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This LIVE Chat is brought to you by the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine.
Today’s host is Mike from the Clear Admit Team (@tarantinom).
Our featured guest host from UC Irvine Merage is Dale, Merage MBA c/o 2023 (@DaleP)

Chat Instructions:
1. Please feel free to ask your questions and allow time for Dale from Merage to respond to your questions before typing in your next question.
2. If any questions are too personal in nature or cannot be answered within the context of today’s session, then we will skip to the next question that has come in.
3. Enjoy!
Thanks!

MBA Applywire

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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:

Strong extra circulars
Strong Recommendations
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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 27, 2023 6:10pm ET
Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2024
Pre-MBA Career: Military
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Other Companies: Amazon , Microsoft
GMAT: 730
GPA: 3.56
Years of Work Experience: 4.5
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MBA LiveWire

September 28, 2023 11:43pm ET
Applied to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 1
Received via n/a
GPA: 3.78
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Consulting
Application Location: CA
Note:

Part-Time MBA program
September 28, 2023 11:22pm ET
Applied to Stanford GSB
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
GPA: 3.64
GMAT: 700
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
September 28, 2023 10:51pm ET
Accepted to Other
Round: Rolling Admissions
Received via email
GPA: 3.5 (graduate degree)
Program Type: One Year Program
Post MBA Career Name: Marketing
Application Location: Florida
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Arkansas State University (Griffin College of Business)
September 28, 2023 3:34pm ET
Applied to Cornell / Johnson
Round: Round 1
Received via email
GPA: No Gpa
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Consulting
Application Location: Zimbabwe
September 28, 2023 1:33pm ET
Interview Invite to Stanford GSB
Round: Round 1
Received via email September 28, 2023
GPA: 3.8
GRE: 334
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: General Management
Application Location: Virginia
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