osbornecox wrote:
Cielo wrote:
If you go to the Wharton admits list, then you can find Lugo there in ding without interview list. That's probably a disadvantage of a too successful career
There's honestly not much an MBA could've offered him at that point. You also have to wonderr what the tone of his essays was - hopefully he didn't exude that same "best of the best" one-app mentality from his essays.
Agree...but as head of a quant group at an investment bank he might be a good candidate for an Executive MBA at Wharton. Perhaps trying to move into senior corporate leadership (CEO, COO, etc).
There's so much more than work experience and scores that go into an application. Some people feel entitled to got to Wharton or Harvard with a 780 or 800 core. I think this can get them dinged pretty fast.
In my opinion, this guy got dinged because the MBA will not bring him much value (maybe he is a degree collector