Undecided - 03-18-2025 | Clear Admit DecisionWire

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March 18, 2025 7:44am ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper $

$80000

, Michigan / Ross $

$80000

, UNC Kenan-Flagler $

$120000

Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Investment Banking, Entrepreneurship Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Bank of America, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley

GRE: 324

GPA: 3.28

Location: Florida

Notes:

Waitlisted: Duke, Darden
Decision Pending (interview done): Kellogg, Cornell
Pending, no interview: Yale
Consortium R2.

Did not realize Ross was so well-rounded, better than Cornell and Yale for MBB volume. Worth effort to grind the WL for Duke and/or Darden? Ross ($$) vs Duke vs Darden, $$ depending.

Foregoing UNC/Tepper. K/Y unlikely. C-?

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1736 Ross may well be a very good option with your current offers. If Kellogg comes through, that may make your decision a little more complicated. Getting scholarship from the waitlist can be challenging, but not impossible. Do you have any geographic preferences, post MBA? (0)

eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 1937 Congrats on your acceptances and scholarships to Tepper ($80k), Ross ($80k) and Kenan Flagler ($120k). All three are very good MBA programs. You mentioned that you are deciding between Ross ($80k) vs potential acceptances for Fuqua, Darden and Kellogg. Ross with an $80k scholarship is quite compelling given its strong track record of both consulting and banking career placement. In addition, Ross with an $80k scholarship would be a compelling option even if you gain admission to Fuqua, Darden or Kellogg. My point is that you already have some great options to choose from regardless of what decisions these remaining schools make. Good luck as you await the rest of your decisions. (0)