I regret not applying to Harvard. I never thought I’d get into a top school and then got into wharton with a 100k fellowship - which changed my entire perspective. It sucks thinking “what if…”. I just didn’t have the confidence and thought wharton was a reach so why bother with H/S 🙃 hope this inspires someone to just shoot their shot - you never know

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If it makes you feel any better, there are some people at W who turned down H for your amount of scholarship

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Very very true!

I didn’t apply to Stanford and almost didn’t apply to Harvard for the same reason. I though Wharton was my stretch school.

I didn’t even get an interview at Wharton, but was accepted at HBS today.

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Wow I can’t imagine your feeling right now! Congrats on HBS :)

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And yes I know - very privileged problem to have. But we’re all in this MBA bowl aka we all have the privilege to think about dropping 6 figures for our education so wanted to vent about my privileged problem

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I thought the same thing with CBS and didn’t bother applying to H/S/W 😂 but super happy to be attending CBS in the fall ❤️ no regrets

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Congrats on CBS! MBA in nyc is going to be so fun and their new campus is unbelievable 🥹

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I got into H but am taking money at W. Idk why you’d take H at sticker over that

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Why no one’s talking bout Stanford?

Omg are you me? I’m grateful for the $$$ from Wharton but didn’t apply to Harvard and now I’m just wondering “what if”😔Wholeheartedly agree with your advice here: just throw in an application, you never know

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You’re not alone! I think about the money and am so grateful I didn’t have to choose between money @ W and something else. Because then I’d prob still be thinking “what if” 😭😭😭 But very excited for school to start and all the trek, personal development, meeting interesting people :)

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If it makes you feel better, I got into W with $$ but dinged from HS with no interview. It definitely can be pretty random!

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You’re right! Can’t beat myself up over something I can’t control

Congrats OP! I also got a massive Wharton fellowship and it feels soooooo good :) see you there!

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Thanks for the positive vibes Deloitte :)

Damn how are all of y’all getting so much money, I got waitlisted at W and wondering how that happened 🙃🙃

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Not expect but I thought I had a good shot, and really I’m kinda just wondering how everyone got such a massive scholarship lol. I was hoping to just get in

Can you tell us more about your application process (e.g., interviews, GMAT/GRE scores, etc.)? Also, would you like to share any fellowships you applied for along the process? I really appreciate any help you can provide.

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I’d say “my conversations with professors like X and Y have introduced me to Wharton’s X program where I can contribute to X and hone in on X, while my conversations with students like X and Y have shown me that X” (something culture / school related). Not sure if that helps?

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How did you get such a large fellowship? Congrats!!

No application! Just comes with the offer letter

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Stats? What do you think may have allowed you to standout in order to receive the $$?

D1- can you share more about your app?

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