????他擁有沃頓商學院(Wharton)的金融學士學位，還曾經在艾意凱咨詢公司(L.E.K. Consulting )和巴克萊銀行(Barclays)工作過兩年。他的GMAT（研究生管理專業入學考試）成績是740分，GPA（平均績點）為3.45。這位印度裔美國人不僅是一位零差點球員，還攀登過珠穆朗瑪峰。然而，就在上周，哈佛商學院(Harvard Business School)和斯坦福大學商學院(Stanford Graduate School of Business)雙雙拒絕了他的入學申請。

????27歲的她已經成功創辦了兩家初創公司，受到了投資人和各大媒體的關注。她畢業于一所“小常春藤”(Baby Ivy)盟校，GMAT成績為760分，GPA為3.5。她甚至被一家國際性的雜志選為30歲以下30位最佳企業家之一。然而，她上周被斯坦福商學院放棄。

????他今年26歲，是雅培制藥公司(Abbott Laboratories)的一位生物醫學工程師，獲得過兩次晉升，還受到領導團隊的一致好評。他的GMAT成績高達790分，足足比哈佛商學院最近一次錄取新生的平均分數高出了60分。然而，哈佛拒絕了他就讀該校MBA課程的申請。

????上周的首輪入學申請評估中，這幾位MBA申請人要么被哈佛或斯坦福拒絕，要么被這兩家商學院雙雙放棄。然而，他們擁有令人印象深刻的GMAT成績，專業和課外成就也相當出眾。那么，為什么連他們也被拒之門外呢？

????我們邀請 HBSGuru.com創始人、著名的MBA入學顧問桑迪?克雷斯伯格審視一下這幾位被拒絕申請人的簡歷和原始資料，同時向他們說明未能進入哈佛或斯坦福的原因。上周，這兩家商學院公布了它們的首輪決定，數千位申請人收到了令人失望的消息。

????進入哈佛或斯坦福當然要面臨著不小的障礙。哈佛商學院最近一次錄取新生的GMAT平均成績是727分，斯坦福是732分。本科階段的GPA也處在令人流鼻血的區域：斯坦福是3.73，哈佛是3.67。每年，斯坦福商學院的錄取比例不到7%，哈佛商學院不到12%。

????被哈佛和斯坦福同時拒絕

????? GMAT成績為740分

????? GPA為3.45

????? 擁有賓夕法尼亞大學( University of Pennsylvania)的金融學士學位

????? 在艾意凱咨詢公司工作了兩年，在巴克萊銀行倫敦和紐約分公司從事過三年的投行業務

????? 利用課外時間參加過社區活動；為兩家賓夕法尼亞大學畢業生創辦的公司擔任過顧問工作；校隊成員之一，零差點球員；也攀登過珠穆朗瑪峰

????? 這位印度裔美國人“有可能重返賓夕法尼亞大學”

????桑迪的分析：這份簡歷沒有驚喜。攀登過珠峰（和零差點球員）可以把成色不足的黃金變為黃金，但不會把白銀變成黃金。而我們在這里看到的，是一塊實心銀：一個有點低的GPA，一段在艾意凱咨詢公司和巴克萊銀行的工作經歷，這些都挺體面的。但GPA不是3.9，供職公司不是麥肯錫( McKinsey)和高盛(Goldman)，也不是KKR。確實沒有什么能夠真正打動招生官員的地方。

????人們拒絕直面真相，因為他們不想完全坦誠地承認商學院招生究竟有多么不公平。但你的命運取決于你上了哪所大學。要是你上的是普林斯頓大學( Princeton )，而不是賓夕法尼亞大學，你或許就會去麥肯錫，而不是去艾意凱咨詢公司工作。隨后或許將跳槽到高盛或摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)，而不是巴克萊銀行。然后，你就會被哈佛和斯坦福商學院錄取。現在呢，你很可能會重返沃頓商學院。

????He has an undergraduate degree in finance from Wharton, two years of experience at both L.E.K. Consulting and Barclays. With a 740 GMAT and a grade point average of 3.45, this Indian-American is not only a scratch golfer, he also climbed Mount Everest. Yet he was rejected last week by both Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

????She's a 27-year-old woman who has successfully founded two startups, attracting both funding and major media attention. With a 760 GMAT and a 3.5 GPA at a "Baby Ivy," she was even named to a list of the 30 best entrepreneurs under the age of 30 by an international magazine. Yet she was dinged by Stanford last week.

????This 26-year-old is a biomedical engineer for Abbott Laboratories who has been promoted twice and won recognition from his site leadership team. His 790 GMAT is more than 60 points higher than the average score for the latest enrolled class at Harvard Business School. Yet Harvard just turned him down for admission to its MBA program.

????These MBA candidates were all round one applicants who were dinged by either Harvard, Stanford, or both business schools last week. Yet they have impressive GMAT scores along with professional and extracurricular achievements that are nothing less than exceptional. So why didn't they get in?

????We asked Sandy Kreisberg, founder of HBSGuru.com and a prominent MBA admissions consultant, to take a look at the profiles and raw stats of rejected candidates and tell them why they failed to get into Harvard or Stanford. Both business schools released their round one decisions last week and thousands of applicants got disappointing news.

????Of course, it's no small hurdle to get into either Harvard or Stanford. The average GMAT score for latest class enrolled at HBS is 727, while the average at Stanford is 732. The undergraduate grade point averages are in nose bleed territory as well: 3.73 at Stanford and 3.67 at Harvard. Less than 7% of Stanford applicants and less than 12% of HBS applicants are accepted each year.

????Dinged by Harvard & Stanford

????? 740 GMAT

????? 3.45 GPA

????? Undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Pennsylvania

????? Work experience includes two years at L.E.K. Consulting and three years at Barclays (BCS) in investment banking in London and New York

????? Extracurricular involvement in community; advised two startups by Penn grads; was on varsity crew and a scratch golfer; also climbed Mount Everest

????? Indian American "likely returning to UPenn"

????Sandy's Analysis: No surprise here. Climbing Mount Everest (and scratch golf) could turn gold minus into gold but not silver into gold, and what we have here is solid silver [a lowish GPA, a work history at LEK and Barclays, all solid but not a 3.9, with experience at McKinsey and Goldman (GS) or KKR (KKR). There was nothing really driving you in.

????People refuse to acknowledge the truth because they don't want to be completely honest about how unfair admissions can be. But college is destiny. If you had gone to Princeton instead of Penn, you probably would have worked for McKinsey instead of L.E.K. and then would have made a move to Goldman or Morgan Stanley instead of Barclays. You then would have been accepted at Harvard and Stanford. Instead, you might very well be going back to Wharton.