http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2009/09/19/im-asian-male-average-gpa-and-gmatam-i-doomed/ My name is Chris Yeh. I'm a Harvard MBA, and you can ask me anything! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2009/09/19/im-asian-male-average-gpa-and-gmatam-i-doomed/#comment-852 Ask the Harvard MBA » Do I have any chance of getting into HBS being 180° away from the typical applicant? Am I too different? Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:29:55 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2009/09/19/im-asian-male-average-gpa-and-gmatam-i-doomed/#comment-852 [...] As I’ve noted before,  business schools aren’t actually looking for “typical” candidates and the quest for “diversity” has ruthless economic logic underlying it: Business schools are in the business of building the best possible portfolio of students (or as I like to refer to them, “future alumni donors).  Like any investor, they prefer a diversified portfolio, and will allocate some portion of their investment (acceptance letters) to “alternate asset classes.” [...] […] As I’ve noted before,  business schools aren’t actually looking for “typical” candidates and the quest for “diversity” has ruthless economic logic underlying it: Business schools are in the business of building the best possible portfolio of students (or as I like to refer to them, “future alumni donors).  Like any investor, they prefer a diversified portfolio, and will allocate some portion of their investment (acceptance letters) to “alternate asset classes.” […]

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