2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION!

Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 740 (q50, v41)
Work experience: 6. Partner at law firm.
Nationality: Israeli
Age: 32 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Pro bono cases, advocacy speaker

Schools applied to (by deadline order):

School 1: Wharton R1
Status: Submitted 10/9. Dinged w/o interview.

School 2: Harvard Business School R1
Status: Submitted 10/15

School 3: Chicago GSB R1
Status: Submitted 10/15. Interviewed 11/10. Waitlisted 12/18

School 4: Kellogg R1
Status: Submitted 10/17. Interview requirement waived by Kellogg and then invited to interview by phone. Admitted December 16th

School 5: Columbia Regular Decision
Status: Never filed.

Program: MBA FT

Area of interest in MBA : Management consulting,General management.

GMAT: 750 (q50, v41, awa 4.5)

GPA: First class(65%) Comp Engg from a good univ, 3.6 MS in Computer Sci(not so great public school)

Work experience(WE): 3 years in IT.4 yrs at matriculation.Lead for 3 projects.

Nationality: Indian

Age: 27 (28 at matriculation)

Gender: Male

Extra-curriculars/community: Started a school in a rural area,Health counselor,Graduate asst during Masters.

Duke: Round 1
Status: Submitted, Interview on 11/10

Emory:Round 2
Status:Will apply if I get dinged at Duke.

Ross:Round 2
Status:Need to start essays.

I've been on GMATclub since the late summer and have only been active in the CBS applicants' thread thus far. Feel free to message me if you have any specific questions about Columbia 2009

Program: MBA full-time
Area of interest in MBA: Real Estate (has since changed to Finance and Management though )
GMAT: 750 (50 Quant, 41 Verbal, 6.0 AWA)
GPA: 3.66, Psychology, top third student ranking, top 25 national university
Work experience(WE): 2 years trading assistant at bulge bracket i-bank, 2 years tech consultant at top 5 consulting firm
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 25
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: minority partner in family real estate business, project coordinator for volunteer projects, site manager for school beautification day events, alumni interviewer, member of urban land institute, numerous basketball teams

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia (Early Decision)
Status: Admitted

*Note: All years are at matriculation in Fall 2009.

Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest: Strategy / Entrepreneurship / Sustainability
GMAT: 770 (49Q, 48V, AWA 6.0)
Work experience: 5y (Publishing 2, Consulting 3)
UG GPA: 3.9
Grad GPA: 2.9
Nationality: US
Age: 32 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent coverage, but nothing great

Schools applied to:

School 1: Harvard R1
Status: Submitted 10/15; denied 1/21

School 2: Kellogg R1
Status: Submitted 10/17; denied 12/9

School 3: MIT R1
Status: Submitted 10/27; denied 12/15

School 4: Cornell R2
Status: Submitted 11/17; interview invite 1/7; denied 2/4

School 5: Wash U (Olin) R2
Status: Submitted 1/5; admitted

School 6: SMU R2
Status: Submitted 1/14; admitted

School 7: Texas
Status: Submitted 2/6; waitlisted

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA :GM, Entrepreneurship.
GMAT: 750 (Q:50, V:41, AWA:4.0).
GPA: 3.8 Large Israeli University.
Work experience(WE): 7 years military + 1 year high-tech management.
Nationality: Israeli
Age: 29
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Mediocre...

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton
Status: Submitted 10/8

School 2: HBS
Status: Submitted 10/14

School 3: Chicago
Status: Submitted 10/14

School 4: Stanford
Status: Submitted 10/28

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Program: Full-Time MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 720 (48Q, 41V, 5.0AWA)
GPA: 3.0 Economics, state school
Work experience(WE): 4 years, 2 years restaurant owner
Nationality: American
Age: 28
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: various small business organizations, random volunteering, nothing great

Schools applied to:

