Would HBS & Stanford Dare Reject This Guy?

It’s rare when an MBA candidate doesn’t have a single blemish on an application to Harvard Business School or Stanford Graduate School of Business. After all, the hurdles are high, from the raw GPAs and standardized test scores, work experience and accomplishments.

Nick checks every box. He has a 3.98 GPA from Harvard College where he majored in economics. He’s got a 770 GMAT score. And he is a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve as well as an analyst at McKinsey & Co. Nick also founded a Special Olympics tennis program, among other extras that demonstrate his interest beyond himself.

So it was no surprise that he interviewed at HBS last week, and it will be none too surprising if he is also invited to interview at Stanford which will send out most of its admission invites over the next week or so. For Nick, real question is how can he possibly get rejected.

In this episode of Friday’s With Sandy, Nick gets assessment by HBSGuru.com founder Sandy Kreisberg and P&Q founder John A. Byrne.