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[q] non-ivys at disadvantage? |
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Non Ivies |
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03/02/2000 |
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Perhaps I am paranoid, but I feel that I am at a distinct disadavantage applying to top 10 business schools because I do not have an ivy undergrad degree. For example, when I was visiting Tuck, I discovered that at least 75% of the incoming class came from ivy undergrad schools. How rational is my fear? In other words, are top 5 schools likely to accept an ivy grad w/ lower numbers (I have a 750 GMAT / 3.5 GPA / CPA and CFA) over me simply because of pedigree? |
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Let's be frank. Your experience was with Tuck, as in Dartmouth. Tuck is a relatively small school that appeals to a smaller segment of the B-school population than the other schools. This isn't a derisive comment at all, but were the fact not true, you'd see Tuck with a 3% acceptance rate, given that it's class size is 1/5 that of Wharton and 1/6 that of HBS.
Still at HWSCCK et al, you will definitely find a large Ivy equivalent (Ivies plus Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Duke, etc) contingent. Does this ratio suggest some sort of bias towards Ivy equivalent schools over State U, probably, but how strong is that bias?
Bear in mind the high SAT scores of those schools. So there is preselection that alumni of those Ivy equivalents have good scores. Furthermore, there is a strong correlation between GMAT and SAT, so the preselection bias confounds with the testing factor. Said another way, since that didn't come out well, the actual effect of going to an Ivy versus a non-Ivy is probably much lower than you're giving it credit for.
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