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July 7, 2025 11:47pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, London Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: Private Equity

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Accenture , Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GMAT: 705

GPA: 3.95

Years of Work Experience: 6

Location: Georgia

Post MBA Location: USA/Europe

Notes:

I am applying in Round 1to these schools - currently I am Senior VP at PE company overlooking investment decisions. Do you think I have a good shot or I need to add some safety schools? Also do you think 6 schools in R1 is doable in given timeline?

July 7, 2025 4:03pm ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, NYU Stern, Other, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: product development

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, MF, Auto, Aerospace, Non Profit/SI

GRE: 165

GPA: 3.7

EA: 165

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Far East

Post MBA Location: No preference

Notes:

This is the update of the post done few months ago.
A hardware engineer in a relatively small company is interested in tech-based or SI-based MBA provided by some schools. My ideal post-MBA career is so still abstruct as anything with science or technology background seem attractive. Score 165 (IR:18, V:9, Q:18) on EA, or equivalent to 695 on GMAT acquired. I know most traditional MBAs don't accept EA solely, but no more exam prep I guess.

July 7, 2025 10:26am ET

Applying: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: 5.5 years at matriculation. Big Tech (think Oracle, IBM, Adobe, Salesforce). 5 promotions in 5 years from BDR to leading the partnership of company's second largest partner for Americas (FAANG partner). Led 10x growth of partnership over 3.5 year period. Promoted every 1-2 years, 7 dotted-line reports. Partnership work includes joint sales motions, product-integration development, joint marketing, etc.

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology Companies: Apple , Facebook , Google

GMAT: 740

GPA: 3.0

Years of Work Experience: 3.5

Location: Canada

Post MBA Location: SF

Notes:

Extracurricular:

Member of major political party's National Council/Board - competitive election process, 1/30 councilors leading national party operations.

Founded and run major website pertaining to politics, 100+ authors involved and thousands of social media followers.

Misc. political involvement, non-profit work during HS and University (local boards, ambassador, etc.).

Own 2 Online Brands/YouTube channels with 150k+ total followers and profitable.

References:
Will be able to get Sr. Director/VP skip level (Stanford MBA)
Political leader (think head of province/state)

Post MBA - Goal is to accelerate career in tech partnerships and move to similar BD/partnerships role at FAANG. Elevate myself on the political front too.

Did a MA in Philosophy too with a 3.6 GPA.

July 7, 2025 10:13am ET

Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: Corporate Finance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking

GRE: 328

GPA: 3.79

Years of Work Experience: 4.5

Location: New York City

Post MBA Location: New York City

Notes:

I graduated in 2022 from Utah Valley University with an undergraduate degree in accounting. My GPA was 3.79.

After my first year of college I took a break to serve a mission for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints full-time for two years. While there I served as a leader of ~20 volunteers for about 1 year. I also taught English as a second language classes twice a week and was program manager for about 6 months.

Upon completing my degree I worked as a financial analyst from Jan 2022 - July 2023 for a healthcare consulting company. I then moved to NYC and now work as a financial analyst for Red Bull New York (pro soccer team owned by Red Bull).

I volunteered for 2 years as an usher at a community theatre in Utah and have volunteered weekly at my church as a teacher / youth leader for the past 3 years.

I took the GRE and scored 160 Q and 168V. My quant score is a below the median / average at my target schools though my verbal score exceeds the median / average. I'm trying to determine if my Q score is going to be a serious roadblock to applying R1 this year. Should I retake the GRE and try to improve my Q score, maybe applying next year, or should I apply this year with my current score and work on crafting my story.

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MBA Livewire

July 8, 2025 11:07am ET

Accepted to Cornell / Johnson

Round: Rolling Admissions

Received via phone July 8, 2025

Standardized Test: Granted Waiver

GPA: 3.1

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

July 7, 2025 3:03pm ET

Rejected at Northwestern / Kellogg

Round: Round 1

Received via email July 7, 2025

Standardized Test: GMAT

GMAT: 720

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

Note:

Applied in round 1, interviewed in round 1, waitlisted until today.

July 4, 2025 4:11pm ET

Interview Invite to Columbia

Round: Round 1

Received via email on July 02, 2025

Standardized Test: GMAT

GPA: 7,0/10

GMAT: 725

Program Type: January Intake

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: São Paulo, Brazil

July 4, 2025 12:55pm ET

Interview Invite to Columbia

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on July 02, 2025

Standardized Test: GRE

GRE: 332

Program Type: January Intake

July 3, 2025 3:19pm ET

Accepted to Georgetown / McDonough

Round: Rolling Admissions

Received via phone on July 01, 2025

Standardized Test: Granted Waiver

GPA: 3.5

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: United States, Washington DC

Note:

Submitted test waiver request June 2, waiver granted June 3 (email), submitted application June 10, interview invitation June 20 (email), interviewed June 25, accepted July 2 (phone call then email later same day that portal was updated)

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