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September 29, 2023 2:50pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2024
Pre-MBA Career: Pension Fund
Post-MBA Target Industry: Asset Management, inc. HF, Other Companies: Other
GPA: 3.83
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: Mid Atlantic
Post MBA Location: NYC
Notes:

- White Female in the Forte MBA Launch Program
- Finance and Economics major at average Mid-Atlantic university
- 3 leadership roles during undergrad, including 3+ years at a non-profit
- 2 leadership roles within my organization and 2 with outside professional organizations
- Post MBA Goal: infrastructure portfolio manager at pension or sovereign wealth fund
- Wondering what GRE/GMAT test scores to target ahead of R2 deadlines at the schools I am interested in

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September 28, 2023 3:27pm ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2024
Pre-MBA Career: Strategy consulting (M&A, life sciences focus)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Pharmaceutical Companies: PWC
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.5
Years of Work Experience: 5
Post MBA Location: NYC / DC (sponsored)
Notes:

Since sponsored, near-term have to go back. Long-term hope to lead growth stage biotechs through their scaling process and need the network of investors and broader base of education to do it.
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September 28, 2023 2:17pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Georgetown / McDonough, Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, UPenn / Wharton, USC / Marshall, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Marketing
Post-MBA Target Industry: Media, Entrepreneurship, Undecided Companies: CBS Corp , Time Warner , Walt Disney
GMAT: 765
GPA: 3.30
Years of Work Experience: 1
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September 28, 2023 1:33am ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2024
Pre-MBA Career: Strategy & Analytics with American Express and OYO
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Amazon , Apple , Google , Microsoft
GMAT: 720
GPA: 7.88
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: India
Post MBA Location: USA
Notes:

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September 27, 2023 9:19pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, NYU Stern, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2024
Pre-MBA Career: Operations/Buying
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consumer Goods, Other Companies: Coca Cola , Nike , PepsiCo , Unilever
GRE: 300
GPA: 3.52
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: New Jersey
Post MBA Location: New York, NY
Notes:

Applied to CBS / NYU Round 1 with EA: 151 (IR: 10 / V: 10 / Q: 11). Retaking the GRE for Round 2 schools.

Leadership at work: involved in ERGs at work
Leadership outside of work: involved 2 organizations
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September 30, 2023 11:57am ET
Interview Invite to INSEAD
Round: Round 1
Received via email
GMAT: 680
Program Type: One Year Program
Post MBA Career Name: Technology
Application Location: Brazil
September 29, 2023 11:12pm ET
Applying to Yale SOM
Round: Round 1
Received via email
GMAT: 740
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
September 29, 2023 12:16pm ET
Interview Invite to Stanford GSB
Round: Round 1
Received via email September 29, 2023
GPA: 3.83
GRE: 333
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
September 29, 2023 11:46am ET
Interview Invite to Dartmouth / Tuck
Round: Round 1
Received via email on September 26, 2023
GMAT: 770
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Note:

Submitted application on Sunday Sep 24th
September 29, 2023 10:56am ET
Applied to Rice / Jones
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
GPA: 2.6
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Consulting
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