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May 13, 2025 6:40pm ET
Applying: Columbia, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting/Financial Services
Post-MBA Target Industry: Media
GMAT: 695
GPA: 3.8
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: New York
Post MBA Location: New York
Notes:

Geography: Grew up in New York and am hoping to stay in New York post-MBA.

Education: Graduated with a double major from a top 20 undergrad.

Work Experience: I've worked at a couple different companies with all my roles centered around using data to solve problems. None of the companies that I've worked for are nationally recognized names, but are very well known within their specific industry. Opted for the IC path at my current company, so no team management experience outside of a college internship, where I managed a small team of 4.

EC/Volunteer: I play on multiple intramural teams for a sport that I got back into the last couple years that I used to play competitively in high school. I've been volunteering for the last 4 years at a non-profit theater, but again, without any leadership roles.

Goals: I'm currently exploring options related to pivoting into the entertainment industry

9
May 12, 2025 8:27pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Pharmaceutical, Family Business, Entrepreneurship Companies: Bain , BCG , Deloitte , McKinsey , Pfizer
GPA: 3.58
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: South Carolina
Post MBA Location: Chicago, San Francisco
Notes:

Biology Undergraduate
Primary Career in Consulting
Hoping to get company sponsorship for my MBA
Stanford is my top school

5
May 12, 2025 12:40pm ET
Applying: Columbia, HEC Paris, Indian School of Business, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Startup Founder
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship
GPA: 4/5
Years of Work Experience: 1
Location: India
Post MBA Location: USA, India
Notes:

22 yr old, recently graduated with a CS degree.

Founded a club in uni, collabed with various companies and organized events.

Intered as a PM role in 2 startups.

Started building my own startup in the final year, raised 40k$ capital and now would like to pivot into building other big stuff of work as a PM in a big company where I can build products that can actually bring some real value.

1
May 11, 2025 8:58am ET
Applying: All Schools
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Freelance. Human Resource Management.
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Consumer Goods, Entrepreneurship, Other Companies: Amazon , Other , Coca Cola , Nestle , Nike , PepsiCo , Proctor & Gamble , Unilever
GPA: 3.29
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: Bangladesh
Post MBA Location: United States, New Zealand, Bangladesh
Notes:

(need suggestions for schools based on my profile)

I haven't sat for the GRE yet. But I am actively preparing for it and hoping for a score of around 315-320.

My middle and high school is of STEM background. I switched to BBA because it had all the nitty gritty stuff that was needed to solve irl problems, especially the prominent ones in my country. But I lost all my enthusiasm when I found out it was lecture heavy and all you do is memorize for tests, not learn anything about actual business processes outside of theory. I easily got bored, slept in class, didn't prepare for tests and winged it. Instead I took up a freelance content writing jobs (no specific topic) and got into E-sports tournaments (always have been a fanatic for PC building, gaming and e-sports). That's why the relatively low CGPA.

However, three of my BBA courses, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Management Information Systems stood out. I was able to relieve my lust for analysis and problem solving and now I want back in. STEM focused MS programs like business analytics, supply chain analytics, operations management are my top choices right now.

I am currently enrolled in an MBA (Human resource management) at a public university in my country. My finals start from June 23, 2025.

Another thing is, I have funding issues. I can't pay 80k for business school. That's median yearly income for the top 1% in my country. But I don't want to enroll in schools that don't offer career/application oriented learning. So suggestions on which schools I should keep my eye on would be nice.

MBA Livewire

May 13, 2025 8:32pm ET
Interview Invite to Berkeley / Haas
Round: Rolling Admissions
Received via email May 13, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 4.0
GMAT: 745
Program Type: Deferred Enrollment
Application Location: US East Coast
May 13, 2025 6:32pm ET
Accepted from Waitlist to MIT Sloan
Round: Round 2
Received via phone May 13, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 2:1 UK
GRE: 326
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: United Kingdom
Note:

WL R2, submitted updates, got the interview invite for R3. Did the interview last week and got the call today. Super excited and elated to have secured my first choice school. Looking forward to meeting my fellow Sloanies :)

4 YoE, Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing

May 13, 2025 6:13pm ET
Accepted from Waitlist to MIT Sloan
Round: Round 2
Received via phone May 13, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GRE: 330
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Other
Application Location: New York City, USA
May 13, 2025 4:45pm ET
Accepted from Waitlist to MIT Sloan
Round: Round 2
Received via phone May 13, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GMAT: 695
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: United States, San Francisco
May 13, 2025 3:36pm ET
Waitlisted at UPenn / Wharton
Round: Round 3
Received via portal May 13, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.6
GRE: 320
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

MBA DecisionWire

MIT
May 13, 2025 9:13am ET
Enrolled: MIT Sloan
Admitted: MIT Sloan , UPenn / Wharton , UVA / Darden $
$84000
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Yale SOM $
$43000
Applied: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Accenture, Bain, BCG, McKinsey
GRE: 336
GPA: 3.69
Location: Chicago
Notes:

Opted for Sloan for the technical rigor and entrepreneurial options.

Klg
May 11, 2025 7:03am ET
Enrolled: Northwestern / Kellogg
Admitted: Berkeley / Haas $
$60000
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U. Chicago Booth $
$80000
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London Business School , Northwestern / Kellogg $
$170000
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UCLA Anderson $
$70000
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, Stanford GSB, Northwestern / Kellogg, London Business School, Berkeley / Haas
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Technology, Media
GMAT: 715
GPA: 3.78
Location: Boston
Chi
May 10, 2025 7:11am ET
Enrolled: U. Chicago Booth
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth $
$full
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Dartmouth / Tuck $
$full
,
Indiana / Kelley $
$full
,
Michigan / Ross $
$full
,
UVA / Darden $
$full
,
Yale SOM $
$full
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan / Ross, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting, MF, Auto, Aerospace, Family Business, Entrepreneurship Companies: AT Kearney, Bain, BCG
GMAT: 645
GPA: 3.6
Location: Midwest
Notes:

Additional Background: 3.9 in Master's program and current manager at work (after 3 promotions). Heavy community/volunteer involvement.

Would recommend visiting the schools and having coffee chats with students to understand specific opportunities you could take advantage of!

Thanks to Alex and Graham for including me on a wire tap last fall!

HBS
May 9, 2025 5:00pm ET
Enrolled: Harvard Business School
Admitted: Harvard Business School
Applied: Harvard Business School
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Technology, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Pharmaceutical, Family Business, Entrepreneurship Companies: Ernst & Young, Citibank, JP Morgan, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Andressen Horowitz, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer
GMAT: 650
GPA: 3.7
Location: Malaysia
Notes:

My designation is CEO. I Ve been appointed and this is my future prospect career. I must gain MBA first and then work again. My career enhancement is on the right track. I work as an engineer and it is an ongoing process. Soon, will become CEO after Excell in MS/MBA Engineering Science.

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