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April 21, 2025 12:20pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper $

Applied: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Technology Companies: AT Kearney, Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter, Uber

GMAT: 685

Notes:

I have been waitlisted after interview by MIT Sloan, Tuck, NYU Stern, Duke Fuqua
waitlisted without interview: Cornell
Dinged: Ross
I am Indian female software engineer with 3YOE. I am evaluating if I should go for Tepper this year or try for a higher ranked school next year, since multiple waitlist is a positive sign.

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anon13780 Likes Earned: 5 If your aim is MBB it really won’t make a difference all that much. I was at MBB for almost 6 years and supported our recruiting priorities. Many people think HBS matters all that much more but Tepper is still regarded as a good school in line with NY, Sloan, Tuck etc. If you want a different school go because of the program not bc of MBB (2)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1834 Did you apply in Round 1 or 2?

Will you have further progression from your work experience and activities outside of work, if you apply in Round 1, next season?

Are you willing to delay your post MBA career by a year?

It’s a tough decision, with some risk involved.

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eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 2003 Congrats on your acceptance and scholarship at Tepper. My recommendation is that you put down a deposit at Tepper with the intention of going to Tepper. Meaning, Tepper is a good program and it would allow you to begin your post MBA career sooner. In addition, if next month you get admitted off of a waitlist from one of these other schools, you can then decide if you want to enroll at this other program instead. (Under this scenario, you would lose your deposit at Tepper.) Another question - will you need a visa to attend business school? If so, would you be able to secure a visa if you get admitted off of the waitlist in May? (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1834 More details on this decision in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2025/04/mba-wire-taps-422/ (0)