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January 16, 2025 2:59am ET
Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Pre-MBA Career: Financial Services, Wholesale Banking
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting
GPA: 4.0
Years of Work Experience: 2
Location: Bangladesh
Post MBA Location: United States (preferably Boston, NY, Chicago, or Seattle)
Notes:

Hi Alex and Graham, huge fan of your podcast. Love the work that you are doing, especially with the candidate profile reviews

- Female from outside the capital city in Bangladesh; 23-year-old; to accumulate 3 years of full-time work experience at matriculation in Fall 26. Also completed HBS CoRE with high honors (99th Percentile). Prepping for the GRE now and expecting a score of 330 ish, with a skew towards quant.

- Graduated with 4.0 in Econ (Minor: Finance and Math) from an international women's college in Bangladesh; extensively involved as Tutor (Math and Science Center) and Teaching Assistant (for 8 courses) during my undergrad; Secretary at the SDG Club. Have done internships and global mgmt. programs internationally, but remotely given it was during peak Covid.

- Working as an Assistant Vice President in one of the largest multinational banks; I manage the largest client of my office and oversee accounts; I also work actively on several CSR projects of my organization, including a major initiative that involves my Alma Mater. Managing a team of 3 at work now despite being the youngest in the team

- Target is to get into Top 15 MBA programs at the US with a substantial scholarship. I recognize that the Work Exp will be a major barrier. Please suggest ways in which I can maximize my chances. My goal is to do consulting with an MBB firm in the Short Term and then move to Non-profit/Social Impact (either in Consulting with orgs such as Dalberg, or at the likes of Gates Foundation etc.) focusing on women empowerment/ education.

- Planning to apply in R1 to 5 ish schools (Mix of M7, Top 10, 10-15 range) and then in R2 to 3 ish, targeting a total of 8 applications

Would love to get covered in one of your future episodes. Happy to share more about my profile and ambitions. Thanks a ton!

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January 14, 2025 12:01am ET
Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Private Equity tax consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey
GMAT: 675
GPA: 3.95
Years of Work Experience: 9
Location: Bangalore, India
Post MBA Location: East Coast
Notes:

I have primarily worked with venture funds and startups covering a range of tax advisory projects from M&A, due diligence, venture fund setup etc. I want to go beyond tax and step into strategy consulting roles, with a focus on fund strategy and portfolio acceleration in private equity.

Extracurricular : Involved with Rotaract for 2.5 years, taken part in multiple corporate responsibility initiatives at the firm , volunteer in pet rescue initiatives for the community

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January 13, 2025 11:26pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, UPenn / Wharton
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting at MBB; will continue with consulting post-MBA as I am considering firm sponsorship
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Venture Capital Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Andressen Horowitz , Sequoia Capital , Other
GRE: 335
GPA: 3.94
Years of Work Experience: 2
Location: India
Post MBA Location: NY, Chicago, Boston
Notes:

- South Asian (Non-Indian), Male, 25 year old

- Bachelor in Finance and Economics (1st in Class) Graduated May 2023

- Activities:
Debating (Coached National Debate Team to its best performance in the World Championship, 3x Asian Top 10 debater, won/competed in finals of Oxford Intervarsity, UCL Intervarsity, Durham-Oxford-Cambridge Open, and many more prestigious competitions, Mentored 100+ debaters across 15 countries and advised Debate Organizations in Australia and China).
Non Profit (Founding member of a student org; Conducted 5 city-wide projects on Food Security, Clothing for the poor in Winter, and Improving sanitation in slums that received national coverage)

- More on Work: My focus is on Growth Tech (Startups and fast scaling businesses) and Public Sector practice area. I have led the writing of a report we co-published with a client (my name is on the acknowledgement section). The client and Partners loved my work and have now staffed me in writing another report for the same client. Evals are highly positive and have endorsements from 2 Senior Partners in the org (who are happy to write my recc)

- What I am doing outside of work now: I had a merit scholarship offer from LBS for its MiM program upon graduation. I have been helping folks from my country get into top tier early career master's programs pro-bono (Most people here cannot afford Western Admissions consultants as the charges are exorbitant for us given the country is an LDC). Since joining work, I have continued to work as a selector for National Debate Team and I take pro-bono sessions for disadvantaged schools. I have also taken sessions at local consulting firms to teach them what I have learned from my MBB experience (I am the first from my country to make it to an MBB after a local undergrad; MBBs do not have offices in my country)

- Future Plan: Continue at MBB and specialize in Venture Capital/ Startups. I have a very good network with VCs and founders in my home country. I would love to raise a fund to help the startup ecosystem of my country in the future or work in the capacity of mentoring founders.

