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December 11, 2024 8:40pm ET
Applying: , Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Auditing
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Bank of America , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan
GRE: 334
GPA: 3.76
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: Ghana
Post MBA Location: USA
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December 11, 2024 2:59pm ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Emory / Goizueta, NYU Stern, Rochester / Simon, UNC Kenan-Flagler
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Semiconductors, Project Management
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Accenture , Bain , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , IBM , Microsoft , Oracle
GMAT: 675
GPA: 2.8
Years of Work Experience: 6.5
Location: nyc
Post MBA Location: NYC
Notes:

WE: 3.5 years in semiconductor industry (2.5 years as an engineer, 1 year as jr project lead, total 3 promotions)
1.5 years in chemicals industry as engineering project manager
1.5 years in utilities as technical project manager
all f500 companies.

I went to a t30 school and majored in mechanical engineering. My GPA was low because I struggled with my health during my undergraduate (even had to take a semester off).

Thank you in advance!
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December 11, 2024 6:29am ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Electrification
Post-MBA Target Industry: MF, Auto, Aerospace, Family Business
GRE: 330
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: San Francisco
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December 10, 2024 10:09am ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Private Equity
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity
GMAT: 735
GPA: 3.8
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: NYC
Post MBA Location: NYC
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December 12, 2024 1:37am ET
Accepted to UCLA Anderson
Round: Round 1
Received via phone December 11, 2024
GPA: 3.8/4.3
GRE: 328
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Other
Application Location: Asia
Note:

80k fellowship awards
December 12, 2024 1:14am ET
Accepted to Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on December 10, 2024
GMAT: 750
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: London
December 12, 2024 12:52am ET
Accepted to Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal December 11, 2024
GPA: 3.5
EA: 156
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: NYC
Note:

Waitlisted R2 last year. Reapplied R1 this year, received email about an update to portal, found out I was accepted. Good luck to all those, I know how tough this process is, happy to help if anyone has any questions about waitlist. Stay persistent!
December 12, 2024 12:49am ET
Accepted to Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal December 11, 2024
GPA: 3.37
GRE: 335
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: China
December 12, 2024 12:45am ET
Waitlisted at Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on December 10, 2024
GPA: 8.88/10
GRE: 321
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Healthcare
Application Location: India
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December 11, 2024 6:19am ET
Enrolled: Northwestern / Kellogg
Admitted: Northwestern / Kellogg $
$170000
Applied: Columbia, Northwestern / Kellogg
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Investment Banking
GMAT: 675
GPA: 3.28
Location: Tokyo
Yal
December 11, 2024 6:08am ET
Enrolled: Yale SOM
Admitted: Michigan / Ross , Yale SOM
Applied: Michigan / Ross, Yale SOM
Entering Year: 2012
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GRE: 330
Notes:

I have a difficult time choosing between the two. Which school will increase my odds in being recruited for MBB or T2 consulting firm?
Haa
December 10, 2024 4:20pm ET
Enrolled: Berkeley / Haas
Admitted: Berkeley / Haas
Applied: Berkeley / Haas
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Other
GPA: 3.45
GT
November 25, 2024 9:01am ET
Enrolled: Georgia Tech / Scheller
Admitted: Georgia Tech / Scheller
Applied: Georgia Tech / Scheller
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Investment Banking, Private Equity Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey
GPA: 3.58
Location: Atlanta
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