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Welcome to MBA ApplyWire. This tool is designed to help you develop your MBA application strategy. By posting the schools you are considering applying to, along with a little information about your credentials and goals, you can get feedback from our community of top-tier applicants to help inform your final choice of schools. You can also search within ApplyWire and see which schools others are applying to.

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June 27, 2026 6:22am ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: 2x Founder & Management Consulting
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Finance, Management Consulting, Technology
GRE: 301
GPA: 2.93
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: Dubai
Post MBA Location: USA
Notes:

Two-time founder (marketing agency during undergrad, then a fintech post-graduation), ex-Kearney consulting, currently on the founding team of a boutique financial consulting firm. Based in Pakistan, 29. Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. Undergrad from LUMS (top business school in Pakistan) with a 2.91 GPA, which I know is my main weakness.
Targeting HBS, Stanford, and MIT Sloan for R1. I'm aware these are reaches given my GPA. GRE is in progress, currently retaking to push into the 315 to 320 range with a strong quant score to offset the academic profile.
Post-MBA goal is to scale into senior operating or founder roles in fintech and financial services, building on my consulting and startup background.

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June 24, 2026 12:12pm ET
Applying: Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Georgia / Terry, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: United States Marine Corps Logistics Officer
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, McKinsey, Other Industries
GPA: 3.23
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: North Carolina
Post MBA Location: Virginia/North Carolina
Notes:

GMAT/GRE waiver, realistically what are my chances? I have 4 major exercises and 1 deployment. The reason for the waiver is time constraints as I am currently deployed.

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June 22, 2026 9:40pm ET
Applying: HKUST, Nanyang
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Healthcare
Post MBA Career: Health Care
GMAT: 620
GPA: 7.0
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: India
Post MBA Location: Europe
Notes:

I'm a dentist from India exploring international MBA programs and would appreciate some advice from people who have either gone through a similar transition or have experience with MBA admissions and outcomes.

My long-term goal is to move into the healthcare/healthtech ecosystem, potentially in areas such as healthcare consulting, product management, healthcare strategy, or healthtech startups. I am particularly interested in leveraging my clinical background rather than moving into a completely unrelated field.

I'm currently evaluating MBA programs in Europe and Asia (Singapore, Japan, HongKong)

For context, I have a GMAT Focus score of 575 with 4 years of work ex within the clinical and corporate side of the healthcare sector

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June 22, 2026 9:03am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia Business School, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, NYU Stern, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GRE: 320
GPA: 3.76
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: Boston
Post MBA Location: NYC
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June 22, 2026 8:51am ET
Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Northwestern / Kellogg, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GRE: 319
GPA: 3.76
Years of Work Experience: 4
Post MBA Location: NYC
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