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Peggy Hughes
Peggy Hughes is a writer based in Berlin, Germany. She has worked in the education sector for her whole career, and loves nothing more than to help make sense of it to students, teachers and applicants.
Published: June 18, 2024
NYU Stern Announces Updates to Specialized MBA
NYU Stern’s one-year MBA in luxury is changing: after a five-year stint as the ‘Fashion and Luxury’ MBA, it has been refreshed and given the new name of NYU Stern Luxury & Retail MBA. Stern is rolling out updates for the one-year program – promising to put its wildly-popular experiential learning firmly at the front… Read more
Published: June 13, 2024
Coming to Grips with the New GMAT Scores
In late 2023, the GMAT got an overhaul. It got an overhaul that changed it completely – scrapping a section, ramping up flexibility and cutting completion times by nearly an hour. Along with the altered format and edited content came a new scoring system, meaning that both the number of marks available and the number… Read more

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June 28, 2024 3:09pm ET
Enrolled at USC / Marshall
Round: Round 4
Received via phone
GPA: 3.5
GMAT: 615
Note:

$15,000 Scholarship
June 28, 2024 3:07pm ET
Accepted to UCLA Anderson
Round: Round 4
Received via phone on June 25, 2024
GPA: 3.5
GMAT: 615
Note:

Applied during extension period, no interview.
June 28, 2024 1:16pm ET
Rejected from Waitlist at Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 1
Received via portal June 28, 2024
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Consulting
Application Location: US - East Coast
June 28, 2024 7:41am ET
Accepted from Waitlist to Cornell / Johnson
Round: Round 2
Received via phone on June 26, 2024
GRE: 318
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: US
Note:

Waitlisted without interview. Submitted action plan. Going to enroll.
June 28, 2024 4:00am ET
Accepted to Harvard Business School
Round: Round 1
Received via portal June 28, 2024
GPA: 9/10
GMAT: 755
Program Type: Deferred Enrollment
Post MBA Career Name: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: India
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