Am I the cookie-cutter B-school applicant?

VectorWega
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:51:37 +0000

I hear that Stanford has a reputation of only admitting successful entrepreneurs, geniuses, et al.



Definitely not true.



I hear that Stanford has a reputation of only admitting successful entrepreneurs, geniuses, et al. I am no such person – I’m just a person who keeps his head down, works hard,



I hope you expect to achieve more than just being the “work horse.” A top MBA should open a lot of opportunities for you and hopefully you will take advantage of them.

As for your resume, hopefully I’m not misunderstanding, but it sounds like post-grad you have just worked in ibanking for a couple of years (worked with tech and non-profit during undergrad). I have looked at a few Stanford resumes…I know that this is antecdotal and not necessarily representative of the class as a whole, but it’s all I got: their resumes are similar to yours except that they generally had more experience and more diversified experience. ex: rather than working just working for an I-bank for 2 years, their profiles were more like: 2 yrs in i-banking and 2 yrs in mgt consulting.

Perhaps you can get into Stanford now. I don’t know. However, if you don’t feel confident about your chances I recommend making a drastic change to diversify/strengthen your resume. The idea about travelling around the world sounds good to me. Just make sure that you accomplish tangible objectives which can be displayed on your resume. This would also be something interesting to talk about in an essay.