manage $100k AUM with 30% return YTD by exercising credit spreads and diversifying investments

Recommender #1: USC Prof who worked with me for 2 years (can't really get better than that for my age)
Recommender #2: Econ Prof where I was his top student (only known him for a semester so idk how strong that relationship). He wrote my a letter of rec before for a M.S. program at USC of which I was accepted into.
- the 2nd recommender has to be someone from an academic setting and I'm not sure if I have a professor who is super close to me :(
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MIT Deferred MBA Chance Me? 15 Sep 2020, 11:58
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Hi, and thanks for writing! What admissions officers seek in deferred MBA candidates: outstanding academics, extracurricular leadership, reacommendations that attest to leadership experience and academic/professional potential, and strong internship experience. It sounds like you definitely have pluses in these categories, which makes you a viable candidate. Regarding your concern on recommendations: could you possibly get one from an internship supervisor if they knew your work well?

One thing to note: historically, deferred programs have targeted non-business majors (STEM and liberal arts). While this definitely does not mean that they won't consider you, it's just something to be aware of. The good thing is, even if you don't get accepted via the deferred route, this won't harm your future candidacy for the "regular" MBA program in any way - in fact, we've often seen those who originally were deferred candidates get accepted to MBA programs a few years down the road.

Hope that helps!


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Since there's no GMAT requirement now... I'm thinking of applying... but have no idea what my chances are

Age: 21
Current senior at USC (top 10 accounting program)
GPA: 3.84
Major Accounting, minor Economics
Work Exp: Big 4 Assurance (FT starting next year)
Mid-size Acquisition Group (interned at a company who owned Mercedes, Nissan, and Kia)
USC Data Group - student job for 2 years (real company name will not be disclosed)

Extra-curriculars:
Receive CA state recognition in HS, still play around the community (no college awards tho)
CFO & Cofounder of apparel company
Resident Advisor at USC
Mentor at Beta Alpha Psi
Manage $100k AUM with 30% return YTD by exercising credit spreads and diversifying investments

Recommender #1: USC Prof who worked with me for 2 years (can't really get better than that for my age)
Recommender #2: Econ Prof where I was his top student (only known him for a semester so idk how strong that relationship). He wrote my a letter of rec before for a M.S. program at USC of which I was accepted into.
- the 2nd recommender has to be someone from an academic setting and I'm not sure if I have a professor who is super close to me :(
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MIT Deferred MBA Chance Me? 15 Sep 2020, 12:05
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MIT states that the 2 recommender has to be one from professional and one from academic. I have the professional one down, but just not as confident with the academic recommender