Does having a career mostly in the small business sector hinder my chance of getting into M7? I have good leadership/managing experience and promotions in the past 5yrs. However, scanning MBA candidate profiles, I’m seeing a lot of MBB, Big 4 and big corporations. For MBA candidates at M7, do you see classmates with careers in small biz?

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I’d say no. Adcoms want a diverse class. They could fill their entire classes with MBB, BB, and Big 4 pretty easily if that was all that they wanted, but then they’d have a lot of very similar experiences, backgrounds, and thought processes in the classroom.

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That’s what I said to myself as well. I guess I was worried since I can’t find any MBA candidate with similar backgrounds as I scrolled through LinkedIn search of one M7 I’m applying

Following because I’m in the same boat and wondering the same thing

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I think the short answer is no, but the more nuanced answer is it depends. You will have to have strong GMAT and GPA almost as a prerequisite. The reality is something like MBB is already a big filter mechanism, so MBA programs aren’t going to be nearly as critical of an avg GMAT or GPA.

I’d guess you need to be very firmly at or over the GMAT avg for whatever schools you’re targeting.

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That’s a really good point! Thanks!

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