Hello, Kalyan, and welcome to the community. There is nothing barring you from applying to either school, although you have certainly set your sights high. Check out each school's class profile--Stern
here and Wharton
here--and assess what you would bring to the table, relative to other successful candidates. You will note that at Stern for the class of 2021, the average age was 28, but someone as old as 39 was admitted; likewise, at Wharton, the mean number of years of work experience was 5, with at least one successful candidate having 16 years of work experience under his or her belt, most likely someone at least in the mid-30s.
You have to ask yourself what you are willing to put into your work to achieve your dream. There are a lot of people clamoring for those admits, so you may have to consciously develop yourself into a more competitive student. If you plan on taking the GMAT™ in March, how are your preliminary scores? You will want to be in the mid-700s (730-750+) for sure. Do you have
relevant work experience to what it is you hope to do, career-wise? Since you mentioned it, have you found a way to mitigate the effects of depression? Along these lines, what would you do if you were rejected from the two schools? If the answer is "Give up," then you might want to reconsider. Put everything on the line, give this effort all you have got, and see what happens. You cannot change your past, but you can certainly make decisions in any given moment that will affect subsequent developments. If you are not already studying for the GMAT™, then you need to get on that as soon as possible. You might want to write a few queries in the admissions consultant boards to see what advice such experts might have to offer. Be open to new ideas.
Good luck in your pursuits.
- Andrew
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