Carnegie Mellon / Tepper - 09-01-2025

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August 31, 2025 11:59pm ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Johns Hopkins / Carey, Michigan / Ross, Nanyang, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: Healtcare Consulting - Strategy and Insights

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Bain , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Hewlett Packard , Microsoft , Oracle

GMAT: 655

GPA: 4

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: India

Post MBA Location: USA

Notes:

I have 5 years of experience in strategy and insights consulting in healthcare industry from ZS Associates, India. I have also been working in product and change management for the past 1 year for GenAI solution offering from ZS to clients.
I am based out of India and graduated from a tier 2.5 college in mechanical engeering. I graduated at the top of my class with a CGPA of 9.9 (out of 10).
Outside of work I have had limited time so no meaningful documented social/ community contribution to report however, I have helped struggling colleagues within college and in my current firm outside of my work engagement.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 Are you planning to apply in Rounds 1 or 2? I wonder if 655 is your best GMAT score, or is there scope for improvement?

Showing impact and growth at work will be very important, supported by strong recommendations. Any additional hobbies and interests?

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sayux01 Likes Earned: 0 Thank you so much for taking out the time to answer this. I am planning to apply in round 1. Regarding the GMAT score, there can be a possibility to improve the score however, the work commitment makes it challenging for me to take out the time to take another attempt Regarding the work impact, I can include the growth internally, impactful work for client, dollar value driven. For hobbies and interests, I started learning Japanese this January and has been practising each day (190 day streak), I indulge in sports such as badminton but no certificates or competition results. I also indulge in photography and sketching during my free time (0)

ramisetti Likes Earned: 4 Hi - I been same boat, wondering any thoughts on Visa issues and job issues for international applicants..any thoughts? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 Likely best to target round 1, with this GMAT score. But might be worth looking at planning a retake, in the next month or so, which might even fall before some round 1 deadlines. A higher score may provide more access, and perhaps some opportunities for scholarship. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2025/09/mba-wire-taps-446/ (0)