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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 MBA 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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Arizona State / W.P. Carey
Babson / Olin
Berkeley / Haas
Boston College / Carroll
Brigham Young
CEIBS
Cambridge / Judge
Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Columbia
Cornell / Johnson
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
ESADE
ESCP
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Emory / Goizueta
Georgetown / McDonough
Georgia / Terry
Georgia Tech / Scheller
HEC Paris
HKUST
Harvard Business School
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IESE
IMD
INSEAD
Illinois / Gies
Imperial
Indian School of Business
Indiana / Kelley
Johns Hopkins / Carey
Lauder Institute
London Business School
MIT Sloan
Manchester / AMBS
Michigan / Ross
Minnesota / Carlson
NYU Stern
Nanyang
Northwestern / Kellogg
Not Enrolling
Notre Dame / Mendoza
Ohio State / Fisher
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Oxford / Saïd
Penn State / Smeal
Rice / Jones
Rochester / Simon
SMU Cox
Stanford GSB
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Toronto / Rotman
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U. Washington / Foster
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Columbia
Cornell / Johnson
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
ESADE
ESCP
ESMT Berlin
Emory / Goizueta
Georgetown / McDonough
Georgia / Terry
Georgia Tech / Scheller
HEC Paris
HKUST
Harvard Business School
IE Business School
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Imperial
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Indiana / Kelley
Johns Hopkins / Carey
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Manchester / AMBS
Michigan / Ross
Minnesota / Carlson
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Ohio State / Fisher
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Oxford / Saïd
Penn State / Smeal
Rice / Jones
Rochester / Simon
SMU Cox
Stanford GSB
Temple / Fox
Toronto / Rotman
U. Chicago Booth
U. Illinois Urbana
U. Washington / Foster
UCI Merage
UCLA Anderson
UMD / Smith
UNC Kenan-Flagler
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USC / Marshall
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Babson / Olin
Berkeley / Haas
Boston College / Carroll
Brigham Young
CEIBS
Cambridge / Judge
Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Columbia
Cornell / Johnson
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
ESADE
ESCP
ESMT Berlin
Emory / Goizueta
Georgetown / McDonough
Georgia / Terry
Georgia Tech / Scheller
HEC Paris
HKUST
Harvard Business School
IE Business School
IESE
IMD
INSEAD
Illinois / Gies
Imperial
Indian School of Business
Indiana / Kelley
Johns Hopkins / Carey
Lauder Institute
London Business School
MIT Sloan
Manchester / AMBS
Michigan / Ross
Minnesota / Carlson
NYU Stern
Nanyang
Northwestern / Kellogg
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Notre Dame / Mendoza
Ohio State / Fisher
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Oxford / Saïd
Penn State / Smeal
Rice / Jones
Rochester / Simon
SMU Cox
Stanford GSB
Temple / Fox
Toronto / Rotman
U. Chicago Booth
U. Illinois Urbana
U. Washington / Foster
UCI Merage
UCLA Anderson
UMD / Smith
UNC Kenan-Flagler
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USC / Marshall
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December 28, 2021 6:25pm ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: HEC Paris $ , INSEAD
Applied: HEC Paris, INSEAD, MIT Sloan
Entering Year: 2022
Post MBA Career: Technology, Venture Capital Companies: Other
GMAT: 700
GPA: 3.3
Location: Germany
HEC
May 20, 2020 8:39pm ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: HEC Paris
Applied: HEC Paris
Entering Year: Other
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Technology, Consumer Goods
GMAT: 750
GPA: 2.7
HEC
November 27, 2019 5:05am ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: HEC Paris
Applied: HEC Paris
Entering Year: 2020
Post MBA Career: Consulting Companies: AT Kearney, Bain, Deloitte, McKinsey, PWC
GRE: 330
GPA: 2.25
Location: Pakistan
HEC
September 30, 2019 8:12pm ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: HEC Paris
Applied: HEC Paris
Entering Year: 2020
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Consumer Goods, Other Companies: Accenture, Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Other, LVMH, Other
GMAT: 640
HEC
May 10, 2019 1:10pm ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: HEC Paris
Applied: Columbia, U. Washington / Foster, UT Austin / McCombs, Rice / Jones, HEC Paris, Emory / Goizueta, Cornell / Johnson
Entering Year: 2019
Post MBA Career: Consumer Goods Companies: Anheuser Busch InBev, Coca Cola, Nike, Proctor & Gamble, Unilever
GRE: 310
GPA: 3.4
Location: Texas
HEC
May 14, 2018 3:13am ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: HEC Paris $ , Indiana / Kelley $
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Harvard Business School, HEC Paris, Indiana / Kelley, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Entering Year: 2018
Post MBA Career: Consulting Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey
GMAT: 740
GPA: 3.0
Location: Asia
Notes:

