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Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cambridge / Judge, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, ESADE, Harvard Business School, HEC Paris, IESE, INSEAD, London Business School, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Penn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: Quant/ Software Engineer at top Investment Bank

Post MBA Career: Private Equity, Uber, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Management Consulting, Technology, Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Facebook/Meta, Google, Microsoft, Nomura, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Jefferies Group, Barclays, Investment Banking, Finance, McKinsey, Kearney, BCG, Bain, Consulting

GRE: 322

GPA: 7.45

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: India

Post MBA Location: US, UK, Middle-East

Notes:

Background:
24F, Indian
GPA - 7.5 from a Tier 1 Indian college

Participated in CBSE Swimming nationals, and won medals in relay

Took part in badminton clusters

Was part of the prefectorial body in which we welcomed delegates from all around the world

Took part in a NASA program wherein we visited the Johnson Space Centre in Houston

College:

Not good GPA but can defend it

Part of college badminton team and won many laureates

Got bronze in an inter-collegiate tournament as the women’s badminton team captain. And created history as this wasn’t achieved before by any woman’s badminton team

Was the sportswoman of the year for my college

Was part of the incubation center management team of the college. Was part of the strategic relations team (where we almost got Steve Wozniak to deliver a speech) and was the event management team lead

Work Experience:

3yrs Software eng/ quant experience in a top investment bank (front office and back office Eng roles)

Got a promotion

Lead a 2months intern project

What are my chances for the above colleges for a MBA and can I expect any scholarship?

Should I retake the test? Planning to apply in R1

June 27, 2026 6:22am ET

Applying: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: 2x Founder & Management Consulting

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Finance, Management Consulting, Technology

GRE: 301

GPA: 2.93

Years of Work Experience: 6

Location: Dubai

Post MBA Location: USA

Notes:

Two-time founder (marketing agency during undergrad, then a fintech post-graduation), ex-Kearney consulting, currently on the founding team of a boutique financial consulting firm. Based in Pakistan, 29. Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. Undergrad from LUMS (top business school in Pakistan) with a 2.91 GPA, which I know is my main weakness.
Targeting HBS, Stanford, and MIT Sloan for R1. I'm aware these are reaches given my GPA. GRE is in progress, currently retaking to push into the 315 to 320 range with a strong quant score to offset the academic profile.
Post-MBA goal is to scale into senior operating or founder roles in fintech and financial services, building on my consulting and startup background.

June 24, 2026 12:12pm ET

Applying: Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Georgia / Terry, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: United States Marine Corps Logistics Officer

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, McKinsey, Other Industries

GPA: 3.23

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: North Carolina

Post MBA Location: Virginia/North Carolina

Notes:

GMAT/GRE waiver, realistically what are my chances? I have 4 major exercises and 1 deployment. The reason for the waiver is time constraints as I am currently deployed.

June 22, 2026 9:40pm ET

Applying: HKUST, Nanyang

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: Healthcare

Post MBA Career: Health Care

GMAT: 620

GPA: 7.0

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: India

Post MBA Location: Europe

Notes:

I'm a dentist from India exploring international MBA programs and would appreciate some advice from people who have either gone through a similar transition or have experience with MBA admissions and outcomes.

My long-term goal is to move into the healthcare/healthtech ecosystem, potentially in areas such as healthcare consulting, product management, healthcare strategy, or healthtech startups. I am particularly interested in leveraging my clinical background rather than moving into a completely unrelated field.

I'm currently evaluating MBA programs in Europe and Asia (Singapore, Japan, HongKong)

For context, I have a GMAT Focus score of 575 with 4 years of work ex within the clinical and corporate side of the healthcare sector

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MBA Livewire

June 29, 2026 7:40pm ET

Interview Invite to Columbia Business School

Round: Round 1

Received via email June 29, 2026

Standardized Test: Executive Assessment (EA)

EA: 162

Program Type: January Intake

Juno Member: Not yet

June 29, 2026 1:39pm ET

Rejected from Waitlist at Columbia Business School

Round: Round 2

Received via portal June 29, 2026

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 3.21

GRE: 339

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Post MBA Career: Finance, Investment Banking

Application Location: Vienna

Juno Member: Not yet

June 29, 2026 12:10pm ET

Accepted to Harvard Business School

Round: Early Decision

Received via portal on June 24, 2026

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 3.9

GRE: 323

Program Type: Deferred Enrollment

Application Location: Utah

Juno Member: Not yet

June 28, 2026 5:48pm ET

Rejected from Waitlist at Columbia Business School

Round: Round 2

Received via portal on June 24, 2026

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 3.9

GRE: 322

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Application Location: UK

Note:

Frustrating that no feedback is given. Felt like I had a great profile/ fit for the program. Good luck to anyone else still waiting

Juno Member: Not yet

June 27, 2026 4:08pm ET

Accepted from Waitlist to MIT Sloan

Round: Round 2

Received via phone on May 21, 2026

Standardized Test: GMAT

GPA: 3.1

GMAT: 675

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Post MBA Career: Other Industries

Juno Member: Not yet

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MBA DecisionWire

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.

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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