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Does StartUp experience help while seeking admission in top B-Schools

ECONOMIC TIMES

21 May, 2016, 02.18PM IST

Your experience in a startup-even a failed one-could be just the ticket for entry into some of the top business schools in the world. Leading global institutes including Harvard, Wharton, Stanford and Duke Fuqua that are pushing for more diversity are increasingly putting a premium on startup experience, finding qualities such as leadership, creativity, risk-taking ability, and innovation in abundance in such candidates. One of the leading educational consultancies, ReachIvy says that the number of such candidates have doubled and even trebled in the last few years.

B-schools absolutely love candidates who have worked at startups, regardless or success or failure" said Vibha Kagzi, CEO at Mumbai based consultancy ReachIvy.com. It gives candidates broad skillsets arising from exposure across businesses, direct learning from CEOs and founders and leadership experience at an early stage. "With these elements in mind, B-schools realize that regardless of whether the startup failed or survived, the candidates are rich in experience, knowledge and bring tremendous learning to their classroom," said Kagzi, a Harvard business school graduate.

Not surprisingly, ReachIvy has seen the number of such students more than double since last year. All of Kagzi's startup applicants have been admitted to top-tier schools including Stanford, Cornell and Kellogg.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

ReachIvy is a premium education and career advisory that helps aspiring students get accepted into top tier educational institutions globally. We have successful admits at MIT, Columbia, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, London School of Economics, University of Michigan, Oxford, University of Chicago amongst others.

Vibha Kagzi, Founder and CEO, ReachIvy, holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon University. She has also pursued courses at the University of California, Berkeley, the London School of Economics and the Indian School of Business.

Our global team of counsellors have also acquired their degrees from premier institutes and are passionate about sharing their experiences with students worldwide.