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October 21, 2024 1:31pm ET
Applying: Georgetown / McDonough, Indiana / Kelley, NYU Stern, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: US Army
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Venture Capital Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Bain , Ernst & Young , PWC , Apple , Charles River , Draper Fisher , Sequoia Capital
GPA: 3.91
Years of Work Experience: 20
Post MBA Location: East Coast
Notes:

After 20 years in the US Army Special Forces, I am looking to develop hard skills (e.g. data analytics and finance) to compliment the soft skills developed during my career.
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October 21, 2024 11:01am ET
Applying: All Schools, IESE, Nanyang, Other, Penn State / Smeal, Rochester / Simon, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Finance Associate
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC
GRE: 291
GPA: 3.52
Years of Work Experience: 2
15
October 21, 2024 9:16am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Tech product management
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology Companies: Amazon , Facebook , Google , LinkedIn , Microsoft , Oracle , Tesla , Twitter , Uber
GMAT: 605
GPA: 3
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: India
Post MBA Location: USA
Notes:

I have 6 years of experience in tech product management in B2B Saas and e-commerce industries. I have studied bachelors and masters in engineering. My masters GPA is 8.5/10.

Apart from my work, I have a blog on product management where I teach aspirational product managers about the domain.

I am retaking the GMAT in a few weeks to improve my score. I have a GMAT classic score of 680 and GMAT focus 605.
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October 21, 2024 9:08am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Georgia Tech / Scheller, UCLA Anderson, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Banking
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , McKinsey
GRE: 324
GPA: 3.64
Years of Work Experience: 5
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October 22, 2024 1:16am ET
Interview Invite to NYU Stern
Round: Round 1
Received via email October 21, 2024
GMAT: 715
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: India
Note:

Applied on 9/16
October 22, 2024 12:48am ET
Interview Invite to Stanford GSB
Round: Round 1
Received via email October 21, 2024
GPA: 3.94
GMAT: 740
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: California
October 21, 2024 7:12pm ET
Rejected at U. Chicago Booth
Round: Round 1
Received via email October 21, 2024
GPA: 3.3
GRE: 330
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
October 21, 2024 7:05pm ET
Interview Invite to NYU Stern
Round: Round 1
Received via email October 21, 2024
Program Type: One Year Program
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: United States
Note:

9/6 - Applied
10/21 - Interview Invite
October 21, 2024 7:03pm ET
Accepted to Notre Dame / Mendoza
Round: Early Decision
Received via email October 21, 2024
GPA: 3.6/4.0
GRE: 325
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Note:

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