What is your plan B if you don’t get into any of the schools you have applied to? I don’t have one

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I’d quit my job because I’m only hanging around for that sponsorship. If I can’t get into any of my target schools, I should just leave lol

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Ok. So I'll target PE then. My friend in PE -- they paid off all his loans as part of their package. Even for new people but youre contracted for 2-5 yrs (not sure which)

Thanks guys. I figured consulting would be kind of cheap given the market

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Help my SO get into bschool next year so I can be a stay at home dad

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Applied to 3 M7 and LBS R1. If I go 0/4 my plan is to crank out 3-4 T15 apps for R2. If I go 0/4 R2 maybe business school just wasn’t in the cards for me.

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It's all or nothing for me. If i don't get in, I'm relocating closer back home with my current job

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Been thinking about this. Might quit my job, cause my current job likely won’t bring me changes at all, making it difficult for me to reapply next year. But I’m also international so I’ll leave the US and go somewhere random I guess

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Switch jobs and try again next year

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Stay at your job, keep applying until you do get in somewhere. That’s what I did

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