With round 2 application deadlines rapidly approaching, many applicants may wonder what their chance of getting an MBA interview with their favorite schools is. I analyzed the MBA interview probability for the top 25 schools over the past 5 years by GMAT and GPA. Unsurprisingly, for most schools the MBA interview chance increased for high GMAT and high GPA candidates.
Some interesting insights I found:
- At Booth, GPA has little to no impact on likelihood of getting and interview unless your GMAT is under 700
- At Columbia, GMAT and GPA are very important for your interview chances
- At Cornell, GMAT is far more important than GPA for getting an interview
- At Duke, neither GPA nor GMAT seem to have much of an impact on interview odds
- At Emory, strangely, if you have a GMAT of 700 or higher then low GPA applicants actually have a higher chance of getting an interview
- At Georgetown, chance of getting an interview for 740+ applicants is no more than for those in the 700 to 730 range
- At Stanford and Harvard, chance of interviewing is depressingly low, both GMAT and GPA are very important
- At Ross, GPA doesn’t seem to matter if an applicant has a GMAT of 740 or higher
- At NYU, having a very high GMAT dramatically increases your chance of getting an interview
- At Wharton, having a high GMAT only appears to matter if the applicants GPA is over 3.40
- At Yale, both GMAT and GPA have a huge impact on chance of getting an interview
University of Chicago (Booth) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
33% |
52% |
68% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
28% |
53% |
67% |
| 3.60+ |
58% |
59% |
73% |
Arizona State University (Carey) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
56% |
53% |
75% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
58% |
33% |
100% |
| 3.60+ |
52% |
62% |
75% |
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
67% |
61% |
74% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
48% |
62% |
80% |
| 3.60+ |
53% |
49% |
77% |
Columbia University MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
19% |
25% |
43% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
17% |
34% |
54% |
| 3.60+ |
28% |
43% |
55% |
Cornell University (Johnson) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
46% |
62% |
69% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
48% |
61% |
68% |
| 3.60+ |
54% |
58% |
72% |
Duke University (Fuqua) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
58% |
64% |
65% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
57% |
58% |
62% |
| 3.60+ |
76% |
63% |
66% |
Emory University (Goizueta) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
47% |
55% |
78% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
44% |
52% |
57% |
| 3.60+ |
52% |
43% |
62% |
Georgetown University (McDonough) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
65% |
74% |
72% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
65% |
88% |
85% |
| 3.60+ |
71% |
85% |
89% |
Stanford University (GSB) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
3% |
3% |
12% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
6% |
12% |
18% |
| 3.60+ |
13% |
14% |
22% |
University of California—Berkeley (Haas) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
12% |
27% |
22% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
28% |
27% |
44% |
| 3.60+ |
27% |
39% |
50% |
Harvard University (HBS) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
5% |
10% |
13% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
12% |
15% |
18% |
| 3.60+ |
12% |
24% |
27% |
Indiana University (Kelley) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
44% |
57% |
75% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
39% |
70% |
70% |
| 3.60+ |
34% |
76% |
84% |
Northwestern University (Kellogg) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
67% |
82% |
80% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
56% |
77% |
86% |
| 3.60+ |
60% |
76% |
83% |
University of Texas—Austin (McCombs) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
44% |
68% |
76% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
51% |
74% |
81% |
| 3.60+ |
60% |
75% |
82% |
Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
58% |
76% |
88% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
62% |
77% |
91% |
| 3.60+ |
74% |
86% |
80% |
Vanderbilt University (Owen) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
74% |
80% |
56% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
66% |
74% |
83% |
| 3.60+ |
94% |
83% |
92% |
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ross) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
50% |
57% |
72% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
54% |
65% |
70% |
| 3.60+ |
50% |
68% |
70% |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
14% |
26% |
24% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
0% |
24% |
33% |
| 3.60+ |
26% |
39% |
39% |
New York University (Stern) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
24% |
28% |
44% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
35% |
41% |
58% |
| 3.60+ |
13% |
37% |
56% |
Dartmouth College (Tuck) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
58% |
66% |
71% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
38% |
64% |
82% |
| 3.60+ |
65% |
73% |
74% |
University of California—Los Angeles (Anderson) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
26% |
40% |
57% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
23% |
60% |
70% |
| 3.60+ |
24% |
60% |
69% |
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
72% |
68% |
89% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
59% |
71% |
83% |
| 3.60+ |
63% |
73% |
90% |
University of Southern California (Marshall) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
38% |
74% |
67% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
52% |
74% |
75% |
| 3.60+ |
28% |
71% |
85% |
University of Virginia (Darden) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
40% |
41% |
58% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
36% |
39% |
73% |
| 3.60+ |
50% |
54% |
60% |
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
29% |
35% |
33% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
26% |
27% |
46% |
| 3.60+ |
29% |
36% |
55% |
Yale University (YSOM) MBA Interview Probability
|
< 700 |
700 – 730 |
740+ |
| < 3.40 |
15% |
31% |
42% |
| 3.40 – 3.59 |
24% |
41% |
63% |
| 3.60+ |
34% |
53% |
67% |
Related