Undecided - 12-21-2025 | Clear Admit DecisionWire

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December 20, 2025 8:28pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Duke / Fuqua $

$50,000

, Northwestern / Kellogg $

$30,000

, UPenn / Wharton , Vanderbilt / Owen

Applied: Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, Vanderbilt / Owen

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Consumer Goods, Other Companies: Coca Cola, General Mills, Nike, PepsiCo, Proctor & Gamble

GRE: 321

GPA: 3.62

Notes:

Service academy grad, combat arms officer. Married w/2 young kids. Looking to get into marketing in CPG/retail industry. With time in service, I have 100% GI bill/yellow ribbon at each school - so tuition is mostly, if not all, covered at each school. Forté fellow @ Fuqua and Owen. Waitlisted@Ross. Undecided, but narrowed down to Wharton and Fuqua.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 Very well done! Wharton will provide more access and a wider network. Bigger class size also means you’re more likely to find more folks with similar aspirations, etc. In the longer run, this might be very appealing. (0)

eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 2021 Yes, congrats on your acceptances. All of these are great MBA programs that would help you with your CPG career. In addition, it is great that your tuition is covered at all of these programs via the GI bill. You mentioned that you have narrowed it down to Wharton and Fuqua. Both are great MBA programs with solid placement in CPG. Do you have a personal preference between these programs? Also, what are your thoughts on Kellogg? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 More details on this decision, in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2025/12/mba-wire-taps-465/ (0)