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Chances of getting into M7 school 28 Nov 2025, 08:14
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I just took the GRE and scored a 338 (168 Quant, 170 Verbal).

I have five years of work experience. I taught for three years, then moved into startup operations for the last two. I’m getting promoted soon in my full-time role, and I also work part-time as a chief of staff at another startup. Before that, I co-founded a community support program for first-generation college students, which ran for about four years.

Undergrad degree from a small liberal arts college. My undergrad GPA is a 3.1, but I completed a master’s at Columbia with a 3.8. I’ve also done quant-focused training programs tied to my current startup work.

I’m trying to understand my chances at top MBA programs (M7 + NYU). Would appreciate any honest feedback on how admissions teams might view this profile and where my biggest strengths or red flags are.
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Chances of getting into M7 school 28 Nov 2025, 09:27
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Congratulations on an excellent score. That indeed boosts the chances..All the Best.
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If you are a domestic applicant, you have a good chance, thanks to your scores. However, unless you have clear narratives around your motivations for an MBA education and post-MBA career plans, those chances mean nothing.
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I just took the GRE and scored a 338 (168 Quant, 170 Verbal).

I have five years of work experience. I taught for three years, then moved into startup operations for the last two. I’m getting promoted soon in my full-time role, and I also work part-time as a chief of staff at another startup. Before that, I co-founded a community support program for first-generation college students, which ran for about four years.

Undergrad degree from a small liberal arts college. My undergrad GPA is a 3.1, but I completed a master’s at Columbia with a 3.8. I’ve also done quant-focused training programs tied to my current startup work.

I’m trying to understand my chances at top MBA programs (M7 + NYU). Would appreciate any honest feedback on how admissions teams might view this profile and where my biggest strengths or red flags are.
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Your 338 (with a perfect 170V) will stand out immediately. It signals elite verbal reasoning and helps reframe the 3.1 GPA as an early academic stumble rather than a pattern, especially with your 3.8 Columbia master’s and the quant training tied to your current startup work.

Your profile becomes interesting because you’ve led in three contexts: managing 100+ students as a teacher, owning processes and metrics in startup operations, and functioning as a chief of staff where you likely drive cross-team alignment and founder priorities. Plus, running a four-year first-gen support program shows long-term initiative.

Your risk is coherence. If you don’t explicitly connect teaching, ops execution, and CoS problem-solving to a clear post-MBA goal (education innovation, workforce development, human-capital-focused ops, etc.), top schools may struggle to see the trajectory. Nail that arc and you’re meaningfully competitive across M7 + Stern.


Teaching → startup ops → COS → side roles
This can confuse adcoms if not framed clearly.
If you don’t structure the story, they may see:
  • “Jumping without a clear arc”
  • “Chasing roles rather than building depth”
Your narrative HAS to show a single through-line — e.g., “I build systems that help people perform at their best.”

You absolutely belong in the M7 conversation.
Your chances realistically look like:
  • Kellogg / Booth / Columbia / Stern → Very competitive
  • Wharton / Sloan → Competitive but dependent on storytelling
  • HBS / GSB → Possible, but needs a beautifully tight, purpose-driven arc

I have been mentoring applicants crack global MBA programs for the last 8+ years. Feel free to get in touch if you seek professional assistance with how to position your story for success.

Cheers and wishing you all the very best !!