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Petitioner earned a bachelor of engineering degree from the
University of Canterbury in New Zealand in 1995. This degree is
the equivalent of a bachelor of science in chemical engineering
in the United States. Petitioner’s undergraduate studies did not
include business or business management.
Petitioner worked for International Food and Beverage
Services, an engineering consulting company, as a project manager
on the upgrade of a milk factory in Sydney, Australia, before she
moved to the United States.
In February 2001 HBS offered petitioner admission to the
M.B.A. class of 2003, entering in September 2001. HBS expressly
conditioned its offer on petitioner’s completing certain academic
requirements, including courses in finance and accounting, before
matriculation. Petitioner accepted the HBS offer and moved to
the United States to pursue her M.B.A. At that time, she did not
have a specific job arranged for after graduation.
During her M.B.A. studies, as part of her practical
curriculum training, petitioner worked at Snapple Beverages Corp.
(Snapple) as a corporate strategy consultant. She completed
marketing projects related to beverage consumption in the United
States and to Snapple strategy and profitability.
On April 8, 2003, Refreshment Brands, Inc. (Refreshment
Brands), a beverage company in California, offered petitioner the
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