Hi, Looking for some feedback and advice going forward in this admissions cycle. I've applied to several schools in round 1.
HBS, Wharton, Booth: Rejected without interview. For H/W I worked with an admissions consulting firm (not
mbamission)
Columbia: Applied RD. Used same firm here
Yale/LBS: invited to interview
Im not surprised at the rejections, but I am surprised that i didn't at least get an interview at one of those three, and it's got me pretty worried about Columbia which I would have applied early to if not for HBS. I'm wondering what I should do for round 2. My consultants told me i should be looking at the "top 10". Should I add maybe Kellogg/MIT, and/or some safety schools? Or should I stay the course? Profile is below. Thanks very much!!
Background:
Top 10-15 university class of 2011, 3.25 with a Math and Econ major (3.6 GPA in econ)
760 GMAT
White Male, 27 at matriculation
Work experience:
Small startup in TX for 1.5 years
Big 4 in NYC for 2.5, promoted to Sr Associate (think transaction services)
ECs
Volunteering with students in college and currently,
Traveled to Africa for nonprofit work
Recs
Should be solid. I have not seen them, but my supervisor asked me if i wanted to read it because he "wanted someone to see what a great letter i wrote". I declined, maybe regretting that a bit lol
Goals
work in PE/IB after graduation, start my own firm later on