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Real Humans of MBA Class of 2023

Published: November 15, 2021
Real Humans of Yale SOM’s MBA Class of 2023
Some new members of the Yale School of Management’s MBA Class of 2023 join us for the latest edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series. 349 students matriculated in the latest class in New Haven, CT. Forty-three percent are women and 44 percent are international passport holders. Forty-nine percent of U.S. students identify as U.S. students of color and a fifth identify as U.S. underrepresented students of color. During their undergraduate years, Yale MBA students earned a median GPA of 3.69, of those who attended U.S. programs that used a 4.0 GPA scale. Read more
Published: November 10, 2021
Real Humans of Washington Foster Business School’s MBA Class of 2023
Say hello to Seattle as we chat with some new members of the Washington Foster MBA Class of 2023 in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. 126 students comprise Foster’s latest full-time MBA class. Forty percent of the class are women and international students also make up 40 percent of the student population. Twenty percent are Washington state residents. During their undergraduate years, Foster MBA candidates averaged a GPA of 3.42. A third of the class had majored in engineering, the leading major of the Washington Foster MBA Read more
Published: November 8, 2021
Real Humans of Cornell Johnson’s MBA Class of 2023
We head to “gorges” Ithaca, New York, for this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students to meet some new members of Cornell Johnson’s Two-Year MBA Class of 2023. The Johnson Two-Year MBA Class of 2023 is comprised of 304 students. Thirty-nine percent of the first-year students are women, which represents an eight percent increase from the prior class. Twenty-five percent are underrepresented minorities, which refers to students of African American, Native American, and Hispanic American backgrounds. International citizens account for 35 percent of the class, representing 30 countries. Students in the Class of Read more
Published: November 3, 2021
Real Humans of the London Business School MBA Class of 2023
This edition of Real Humans: MBA Students takes us to London to meet some new members of the London Business School MBA Class of 2023. LBS welcomed 511 new students this fall. Thirty-eight percent of the MBA Class of 2023 are women. LBS prides itself on being an international melting pot, and 90 percent of students come from outside of the United Kingdom. The LBS Class of 2023 represents 67 different nationalities. Twenty-one percent joined the new class from North America and 30 percent came from Asia. Another 16 percent of candidates represent Europe Read more
Published: November 1, 2021
Real Humans of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2023
New members of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2023 discuss their admissions journeys, the leading b-school and more in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. HBS’s Class of 2023 is made up of 1,010 students–an above average size since the school had implemented a deferral policy last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the admissions team split the 200 deferring candidates across the Classes of 2023 and 2024. Forty-six percent of the latest class are women and 37 percent are international. HBS shares the racial and Read more
Published: October 26, 2021
Real Humans of Emory Goizueta’s MBA Class of 2023
In this edition of our Real Humans: MBA Students series, we meet some of the newest members of Emory Goizueta’s MBA Class of 2023. Goizueta keeps their MBA program “small by design,” and the class size hovers around 150 to 180 students only. With the deliberate small size, Goizueta boasts a student to faculty ratio of 5:1. Thirty-five percent of Goizueta’s MBA class are international and 27 percent are women. Eighteen percent identify as African American, Hispanic / Latinx, or Native American / Alaskan. The latest Emory Goizueta MBA class arrived on campus Read more
Published: October 20, 2021
Real Humans of the OSU Fisher MBA Class of 2023
New members of the Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business (OSU Fisher) MBA Class of 2023 are here to share their admissions journeys and insights in the latest edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. Sixty-one students matriculated into the OSU Fisher MBA Class of 2023. Forty-three percent are women and 28 percent are international. Twenty percent identify as U.S. minorities. Members average the age of 29 with 3.9 years of work experience. During their undergraduate years, the new OSU Fisher class averaged a 3.42 GPA. A third had studied the arts and sciences. Read more
Published: October 18, 2021
Real Humans of NYU Stern’s MBA Class of 2023
We head to the Big Apple for this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students to meet some of the newest members of the NYU Stern School of Business MBA Class of 2023. 360 students comprise the Stern MBA Class of 2023. Forty percent are women and 32 percent are international or dual citizens. Seventeen percent identify as a member of an underrepresented minority group, while 36 percent identify more broadly as minority students. Twenty-seven percent of students in the Stern MBA Class of 2023 hold undergraduate degrees in business, while 24 percent majored in Read more
Published: October 14, 2021
Real Humans of ASU Carey’s MBA Class of 2023
This edition of Real Humans: MBA Students takes us to Arizona to meet new members of the ASU W.P. Carey School of Business Class of 2023. Out of 691 applicants, 59 students matriculated in the W.P. Carey Class of 2023. Twenty-nine percent of students are international and 31% are women. Thirty-one percent of W.P. Carey’s Class of 2023 pursued undergraduate degrees in business. Fourteen percent each had pursued social sciences/humanities or math/science in their undergraduate years. Fourteen percent had also earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and 12% studied engineering. Overall, the average GPA for Read more
Published: October 12, 2021
Real Humans of the MIT Sloan MBA Class of 2023
Welcome to another edition of Real Humans: MBA Students in which we get to know some new business school students and their journeys through admissions. This time, candidates of the MIT Sloan Class of 2023 share their stories and advice. A total of 450 students joined the MIT Sloan Class of 2023. Women constituted 44% of incoming students. Forty-three percent of students in the class are international and 64 countries are represented. The new class’s median GMAT score landed at 730, and the middle 80 percent range of results spanned from 690 to Read more
Published: October 7, 2021
Real Humans of the IESE MBA Class of 2023
In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we head to the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra in Barcelona. IESE’s class is comprised of about 350 students and 30 percent are women. The students’ average age is 29 at the time of matriculation, with an average of five years of work experience.  Sixty-one percent bring professional experience from industry while a fifth had worked in finance pre-MBA. Another 13 percent joined from the consulting field, five percent from entrepreneurship and three percent from public services/NGO. When it came time to take the GMAT, the IESE Read more
Published: October 4, 2021
Real Humans of the Michigan Ross MBA Class of 2023
We are excited to kick off Real Humans: MBA Students with the Michigan Ross MBA Class of 2023. In this annual series, new MBA students provide firsthand insights into the academic and student life at their leading business schools. Michigan Ross welcomed 398 students to the Class of 2023. Forty-six percent of the new group are women and 28 percent are international. Thirty-six percent identify as U.S. students of color. During their undergraduate years, the Ross MBA Class of 2023 averaged a GPA of 3.53. Forty-two percent had majored in business, 32 percent in STEM Read more

