????被斯坦福商學(xué)院放棄

????? GMAT成績(jī)?yōu)?60分

????? GPA為3.5

????? 從一所東海岸私立“小常青藤”盟校獲得生物學(xué)和英語(yǔ)學(xué)士學(xué)位

????? 工作經(jīng)歷包括在5年內(nèi)創(chuàng)辦了兩家公司，出任營(yíng)銷和運(yùn)營(yíng)主管，并受到投資人和主流媒體的關(guān)注；5年的國(guó)際工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)；創(chuàng)辦的公司被成功售出；領(lǐng)導(dǎo)過(guò)多達(dá)15人的團(tuán)隊(duì)

????? 入選一家國(guó)際性雜志30歲以下的30位最佳企業(yè)家之一，還獲得過(guò)兩家業(yè)內(nèi)領(lǐng)先公司的獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。

????? 課外活動(dòng)包括青年志愿者工作，還參加過(guò)鼓勵(lì)婦女從事科技工作的項(xiàng)目

????? 目標(biāo)：創(chuàng)建一家創(chuàng)業(yè)加速器，致力于幫助擁有進(jìn)軍國(guó)際市場(chǎng)雄心的公司

????? 女性，27歲

????? 申請(qǐng)被拒絕后，她說(shuō)：“說(shuō)老實(shí)話，我很茫然。學(xué)生和老師們都認(rèn)為，我應(yīng)該是十拿九穩(wěn)的。我猜可能是因?yàn)镚PA不高，公司名氣不大吧。順便說(shuō)一下，我注意到，斯坦福商學(xué)院在錄取理工科女生方面的記錄非常差勁。”

????桑迪的分析：哎呀，點(diǎn)燃我的激情吧！如果有任何一個(gè)能夠大加鞭笞斯坦福商學(xué)院偽善面目的機(jī)會(huì)，我絕對(duì)愿意這樣做，而且肯定干過(guò)很多次了。

????我認(rèn)為你被拒絕的原因在于你的GPA過(guò)低。如今這個(gè)時(shí)代，畢業(yè)成績(jī)通脹，3.5遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)低于斯坦福大學(xué)錄取新生的平均績(jī)點(diǎn)（3.73）。我敢打賭，在斯坦福看來(lái)，你的公司還不夠酷，或者還不足以改變世界。

????盡管哈佛和斯坦福經(jīng)常公開(kāi)發(fā)表他們有多么熱愛(ài)初創(chuàng)企業(yè)之類的廢話，但要是你在申請(qǐng)作文中宣稱你想創(chuàng)辦服裝租賃網(wǎng)站Rent The Runway，甚或Snapchat，那將會(huì)是一個(gè)減分項(xiàng)，特別是如果你沒(méi)有任何創(chuàng)業(yè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)的話。商學(xué)院對(duì)初創(chuàng)公司持懷疑態(tài)度，因?yàn)槿魏我粋€(gè)笨蛋都可以創(chuàng)辦一家，現(xiàn)在創(chuàng)業(yè)的人可不少啊。

????Dinged At Stanford:

????? 760 GMAT

????? 3.5 GPA

????? Undergraduate degree in biology and English from a 'Baby Ivy" east coast private college

????? Work experience includes five years across two startups, with funding and major media, as head of marketing and operations; five years of international work experience; founder of my own company which was successfully acquired; led teams of up to 15

????? Was named to list of 30 under 30 in tech in an international magazine and have won awards from two industry-leading corporations

????? Extracurricular involvement includes youth volunteer work and programs engaging women in science and tech

????? Goal: To run a startup accelerator with a focus on helping companies with international ambitions

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????? 27-year-old female

????? What she says about the rejection: "Honestly, I'm at a loss. Even students and faculty thought I'd be a shoo-in. My guess would be GPA and unknown companies? As a side note, I've noticed GSB has an awful track record for women in tech matriculating."

????Sandy's Analysis: Oh boy, light my fire! If there is any chance at all of piling on and accusing Stanford B-school of hypocrisy, well, I am ready, willing, and have done so many times in the past.

????I believe you were rejected because of your lowish grades. A 3.5 in an era of grad inflation is well below the current 3.73 average at Stanford. And I would bet that your company was not cool enough for Stanford or world-changing enough.

????Despite all the public BS about how much Harvard and Stanford love startups, if you had said you wanted to start Rent The Runway or even Snapchat in your admissions essay, that would have been a negative, especially if you had no startup experience. Schools are suspicious of startups because any moron can do one and many have.