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August 16, 2025 10:51pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, NYU Stern, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: SofProduct manager at AI startup and NGO

GPA: 2.8

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: India

Post MBA Location: US, Europe

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 When are you planning to take the GMAT or GRE? What was your undergraduate score, and how competitive was that? 2.8 GPA appears to be low?

Showing impact and growth at work, supported by strong recommendations, is important. Are you also involved in any activities outside of work? Any additional hobbies and interests?

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ss009678 Likes Earned: 1 When GMAT - In a month time Low GPA - I had a bad 2nd year in undergrad, but since then the GPA has been incremental with 4th year bein 9+ Outside work - I have been mentoring school girls from for alternate career path. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 Really push hard for an outstanding GMAT score, that will be important, given the GPA. May warrant a brief explanation in the optional essays (GPA). Are you targeting the first rounds? Might also consider Tepper, and one or two others. (0)

ss009678 Likes Earned: 1 I am targeting R2. Can you share schools to consider apart from Tepper? (edited) (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 Things might be a little more challenging in Round 2, if your profile is considered over-represented. The US-based programs you have listed are in the top 10 -16, Tepper is at the head of the next tier. So potentially 1-2 more programs from that tier? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2025/08/mba-wire-taps-444/ (0)