W/L on Kellogg & Yale SOM.
I am thrilled to join the HEC Paris class of 2020 with a generous scholarship offer, but I do have some lingering regret for schools that waitlisted me. Is it really worth the wait and anxiety or should I just withdraw and move on? I am hoping to transition to MC from a Business Development role in a Mfg sector.
HEC
December 4, 2017 4:04am ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: Dartmouth / Tuck , ESADE $
Applied: ESADE, IE Business School, Dartmouth / Tuck
Entering Year: 2018
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT: 710
Notes:

Also waitlisted at INSEAD, withdrawn
HEC
May 30, 2017 12:54pm ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua
Applied: Duke / Fuqua
Entering Year: 2017
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT: 740
GPA: 3.7
Location: USA
HEC
May 27, 2017 2:05am ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: Emory / Goizueta , Duke / Fuqua
Applied: Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta
Entering Year: 2017
HEC
May 26, 2017 4:06am ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: Arizona State / W.P. Carey , Duke / Fuqua , ESADE
Applied: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, ESADE, Georgetown / McDonough, HEC Paris, Ohio State / Fisher
Entering Year: 2017
Post MBA Career: Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 730
GPA: 3.3
Location: India
HEC
April 6, 2017 11:56pm ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua , ESADE
Applied: Georgetown / McDonough, ESADE, Duke / Fuqua, Berkeley / Haas
Entering Year: 2017
Post MBA Career: Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 730
GPA: 3.3
Location: India
HEC
October 28, 2016 5:45am ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua
Applied: Duke / Fuqua
Entering Year: 2017
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT: 700
GPA: 29,37/30
Location: Italy
HEC
September 26, 2016 4:53am ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua , Penn State / Smeal
Applied: Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, Penn State / Smeal
Entering Year: 2017
Post MBA Career: Technology
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3,7
Location: Paris
HEC
January 25, 2016 11:02pm ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua , Northwestern / Kellogg
Applied: Berkeley / Haas, Northwestern / Kellogg, HEC Paris, Harvard Business School, Duke / Fuqua, Cambridge / Judge, Emory / Goizueta
Entering Year: 2016
Post MBA Career:
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.3
Location: Thailand
HEC
January 8, 2016 1:31pm ET
Enrolled: HEC Paris
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua
Applied: Duke / Fuqua
Entering Year: 2014
Post MBA Career:
GMAT: 690
GPA: 3
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May 3, 2024 7:22pm ET
Enrolled at UPenn / Wharton
Round: Round 2
Received via n/a
GPA: 4.0
GMAT: 770
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Marketing
May 3, 2024 6:39pm ET
Waitlisted at Vanderbilt / Owen
Round: Round 4
Received via portal May 3, 2024
GPA: 3.6
GMAT: 655
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Consulting
Application Location: Canada
Note:

Email to check the portal. Waitlisted after interview.
May 3, 2024 5:26pm ET
Rejected from Waitlist at Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via email May 3, 2024
GPA: 3.41
GMAT: 710
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Consulting
Application Location: USA
Note:

An incredibly disappointing result. I was waitlisted in December after a Round 1 interview. Over the last 5 months I sent in 4 letters of continued interest, which mentioned the following:

1. Took a GRE exam to replace my low-ish GMAT score
2. Received a promotion at work
3. Did a campus tour and classroom visit, plus attended a few additional online events
4. Sent in an additional LoR
5. Talked about speaking with three current students who were also waitlisted
6. Aced a pretty common pre-MBA math class
7. Provided updates on personal achievements and volunteer/charity work
8. Consistently emphasized that CBS was my top choice and expressed my commitment to attend if accepted

At least I can go out saying I did every single possible thing I believe I could have done to get off the waitlist. Regardless, frustrating to think that all of this wasn't enough.
May 3, 2024 5:15pm ET
Interview Invite to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 3
Received via email May 3, 2024
GMAT: 740
Program Type: Deferred Enrollment
May 3, 2024 5:05pm ET
Rejected from Waitlist at NYU Stern
Round: Round 3
Received via portal May 3, 2024
GPA: 3.53
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Finance
Application Location: NYC
Note:

Was placed on the waitlist without interview on 3/28 and rejected from waitlist 5/3.
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