- Target: Full-rides to top schools such as HBS, Wharton, CBS, Sloan. Looking for tips to develop my profile for 2027 Fall entry. I believe that I have what it takes to make it to an M7 but would love to take the 2 years to solidify my profile so that I can be in the mix for a good scholarship

Interests: Martial Arts, Reading (I have read books from Wharton Professors such as Adam Grant, Angela Duckworth, and Katy Milkman) Weightlifting, Marathon Running (I am aware this is super cliche haha)

Side-note: My GRE split is 166 Q (84%ile), 169 V (99%ile), and 5.5 AWA (98%ile). I can improve my Quant to 169-170 but I doubt the extra effort needed now will make a material difference. Would love to have your thoughts

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January 13, 2025 2:37pm ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting - Government
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Undecided Companies: Google , Microsoft
GRE: 338
GPA: 3.66
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: US
Post MBA Location: Undecided
Notes:

Background in design. Graduate degree in design from Harvard. Transitioned public sector consulting and planning work.

MBA Livewire

January 17, 2025 4:46pm ET
Interview Invite to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 2
Received via email January 17, 2025
GPA: 3.7
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Canada
January 17, 2025 4:45pm ET
Interview Invite to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 2
Received via email January 17, 2025
GPA: 3.9
GMAT: 715
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
January 17, 2025 4:34pm ET
Accepted to NYU Stern
Round: Round 2
Received via portal January 17, 2025
GRE: 325
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Marketing
Note:

Applied via R1 Consortium, interviewed mid-Dec. Accepted with no scholarship

January 17, 2025 3:43pm ET
Interview Invite to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 2
Received via email January 17, 2025
GRE: 329
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
January 17, 2025 3:37pm ET
Interview Invite to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 2
Received via email January 17, 2025
GPA: 3.42
GRE: 323
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

MBA DecisionWire

Sta
January 15, 2025 5:34am ET
Enrolled: Stanford GSB
Admitted: Berkeley / Haas , Harvard Business School , MIT Sloan , Northwestern / Kellogg , Stanford GSB
Applied: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Entering Year: Other
Post MBA Career: Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 700
GPA: 3.7
Location: Denver
Notes:

Deferred MBA - came down to class size and location. Felt I could have more of an impact in GSB community with smaller class size.

Chi
January 13, 2025 1:22pm ET
Enrolled: U. Chicago Booth
Admitted: Berkeley / Haas , U. Chicago Booth , Columbia , UPenn / Wharton
Applied: Columbia, UPenn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School, U. Chicago Booth, Berkeley / Haas
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Technology Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft
GMAT: 735
GPA: 3.8
Location: Latam
Notes:

Choosing between Wharton and Booth was challenging, but I ultimately chose Booth because of its cultural fit, location, and curriculum structure. While Wharton has a slight edge in global prestige, for my goals in Latin America the brand is the same. Reject from GSB (w/o interview - my top choice), Sloan (w/interview) and from HBS (w/interview).

CBS
January 9, 2025 6:05pm ET
Enrolled: Columbia
Admitted: Columbia $
$100%
,
London Business School $
£66.7%
Applied: Harvard Business School, London Business School, Stanford GSB, Columbia
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Venture Capital, Asset Management, inc. Hedge Funds Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Asset Management
GRE: 328
Notes:

Was contemplating applying to Wharton R2 but reneged, didn't expect to get a full ride from CBS.

HBS
January 7, 2025 4:53pm ET
Enrolled: Harvard Business School
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth , Columbia , Harvard Business School $ , Northwestern / Kellogg
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg
Entering Year: 2025
GMAT: 675

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