Real Humans of MBA Students

Published: December 11, 2023

Real Humans of the Washington University Olin MBA Class of 2025

We continue with our Real Humans: MBA Students series by meeting some new members of the Washington University (WashU) Olin Business School MBA Class of 2025 in St. Louis. Eighty-three students comprise the MBA Class of 2025. Thirty-seven percent are women and 51 percent are international students. Thirty-four percent identify as underrepresented U.S. minorities. During their undergraduate years, WashU Olin MBAs averaged a 3.6 GPA. Forty percent had majored in business or economics. Thirty-nine percent pursued studies in natural science, engineering or STEM. Twenty-two percent had earned degrees in the humanities or social sciences. The Read more

Published: December 7, 2023

Real Humans of the IMD MBA Class of 2023

We pay a visit to Lausanne, Switzerland, for this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series to meet some members of the MBA Class of 2023 at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). Eighty-seven students matriculated in January 2023 for the one-year IMD MBA. Thirty-six percent are women. The class represents 36 different nationalities with a quarter coming from Western Europe and 24 percent from South Asia. Ten percent each hail from Latin America or North America while another nine percent joined from East and Central Asia. Eight percent joined from Africa/Middle Read more

Published: December 6, 2023

Real Humans of the Chicago Booth MBA Class of 2025

This edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series introduces some new members of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business MBA Class of 2025. The five students profiled here matriculated along with 632 other MBA candidates out of 4,184 applicants. Forty-two percent of the new class are women and 36 percent are international, representing 54 countries. Based on Federal reporting guidelines, 28 percent of U.S. students identify as Asian American, seven percent as Black/African America, 11 percent as Hispanic/Latinx, and three percent as multi-race. During their undergraduate years, the new crop of candidates averaged a Read more

Published: December 4, 2023

Real Humans of Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Business MBA Class of 2025

We head to Nashville in this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series to meet some new members of the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Business MBA Class of 2025. Vanderbilt Owen welcomed 160 new students in the fall of 2023. A third of the new candidates are women and 29 percent are international, which includes foreign nationals, dual citizens and U.S. permanent residents. Nine percent of U.S. students identify as a U.S. minority. During their undergraduate years, Owen MBAs earned a median 3.5 GPA. Their average GMAT score landed at 687 and Read more

Published: November 29, 2023

Real Humans of the IESE Business School MBA Class of 2025

We head to IESE Business School of the University of Navarra in Barcelona to meet some new Class of 2025 candidates in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. IESE’s class is comprised of over 350 students and 35 percent are women. Eighty-five percent are international. Twenty-four percent of new students hail from Asia. Another 20 percent each joined from North America or Latin America. Outside of Spain, 16 percent sourced from the rest of Europe. Fifteen percent came from Spain and five percent from the Middle East & Africa. The IESE students’ average age was 29 at Read more

Published: November 27, 2023

Real Humans of the Texas McCombs School of Business MBA Class of 2025

In this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series, we hear from some new members of the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business MBA Class of 2025. 241 students comprise the Texas McCombs MBA Class of 2025. Women make up 35 percent of the class while international students comprise 26 percent of the new group. Of U.S. students, 35 percent identify as a minority and 18 percent as historically underrepresented minority students. A fifth were first-gen college students in their families and 14 percent of the students are active-duty U.S. military or veterans. Read more

Published: November 22, 2023

Real Humans of the London Business School MBA Class of 2025

This edition of Real Humans: MBA Students introduces London Business School (LBS) candidates for the Class of 2025 from five different continents, which is representative of the global diversity of the program. Of the 487 new students, only six percent hail from the United Kingdom. There are 63 nationalities represented in the LBS MBA Class of 2025. Thirty-three percent come from Asia followed by 18 percent from North America. Another 17 percent have roots in Central and South America while 12 percent come from Europe, not including the UK. When it was time to Read more

Published: November 20, 2023

Real Humans of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business MBA Class of 2025

