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December 10, 2025 7:02am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, HEC Paris, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Finance
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Investment Banking Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Bank of America , Citibank , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan Chase , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Tesla
GMAT: 760
GPA: 8.4
Years of Work Experience: 2
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December 9, 2025 7:06pm ET
Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Deloitte
GMAT: 675
GPA: 3.92
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Post MBA Location: New York, NY, USA
Notes:

Sponsored applicant from Deloitte. Applying to eight programs for the normal round two deadline. Pre-MBA experience is five years of consulting at Deloitte, completing a variety of projects across core business operations, human capital, and strategy within the TMT industry. MBA goals are to prepare for my return to Deloitte, specifically in the Monitor Deloitte strategy practice. Long-term, I would like to move into a strategy role within big tech.
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December 9, 2025 7:00pm ET
Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Other , Deloitte
GMAT: 675
GPA: 3.92
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Post MBA Location: New York, NY, USA
Notes:

Sponsored applicant
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December 9, 2025 6:54pm ET
Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Accenture , Bain , BCG , Deloitte
GMAT: 675
GPA: 3.92
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: South Bend, IN
Post MBA Location: New York, New York, USA
Notes:

Sponsored applicant
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December 10, 2025 10:55pm ET
Accepted to UPenn / Wharton
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on December 09, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 9.4/10
GMAT: 755
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: South Korea
December 10, 2025 10:55pm ET
Waitlisted at UPenn / Wharton
Round: Round 1
Received via portal December 10, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.7
GRE: 325
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: Detroit, MI
December 10, 2025 10:54pm ET
Accepted to U. Chicago Booth
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on December 03, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 9.6/10
GMAT: 765
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: Korea
Note:

No Scholarship :/
December 10, 2025 10:26pm ET
Rejected at Harvard Business School
Round: Round 1
Received via portal December 10, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.56
GMAT: 675
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Los Angeles, CA
December 10, 2025 10:24pm ET
Accepted to UPenn / Wharton
Round: Round 1
Received via portal December 10, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.56
GMAT: 675
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Los Angeles, CA
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December 6, 2025 6:01pm ET
Enrolled: Michigan / Ross
Admitted: Michigan / Ross
Applied: Michigan / Ross
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT: 735
GPA: 6.01/10
Location: India
UVA
October 22, 2025 10:08am ET
Enrolled: UVA / Darden
Admitted: UVA / Darden
Applied: UVA / Darden
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT: 675
GPA: 4
Location: India
Notes:

I am asked to schedule a batten scholarship interview next week.
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October 20, 2025 6:43am ET
Enrolled: UCLA Anderson
Admitted: UCLA Anderson , USC / Marshall $
Applied: Columbia, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Media Companies: Other
GRE: 314
Location: NYC
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October 19, 2025 12:56am ET
Enrolled: Oxford / Saïd
Admitted: Oxford / Saïd
Applied: Cambridge / Judge, IESE, Indian School of Business, London Business School, Oxford / Saïd, Yale SOM
Post MBA Career: Consulting Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey
GMAT: 685
GPA: 66
Location: New Delhi, India
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