Carnegie Mellon / Tepper - 10-21-2024

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October 21, 2024 5:24am ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan / Ross, Minnesota / Carlson, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Private Equity

GPA: 3.3

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: Spain

Post MBA Location: Chicago, New York, Europe

Notes:

After having scored 295 on the GRE I have been awarded with GMAT/GRE test waivers at some BS. The score is not representative of my curriculum as I hold a BA in Business Economics and a MA in Quantitative Economics both from a public italian university. I am not planning to retake GRE again due to some personal/working issues and I am aware that this would be a disadvantage and I cannot apply to the "top" HBS, GSB, MIT etc

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 Be good to hear more about your post MBA goals? Focused post MBA goals will serve you better.

Showing impact and growth at work will be very important, backed up by strong recommendations. Private equity pre-MBA experience can be very attractive.

Are you also involved in activities outside of work? Any additional hobbies and interests?

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italia90 Likes Earned: 4 Hi Alex: Post MBA goals are strategic consulting for PE/Investment firms (strategy, marketing, IR) or alternatively associate at PE fund. Out of work, I am a founding member of a small youth association in my hometown and I am also engaged in non-profit activities and volunteering. Hobbies: trekking, football and cooking (I am Italian lol). I can provide more details if needed. Thanks. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 Nice. We will discuss your profile on our podcast.

Just curious, if you did have the time to prep and get your best GRE score, what do you think that might be?

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italia90 Likes Earned: 4 Thanks. I think it would be a range between 320/330. Just to clarify on my job in PE industry - I am working in the fund management and operations side, not investment (both are quantitative roles but different). (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 Thanks for clarifying. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2024/10/mba-wire-taps-391/ (0)

italia90 Likes Earned: 4 Hi Alex, Thank you for considering my candidacy as an example for your episode. Update: I retake the GRE and got an unofficial 301 (it seems that I cannot do my best on tests). (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 That’s a shame, really. Test waiver does make sense. (0)