We head to Washington, D.C. to continue our Real Humans: MBA Students series with new members of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business MBA Class of 2025. 258 students make up the McDonough MBA Class of 2025. Women comprise 31 percent of the class and 59 percent are international, representing 40 different countries. African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American students make up 42 percent of the class. Nineteen percent identify as underrepresented U.S. minorities. Eleven percent had served or are serving in the U.S. military. During their undergraduate years, McDonough MBA’s Read more

Published: November 15, 2023

Real Humans of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School MBA Class of 2025

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, new members of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (JHU Carey) MBA Class of 2025 share their admissions journeys. The Carey Business School MBA Class of 2025 numbers 65 students. Fifty-one percent are women, which marks the fourth time in the last five years that Johns Hopkins Carey has had a total enrollment of at least 50 percent women in our full-time MBA programs. Eighty-six percent of domestic students identify as U.S. minorities. Sixty-six percent of the class are international, representing 14 countries. During their undergraduate years, the Read more

Published: November 13, 2023

Real Humans of the UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Class of 2025

We continue our Real Humans: MBA Students with a visit to UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School to hear from new members of their MBA Class of 2025 about applicant & student life. 253 students matriculated at Kenan-Flagler in the Fall of 2023. Women comprise a third of the class and 34 percent of students are international. Twenty-six percent of U.S. students identify as a minority and 13 percent as underrepresented minorities. Fourteen percent had served or continue to serve in the military. The new Kenan-Flagler MBA class landed a mean GMAT score of 696. During Read more

Published: November 8, 2023

Real Humans of the Cambridge Judge MBA Class of 2024

For this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we meet some new MBA candidates at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School (CJBS). 226 students joined the one-year program in the Fall of 2023. Women comprise 42 percent of the new class. All together, the group represented 45 nationalities. Upon matriculation, the Cambridge Judge class had six years of average work experience. Their average age landed at 29. When they took the GMAT, they earned an average score of 690. Get to know their diversity beyond the stats in the following pages, as six Cambridge Judge Read more

Published: November 6, 2023

Real Humans of the Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business Class of 2025

Learn more about business school life in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students featuring new candidates at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. 104 students matriculated for the Class of 2025. Women comprise 31 percent of the class and another 34 percent are international students, representing 19 countries. Among domestic students, 20 percent are underrepresented minorities. Another 20 percent of U.S. students are military veterans. During their undergraduate years, the new Mendoza class had a mean GPA of 3.4. Twenty-four percent were the first in their families to earn a Read more

Published: November 1, 2023

Real Humans of the NYU Stern MBA Class of 2025

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, new members of the NYU Stern MBA Class of 2025 talk about applicant & student life. 327 students comprise the Stern MBA Class of 2025. Forty-three percent are women and 48 percent have international citizenship. Forty-seven percent of the class are U.S. minority students, and 17 percent are historically underrepresented minorities. Twenty-seven percent of students in the Stern MBA Class of 2025 hold undergraduate degrees in business, while another 27 percent majored in a STEM discipline. Nineteen percent had studied the social sciences and another 17 percent had Read more

Published: October 30, 2023

Real Humans of Emory Goizueta’s Business School MBA Class of 2025

In this edition of our ongoing Real Humans: MBA Students series, five new students at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School shed light on their road to joining the Class of 2025 and why they chose the leading program. The Two-Year MBA Class of 2025 at Goizueta is comprised of 125 students. Thirty-four percent are women and nearly half, 49 percent, are international. Overall, the class represents 16 different countries. A quarter of the new class identify as African American, Hispanic/Latinx, or Native American/Alaskan. During their undergraduate years, they earned a mean GPA of 3.47. Fifty-eight Read more

Published: October 25, 2023

Real Humans of the Boston College Carroll School of Management MBA Class of 2025

We welcome some new students of the Boston College Carroll School of Management MBA Class of 2025 to this installment of Real Humans: MBA Students. Eighty-six students matriculated into the Carroll MBA program in the fall of 2023 at a 56 percent acceptance rate. Twenty-nine percent are women and 27 percent are international. Twenty-seven percent of U.S. students identify as African-American, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American. During their undergraduate years, Carroll MBA students had an average GPA of 3.22. Twenty-one percent had earned degrees in business and the same percentage had studied humanities/social sciences. Ten percent Read more

