Will b-schools hold it against me if...

alicantekid
Tue, 10 May 2005 11:59:01 +0000

I don’t think it will matter at all. Graduate divisions have completely separate admissions offices, so really the only way they could find out about your being waitlisted or declining a spot in the freshman class is if they dug around, which I assure you they would have neither the time nor the interest to do. If your undergrad record is solid, then who cares if you got WLed at their school several years ago?

And your interest in a university for UG is entirely different for your interest in a university for postgraduate studies. Two of my top choices for the MBA were both schools that I turned down coming out of college. I didn’t choose those schools because they weren’t a fit for my undergraduate goals, but were perfect for my MBA goals. I don’t think they held any of that against me. I doubt they even knew any of that.

Don’t worry, you’re just being paranoid.