School 1: Cornell R1
Status: submitted-interview 11/19 WAITLIST

School 2: Michigan R1
Status: submitted-interview 12/17 ACCEPTED

School 3: Virginia R1
Status: submitted-Ding w/o interview

School 4: Texas R1
Status: submitted-interview 11/17 WAITLIST

School 5: Rochester R2
Status: submitted-interview 12/06 Ding w/interview

Program: Full-Time MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship/Management
GMAT: 710 (48Q, 40V, 5.0 AWA)
GPA: UG: 3.3; Grad: 3.5
Work experience(WE): 6 years
Nationality: Indian
Age: 30
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Very good

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton
Status: Complete (Rd 1)

School 2: Stanford
Status: Submitted (Rd 1)

School 3: Berkeley
Status: Submitted (Rd 1)

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Real Estate, Social Enterprise/Responsibility
GMAT: 680 (45Q, 38V, 5.5)
GPA: 3.2, Economics, Top 3 Liberal Arts College
Work experience(WE): 4 years, Retail REIT, Acquisitions Analyst, Project Manager
Nationality: American
Age: 26
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Basketball, Urban Land Institute, some community service

Schools applied to:

Wharton: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/1, Interviewed,Waitlisted 12/18

Cornell: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/2, Interviewed 12/8, Accepted! 12/15

UT Austin: Round 1
Status: Submitted 11/1, Interviewed 12/23, Accepted! 1/22

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/28, Invited to Interview 12/29, Ding 1/22

Haas: Round 1
Status: Submitted 11/3, Invited to Interview 12/8

Program: MBA (Full-Time)
Area of Interest: Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 720 (45V, 44Q, 6AWA)
GPA: 3.51 Social Sciences from Berkeley
Work Experience: 1yr as Tech. Manager at mid-size company, 2yrs running own consulting company
Nationality: American / Australian (Dual)
Age: 25
Gender: M
EC: Lots of volunteer work in college, pro bono work with company, volunteer work in wine industry

Schools applied to:

School 1: UCLA R1
Status: Submitted (no interview yet...)

School 2: Harvard R1
Status: Submitted

School 3: Stanford R1
Status: Submitted

School 4: MIT R1
Status: Submitted

School 5: Columbia R1
Status: Submitting 11/15

Program: MBA (Full-Time)
Area of Interest: Technology, Supply Chain Management
GMAT: 760 (48V, 48Q, 6AWA)
GPA: 3.90 Political Science from top state school
Work Experience: 5yrs teaching English abroad, created new teaching system; all very unconventional
Nationality: American
Age: 29 at matriculation
Gender: M
EC: Newspaper editor in college, Chinese study

Schools applied to:

School 1: Chicago R1
Status: Dinged with interview

School 2: Stanford R1
Status: Dinged

School 3: Haas R1
Status: Dinged

School 4: Kellogg MMM R2
Status: Admitted 3/17; matriculating

School 5: UCLA R2
Status: Admitted 3/27

School 6: Wisconsin R2
Status: Admitted with Wisconsin Distinguished Fellowship ($$$$) 3/10

School 7: Washington R3
Status: Interviewed 3/13, Withdrawn 3/27

Program: MBA (Full-Time)
Area of Interest: Management Consulting/Business Development
GMAT: 760 (49Q, 44V, 5 AWA)
GPA: 3.89 (Economics, State school)
Work Experience: 3 Years post-undergrad, 3 years, pre-undergrad building a business
Nationality: American
Age: 27
Gender: M
EC: Non-profit work in Eastern Europe, Church involvement (Music, Bible Study, Maintenence), Some tutoring.