Published: October 23, 2023

Real Humans of the INSEAD MBA Class of 2024

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we meet some new members of the 2024J cohort at INSEAD. 429 students matriculated at INSEAD in September of 2023 for the July-graduating class. They represent 66 different nationalities/passports and resided in 58 different countries before joining the program. Thirty-seven percent of the new class are women. Overall, the group averaged an age of 29 and 5.7 years of work experience. The middle 80 percent range of work experience fell between three and nine years. Get to know INSEAD students behind the class profile in the Read more

Published: October 18, 2023

Real Humans of the Cornell Johnson MBA Class of 2025

We head to Ithaca, NY, to meet new members of the Cornell Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Two-Year MBA program in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. 283 students matriculated to be part of the Johnson MBA Class of 2025. Forty-two percent of the incoming class are international students and represent 39 countries. Forty-three percent are women, and 35 percent identify as U.S. underrepresented minorities–Black/African American, Native American, or Hispanic American. The median GMAT score for the Class of 2025 came in at 710 while their undergraduate GPA landed at a Read more

Published: October 16, 2023

Real Humans of Rochester Simon’s MBA Class of 2025

We visit upstate New York for this installment of Real Humans: MBA Students to meet some new students of the Class of 2025 at the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School. The new class numbers 96 students. Forty-nine percent are women and 47 percent are international. Thirty-five percent of U.S. students identify as minorities and underrepresented minorities. The middle 80 percent of GPAs during their undergraduate years ranged from 2.9 to 3.9. Thirty-five percent had majored in business/commerce while 23 percent earned degrees in humanities/social science. A fifth had studied math/science. Another 14 percent Read more

Published: October 12, 2023

Real Humans of the UGA Terry MBA Class of 2025

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we head to Georgia to meet some new members of the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business Class of 2025. 65 students matriculated in the Terry Class of 2025. Eighteen percent of students are international. Women make up 29 percent of the class. Fourteen percent of U.S. students identify as minorities. During their undergraduate years, new Terry students earned an average GPA of 3.55. Forty-eight percent had majored in engineering/computer science followed by a fifth who had pursued the sciences. Eighteen percent earned degrees in business Read more

Published: October 11, 2023

Real Humans of the Michigan Ross School of Business MBA Class of 2025

We are here for another look at student life in this installment of Real Humans: MBA Students, this time with the Michigan Ross School of Business MBA Class of 2025. Michigan Ross welcomed 379 students to the Class of 2025. Forty-three percent of the new group are women and 43 percent are international. Forty-three percent identify as U.S. students of color. LGBTQIA2S+ make up 10 percent of the new Ross class. During their undergraduate years, the Ross MBA Class of 2025 averaged a GPA of 3.43. Thirty-four percent had majored in business, 44 Read more

Published: October 9, 2023

Real Humans of Toronto Rotman’s MBA Class of 2025

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we head to Canada to meet some new members of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management Class of 2025. 284 students matriculated in the Rotman Class of 2025. Seventy percent of students are international, representing 41 passport regions. Women make up nearly half the class, at 49 percent. Eight percent identify as LGBTQ+ and 10 percent as Black or Indigenous. During their undergraduate years, new Rotman students earned an average GPA of 3.6. Thirty-five percent had majored in business/commerce followed by 20 percent in Read more

Published: October 5, 2023

Real Humans of the Duke Fuqua MBA Class of 2025

Say hello to some new Class of 2025 Daytime MBA students at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series. 385 students matriculated for the Duke Fuqua MBA Class of 2025. They hailed from 33 states and 51 countries to pursue their graduate management education in Durham, North Carolina. Nearly half of the class, 45 percent, are women. International citizens, based on primary citizenship, make up 47 percent of the latest class. U.S. minority students, identified as African American or Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian American, Hispanic Read more

Published: October 4, 2023

Real Humans of Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA Class of 2025

The Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA Class of 2025 has a lot to share about applicant and student life in this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series. 171 students matriculated at Tepper this fall for the full-time MBA Class of 2025. Thirty-six percent are women and 53 percent are international citizens. Forty-nine percent of the class identify as U.S. minorities with 26 percent identifying as U.S. underrepresented minorities. LGBTQ+ members make up seven percent of the class and eight percent are military veterans. During their undergraduate years, the new Tepper class averaged a GPA of Read more

