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Two-time founder (marketing agency during undergrad, then a fintech post-graduation), ex-Kearney consulting, currently on the founding team of a boutique financial consulting firm. Based in Pakistan, 29. Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. Undergrad from LUMS (top business school in Pakistan) with a 2.91 GPA, which I know is my main weakness.
Targeting HBS, Stanford, and MIT Sloan for R1. I'm aware these are reaches given my GPA. GRE is in progress, currently retaking to push into the 315 to 320 range with a strong quant score to offset the academic profile.
Post-MBA goal is to scale into senior operating or founder roles in fintech and financial services, building on my consulting and startup background.

June 24, 2026 12:12pm ET

Applying: Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Georgia / Terry, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: United States Marine Corps Logistics Officer

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, McKinsey, Other Industries

GPA: 3.23

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: North Carolina

Post MBA Location: Virginia/North Carolina

Notes:

GMAT/GRE waiver, realistically what are my chances? I have 4 major exercises and 1 deployment. The reason for the waiver is time constraints as I am currently deployed.

June 22, 2026 9:40pm ET

Applying: HKUST, Nanyang

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: Healthcare

Post MBA Career: Health Care

GMAT: 620

GPA: 7.0

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: India

Post MBA Location: Europe

Notes:

I'm a dentist from India exploring international MBA programs and would appreciate some advice from people who have either gone through a similar transition or have experience with MBA admissions and outcomes.

My long-term goal is to move into the healthcare/healthtech ecosystem, potentially in areas such as healthcare consulting, product management, healthcare strategy, or healthtech startups. I am particularly interested in leveraging my clinical background rather than moving into a completely unrelated field.

I'm currently evaluating MBA programs in Europe and Asia (Singapore, Japan, HongKong)

For context, I have a GMAT Focus score of 575 with 4 years of work ex within the clinical and corporate side of the healthcare sector

June 22, 2026 9:03am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia Business School, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, NYU Stern, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting

Post MBA Career: Consulting

GRE: 320

GPA: 3.76

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: Boston

Post MBA Location: NYC

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June 27, 2026 12:03am ET

Accepted from Waitlist to Cornell / Johnson

Round: Round 2

Received via email on June 24, 2026

Standardized Test: GMAT

GPA: 3.66

GMAT: 665

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Post MBA Career: Consulting

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Singapore

Note:

submitted action plan mid april, followed by 2 updates mid may and mid june. +2 rec letters from my interviewer and another student.

Juno Member: Not yet

June 26, 2026 1:59pm ET

Accepted to Northwestern / Kellogg

Round: Early Decision

Received via email on June 23, 2026

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 3.91

GRE: 325

Program Type: Deferred Enrollment

Juno Member: Not yet

June 26, 2026 1:58pm ET

Rejected at Chicago Booth

Round: Early Decision

Received via email on June 24, 2026

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 3.91

GRE: 327

Program Type: Deferred Enrollment

Juno Member: Not yet

June 25, 2026 3:38pm ET

Accepted to Harvard Business School

Round: Early Decision

Received via portal June 25, 2026

Standardized Test: GMAT

GPA: 3.93

GMAT: 695

Program Type: Deferred Enrollment

Post MBA Career: Finance, Private Equity

Juno Member: Not yet

June 25, 2026 10:44am ET

Accepted to Chicago Booth

Round: Early Decision

Received via portal June 25, 2026

Standardized Test: GMAT

GPA: 3.93

GMAT: 695

Program Type: Deferred Enrollment

Post MBA Career: Finance, Private Equity

Juno Member: Not yet

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MBA DecisionWire

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: Georgetown / McDonough, UVA / Darden, UCLA Anderson, Stanford GSB, Penn / Wharton, Northwestern / Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School, 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.

June 17, 2026 10:49am ET

Enrolled: Emory / Goizueta

Admitted: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper $

$65,000

, Emory / Goizueta $

$125,000

Applied: Berkeley / Haas, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Emory / Goizueta, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UT Austin / McCombs

GMAT: 705

GPA: 3.1

Location: India

Juno Member: Yes

June 16, 2026 5:11pm ET