I got an email from Boston U, saying that I have been identified as a preferred candidate for their MBA program and that 75% of the people with my kind of scores get a $35K scholarship at the school. Needless to say that other than my GMAT score, the school knows nothing about how pathetic (or awesome) my profile is.
I am not planning to apply to Boston U, but I must say that this mail was very tempting. 75% students got $35k in scholarship !! This is absolutely opposite of the "Please admit me" plea that I am making to my dream schools.
Is there any chance that a top 15-25 school would try to attract a student this way (Mostly on the basis of a candidate's GMAT score)? If someone gets desperate after getting a lot of dings (Hey, you never know how one takes the dings), and realizes that there's nothing good about his profile other than the GMAT score, then which schools in the 15-25 cluster should he focus on? Schools that would be somewhat interested in the not-so-striking profile just on the basis of the GMAT score.
I am obviously not talking about myself - cos I have a super amazing profile. I am just asking for the benefit of others