Clear Admit: MBA News, Admissions Advice & Trends

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Michigan / Ross, Oxford / Saïd, U. Chicago Booth, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Social Impact Consultant

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

GRE: 323

GPA: 3.82

Years of Work Experience: 8

Location: India

Notes:

- My highest GRE score is 323 (V - 155, Q - 168) and in another attempt, it came to 321 (V - 160, Q - 161).
- I am a re-applicant in most of these colleges (applied late in R2 last year).
- I have interviewed at Haas, Ross, and Tuck (guaranteed interview) this year.
- I have extensive experience in the education sector (non-profit and social impact consulting) in India.
- Female applicant.

November 6, 2024 8:52am ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia, Emory / Goizueta, Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Data Analytics

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Consumer Goods

GPA: 3.9

Notes:

I'm a deferred MBA applicant. I have completed 3 summer internships, 2 of which were at the same company. I have leadership involvement across my campus, including a being a Lead Student Fellow, co-president of an intersectional feminist multimedia organization, and a 5-time instructional assistant for classes in my department spanning python programming, web design, computational networks, and career coaching. I hope to apply in spring 2025.

Additionally, I am a South Asian woman and have a parent that attended HBS (but did not get an MBA).

November 6, 2024 6:56am ET

Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Financial Services (Private Wealth Management to Commercial Banking/Family Office Hybrid)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , McKinsey , Other

GRE: 320

GPA: 3.21

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Boston

Post MBA Location: Boston/NYC

Notes:

Thanks for reviewing my profile. Attended a top 15 LAC, captained a team there and worked a part-time job while taking classes. Graduated and started working in PWM but ended up getting into a hybrid PWM/commercial banking model where I work on a niche forms of financing for PE firms.
Why MBA? Looking to Pivot into a strategy role, I work as a VP for a large bank that is uniquely inefficient and joining a strategy group that can parse out the issues (because there are notable issues in our financial system) is of notable interest to me.

November 5, 2024 10:15am ET

Applying: Wisconsin

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Accountant

Post-MBA Target Industry: Other

GPA: 2.5

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: Illinois

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MBA Livewire

November 6, 2024 6:28pm ET

Applying to Northwestern / Kellogg

Round: Round 2

Received via portal

GPA: 3.6

GRE: 314

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Marketing

November 6, 2024 5:06pm ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via email November 6, 2024

GMAT: 720

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

November 6, 2024 2:48pm ET

Interview Invite to UNC Kenan-Flagler

Round: Round 1

Received via email November 6, 2024

GRE: 318

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Other

November 6, 2024 1:34pm ET

Interview Invite to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via email

GMAT: 750

Program Type: One Year Program

Application Location: India

Note:

I interviewed with NYU Stern last week and received an email today which said "Thank you for interviewing with NYU Stern!"

Did anyone receive an email like this? I was reading on another portal that this might not be a positive sign? Does someone have more context?

November 6, 2024 1:33pm ET

Applied to Northwestern / Kellogg

Round: Round 1

Received via n/a

GRE: 330

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact

Application Location: Brasil

Note:

You guys know anything about Kelloggs interviews? It seems like only a few people have been called so far and in previous years I feel like at this time more interview invites would already have been submitted.

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MBA DecisionWire

November 5, 2024 1:36pm ET

Enrolled: Notre Dame / Mendoza

Admitted: Boston College / Carroll $

$66000

, Notre Dame / Mendoza $

$80000

Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Georgetown / McDonough, Notre Dame / Mendoza, Boston College / Carroll

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Investment Banking Companies: Bank of America, Barclays, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Wells Fargo Securities, Other

GRE: 315

GPA: 3.2

Location: Texas

Notes:

2/4 overall. Waitlisted at Cornell. Interview at GTown, but dropped out once I received Notre Dame decision. Notre Dame was my top choice, so very happy with the overall outcome. If anything, I wish I had found the Clear Admit podcast sooner. I would've retaken the GRE and applied to more reach schools. However, very happy overall!

Chi

October 19, 2024 9:04pm ET

Enrolled: U. Chicago Booth

Admitted: U. Chicago Booth $

$100,000

, Columbia , Cornell / Johnson , UNC Kenan-Flagler $

$70,000

, UVA / Darden $

$80,000

, Yale SOM $

$50,000

Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Entering Year: 2023

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Investment Banking Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, Other

GRE: 329

GPA: 4.5

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Fuq

October 19, 2024 7:04am ET

Enrolled: Duke / Fuqua

Admitted: Duke / Fuqua

Applied: Duke / Fuqua

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Consulting