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March 18, 2025 3:01am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Product Management (Fintech/Banking, AI, and Govtech domains)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Accenture , BCG , McKinsey , Other , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Other
GMAT: 750
GPA: 2.87
Years of Work Experience: 8
Location: Azerbaijan
Post MBA Location: US
Notes:

Hello all,

I want to get your thoughts. I am a 30/white/male applicant from Caucasus.
2.87 GPA (71.65/100), 750 Gmat Classic. 7+ years of Product management experience (Fintech/Banking, AI, and Govtech domains). Several extracurriculars, Volunteer experiences, and lots of activities.

I have applied through the last 2 cycles; m7 and t15 schools. I got an interview from Booth and Stern last year and both went well, but I got rejected, and I got an interview from Ross this cycle and got rejected after waitlist.

So questions:

Should I apply through 3rd round and consider t20 schools? or

Should I stay till round 1 next cycle and apply again?

Which makes sense more? Will being 31 before matriculation for US schools weak point of my application? Post-MBA goal is also PM-related positions in Big Tech companies. Should I reconsider my goal? Is the current situation in the US tech job market an issue for me as an international?

Thanks in advance