Get wise! Admissions is the exam!
You can get an MBA a thousand ways, but graduates from the top twenty or so
brand-name business schools start higher, progress faster and have more
senior and interesting careers. Whatever the degree costs, those coming from
the better institutions make back many multiples of the investment in their
lifetimes. For choice, it’s plain dumb not to aim as high as possible. Of course,
everyone else knows this too, which is why admissions at the top level is so
competitive.
The pass–fail rule of business schools is simple: nobody fails. Every year, in
every program, everyone graduates – other than in a few extreme cases where
students have serious adjustment or disciplinary problems (and they are
excluded early). Every candidate who is admitted will graduate because they
were admitted. In fact, the better the school’s reputation, the less grades or
exams seem to matter. If you were good enough to get in, you’re good
enough, period.
But, of course, only a tiny percentage of applicants are admitted to competitive
programs. Application failure is the norm. Therefore, the MBA application
is, for all practical purposes, the final exam. Admission is the only
hurdle between the candidate and a top MBA, and all the fast-track career good
fortune it brings.
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