Is 30% scholarship for MBA a very good achievement or a very normal one these days?

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It probably depends a bit on the individual and the school. Generally, if you apply to a range of tiered schools, you’d expect more $ from a T25 than a T15, than a non HSW M7 than W respectively. HS are notorious for giving primarily need-based rather than merit scholarships. Other schools give scholarships to lure applicants from typically higher ranked schools.

Obviously, there are always exceptions. If your GMAT/GPA are above the 80% for a school, I feel like 30% would be low unless you sort of did the application with less care/attention than others.

P&Q did a blurb on this last year. I feel like this is still pretty true, at least talking with peers. https://poetsandquants.com/2020/02/10/mba-scholarships-at-record-levels-with-awards-as-high-as-200k/

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This is incredibly helpful information friend. It’s an Ivy League though. So this makes me feel better now. 👍

Depends on school. HSW? Yeah, pretty good.

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Nope, T15 - Ivy

Depends on the school, M7 - totally, T15 - avg

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I go to a top 25 and supposedly scholarship is awarded to 45-50 percent. Not bad !

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Yes you should be very proud of this achievement. Remember that this bowl is a bubble and that many people wish for a scholarship.

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Thank you so much for the thoughts. I have seen a good number of admits with 50% waviers at Tuck and Kellogg. So I was feeling little low initially but this makes me feel better now ✌️

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