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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS graduated from GMU in '21 with a degree in CS and a 3.9 GPA and he is currently working for Apple.  He is interested in [b]getting an MBA from a good school[/b].  He is looking at HBS but he wonders about his chance.  He is setting aside about 50K to work with a GMAT expert in preparing for the GMAT.  This expert has helped five candidates to score 750+ on the GMAT.

What else is HBS looking for besides GPA and GMAT score?  TIA

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Maybe budget a maximum of $8,000 for GMAT prep (individual tutoring) and a similar amount (up to $10,000) for hiring a consultant (although consultants will accept more and some do pay $15,000).

Nevertheless, it is important to understand that a perfect GMAT score and an impressive undergraduate GPA along with stellar work experience will not assure one of admission to Harvard Business School or to Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Most consider the top 3 MBA programs to be Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton (U Penn). Close behind them are Chicago-Booth and Northwestern-Kellogg along with MIT-Sloan.

Important question: Why does your son want to earn an MBA ? Must express a convincing reason in his application essay.

Since his standard is "good school", here is a list of good MBA programs to consider:

Harvard
Stanford GSB
U Penn-Wharton

Chicago-Booth
Northwestern-Kellogg
MIT-Sloan

Columbia (strong in finance)
NYU-Stern (especially strong for finance)

Next group:

UCal-Berkeley
Dartmouth-Tuck
Virginia-Darden
Michigan-Ross

Yale-SOM
Duke-Fuqua

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU-Tepper for Information Systems)

The total cost of a full-time 2 year MBA program exceeds $200,000 at the top 10 MBA programs. Many programs offer merit scholarship grant money.
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