I arrived on campus at 9 am and participated in the different activities they offered for interviewees. The day in general was very impressive and enjoyable, with an interesting lunch speaker, tour of the campus, and class observation. My interview was early afternoon, and was with an adcom. Started off with basic questions like tell me about yourself, what do you do in your job, and some follow up questions asking me to provide detail on certain things I said. I’d suggest knowing your application inside and out and know exactly what you want to do when you graduate and what internship you’d like because the adcom grilled me pretty good on what I said. I’d also suggest knowing what your Plan B is if whatever your goal/Plan A falls through. Overall, it was pretty straight forward and in line with what I have read about HBS interviews. The adcom was extremely friendly and enthusiastic, and it was definitely my most enjoyable interview experience. I was accepted last week in the 1st round.
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Interview Invite
to
NYU Stern
Round:
Round 3
Received via
email
March 5, 2026
Standardized Test:
Executive Assessment (EA)
GPA:
3.8
EA:
162
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career:
Healthcare
Application Location:
California
Note:
Applied around 1/15, need to supplement documentation, and was cleared by early February.
Juno Member:
Not yet
March 5, 2026 10:19am ET
Accepted from Waitlist
to
UVA / Darden
Round:
Round 1
Received via
phone
March 5, 2026
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
4.0
GRE:
322
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career:
Finance,
Investment Banking
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
Mexico, Mexico City
Juno Member:
Not yet
March 5, 2026 5:46am ET
Interview Invite
to
Penn / Wharton
Round:
Round 2
Received via
email
on
February 19, 2026
Standardized Test:
GRE
GRE:
310
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Application Location:
United States
Juno Member:
Not yet
March 4, 2026 9:06pm ET
Interview Invite
to
Columbia Business School
Round:
Round 2
Received via
email
March 4, 2026
Standardized Test:
GMAT
GPA:
3.86
GMAT:
705
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career:
Real Estate,
Undecided
Target Career:
Other
Application Location:
United States, Chicago
Note:
International, 3y jd/mba applicant.
Juno Member:
Not yet
March 4, 2026 8:51pm ET
Interview Invite
to
Stanford GSB
Round:
Round 2
Received via
email
March 4, 2026
Standardized Test:
GMAT
GMAT:
655
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Application Location:
Orange County
Note:
Re-applicant (Waitlisted last year) - was starting to lose hope!
Juno Member:
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