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August 25, 2026 10:02pm ET
Applying: Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, Penn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Public Equity at Large Insurer
Post MBA Career: Finance, Asset Management
GRE: 320
GPA: 3.96
Years of Work Experience: 4.5
Location: Dallas
Post MBA Location: Boston, Chicago, or NYC
Notes:

CFA charterholder (passed all three on first attempts while working full time)
First-gen college; grew up in a foster and adoptive household
Led intern recruiting
GRE 320 (V162/Q158), retaking -Quant is the known gap
Goal: asset management, PM track
R1 at Booth, R2 for the rest
20
August 24, 2026 1:53pm ET
Applying: Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, Indiana / Kelley, Lauder Institute, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, Notre Dame / Mendoza, NYU Stern, Penn / Wharton, Rice / Jones, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2028
Pre-MBA Career: Structural Engineering
Post MBA Career: Finance, Investment Banking, Barclays, Jefferies Group, Morgan Stanley
GPA: 3.00
Years of Work Experience: 1.25
Location: Baton Rouge, LA (originally from Houston, TX)
Post MBA Location: London
Notes:

I would like to get an MBA after obtaining 3 years of work experience in engineering in 2028 to transition to investment banking, specifically the industries of Financial Institutions Group, Tech, Oil & Energy, and Real Estate with an interest in M&A banking for all of the above

I am also interested in participating in entrepreneurship projects in my MBA with an interest in real estate development, tech or other and would pursue if gain enough positive momentum.
12
August 22, 2026 4:39pm ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Indian School of Business, Michigan / Ross, Notre Dame / Mendoza, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, UT Austin / McCombs, Vanderbilt / Owen, Washington / Foster
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Commercial Strategy & Enterprise Growth
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Management Consulting
GMAT: 645
GPA: 8.74
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: US
Post MBA Location: US
Notes:

I have Masters in Chemistry with 8.74 CGPA from India- Thapar University. Post that, I learned business from the customer backwards—starting in enterprise sales and progressively moving from executing deals to using buyer behavior, account data, competitive intelligence, and customer insights to influence growth, positioning, product, and commercial strategy. I have been advising teams in B2B, B2C companies regarding buyer behavior, customer/market insights, and strategy that influences their GTM. I now want to do an MBA at the cross section of Data Analytics and Strategy. How would you advise my profile stands out amidst the other regular candidates who are applying to these schools since I do not have Tech, or official consulting experience or big brand name of company behind me.

How would you advise I stand out and shine on my post MBA-Goal: I am equally interested in Tech Strategy/Strategy/Consulting or Entrepreneurship or Healthcare IT SAAS Strategy. I have spent my recent 4+ years in a company that had a SAAS product operating heavily in Healthcare, Pharma.
10
August 21, 2026 8:01am ET
Applying: Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Entrepreneurial
Post MBA Career: Technology
GRE: 331
GPA: 3.82
Years of Work Experience: 4
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August 26, 2026 1:56pm ET
Interview Invite to Columbia Business School
Round: Round 2
Received via portal
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.7
GRE: 321
Program Type: January Intake
Post MBA Career: Other Industries
Juno Member: Not yet
August 26, 2026 12:50pm ET
Accepted to INSEAD
Round: Round 3
Received via phone August 26, 2026
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.51
GMAT: 565
Program Type: January Intake
Post MBA Career: Other Industries
Application Location: New York City
Juno Member: Not yet
August 24, 2026 9:19pm ET
Applied to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.39
GRE: 327
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Application Location: USA
Juno Member: Not yet
August 24, 2026 4:38pm ET
Applying to Yale SOM
Round: Round 1
Received via n/a
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 2.9
GMAT: 715
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Juno Member: Not yet
August 21, 2026 3:31pm ET
Accepted to Columbia Business School
Round: Round 2
Received via email August 21, 2026
Standardized Test: GRE
GRE: 328
Program Type: January Intake
Application Location: India
Note:

Applied 20th July , interview invite on 11 th August, Interview 20th August, Acceptance 21 st august
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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