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August 16, 2026 6:58pm ET
Applying: Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, Penn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Investment Banking Associate GS/JPM/MS
Post MBA Career: Finance, Venture Capital, Other
GMAT: 705
GPA: 8.9
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: New York
Notes:

Indian male
Spent 1.5 years at a bulge bracket in the India middle office, earned a transfer to the NYC front office where I was an analyst for a little over a year. Got early promoted to associate last year and have closed several public M&A transactions for my coverage group.

Planning to switch to venture capital post MBA, in the essays focusing my goals are impact investing VC funds which are slightly more niche but fit my overall narrative and story well.

Have several awards from college for national competitions (ideation challenges, debating, case studies)

Have some experience with angel investing as well.

Primarily targeting Harvard, Wharton, and Columbia.