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December 2, 2024 8:52pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB
Pre-MBA Career: Student + USAF Reservist
Post-MBA Target Industry: MF, Auto, Aerospace, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 715
GPA: 3.79
Notes:

Hey everyone! I'm thinking about applying to M7 deferred programs but would like to get a second opinion on my profile. What are my profile's strengths and weaknesses? Thank you for your help!

**Demographics:**
23M, First Gen Low-Income College, Immigrant, ORM, Serving in the Air Force

**Education:**

* (Ongoing) MS in Aerospace Engineering (4.0 GPA), focusing on Bioastronautics and Human Factors, from a state school with a T10 aerospace program. Currently taking classes online.
* (Ongoing) MS in Econ Analysis at a T5 econ program in Europe, focusing on international trade and development. Living in Europe right now.
* BS in Aerospace Engineering with a Business minor, 3.8 GPA. Same school as my MS.

**Test Scores:**
GMAT: 715 FE

**Work Experience:**

* **Space Start-Up:** Interned part-time for 9 months and full-time for 4 months. Worked on new in-space construction tech and frequently pitched to VCs.
* **T1 Space Company (think SpaceX/NASA):** Integration/Test Engineering Intern for two summers. Led cross-functional teams across sites, saving $15M+. Directed flight hardware tests, built dashboards/tools, and solved technical issues under tight timelines.
* **Mid-Sized Space Company:** Interned in spacecraft testing. Streamlined workflows and redesigned hardware, cutting testing timelines by 30%+.
* **US Air Force:** Lieutenant. Managed logistics for one of the biggest ROTC detachments, leading a team of 20+. Currently doing grad school while awaiting pilot training.

**Extracurriculars:**

* VP of a university aviation club for 3 years, organized flying events for 200+ students.
* Volunteer pilot for an animal rescue nonprofit. Flown 15k+ miles and rescued 30+ animals over 4 years.

**Post-MBA Goal:**
Start a company focused on human factors products—think astronaut peripherals or performance systems designed to enhance safety and effectiveness in extreme space environments.

**Why Deferred:**
I’m about to start Air Force flight training and will be flying for \~2.5 years before becoming a reservist. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I’m super excited to go through it. I feel like I've done a lot so far, but I could fall behind of my peers in 2 to 3 years time because I'm going to be doing military stuff.

**Dream Schools:**
Sloan, GSB, and HBS, but open to other M7s.

Thank you again!

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December 2, 2024 11:25am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Pharma, VC & Innovation consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Companies: Andressen Horowitz , NEA
GRE: 320
GPA: N/A
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: London, United Kingdom
Notes:

Post MBA I want to run my own health tech startup or join a health focused VC team.

Have a bit of a varied background. Italian-Ivorian but have been living in London since 2010. Went to the University of Oxford for undergrad where I studied history and politics. Have an international affairs masters degree from Sciences Po in Paris.

Started my career post grad school in innovation consulting (1year and a half) before a short stint at a VC firm in Amsterdam. Left that after 6 months because of culture to join a tech startup. Landed in an innovation role at a top Pharma co in London almost 2 years ago (in that role I focused on establishing partnerships with digital health players from startups and scale-ups to health systems).

I've always have done things on the side. Started a startup in 2018 with a bunch of former colleagues I had met in South Korea in 2016 - that folded in 2019; started another startup in 2020 - an edtech marketplace and closed that up in the same year. In 2022 I co-founded a non profit focused on supporting Africa-focused emerging fund managers as they raise their first investment vehicles - I run that on the side with my Co-Founders and we now have 2 employees. Played a key role in securing $259k in funding for the non profit.

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December 2, 2024 8:03am ET
Applying: Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: GrowthEquity
Post-MBA Target Industry: Venture Capital Companies: Accell Partners , NEA , Sequoia Capital
GMAT: 750
GPA: 3.9
Location: U.S.
Post MBA Location: California or NYC
Notes:

Hello everyone. I'm a senior and going to apply for the Stanford, Harvard, and Wharton deferred admission programs next year. Would appreciate feedback from people here and what I should do to increase my chances

**Academic Background:**

Undergrad & major: Top Undergrad Business program @ Top State School (Think Ross/Mcintire/Mcdough/Haas level)

GPA: 3.9/4.0.

GMAT: 750

Race/nationality: Hispanic

Sex: M

**Work experience:**

\- Junior Intern & Going back full-time @ T2 Growth Equity Shop (Think Spectrum/Silversmith level)

\- Sophomore Intern @ MBB

\- T1 VC Spring Fellowship

\- 3 Consulting Projects @ different F100 Companies

\- Freshman Intern LMM @ Private Equity Shop

\- Venture Scourt @ Small VC Firm

\- Campus Growth for Series A Startup

\- Econ Research @ HYPSM

**Extracurricular:**

\-President of a large preprofessional URM organization (100+ members). Also did consulting projects for several F500 companies as part of the org.

\-Content creator (100k subs on all platforms doing career/undergrad related vlogs and podcasts)

**Future plans:**

\- Build out venture capital/entrepreneurship/tech companies in 3rd world country my family is from

\- Build out a creator economy tech company to connect the worldd

\- Build out student financing tool because of my background of being FGLI

**Goal of MBA/More info:**

\- PreMBA = Safety net to explore building or joining a renowned startup
\- During MBA = use as incubator to develop my own tech startup
\- Post MBA ideally startup becomes unicorn and I drop out but that's 99% not going to happen so go into early-stage investing at T1 VC or go to T1 GE shop

**Questions:**

Is growth equity a good differentiator compared to traditional roles like IB/Consulting

Really appreciate any advice, thank you!

1
December 2, 2024 3:28am ET
Applying:
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: test
Post-MBA Target Industry: Commercial Banking Companies: Citibank
GPA: test
Years of Work Experience: 1
Location: test

MBA Livewire

December 3, 2024 6:34am ET
Interview Invite to Emory / Goizueta
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 08, 2024
GPA: 3.99
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Nigeria
Note:

Applied October 2. Got an interview invite on Nov 9.

December 3, 2024 4:03am ET
Interview Invite to Dartmouth / Tuck
Round: Round 2
Received via email on December 01, 2024
GRE: 325
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
Note:

Guaranteed interview - applied on December 1st EST.

December 3, 2024 1:12am ET
Interview Invite to Dartmouth / Tuck
Round: Round 2
Received via email December 2, 2024
GPA: 3.27
GMAT: 685
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: US Citizen
Note:

Applied 24 Nov, guaranteed invite..

December 3, 2024 12:31am ET
Rejected at Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 14, 2024
GPA: 3.3
GRE: 328
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: India
December 2, 2024 8:35pm ET
Interview Invite to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 1
Received via email December 2, 2024
GPA: 3.75
GRE: 330
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

MBA DecisionWire

GT
November 25, 2024 9:01am ET
Enrolled: Georgia Tech / Scheller
Admitted: Georgia Tech / Scheller
Applied: Georgia Tech / Scheller
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Investment Banking, Private Equity Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey
GPA: 3.58
Location: Atlanta
ND
November 5, 2024 1:36pm ET
Enrolled: Notre Dame / Mendoza
Admitted: Boston College / Carroll $
$66000
,
Notre Dame / Mendoza $
$80000
Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Notre Dame / Mendoza, Georgetown / McDonough, 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: Yale SOM, UVA / Darden, U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UPenn / Wharton
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
GMAT: 645
GPA: 3.4

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