Schools applied to:

School 1: Chicago R1
Status: Accepted, Matriculating

School 2: Georgetown R2
Status: Interviewed, dropped application after Booth admit

Brief profile:
Accepted.com evaluation: 24-t60605
Peer Review Forum evaluation: 130-t67124

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Fin (IB)
GMAT: 700 (92%), Q48 (85%), V38 (84%), A5.5 (83%)
GPA: 3.88/4.00, BS Mechanical Engineering, US News top 100 U/G, large state school
Work experience(WE): 4.5 years as an engineer in Power and Energy industry. Worked at 2 different companies during this time (2.5 years at large Fortune 50 company and 2 years at medium-sized Fortune 500 company). At second company, worked mostly on business development side.
Nationality: US Citizen (white)
Age: 27 at matriculation
Gender: male
Extra-curriculars/community: Volunteer for a local non-profit tutoring GED students. Have been active for almost 2 years at matriculation with increasing responsibility (now serve on Volunteer Council and am a project coordinator for the GED project). College EC’s mainly include playing intramural sports.

Schools applied to:

University of Penn (Wharton): Round 1
Status: dinged w/out interview

Northwestern University (Kellogg): Round 1
Status: accepted and matriculating

Dartmouth College (Tuck): Round 1-November deadline
Status: accepted

University of Chicago (Booth): Round 2
Status: waitlisted

Harvard Business School: Round 2
Status: dinged after interview

Brief profile:

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Finance - Asset Management
GMAT: 730 (96%), Q45 (75%), V46 (99%), A5.5 (80%)
GPA: 3.33/4.00, BS Business Admin/Finance, US News top 40 U/G, large city private school, captain of school-winning business team there
Work experience(WE): 2 years in risk management, 2.25 years in international investment banking for Latin America, two bulge bracket banks, worked 1 year in London
Nationality: US Citizen (white)
Age: 25 at matriculation
Gender: male
Extra-curriculars/community: volunteer work with NYC coalition vs hunger, support for public education charities, active in NYC cycling community

Schools applied to:

UPenn (Wharton): Round 1
Status: submitted app 10/9, dinged no interview

London Business School: Round 1
Status: submitted app 10/14, admitted

MIT Sloan : Round 1
Status: submitted app 10/28, dinged no interview

Stanford: Round 1
Status: submitted app 10/29, waiting

NYU Stern: Round 1
Status: submitted app 11/15, invited to interview 1/7

Columbia GSB: Round 1
Status: submitted app 11/28, invited to interview 1/6

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 710 (50Q, 38V, 6.0)
Undergrad: Engineering from top University in India
Grad: MS in EE from top private US School GPA 3.5
Work experience(WE): 4 years High Tech /Wireless
Nationality: Indian
Age: 27
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Significant

Schools applied to:

Columbia: ED
Status : Submitted 10/7
Status : Dinged without Interview

Wharton : Round 1
Status : Submitted 10/9 dinged without interview

Chicago Booth: Round 1
Status : Interviewed 11/18 dinged 12/18

Kellogg: Round 1
Status : Submitted 10/17 - Interviewed 11/17

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : International Development, GM, Finance
GMAT: 720 (Q48, V41, AWA 5.0)
GPA: 3.55, Management
Work experience(WE): 5 yrs Central Banking - Banking Supervision, before that 2 yrs Accounting
Nationality: Eastern European
Age: 32
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Environment protection, Skiing, Mountaineering

Schools applied to (Round 1):

School 1: Cambridge Judge
Status: Admitted

School 2: Wharton
Status: R1 Waitlist, Admitted and matriculating

School 3: Yale SOM
Status: Dinged w/o interview

School 4: Stanford GSB
Status: Dinged w/o interview

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Microfinance (Social Entrepreneurship, Finance)
GMAT: 710 (AWA 5, too lazy to get the other stuff)
GPA: Top 10, Industrial Engineering / Economics, 3.2
Work experience(WE): 2 Yrs Industrial Engineering, 2 Yrs Turnaround Management, 2 Yrs Business Development/Finance.
Nationality: American Born Indian
Age: 28
Gender:M
Extra-curriculars/community: Very Involved, started my own non-profit, on boards of others and lots of volunteering.

Schools applied to:

School 1: Chicago GSB (WL through the summer last year and ultimately denied)
Status: Invited to Interview