HAAS MBA Deferral (advice needed!!)

Carmen918 · 发表于 2010-5-12 16:52:14

Hi friends, need some help from you.

My friend just got accepted to Berkelery HAAS MBA, however, he's rejected by Stanford and HBS.
He is thinking of deferring Berkelery for 1 year to give the last try to GBS and HBS. What do you think?

Should he do this? and Anyone has experience in deferral?

Thanks!!

NeilJ · 发表于 2010-5-12 17:02:48

今年认识好几个人都想defer offer 咋了这是？我不觉得HAAS和STANFORD的区别值得耽误一年两个学校在SF合作非常多很多活动都是一起搞只要你个人有能力这两个学校的背景没你想的差距那么大个人意见

nestajj · 发表于 2010-5-12 19:26:40

hbs又不喜欢reapplicant

necroosu · 发表于 2010-5-12 23:01:24

Unless your pal has a strong and legit reason (i.e. w/ hard evidence), he won't be able to be qualified for a deferal.

dorothyzm · 发表于 2010-5-13 01:04:27

first of all, deferring one school's admission to give yourself another year to apply to other schools is really frowned upon among admissions. Because people have done that in the past, business schools nowadays have really tightened deferral granting. So unless you have legitimate personal reasons, they are not going to grant it. So if your friend wants to fake a reason and then re-apply....then I don't know what to say...it's unethical for one.

If he has the guts and determination, he can decline HAAS offer and re-apply. But if I am in his shoe, I would take Haas without a doubt. Brand name can only gets you so far, plus Haas is a great brand already.

stq · 发表于 2010-5-13 01:18:52

不先说一下背景/职业目标么？

June28 · 发表于 2010-5-13 02:20:16

The rejection reasons by H & S? If your friend has the confidence to conquer obstacles within one year after analysis of pros & cons for reapplying, why not try go? It depends on his/her expectation, in short...

REgirl07 · 发表于 2010-5-13 02:59:33

Did he/she even get interviewed by H/S? If he didn't even get interviewed by either place, it's probably because he simply lacks the kind of pedigree and background that H/S are looking for (top undergrad, job at blue chip firm, high stats, etc), and with the exception of a low GMAT score, none of those things can be fixed in a year (in reality it's really about 6 months until next application date). For H/S, even a higher gmat score probably won't make a difference. In short, he just lacks the H/S DNA...

Now if he was interviewed by at least one of them or was WL'd, that's another story. Although if he was WL'd and was let go last round, odds still not good, and neither of these schools is reapplicant friendly. Overall, I think that's pretty stupid move, but obviously feel free to disagree.

June28 · 发表于 2010-5-13 03:14:41

Did he/she even get interviewed by H/S? If he didn't even get interviewed by either place, it's probably because he simply lacks the kind of pedigree and background that H/S are looking for (top undergrad, job at blue chip firm, high stats, etc), and with the exception of a low GMAT score, none of those things can be fixed in a year (in reality it's really about 6 months until next application date). For H/S, even a higher gmat score probably won't make a difference. In short, he just lacks the H/S DNA...

Now if he was interviewed by at least one of them or was WL'd, that's another story. Although if he was WL'd and was let go last round, odds still not good, and neither of these schools is reapplicant friendly. Overall, I think that's pretty stupid move, but obviously feel free to disagree.

-- by 会员 REgirl07 (2010/5/13 2:59:33)

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June28 · 发表于 2010-5-13 03:31:59

edited
&I learn from this thread

HAAS MBA Deferral (advice needed!!)

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