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November 6, 2024 10:34am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Michigan / Ross, Oxford / Saïd, U. Chicago Booth, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Social Impact Consultant
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: BCG , McKinsey
GRE: 323
GPA: 3.82
Years of Work Experience: 8
Location: India
Notes:

- My highest GRE score is 323 (V - 155, Q - 168) and in another attempt, it came to 321 (V - 160, Q - 161).
- I am a re-applicant in most of these colleges (applied late in R2 last year).
- I have interviewed at Haas, Ross, and Tuck (guaranteed interview) this year.
- I have extensive experience in the education sector (non-profit and social impact consulting) in India.
- Female applicant.

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November 6, 2024 8:52am ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia, Emory / Goizueta, Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Data Analytics
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Consumer Goods
GPA: 3.9
Notes:

I'm a deferred MBA applicant. I have completed 3 summer internships, 2 of which were at the same company. I have leadership involvement across my campus, including a being a Lead Student Fellow, co-president of an intersectional feminist multimedia organization, and a 5-time instructional assistant for classes in my department spanning python programming, web design, computational networks, and career coaching. I hope to apply in spring 2025.

Additionally, I am a South Asian woman and have a parent that attended HBS (but did not get an MBA).

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November 6, 2024 6:56am ET
Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Financial Services (Private Wealth Management to Commercial Banking/Family Office Hybrid)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , McKinsey , Other
GRE: 320
GPA: 3.21
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: Boston
Post MBA Location: Boston/NYC
Notes:

Thanks for reviewing my profile. Attended a top 15 LAC, captained a team there and worked a part-time job while taking classes. Graduated and started working in PWM but ended up getting into a hybrid PWM/commercial banking model where I work on a niche forms of financing for PE firms.
Why MBA? Looking to Pivot into a strategy role, I work as a VP for a large bank that is uniquely inefficient and joining a strategy group that can parse out the issues (because there are notable issues in our financial system) is of notable interest to me.

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November 5, 2024 10:15am ET
Applying: Wisconsin
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Accountant
Post-MBA Target Industry: Other
GPA: 2.5
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: Illinois

MBA Livewire

November 6, 2024 6:28pm ET
Applying to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 2
Received via portal
GPA: 3.6
GRE: 314
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Marketing
November 6, 2024 5:06pm ET
Accepted to NYU Stern
Round: Round 1
Received via email November 6, 2024
GMAT: 720
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
November 6, 2024 2:48pm ET
Interview Invite to UNC Kenan-Flagler
Round: Round 1
Received via email November 6, 2024
GRE: 318
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Other
November 6, 2024 1:34pm ET
Interview Invite to NYU Stern
Round: Round 1
Received via email
GMAT: 750
Program Type: One Year Program
Application Location: India
Note:

I interviewed with NYU Stern last week and received an email today which said "Thank you for interviewing with NYU Stern!"

Did anyone receive an email like this? I was reading on another portal that this might not be a positive sign? Does someone have more context?

November 6, 2024 1:33pm ET
Applied to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 1
Received via n/a
GRE: 330
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: Brasil
Note:

You guys know anything about Kelloggs interviews? It seems like only a few people have been called so far and in previous years I feel like at this time more interview invites would already have been submitted.

MBA DecisionWire

ND
November 5, 2024 1:36pm ET
Enrolled: Notre Dame / Mendoza
Admitted: Boston College / Carroll $
$66000
,
Notre Dame / Mendoza $
$80000
Applied: Boston College / Carroll, Cornell / Johnson, Georgetown / McDonough, Notre Dame / Mendoza
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Investment Banking Companies: Bank of America, Barclays, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Wells Fargo Securities, Other
GRE: 315
GPA: 3.2
Location: Texas
Notes:

2/4 overall. Waitlisted at Cornell. Interview at GTown, but dropped out once I received Notre Dame decision. Notre Dame was my top choice, so very happy with the overall outcome. If anything, I wish I had found the Clear Admit podcast sooner. I would've retaken the GRE and applied to more reach schools. However, very happy overall!

Chi
October 19, 2024 9:04pm ET
Enrolled: U. Chicago Booth
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth $
$100,000
,
Columbia , Cornell / Johnson , UNC Kenan-Flagler $
$70,000
,
UVA / Darden $
$80,000
,
Yale SOM $
$50,000
Applied: Stanford GSB, Yale SOM, UVA / Darden, UPenn / Wharton, UNC Kenan-Flagler, MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School, Duke / Fuqua, Cornell / Johnson, Columbia, U. Chicago Booth
Entering Year: 2023
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Investment Banking Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, Other
GRE: 329
GPA: 4.5
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Fuq
October 19, 2024 7:04am ET
Enrolled: Duke / Fuqua
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua
Applied: Duke / Fuqua
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT: 645
GPA: 3.4
HBS
September 24, 2024 8:03am ET
Enrolled: Harvard Business School
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth , Harvard Business School , Stanford GSB
Applied: Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, U. Chicago Booth
Entering Year: 2024
Post MBA Career: Venture Capital, Private Equity
GMAT: 770
Notes:

Late but thought I'd add my decision to the mix!

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