Does being a reapplication at HBS really not matter?

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It won’t help you, typically.

Roughly 10% of the class is reapplicants but I think P&Q wrote something saying the admit rate is slightly worse for a re-applicant, but it’s a negligible difference

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Of course it does. Many reapplicants are successful, which is what they’re trying to say, but the bar is higher for reapplicants.

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Also a reapplicant op so in the same boat as you 😬

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