MBA Applywire

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November 16, 2024 5:16pm ET
Applying: ESADE, IE Business School, IESE
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Tech
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Pharmaceutical Companies: Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Oracle , Johnson & Johnson , Novartis , Pfizer , Roche
GMAT: 525
GPA: 2.79
Years of Work Experience: 4
Post MBA Location: Europe
Notes:

Asian, female, USA. Top 10 Undergraduate school in USA, majored in Biomedical Engineering. Worked for Salesforce, Accenture, and Microsoft within sales department. Major accomplishments within sales roles. Strong personal essays. Letters of Recommendations from direct managers. Founder and held multiple leadership positions in school clubs during Undergrad. Just a really bad test taker and cannot seem to get my scores up no matter how many times I take it specifically in the quant section. American trying to stay in Europe post MBA and only applying to European B-schools.
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November 15, 2024 9:32am ET
Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Minnesota / Carlson, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Pre-MBA Career: Insurance
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Other
GMAT: 505
GPA: 3.44
Years of Work Experience: 3
Post MBA Location: Midwest, Northeast
Notes:

GMAT Note:
* The score is an unofficial practice test. I am beginning my studies for the real thing now.

Undergrad Majors:
* Economics
* Business Management

Work Experience Notes:
* Insurance experience is at a family business
* I implemented data analytics into business operations since that was not a practice beforehand.
* I help with sales, customer service, bookkeeping, and marketing.

Extracurriculars & Volunteer Activities:
* Worked as an economics research assistant during my undergrad where I consulted public and private entities
* Was part of an economics research project that won a national award for its work in community economic development
* Published 2 university-sponsored economics articles
* During my senior year, I was appointed to a university faculty committee to help plan university award ceremonies and delegate student scholarships
* Won a leadership award from my university
* Economics honor society member
* President of a student club (1 year) and a club's Senior Advisor (1 year)
* Started and led 2 initiatives that installed free smoke alarms in rural area homes (received a leadership award from the American Red Cross for this)
* Ironman triathlete
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November 14, 2024 8:16pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cambridge / Judge, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, emlyon, IESE, Imperial, INSEAD, London Business School, Manchester / AMBS, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Hospitality
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Consumer Goods, Other Companies: Amazon , Apple , Google , Coca Cola , LVMH , Nestle , Nike
GRE: 326
GPA: 3.46
Years of Work Experience: 6
Post MBA Location: Consultancy
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November 14, 2024 6:29am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting, Capital Project Development (Renewable Energy/CCS)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Commercial Banking, Family Business, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 664
GPA: 2.9
Years of Work Experience: 7
Notes:

Pakistani male, looking to get into the financial services industry short term, and long-term make a significant contribution to the family business or pursue entrepreneurship. Studied engineering from UT Austin for undergrad followed by three jobs (roughly 2 years each) and a nine month break in between job 2 and 3. Planning to take the GMAT again in 3 weeks to offset GPA. Goal score is 695. Mitigating circumstances around GPA are just illness and general family/self issues but doubt they will be very convincing.
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November 13, 2024 11:52am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Georgetown / McDonough, Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Real Estate Development Analyst and Acquisitions Project Manager
Post-MBA Target Industry: Private Equity, Family Business, Entrepreneurship Companies: Other
GPA: 3.44
Years of Work Experience: 3
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MBA LiveWire

November 17, 2024 12:58am ET
Rejected at Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on November 14, 2024
GPA: 3.49
GMAT: 740
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
November 17, 2024 12:46am ET
Interview Invite to Duke / Fuqua
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 12, 2024
GPA: 3.49
GMAT: 740
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
November 16, 2024 12:19pm ET
Interview Invite to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 1
Received via email
GRE: 320
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: India
November 16, 2024 10:45am ET
Accepted to Boston College / Carroll
Round: Round 1
Received via phone on November 12, 2024
GPA: 3.91
GRE: 318
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Texaa
November 16, 2024 9:42am ET
Accepted to Ohio State / Fisher
Round: Early Decision
Received via email on November 14, 2024
GRE: 316
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
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