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August 18, 2026 4:22pm ET
Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgia / Terry, Georgia Tech / Scheller, MIT Sloan, Notre Dame / Mendoza, NYU Stern, Ohio State / Fisher, Rochester / Simon
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Commercial banking
Post MBA Career: Finance, Investment Banking, JP Morgan, Marketing
GPA: 3.09
Years of Work Experience: 5
10
August 18, 2026 6:22am ET
Applying: Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Penn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2028
Pre-MBA Career: Corporate Investments for Mid-Market Telecom Company
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Finance, Management Consulting, Other Industries, Technology
GMAT: 705
GPA: 3.92
Years of Work Experience: 2
Location: Atlanta
Post MBA Location: Atlanta
Notes:

I took the GMAT in May of this year (Focus Edition) and now I'm beginning to research whether an MBA is right for me. School selections were kind of a shot in the dark. I want to end up in corporate leadership in Atlanta area long-term, still not sure if the consulting route or just a higher level corp dev/strategy role post-MBA would be more conducive to that. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Outside or work I volunteer for a local housing advocacy group, the neighborhood civic association, and a pro-bono consulting group for nonprofits.
5
August 17, 2026 1:11pm ET
Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Michigan / Ross, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: 4 years at Citi (Consumer/ Private Banking)
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GPA: 3.64
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: New York City
Post MBA Location: New York City
Notes:

26 M, Received Test Waivers for all 5 schools, Applied Accounting and Finance major. Former D1 swimmer and captain, Lgbt* , Strong extracurriculars (academic mentor, social chair for analyst class, career mentor and ambassador for early ID program at my bank).

Looking to move into MBB/ T2 consulting within fintech space or strategy and ops role at tech company.
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August 16, 2026 6:58pm ET
Applying: Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, Penn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Investment Banking Associate GS/JPM/MS
Post MBA Career: Finance, Venture Capital, Other
GMAT: 705
GPA: 8.9
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: New York
Notes:

Indian male
Spent 1.5 years at a bulge bracket in the India middle office, earned a transfer to the NYC front office where I was an analyst for a little over a year. Got early promoted to associate last year and have closed several public M&A transactions for my coverage group.

Planning to switch to venture capital post MBA, in the essays focusing my goals are impact investing VC funds which are slightly more niche but fit my overall narrative and story well.

Have several awards from college for national competitions (ideation challenges, debating, case studies)

Have some experience with angel investing as well.

Primarily targeting Harvard, Wharton, and Columbia.
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August 14, 2026 12:56pm ET
Applied to Michigan / Ross
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.39
GRE: 327
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Application Location: United States, Chicago
Juno Member: Not yet
August 14, 2026 12:55pm ET
Applied to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.39
GRE: 327
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, EY Parthenon, Kearney, Oliver Wyman, PWC Strategy&
Application Location: United States, Chicago
Juno Member: Not yet
August 14, 2026 12:53pm ET
Applied to Chicago Booth
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.39
GRE: 327
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, McKinsey, Kearney, EY Parthenon, BCG, Bain, Consulting
Application Location: United States, Chicago
Juno Member: Not yet
August 14, 2026 12:49pm ET
Applied to Michigan / Ross
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.39
GRE: 324
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, Kearney, LEK Consulting, McKinsey, Oliver Wyman, PWC Strategy&
Application Location: United States, Chicago
Juno Member: Not yet
August 8, 2026 11:54am ET
Rejected at MIT Sloan
Round: Round 2
Received via portal on February 23, 2026
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.2
GMAT: 645
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Technology
Application Location: South Africa
Juno Member: Not yet
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June 28, 2026 7:54pm ET
Enrolled: UT Austin / McCombs
Admitted: UT Austin / McCombs $
$10,000
Applied: UT Austin / McCombs
GPA: 3.05
Location: Dallas, Tx
Juno Member: Yes
NYU
June 27, 2026 5:05am ET
Enrolled: NYU Stern
Admitted: Cornell / Johnson $
$70000
 , Michigan / Ross , NYU Stern , Rochester / Simon $
$130000
 , UVA / Darden $
$30000
Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, NYU Stern, Rochester / Simon, UVA / Darden
GPA: 3.6
Juno Member: Yes
UVA
June 25, 2026 7:04am ET
Enrolled: UVA / Darden
Admitted: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper $
$40000
 , Cornell / Johnson , Georgetown / McDonough , UCLA Anderson , UVA / Darden $
$40000
Applied: Harvard Business School, UVA / Darden, UCLA Anderson, Stanford GSB, Penn / Wharton, Northwestern / Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Georgetown / McDonough, Cornell / Johnson, Columbia Business School, Chicago Booth, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Berkeley / Haas
Entering Year: Other
GMAT: 675
GPA: 3.75
Location: USA
Juno Member: Not yet
Notes:

Deferred Enrollment. Kind of rushed the application process, curious if that could have contributed to my M7 results or if it was test score or my overrepresented profile.
Em
June 17, 2026 10:49am ET
Enrolled: Emory / Goizueta
Admitted: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper $
$65,000
 , Emory / Goizueta $
$125,000
Applied: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Emory / Goizueta, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UT Austin / McCombs, Berkeley / Haas
GMAT: 705
GPA: 3.1
Location: India
Juno Member: Yes
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