Waitlist Master: Seeking help

Question

Hello everyone, thanks in advance.

My partner applied to 7 bschools:

1. HBS, dinged without interview

2. Columbia, dinged without interview

3. Wharton, waitlist

4. MIT, waitlist

5. Yale, waitlist

6. Cornell Johnson, waitlist

7. Kelley Indiana U, waitlist

We have really no clue now. Here comes the background:

1. Age: 35, WE: 13 years----possibly the app killer?

2. Background: Chinese government, diplomat for cultural affairs. basically something like public relations or marketing

3. Test score: GMAT 790, IR=3, AWA=5; TOEFL 108, 30, 30, 23, 25

4. Career Goal: join a museum to lead its develpment office----possibly the app killer no.2?

so at this point, if he continues to apply this year:

1. any schools are more age-friendly?

2. how to design his career goal to help a bschool understand his transferable merits? is General Management/Consulting/Marketing/Branding possible? And is it a must to avoid those big finance schools like Wharton/Columbia/NYU?

OptimusPrepJanielle · Answer

This is strange and sad. I hope your partner converts one of the school. In the meanwhile, you can post your query here to get a better response: ask-admission-consultants-124/?fl=menu

VeritasPrepMike · Answer

How were the essays? Was it clear why an mba was needed? After all, the career goal here is pretty niche. That might be an issue as well. You also might want to consider executive mba programs if you think the work experience is an issue.

mcwoodhill · Answer

Guess the essays were written in a somewhat pompous way. The logic is pretty like: he wants to be a great art businessman. How he's great at art, so he wants to add a biz layer, which in turns requires an MBA.

But in hindsight, this explanation makes the career goal more problematic. Basically what the career goals says he'll return to the art world: to land a job with a museum.

Would think way more thoroughly this time and try to focus on the bridge that leads from the public service to the private sector, like general management/marketing+branding/public relations/investor relations for function; consulting/media/entertainment/top500 for industries

Guess this makes more sense. Art business is too out of the scope of a bschool education.

Since I make a deal with my dad that I give up a bschool for he covering my partner's bschool tuition, we'll try Stanford MSx, too.

I've officially wd from HBS and started to crack LSAT. My dads a stubborn Asian father who always thinks his son must follow his path.

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