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6
September 5, 2026 8:34am ET
Applying: Chicago Booth, Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, Penn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, USC / Marshall
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Military (SOF)
Post MBA Career: Finance
GRE: 324
GPA: 3.97
Years of Work Experience: 12
Location: North Carolina
6
September 5, 2026 7:03am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, HEC Paris, London Business School, NYU Stern
Intake Year: 2028
Pre-MBA Career: FPI Tax Advisory at Deloitte South Asia LLP
Post MBA Career: Finance, Asset Management, Investment Banking
GMAT: 735
GPA: 3.17
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: Mumbai
Notes:

Currently working at Big4 Tax Advisory for Foreign Portfolio and Institutional Investors. Have a low GPA but positive trajectory from 2.00 in Semester 1 to 3.73 in Semester 6 and a Finance Major GPA of 3.64. CFA L3 candidate, hopefully cleared by the time I join.

Profile handicaps also include a 3 year gap post graduation and had to repeat Year 1 in college due to failing a subject.
1
September 5, 2026 2:58am ET
Applying: Harvard Business School
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Engineer
Post MBA Career: Management Consulting
GPA: 3.17
Years of Work Experience: 17
Post MBA Location: Biston
6
September 3, 2026 11:12pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia Business School, Duke / Fuqua, Northwestern / Kellogg, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Analytics Consulting
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Management Consulting
GMAT: 725
GPA: 7.38
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: Hyderabad, India
Notes:

4 YoE at matriculation. T1 Indian engineering college (Mech Eng.). Long term entrepreneurial goal building sports infrastructure and improving access to high quality training facilities and credible pathways to professional leagues. Played football (soccer) extensively through school and college as captain in school. Football community head in Hyderabad with around 60-70 members.
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September 7, 2026 2:24am ET
Interview Invite to Dartmouth / Tuck
Round: Round 1
Received via email
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.75
GRE: 318
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Finance, Investment Banking
Application Location: Philippines
Juno Member: Not yet
September 7, 2026 12:24am ET
Applied to Boston / Questrom
Round: Round 2
Received via n/a
Standardized Test: Granted Waiver
GPA: 3.67
Post MBA Career: Consumer Goods, Beverage
Note:

Submitted application on August 19th. Completed optional Kira Interview
Juno Member: Not yet
September 6, 2026 11:49pm ET
Applied to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.91
GMAT: 725
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Application Location: South Asia
Note:

Application submitted 06 Sep
Juno Member: Not yet
September 6, 2026 10:14pm ET
Applied to NYU Stern
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
Standardized Test: I haven't taken any of the standardized tests yet.
GPA: 3.7/4
Program Type: One Year Program
Application Location: MEX
Juno Member: Not yet
September 6, 2026 9:05am ET
Applied to Michigan / Ross
Round: Round 1
Received via n/a
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.52
GMAT: 725
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Technology, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Service Now, Tik Tok
Application Location: India
Note:

Applied on August 27.
Juno Member: Not yet
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June 28, 2026 7:54pm ET
Enrolled: UT Austin / McCombs
Admitted: UT Austin / McCombs $
$10,000
Applied: UT Austin / McCombs
GPA: 3.05
Location: Dallas, Tx
Juno Member: Yes
NYU
June 27, 2026 5:05am ET
Enrolled: NYU Stern
Admitted: Cornell / Johnson $
$70000
 , Michigan / Ross , NYU Stern , Rochester / Simon $
$130000
 , UVA / Darden $
$30000
Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, NYU Stern, Rochester / Simon, UVA / Darden
GPA: 3.6
Juno Member: Yes
UVA
June 25, 2026 7:04am ET
Enrolled: UVA / Darden
Admitted: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper $
$40000
 , Cornell / Johnson , Georgetown / McDonough , UCLA Anderson , UVA / Darden $
$40000
Applied: Harvard Business School, UVA / Darden, UCLA Anderson, Stanford GSB, Penn / Wharton, Northwestern / Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Georgetown / McDonough, Cornell / Johnson, Columbia Business School, Chicago Booth, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Berkeley / Haas
Entering Year: Other
GMAT: 675
GPA: 3.75
Location: USA
Juno Member: Not yet
Notes:

Deferred Enrollment. Kind of rushed the application process, curious if that could have contributed to my M7 results or if it was test score or my overrepresented profile.
Em
June 17, 2026 10:49am ET
Enrolled: Emory / Goizueta
Admitted: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper $
$65,000
 , Emory / Goizueta $
$125,000
Applied: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Emory / Goizueta, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UT Austin / McCombs, Berkeley / Haas
GMAT: 705
GPA: 3.1
Location: India
Juno Member: Yes
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