Does being an undergrad there help you as applicant to H/S/W?
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Would a former undergrad at H/S/W be more likely to get into the respective business program? Or does this have no affect? |
HMMMM, ODD PARADOX HERE. WHILE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF COLLEGE KIDS AT H/S/W IN FACT COME FR. H/S/W RESPECTIVELY, E.G. MORE HARVARD COLLEGE KIDS ATTEND HBS THAN ANY OTHER COLLEGE (IN GROSS NUMBERS), MORE PENN KIDS ATTEND WHARTON–BEING AN ALUM CAN BE TRICKY. I DONT THINK IT GIVES YOU AN ADVANT., AND IN SOME CASES, CAN BE A DISADVAN. SCHOOLS LIKE TO THINK OF THEMSELVES AS TRANSFORMING, AND THERE IS SOME SENSE OF –HEY YOU ALREADY BEEN HERE–BUT THAT IS PASSING. THE FACT IS, BETWEEN H AND S, A LOT OF ALUM ATTENDANCE IS BASED ON GEOGRAPHY, LOTSA STAN COLLEGE KIDS SETTLE IN CALI ETC. AND WANT TO STAY THERE, ETC. AND W. WHARTON, IT IS A MATTER OF OUTLOOK, E.G. THEY LIKE QUANT BASED CURRICULUM. ANYWAY, I DONT THINK YOU GET A BREAK AND IN A CLOSE CASE, CLD LOSE OUT TO SOME OTHER KID, WHOM ADCOM MAY THINK HAS NOT HAD ALL THE ADVANTAGES THE ALUM HAS.
