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October 3, 2024 11:59am ET
Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Pre-MBA Career: Software Engineer
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Hewlett Packard , IBM , Lenova , LinkedIn , Microsoft , Oracle , Tesla , Twitter , Uber
GMAT: 760
GPA: 8.80
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: India
Notes:

1)Top Volunteer at my Company(200+ hours). Received recognition from the company and raised $1000 towards charity for this.
2)Volunteer at Teach For India(1 year+)
3) Mental Health First Aider
4)I Mentor Students in the 11th and 12th grade (Career Counselling)
5) Will clear Japanese Language Proficiency Test (N5) this December.
6) I will have 3 years of work experience at matriculation.

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October 3, 2024 3:17am ET
Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Commercial Finance
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey
GRE: 325
GPA: 2.37
Years of Work Experience: 8
Location: Sydney, Australia
Post MBA Location: Northeast USA
Notes:

I am currently a commercial finance professional, 8 years experience at matriculation in 2025. Broad finance experience across technical accounting, FP&A, acquisitions, finance transformation and commercial finance. Currently lead global pricing strategy and liaise with the PE company operating partners on initiative development. The companies I've worked at are across a variety of sectors but always on the service side (ie labour intensive) of that sector, and almost all have been PE-backed portfolio companies.

CA and CFA Charterholder with Master of Economics with 6.7/7.0 GPA. Had a bit of a hiccup in my 2nd year of undergrad. I got the personal issue sorted and switched majors from law to accounting, but it hurt the GPA.

Heavily involved in the community. 2 years on a CA subsidiary board, VP of local branch of a major Australian political party, tutored CFA candidates for 2.5 years with a reputable 3rd part provider, and am on the Events Committee at work. Also founded a wine club in my neighbourhood with 30 members and sail in summer.

Short-term goal is consulting in the private equity practice. Long-term goal is to return to Australia after a stint in the US (to learn from the scale) and join a PE Ops group as an operating partner or as an executive at a portfolio company.

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October 2, 2024 7:18pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Pre-MBA Career: FinTech (Business Analyst)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: Barclays , Deutsche Bank , Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan Chase , Wells Fargo Securities , Andressen Horowitz , Kleiner Perkins , Sequoia Capital , Bain Capital , Blackstone , Carlyle Group , KKR , Goldman Sachs , Vanguard
GMAT: 780
GPA: 3.7
Years of Work Experience: 0.5
Notes:

I'm a recent graduate (22M) from a Tier 1 engineering institute in India with a T15 deferred MBA admit, but I plan to apply to M7 schools again (I got 4 M7 interview invites, including S, but no admits) after 2/3 years, and I was wondering what I should do in the workspace to improve my profile.

I think the major thing that could've gotten me dinged is that I wrote about wanting to get into VC without having an IB experience. Currently, I work at an SME FinTech firm and am looking at IB roles, but I haven't been very successful. Any tips would be appreciated.

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October 2, 2024 12:32pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Technology Implementation and Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology
GRE: 329
GPA: 3.2
Years of Work Experience: 6
Notes:

I am reapplying to many of the schools after not getting admitted last cycle. Last time I applied with a GMAT classic score of 720 which was slightly lower than the class average at most of these top schools. I am an ORM and I have heard that I have to aim 10-20 points above the class average to be competitive. I took the GRE since last applications and scored a 329 which is above the average I see reported for most top schools. Would it be better to reapply just with this GRE score or should I apply with both GMAT and GRE to show improvement?

MBA Livewire

October 4, 2024 1:16am ET
Interview Invite to Berkeley / Haas
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on October 01, 2024
GPA: 3.82
GRE: 323
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
Note:

Interview date: 10th Oct

October 3, 2024 11:56pm ET
Interview Invite to Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Round: Round 1
Received via email on October 02, 2024
GPA: 3.84
GMAT: 685
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: South Korea
October 3, 2024 11:55pm ET
Applied to UNC Kenan-Flagler
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
GPA: 3.7
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Ghana
October 3, 2024 9:16pm ET
Interview Invite to Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Round: Round 1
Received via email on October 01, 2024
GPA: 3.48
GMAT: 710
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
October 3, 2024 8:18pm ET
Interview Invite to Berkeley / Haas
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on October 01, 2024
GPA: 3.85
GMAT: 760
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Note:

No email notification, just an update in the portal. Keep checking!

MBA DecisionWire

HBS
September 24, 2024 8:03am ET
Enrolled: Harvard Business School
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth , Harvard Business School , Stanford GSB
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Entering Year: 2024
Post MBA Career: Venture Capital, Private Equity
GMAT: 770
Notes:

Late but thought I'd add my decision to the mix!

CBS
September 13, 2024 12:28am ET
Enrolled: Columbia
Admitted: Columbia
Applied: Columbia
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Venture Capital Companies: Other
GPA: 3.86
Cor
August 20, 2024 9:28am ET
Enrolled: Cornell / Johnson
Admitted: Cornell / Johnson $
$40000
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Washington U. / Olin $
$100000
Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen, Washington U. / Olin
Entering Year: 2024
Post MBA Career: Undecided
GPA: 3.85
Location: Miami, FL
Notes:

This is for applicants who are applying directly from undergrad to an MBA program without "post-bachelor" work experience. It is tough but possible with perseverance.

Sta
July 31, 2024 12:10pm ET
Enrolled: Stanford GSB
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth , Columbia $
$180000
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Harvard Business School $
$130000
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Michigan / Ross , Stanford GSB $
$130000
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Entering Year: 2024
Post MBA Career: Undecided
GMAT: 750
Notes:

Selecting Stanford GSB for smaller class size and focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.

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