2008 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION!

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management , Public Policy
GMAT: 770
GPA: 3.8 (Wharton undergrad)
Work experience(WE): 2 yrs at McK/B/B
Nationality: less-represented country
Age: 27
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: a few, but nothing spectaculars

Schools Applied to:

HBS - R2: DING
Stanford - R2 W/L
Wharton - R2 Accepted
INSEAD: never completed the application (got too lazy)

Matriculating: Wharton (or Stan if I win the lottery)

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship, Technology
GMAT: 730
GPA: 3.7 (Wharton undergrad)
Work experience(WE): 2 yrs IB/3.5 yrs PE = 5.5 total
Nationality: several
Age: 28
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: not much at all thanks to banking and PE

Schools Applied to:

HBS - R2: D-nied
Stanford - R2 W/L
Wharton - R2 Accepted
Kellogg: finished part 1 and then stopped wanting to write essays

I'm in the samebout as elhajoui pretty much. Hope we both get off the WL at S!

Hope this data helps others.

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship, Finance
GMAT: 760 (51Q, 42V)
GPA: 9.3/10 undergrad, 3.8/4 Grad school
Work experience(WE): 5.5 (Startups and Big Tech firms) - Mostly highly visible engg work
Nationality: Indian
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Very active in student groups in undergrad and grad school and alumni chapter, On and off social work

Schools applied to:
Wharton R1
Dinged after interview

Haas R1
Dinged

Chicago GSB R2
Accepted

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest: Marketing-- Brand Management
GMAT: 700 (48Q, 38V), 6 AWA
GPA: 3.75 BS
Work experience: 2.5 + own jewelry business
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 24, 25 upon matriculation
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: soup kitchen, habitat for humanity, own business

NYU
denied w/o interview

Yale
denied w/ interview

Cornell
accepted and matriculating!

Program: FT MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy, Change Management
GMAT: 770 (95%Q, 99%V), 5.5 AWA
GPA: 2.9 in Econ from top 10
Work experience(WE): 2 years in retail services, 2 years in Industry Finance
Nationality: US
Age: 27 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Standard fare in undergrad, Chair of alumni interview committee for undergrad alma mater since graduation

Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 1
Status: Dinged w/o interview

Fuqua (Duke): Round 1
Status: Waitlisted, withdrew voluntarily

Boston College: Round 1
Status: Accepted with 50% scholarship

Kenan-Flagler (UNC): Round 2 (first non-Early Action round)
Status: Accepted with fellowship, Attending

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : GM, Marketing, Finance, Real Estate, Social Venture Capital
GMAT: 690 (1st time) 70% Verbal, 85% Quant; 730 (obtained while on wait list) 89% Verbal, 89% Quant.
GPA: Econ from UChicago, 2.83
Work experience(WE): 41 months at matriculation at commercial bank, currently an AVP
Nationality: Chinese (US Citizen)
Age: 25 at matriculation
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Tutor at non-profit, co-organizer of company gift drive, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society-charity runner. A lot during undergrad (incl. 2 high level leadership positions). While on the waitlist, I got invited to join the advisory board of the non-profit that I tutor at.

Schools applied to:

Stanford: Round 2
Status: Denied w/o interview

Northwestern: Round 2
Status: Denied w/ interview

Yale: Round 2
Status: Denied w/o interview

Michigan (Ross): Round 2
Status: Waitlisted w/interview - Withdrawn

Chicago: Round 2
Status: Waitlisted w/interview - accepted on 5/13 - Matriculating

Haas: Round 3 (of 4)
Status: Denied w/o interview

Program: MBA-PT

Area of interest in MBA: Strategy and General Management
GMAT: 690, Q48/V37, AWA 5.0
GPA: Undergraduate (B.E First Class with Honors from an university in India) Graduate (MS EE 3.1/4.0) from an average US University
Work experience(WE): 8 years in the Semiconductor/Telecom industry at a Fortune 500 Company in the US, 1 Year in India
Nationality: Indian/Green Card holder
Age: 33 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Multiple volunteering activities over the years

Schools applied to:
School 1: UT Austin Evening MBA R1 PT
Status: ACCEPTED

School 2: Chicago GSB Weekend MBA PT (Rolling Admissions; submitted in January, Deadline in June)
Status: Dinged

School 3: NW Kellogg Saturday MBA PT (Submitted 2 days before the deadline in April)
Status: ACCEPTED and Matriculating

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Strategy, consulting
GMAT: 750, Q50/V40, AWA 6.0
GPA: 3.5 UG, 4.0 G
WE: 4 years, Engineering; Last year in project management
Nationality: Indian
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/ Community involvement: Leadership role in one NGO for 4 years after college, mentor high school children, voluntary work with another NGO for 2 years; Lots of leadership roles during college
Schools applied to:

Wharton R1: Dinged after i/v
Stanford R1: Dinged w/o i/v
Haas R2: Waitlisted, interviewed, withdrew
Michigan R2: Waitlisted, admitted, matriculating