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Are you curious about how your fellow applicants, current students and alumni made their enrollment choice, based on schools to which they applied and were admitted? What about those individuals who were admitted to your favorite school – did they accept the offer or head elsewhere? The following submissions are profiles and MBA decisions made by candidates, current students and alumni regarding where they decided to pursue their MBA based on the offers they received.

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Babson / Olin
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Cam
April 6, 2023 12:12pm ET
Enrolled: Cambridge / Judge
Admitted: Cambridge / Judge $
£32000
 , HEC Paris $
€30000
 , Oxford / Saïd $
£20000
Applied: Cambridge / Judge, HEC Paris, London Business School, Oxford / Saïd
Entering Year: 2023
Post MBA Career: Other
GMAT: 700
Location: Brazil
Notes:

I went to visit all the schools before deciding! I'd strongly advise you to do so if you have the chance! It totally influenced my decision!
In the end I was between oxford and cambrige because the vast diversity of courses that these 2 universities encompass, and went with Judge because the scholarship was amazing :)
Cam
January 2, 2023 2:02pm ET
Enrolled: Cambridge / Judge
Admitted: Cambridge / Judge $
£7880
Applied: Cambridge / Judge
Entering Year: 2023
Post MBA Career: Asset Management, inc. Hedge Funds Companies: Other
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.32
Location: Dallas, TX
Notes:

Factors Influencing My Decision: Diverse cohort, spoke with alumni and current students, electives, thesis/independent project, cost/value

Advice for Other Applicants: Be yourself in essays and interview (not formulaic), I took calc and stats after undergrad to improve academic showing, consider other factors aside from just projected "ROI"
Cam
December 13, 2022 7:06am ET
Enrolled: Cambridge / Judge
Admitted: Cambridge / Judge
Applied: Cambridge / Judge
Entering Year: 2023
Post MBA Career: Media
GRE: 307
GPA: 2.72
Location: India
Cam
April 19, 2022 4:39pm ET
Enrolled: Cambridge / Judge
Admitted: Cambridge / Judge $
£10000
 , Oxford / Saïd $
£10000
Applied: Cambridge / Judge, Oxford / Saïd
Entering Year: 2022
Post MBA Career: Undecided
GMAT: 710
Location: Online
Cam
January 15, 2022 1:28am ET
Enrolled: Cambridge / Judge
Admitted: Cambridge / Judge
Applied: Cambridge / Judge
Entering Year: 2022
Post MBA Career: Consulting Companies: AT Kearney, Bain, McKinsey, PWC
GMAT: 700
Location: India
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April 29, 2024 7:05pm ET
Interview Invite to Berkeley / Haas
Round: Round 3
Received via portal on April 25, 2024
GPA: 2.957
GMAT: 615
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Consulting
Application Location: Bay Area
Note:

I received my interview invite last Friday on 4/25/24, and was only able to select the prerecorded option due to a lack of availability of the Zoom interview option. The Haas prerecorded interview experience was much better than other schools in that it provided 45 seconds to prepare, and 3 minutes to respond for each question, which allowed for me to present myself authentically without feeling rushed.
April 29, 2024 5:12pm ET
Interview Invite to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 4
Received via email April 29, 2024
GPA: 3.85
Program Type: Deferred Enrollment
Post MBA Career Name: Marketing
Application Location: Boston, MA
Note:

Undergrad engineering student from top 50 uni, got test waiver
April 29, 2024 3:38pm ET
Interview Invite to Stanford GSB
Round: Round 3
Received via email April 29, 2024
GPA: 3.72
GRE: 326
Program Type: Deferred Enrollment
Post MBA Career Name: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: NE USA
April 29, 2024 2:52pm ET
Rejected at Michigan / Ross
Round: Round 3
Received via email April 29, 2024
GPA: 3.85
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: General Management
Application Location: Boston, MA
Note:

I am really surprised they did not offer any interviews and that the whole process was so fast. I am assuming I was rejected since they sent me a generic email saying to check the portal for a decision on May 3rd. It seems like they only interviewed international applicants?
April 29, 2024 12:11pm ET
Interview Invite to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 4
Received via email April 29, 2024
GPA: 3.80
GMAT: 740
Program Type: Deferred Enrollment
Post MBA Career Name: Technology
Application Location: US
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Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
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CLASS SIZE: 171
FEMALE: 36%
MEAN GMAT: 705
MEAN GPA: 3.26
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emlyon
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Class Size: 39
Women: 38%
Mean GMAT: n/a
Nationalities: 17
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UCI Merage
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Class Size: 40
Women: 35%
Mean GMAT: 675
Mean GPA: 3.44
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UMD / Smith
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Avg. CLASS SIZE: 120
MEAN GMAT: 640
MEAN GPA: 3.23
AVG. WORK EXPERIENCE: 6 Years
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Bath
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Class Size: 47
Women: 47%
Mean GMAT: n/a
International: 94%
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Cornell / Johnson
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TWO-YEAR CLASS SIZE: 283
Women: 42%
MEDIAN GMAT: 710
MEDIAN GPA: 3.35
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Yale SOM
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CLASS SIZE: 339
Women: 40%
Median GMAT: 720
Median GPA: 3.64
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Georgia / Terry
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Class Size: 65
Women: 29%
Mean GMAT: 668
Mean GPA: 3.55
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Florida / Warrington
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Class Size: 52
Women: 38%
Mean GMAT: 686
Mean GPA: 3.46
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