被哈佛商學(xué)院放棄（沒有獲得面試機會）

     GMAT成績?yōu)?90分

     GPA為3.15

     從羅格斯大學(xué)(Rutgers University)獲得生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程學(xué)士學(xué)位

     在雅培制藥公司工作過4年——做過制造部門的工程師，工作內(nèi)容涉及新型醫(yī)療設(shè)備的研發(fā)和推出，獲得過兩次晉升，受到領(lǐng)導(dǎo)團隊的一致好評。

     目標(biāo)：把過去4年間在雅培公司獲得的生物工程技能和金融知識結(jié)合在一起，成為雅培制藥公司的一名高管。

     男性，26歲

     他說：“我懷疑GPA低可能是我被拒絕的原因。我還有沒有希望憑借這個難看的成績進入一所排名前5的商學(xué)院？此外，我看見你的專欄文章說，商學(xué)院青睞擁有生物制藥背景的申請人。那么，這個光環(huán)是不是也覆蓋醫(yī)療器械行業(yè)？我想知道，跳槽到生物制藥領(lǐng)域能不能加大我的機會?！?/p>

    桑迪的分析：我不知道究竟發(fā)生了什么事。790分的GMAT挺惹眼的，雅培制藥算是一家知名公司吧。現(xiàn)實世界中，醫(yī)療器械也是一個相當(dāng)不錯的專業(yè)。你本應(yīng)該更好地描述你的夢想，說你想成為一位具有創(chuàng)新意識、希望增添價值、致力于服務(wù)窮人的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。你說你想成為雅培制藥的CEO，這聽起來有點缺乏想象力。用你們的行話來說，有點過于“通用”了。我不確定這一點是否真的破壞了你的機會。這要看你當(dāng)時的表現(xiàn)。

    如果你的申請作文看起來過于寬泛，推薦信沒有經(jīng)過精心的策劃（一些經(jīng)常跟醫(yī)療設(shè)備打交道的人往往沒有寫作經(jīng)驗），再加上你的GPA比較低，本科就讀院?！_格斯大學(xué)也不是哈佛商學(xué)院青睞的院校，或者說學(xué)術(shù)血統(tǒng)不夠正統(tǒng)，那么，你很有可能在這一點上失分。

    所有這些小東西一點一滴地加起來，就有可能成為大問題，特別是如果這些小東西開始形成一個負面圖景的話。在這一點上，790分的GMAT其實反而對你不利。他們或許開始懷疑，你的智商不錯，但情商有限，不懂社交。這些完全是我的猜測。要是我冷不丁地碰到你的申請書，我或許會說，鑒于你的GMAT成績和在雅培制藥的工作經(jīng)驗，你被錄取的幾率是40-50%。我估計我會給你一個面試機會。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

    譯者：葉寒  

    Dinged at Harvard (no interview)

     790 GMAT

     3.15 GPA

     Undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Rutgers University

     Work experience includes four years at Abbott Labs – worked in manufacturing dept. as an engineer, involved in development/launch of new medical device, promoted twice, received recognition from Site Leadership Team

     Goal: To combine technical engineering skills gained over the last four years at Abbott with financial education and become a top executive at Abbott Labs

     26-year-old male

     What he says: "I suspect the low GPA for the rejection? Is there any hope for me to get into a top five school with that ugly thing? Also, I've read in your columns that business schools love bio-pharma types. Does the stardust also apply to the medical device industry? I'm wondering if transitioning to bio-pharma would help my chances at all."

    Sandy's Analysis: Not sure what happened. A 790 GMAT is an eye-catcher and Abbott Labs is something, well, I have heard of. Medical devices is what your major was, and that is about as good a major as exists in God's man-made world. You should have done a convincing job of saying you wanted to be an innovative, value-adding, poor-people-serving leader. Saying you wanted to be CEO of Abbott Labs (ABT) showed a, ahem, lack of imagination and, in context, was generic. Not sure if that actually damaged you. It depends on how you did it.

    If your essay sounded over generalized and recommendations were not curated properly (some of those med device lab guys are not experienced writers) and then if we start focusing on the low GPA and Rutgers -- not a favorite HBS school, probably not Springsteen enough -- then you probably lost them at that point.

    Drop by drop, all the small stuff can add up, especially if the small stuff begins to form a negative picture. At that point, the 790 GMAT actually starts working against you. They begin to suspect you are a brainiac with limited social skills. Just speculating here. If I came across your application cold, I would have said your odds were 40-50%, given your 790 GMAT and work experience at Abbott. I would have predicted an interview.