Published: October 2, 2023

Real Humans of ASU Carey’s MBA Class of 2025

This edition of Real Humans: MBA Students takes us to Arizona to meet new members of the Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business Class of 2025. Fifty-six students matriculated in the W.P. Carey Class of 2025. Thirty-nine percent of students are international, representing 13 countries, and 45 percent are women. Twenty-six percent identify as U.S. minorities and 18 percent as underrepresented U.S. minorities. Overall, the average GPA for the class in undergrad was 3.57. Upon matriculation at W.P. Carey, students averaged 5.75 years of full-time work experience. The average GMAT score of incoming students Read more

Published: September 27, 2023

Real Humans of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business MBA Class of 2025

We continue our Real Humans: MBA Students series with new students from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business MBA Class of 2025. Ninety-six students comprise the new IU Kelley School of Business class in Bloomington, Indiana. Thirty-eight percent of the new class are women and 58 percent are international students. Twenty-one percent of the new class identify as U.S. minorities. During their undergraduate years, Kelley MBA students earned an average 3.4 GPA. Thirty-five percent of students pursued a degree in business administration before joining the MBA program. Thirty-three percent had majored in science or engineering. Read more

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MBA Applywire

December 21, 2024 12:13pm ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Military/Corporate Logistics

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GRE: 302

GPA: 3.63

Years of Work Experience: 9

Notes:

Submitting for R2, but retaking GRE after application deadline. Military Vet with Corporate experience.

December 20, 2024 5:17pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Healthcare

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG

GRE: 332

GPA: 3.5

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Florida

Post MBA Location: Consulting

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25F, lgbtq, 3 years as a registered nurse. also have started working for an early stage VC in the past several months.

December 19, 2024 4:44pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Stanford GSB

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Insurance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship

GRE: 318

GPA: 3.59

Years of Work Experience: 3.5

Location: Georgia

Post MBA Location: Southeast

Notes:

Looking to launch a tech startup post MBA, without any background in tech. Come from a quant heavy background and undergraduate coursework. I regularly attended admissions events, in person and online at my schools. I hope that focusing energy on my few top schools and spending a lot of time on essays will help me overcome the less than average test score (164 quant 154 verbal) and GPA.

Serial entrepreneur with a history of profitable small businesses. Was promoted twice in 3.5 years. Involved in many extracurricular activities in and outside of work. My background is very centered around financial services/insurance, is this a red flag for a pivot to Tech Entrepreneurship?

Transferred between two state schools in the southeast. School I graduated from is a top 25 undergrad business program. Obtained a few professionals designations post grad.

December 18, 2024 11:38am ET

Applying: Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Held various positions in Finance and Accounting in a healthcare institution

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Other Companies: BCG , Deloitte , Other

GPA: 3.0

Years of Work Experience: 11

Location: International

Notes:

I am passionate about healthcare enhancing patient quality care. So exploring in that field is what I would love. Got a 72k scholarship from Vandy and named Forte Fellow. UNC 50k. I'm having a hard time deciding though my heart is leaning towards Owen

December 18, 2024 10:23am ET

Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Indiana / Kelley, Ohio State / Fisher

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Facility management

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting

GRE: 309

GPA: 2.8

Years of Work Experience: 3

Notes:

Graduate GPA -3.869

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December 21, 2024 8:37am ET

Accepted to Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 11, 2024

GMAT: 675

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

December 21, 2024 2:38am ET

Waitlisted at Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 10, 2024

GPA: 3.27

GMAT: 760

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: CA

December 20, 2024 11:16pm ET

Accepted to Babson / Olin

Round: Round 1

Received via email on December 17, 2024

GPA: 3.9

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: South Asia

December 20, 2024 7:50pm ET

Accepted to Columbia

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on December 10, 2024

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Application Location: India

Note:

$100k scholarship

December 20, 2024 3:21pm ET

Accepted to Yale SOM

Round: Round 1

Received via email December 20, 2024

GPA: 4.0

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Note:

100% scholarship

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