Hi everyone

thank you for previous help on business schools to apply in late round based on my profile.

At this point, I have admission email from Simon Rochester with $39K in scholarship.

My financial situation is not good and I would like to get full scholarship, which might be tough. My background is,

Very Good academics
3 years of experience in Finance industry
Gmat of 700
Not so good social pofile or recommandations.

I applied for Simon, Fisher and Georgia State (as backup as it was late for every school). Got admission confirmation from Simon with $39K scholarship. Confirmed the interview with Georgia State and waiting on Fisher.

Goal is to get in school with good ranking in Finance, have good recruitment possibilities and will offer full scholarship.

Few questions, if anyone can help,
1) Can I still get full scholarship in any school considering that this is bit late for applying. If yes, can you please list the schools what can offer.
2) If I do not get full scholarship, should I take $39K from Simon and attend Simon? Is this good offer considering that Simon is ranked outside top 40.
3) Are there any outside scholarship that I can apply to in addition to $39K from Simon? So that I get as close to 100% as possible.
4) If I get Fisher, which one is better from recruiting and finance stand point, simon or fisher?
5) Can I transfer to say NYC Stern after first semister from Simon?
6) Should I consider financial aid for rest? Will it be too much after MBA to pay back $60K (Simon claiming that $39K is around 40%).

Any quick help would be appreciated, Questions #1,2 and 3 are most important.

Thanks again
Salony.

Right now you have one offer, so you won't have much of a choice.

1) There are no better schools than Simon which will offer you a full scholarship.
2) Go to the best school you can. You have left it rather late. Simon is a good school.
3) Yes. Ask your local university library. There are big books filled with scholarships.
4) Probably Simon, but "finance" is a big category: banking, IM, IB, etc. Use this approach http://www.find-mba.com/board/33571
5) You can't transfer.
6) If you need financial then get it. Get as much cheap credit as you can.

Thank you for the response.

I do understand that that one offer is not much choice, however at this point I am debating if
1) Try other places, which still are open like HEC Paris (ranked 16 globally) or
2) Wait out this year and start early next year with top 15 schools. Thought is that this will help with scholarship. I might get full scholarship in early rounds
3) Or Take Simon@39K or take Fisher if I get fisher with more scholarship.

close to 100% scholarship is priority, but not sure if thats possibility or not with my profile (good academics, 700 Gmat, , will be 4 years of work exp and i can enhance social profile).

When I say Finance, I was looking into Investment banking or Investment management. Simon seems like good choice for that.

I recommend that you take the extra year if you are not comfortable with Simon. Simon's a much better fit than Fisher, and has twice as strong an alumni network for IB and IM, but a top ten school would be better.

You're not a super-strong candidate (although Simon obviously sees your potential). An extra year would help, especially if you worked on your non-work side over the summer and then tried for the first round.

Thank you for the insight.

Will do some research on additional scholarship.

Salony