Hi there, I believe it depends very much on what industry you intend to go into. I met a fellow admit at Wharton who did her UG (engineering) at MIT and she said she had to pass up many good engineering jobs because she was a foreigner without a green card. On the other hand, MBAs looking to go into...

Re: Accepted into Cornell-Queens eMBA

That's an awesome feeling, isn't it? Applying only to one place and getting in at your ideal school. Obviously your situation was a lot better thought out, though. I simply ran out of time. Have fun at Cornell, and avoid that bridge where suicides apparently occur a lot.

Thank you. Good luck in your own endeavours, I feel I've had more than my fare share recently. What with the recent upturn in R1 applicants, I still managed to get admitted, which is something I feel incredulous about. Just goes to show, hope and luck are very important!

Cheers,
Jason

Quite a few of my friends have gone to Princeton. I think LBS or LSE also has a programme.

Wharton has one too.

Given your relatively poor GPA compared to others in your pool, I would attempt to retake the GMAT to prove your academic ability. More evidence of community involvement (volunteer experience) may be good too. Other than that, your work experiences and ECs look very strong. You would probably expect...

Thank you for your well wishes. It's my dream programme, and I'm definitely happy. It's not HBS, however. There's a magical mystique attached to Harvard, so your fight is obviously going to be much harder. Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

-NUTPL

Hi NGUFO, I will be doing the Wharton/Lauder MBA/MA dual degree programme, starting this May. I posted my experience in the Admissions Success Story section, if you're interested. If you read my post, you may agree that luck had a lot more to do with it than anything else, considering my decision to...