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January 28, 2026 8:02pm ET
Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Retail
Post MBA Career: Retail
GRE: 310
GPA: 3.5
Years of Work Experience: 5
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January 27, 2026 10:44am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Penn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Tech Consulting at MBB
Post MBA Career: Finance, FinTech
GMAT: 665
GPA: 6/10
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: Brazil
Post MBA Location: US or Europe
Notes:

I'm Latino, I have MBB sponsorship although I'm not very interested in going back to MBB, is more like a back-up plan. I have very solid LoR.
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January 27, 2026 7:13am ET
Applying: Emory / Goizueta, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: FP&A in healthcare; Strategic Finance in SaaS
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Health Care
GPA: 3.92
Years of Work Experience: 7.5
Location: USA
Post MBA Location: Southeast USA
Notes:

Applying for GMAT waivers from selected schools. LoR's from current senior director and previous director who's now head of finance
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January 26, 2026 12:07am ET
Applying: Cambridge / Judge, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, HEC Paris, INSEAD, London Business School, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Oxford / Saïd, USC / Marshall
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Corporate Credit Research
Post MBA Career: Healthcare, Management Consulting
GPA: 2.69
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: India
Post MBA Location: USA
Notes:

Hi. I pivoted from litigation to credit research (worked with Evalueserve India, Crisil India) post my first mba. I did my mba from Symbiosis School of banking and finance in 2021. And altogteher i hold 6 years 4 months of work experience. I am targeting for 2027 fall. I hold an undergraduate degree in Law (BA.LLB (Hons)). I am looking for a change in roles/ geography.
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January 30, 2026 7:14am ET
Rejected at Harvard Business School
Round: Round 2
Received via portal on January 27, 2026
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 4.5/5
GMAT: 685
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Finance, Venture Capital, Undecided
Application Location: Montenegro
Note:

12 years experience in finance, followed by consulting, strategy in tech, growth into entrepreneur and helping other entrepreneurs in VC.
January 30, 2026 5:27am ET
Interview Invite to UNC Kenan-Flagler
Round: Round 2
Received via email on January 28, 2026
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.16
GRE: 322
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka
January 30, 2026 5:26am ET
Interview Invite to Michigan / Ross
Round: Round 2
Received via email on January 27, 2026
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.16
GRE: 322
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka
January 30, 2026 5:16am ET
Rejected at Harvard Business School
Round: Round 2
Received via portal on January 27, 2026
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 4.44/5.0
GRE: 321
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career: Consulting
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Germany
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Central Asian female based in EU, very global profile. Strong essays (reviewed by a top consultant) and strong recommendations from a client and a partner. WE is very strong: direct work with C-level at global companies, one rec. written by a client, multiple promotions in 4 years.
Curious why rejected. Suspect lack of pedigree (mid European schools but nothing standout), non-traditional WE (boutique firms), an okay-ish GRE.
Post-MBA goal: MBB, then PE Ops in frontier markets — fits my background and story of working in a frontier markets.
January 30, 2026 3:53am ET
Interview Invite to Georgia Tech / Scheller
Round: Round 2
Received via email January 29, 2026
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.1
GMAT: 725
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: India
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