Are you curious about how your fellow applicants, current students and alumni made their enrollment choice, based on schools to which they applied and were admitted? What about those individuals who were admitted to your favorite school – did they accept the offer or head elsewhere? The following submissions are profiles and decisions made by candidates, current students and alumni regarding where they decided to pursue their MBA based on the offers they received.
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Enrolled: None
Admitted: INSEAD
Applied: Cambridge / Judge, INSEAD
Application Year: 2017
Notes: Accepted promotion with 100k+ salary while being waitlisted. Got off the waitlist in the meantime, not sure yet what to do. Any thoughts?
ND
Enrolled: Notre Dame / Mendoza
Admitted: Notre Dame / Mendoza $
Applied: Notre Dame / Mendoza
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Consulting
Notes: I was admitted to higher ranked schools, but I couldn't turn down the brand, network, and reach of a Notre Dame degree. Excited for the fall. Go Irish!
LBS
Enrolled: London Business School
Admitted: London Business School
Applied: Dartmouth / Tuck, London Business School
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT/GRE: 680Location: Europe
IES
Enrolled: IESE
Admitted: Cornell / Johnson, IESE, Indiana / Kelley $, UVA / Darden
Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, IESE, Indiana / Kelley, London Business School, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UVA / Darden
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT/GRE: 720Location: Brazil
Enrolled: None
Admitted: Dartmouth / Tuck, Yale SOM
Applied: Dartmouth / Tuck, Yale SOM
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Consulting
Notes: undecided. yale has a global brand while tuck has a slightly better mba program but not that known outside USA !!
Yal
Enrolled: Yale SOM
Admitted: London Business School, Yale SOM
Applied: London Business School, Oxford / Saïd, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
GMAT/GRE: 700 GPA: 3.6Location: United States
Fuq
Enrolled: Duke / Fuqua
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua, USC / Marshall
Applied: Duke / Fuqua, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, USC / Marshall
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Marketing
GMAT/GRE: 680 GPA: 3.3Location: San Francisco, CA (USA)
Enrolled: None
Admitted: CMU / Tepper, UT Austin / McCombs
Applied: CMU / Tepper, UT Austin / McCombs
Application Year: 2017
GMAT/GRE: 690 GPA: 3.35Location: NY
Notes: Please help me decide. Both are ranked similarly in US News. My post-MBA goal is Finance or consulting. I have a 10 years work experience. Which school is better brand name wise?
Cam
Enrolled: Cambridge / Judge
Admitted: Cambridge / Judge, INSEAD, London Business School
Applied: Cambridge / Judge, INSEAD, London Business School, Oxford / Saïd
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Entrepreneurship
GMAT/GRE: 720 GPA: 3.75Location: South Korea
Notes: Wtf? Did Oxford just reject everyone after round 4? Expected to get in. Actually the preferred choice based on name recognition.
Haa
Enrolled: Berkeley / Haas
Admitted: Berkeley / Haas, CMU / Tepper
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Technology
LBS
Enrolled: London Business School
Admitted: Columbia, London Business School, UPenn / Wharton
Applied: Columbia, London Business School, UPenn / Wharton
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Finance
GMAT/GRE: 740 GPA: 3.2Location: China/HK
Notes: Costs and reputation, less debt and better ROI. One of the hardest decisions I've made. CBS was to J term.
INS
Enrolled: INSEAD
Admitted: IESE, INSEAD, London Business School
Applied: Harvard Business School, IESE, INSEAD, London Business School
Application Year: 2018
Post-MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT/GRE: 760 GPA: 3.8Location: Germany
Notes: The only surprises throughout the year of applications were how much I liked IESE and how LBS seemed to rub me the wrong way
?
Enrolled: Undecided
Admitted: CMU / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson
Applied: CMU / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Consulting
Notes: Unsure where to go for consulting, do not necessarily want to work for MBB. Any and all suggestions / advice appreciated.
?
Enrolled: Undecided
Admitted: Cambridge / Judge, London Business School
Applied: Cambridge / Judge, Harvard Business School, London Business School, Oxford / Saïd, Yale SOM
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Consulting
LBS
Enrolled: London Business School
Admitted: INSEAD, London Business School, Oxford / Saïd
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT/GRE: 710Location: London
Fuq
Enrolled: Duke / Fuqua
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta $, UNC Kenan-Flagler $
Applied: Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, UNC Kenan-Flagler
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: General Management
GMAT/GRE: 710 GPA: 4.0Location: NYC
Notes: Forgot to post this a few months ago. Was hard turning down money and liked getting to know the cultures of Emory and UNC, however Duke has been my dream school since I started the MBA admissions process so I couldn't it turn down. I saw it as the opportunity to be challenged the most by my classmates and achieve the best career opportunities.
?
Enrolled: Undecided
Admitted: Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua
Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua
Application Year: 2017
Notes: Guys - I have no idea what I want to do after MBA. Either consulting or banking. Which school would you go to?Duke is higher in rankings but Cornell's got the Ivy league brand. Thoughts?
INS
Enrolled: INSEAD
Admitted: INSEAD
Applied: INSEAD, Oxford / Saïd
Application Year: 2017
Post-MBA Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
GMAT/GRE: 710 GPA: 3.7Location: UK
?
Enrolled: Undecided
Admitted: HEC Paris, USC / Marshall
Applied: HEC Paris, NYU Stern, USC / Marshall
Application Year: 2017
LBS
Enrolled: London Business School
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth, Cornell / Johnson, London Business School
Application Year: 2017
Anonymous: Most emba require min. 7years
Anonymous: It depends how many years of WE you have. But 8 years+ with leadership experience you can already consider an executive mba
Anonymous: Do an emba later or gain a professional cert, if relevant.