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Scholarship Request Negotiation 24 Jan 2024, 11:06
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If you ask for money from a round 1 school, they give it, and then a round 2 school you like more offers you admission, does it look bad to the round 1 school and does it hurt you career wise in the sense you may have burnt a bridge and even connections in an industry by doing so?
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Scholarship Request Negotiation 24 Jan 2024, 19:33
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If you ask for money from a round 1 school, they give it, and then a round 2 school you like more offers you admission, does it look bad to the round 1 school and does it hurt you career wise in the sense you may have burnt a bridge and even connections in an industry by doing so?
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Really depends

How you approach the negotiation is also important
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Scholarship Request Negotiation 24 Jan 2024, 20:12
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If you ask for money from a round 1 school, they give it, and then a round 2 school you like more offers you admission, does it look bad to the round 1 school and does it hurt you career wise in the sense you may have burnt a bridge and even connections in an industry by doing so?
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nandyvik Everyone is in the MBA business to build a career, and loyalties don't come easy, neither for the applicants nor for the adcom employees. I have also seen many B school officials move from school to school. If you feel you will have a better brand association with the second school, go with what your heart tells you. There's a reason why the Round 1 school gave you a scholarship. They probably knew you were a great catch and would help improve the class experience. A scholarship is also often a school's way of luring great candidates to join their programs. So, if in the end, you do have an offer from a dream school, there's nothing wrong with going forward with it, unless, of course, you have made some form of commitment to school 1. Some schools have binding early-round decisions, which are indeed tough to refuse, but if that's not the case, you should not think about some adcom member taking personal offense. Needless to say of course, you must be polite and handle the situation tactfully.

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If you ask for money from a round 1 school, they give it, and then a round 2 school you like more offers you admission, does it look bad to the round 1 school and does it hurt you career wise in the sense you may have burnt a bridge and even connections in an industry by doing so?
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Hi nandyvik,

This totally depends on how tactfully you handle your negotiations. In case you have promised something to your R1 school, you need to strategize your approach to either of the 2 schools.
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nandyvik:

We used to think that was the case, but in the end, it probably will not matter. The school will likely redistribute your seat and scholarship money to someone else relatively quickly. If anything, the fact that you would be telling the school with significant advanced notice (R2) rather than right before classes start in late summer, the more probable it is that they will not hold it against you. Of course, handle it as tactfully as you can.

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