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April 2, 2025 1:21pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Pharmaceutical Operations
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Pharmaceutical Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Johnson & Johnson , Merck
GRE: 321
GPA: 3.7
Years of Work Experience: 15
Location: Mumbai
Post MBA Location: NYC
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March 30, 2025 10:53am ET
Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, ESADE, IESE, INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Other, Penn State / Smeal, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Banking and technology
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Commercial Banking Companies: Other , Other
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.1
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: Brazil
Post MBA Location: Brazil
Notes:

I am a 29 yo black brazilian woman. I am civil engineer by the oldest civil engineer school of Brazil with full scholarship. I have been working with data since 2015 and now I am coordinator of a data team I the biggest Latin American Bank. Currently I am studying for toefl and improving my English. My main purposes joining a top tier mba are to improve my leadership skills and to learn with different people from different backgrounds (I am working in the same business since 2017).
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March 30, 2025 10:29am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, INSEAD, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Fintech, Morgan Stanley
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Accenture , Bain , BCG , McKinsey , PWC , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft
GRE: 322
GPA: 3.39
Years of Work Experience: 5
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March 27, 2025 2:54am ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: DA/DS; Family Business
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Family Business, Entrepreneurship
GRE: 330
GPA: 3.5
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: Malden, MA
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April 6, 2025 4:30pm ET
Rejected at Duke / Fuqua
Round: Round 2
Received via portal
Standardized Test: GRE
GRE: 335
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
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I really think the interview went well but got rejected, not even waitlisted. I got promoted at work and completed a few certificate courses since application. Is that it, or is it possible to send them an update and be reconsidered?
April 6, 2025 12:13pm ET
Interview Invite to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 3
Received via email on April 03, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.1
GRE: 321
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: West Coast
Note:

excited to finally go to Charlottesville after seeing it on the website for several years!
April 6, 2025 11:30am ET
Accepted from Waitlist to MIT Sloan
Round: Round 2
Received via email on April 03, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GMAT: 695
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: Asia
April 5, 2025 12:29pm ET
Accepted to SMU Cox
Round: Round 3
Received via phone on April 03, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GRE: 316
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: India
April 5, 2025 6:17am ET
Accepted to MIT Sloan
Round: Round 2
Received via phone on April 03, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.9
GMAT: 675
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: Southeast Asia
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