Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA : Finance (IM) GMAT: Total 710, Verbal: 40 (89%), Quant.: 48 (84%), AWA: 5.5 (80%) GPA: 1) BA in Environmental Science & Physics, Willamette University (40-60 Liberal Arts Private) - 3.70 GPA, Cum Laude Honors, BS in Environmental Engineering, Columbia University (Ivy League, Top 20) - 3.68 GPA, MS in Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley (Top 20) - 3.80 GPA Work experience(WE): 4 yrs, 2 in Environmental Consulting as an engineer, 2 as environmental project manager for a major oil company Nationality: Indian (US Citizen) Age: 27 (28 in Fall 2009) Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: This is where I think I am lacking. I am a member of the national groundwater association, and a networking/community service group with my employer. I am also the marketing manager for a business I own in partnership.
Schools applied to:
School 1: Chicago, Round 1 Status: Interviewed on 11/6/08
School 2: Wharton, Round 1 Status: Denied without an interview
Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA : GM, GOV/Non-profit GMAT: 730 (Q47/V44) GPA: 3.22 Int'l Pol & Econ (small New England liberal arts - had a rough first year, year abroad) Work experience(WE): 5 by matriculation - government & political campaigns Nationality: American Age: 26 Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: Bunch in college. Post college - captained various sports teams, professional & alumni groups, political campaigns.
Schools applied to:
School 1: Kellogg Status: Accepted early Dec. Matriculating.
School 2: Darden Status: Submitted R1, interviewed early Dec, accepted.
School 3: Columbia Status: Submitted early Nov. Dinged January
School 4: Haas Status: Submitted R2. Dinged March.
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llest
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:54 am
Current Student
Joined: Fri Nov 21, 2008 Posts: 108 Location: Barcelona Schools: Tuck Followers: 1
Brief profile: Two Master Engineering Degrees, I am from Spain.
Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA : Technology Management, Entrepreneurship GMAT: 700 TOEFL: 107 GPA: 6,5/10 (common in spain but not specially good) - High reputated college. Work experience(WE): 1.5 Water Field, 0.5 Automotive industry, 0.25 Petroleum Nationality: Spanish Age: 26 yo (27 when program starts), Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: Collaborate with ONG in my home town, several sports (Basketball captain)
Schools applied to:
School 1: Columbia ED Status: Applied 10/08/2008 - Interviewed 12/13/2008 - Dinged 12/23/08
Program: MBA Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship GMAT: 770(Q49, V44) GPA: 8.6/10 undergrad, Work experience(WE): 2.5 biomedical engineer, 1.5 Strategy consulting Nationality: new zealand Age: 27 yo (28 when program starts), Gender: Male Extra-curricular/community: life guarding
Schools applied to:
School 1: Harvard R2 Status: Applied
School 2: Wharton R2 Status: Applied
School 3: Standford R2 Status: Applied
School 4: Sloan R2 Status: Applied
School 5 : LBS R2 Status: Applied
School 6 : Chicago Booth Status: Applied
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trucker
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Program: MBA FT Area of interest in MBA : Media/ entrepreneurship GMAT: 700(Q49, V35) GPA: 60% (Eng Lit), 3+ (PGDM) Work experience(WE): 2.5 Brand Manager (3.2 on matric) Industry : Print Media Nationality: Indian Age: 26 y Gender: Female Extra-curricular/community: College (Co founder of street theatre group/ Choreographer, Mountaneering, Placement Director @ College, bla bla bla) Post - (Professional clubs selected member from company, Creative Director of Autumn Festival, involved in relief operations in backward/ economically constrained places of West Bengal and some more)
Schools applied to:
School 1: Wharton R1 Status: dinged w/o interview
School 2: Darden R1 Status: Submitted
School 3: HAAS R1 Status: Submitted, appl under review
School 4: Pepperdine R1 (for the love of full scholarships and LA :D ) Status: Withdrawn
School 5 : Emory R2 Status: Submitted
School 6 : Kellogg R2 Status : Started
School 7 : UCLA R2 Status : Started
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praz
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:24 am
Manager
Joined: Mon Nov 24, 2008 Posts: 228 Schools: Columbia Business School Class of 2012 Followers: 4
Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA : Operations, Strategy GMAT: 700 (Q48/V38) Undergrad GPA: 78% (Computer Science, Indian univ) Master's GPA: 3.6 (top 5 ranked in computer science, per USNews) Work experience(WE): 42 months by matriculation, IT consulting Nationality: Indian Age: 26 at matriculation Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: 3 years volunteering experience with an NPO, couple of leadership positions
Schools applied to: (All Round 2)
School 1: Columbia Status: Submitted 10/30
School 2: MIT Status: Submitted 11/19
School 3: Chicago Status: Submitted 11/29
School 4: Stanford Status: Working on it
School 5: HBS Status: Yet to start
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abhyudaya
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:44 am
Manager
Joined: Sun Nov 16, 2008 Posts: 91 Location: Durham, NC Schools: Duke, Darden (i/v-ed, withdrawn),Kellogg Followers: 1
Program: MBA FT Area of interest in MBA: Management Consulting GMAT: 750 (Q50, V41) GPA: 7.5/10, Civil Engineering, IIT, India Work experience(WE): 6 at matriculation -- IT Nationality: Indian Age: 28 at Matriculation Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: Involvement in college, Volunteer at 3 organizations
Schools applied to:
School 1: Duke EA Status: Submitted 10/10, Accepted
Program: MBA (Full Time), applying to 1 P/T program Area of interest in MBA : GM GMAT: 700 (90%), V41 (92%), Q44 (70%) GPA: 3.75/4.00, International Relations, Top 5 nationally ranked school Work experience(WE): 5 years. 3 years in investment banking (public finance) for well-regarded bank, 2 years in corporate strategic planning/business development for blue-chip company Nationality: U.S. (Mexican-American ethnic background) Age: 27 Gender: Female Extra-curriculars/community: Lots in college, not much in banking years, now chair community service & social activities for my 15-person business group, involved in monthly leadership development program, participate in corporate-sponsored community service activities.
Schools applied to:
Harvard: Round 1 Status: ACCEPTED
Stanford: Round 1 Status: ACCEPTED
Wharton: Round 2 Status: ACCEPTED
Haas: Round 1 Status: ACCEPTED
LBS: Round 2 Status: ACCEPTED
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goldfishee27
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Program: Full-time MBA Area of interest in MBA : brand management, strategy, general management GMAT: 710 (50 Q, 36 V, 5.5) GPA: 3.3 at top public school in US Work experience(WE): 4 years in marketing/advertising industry Nationality: Asian American Age: 25 Gender: F Extra-curriculars/community: non-profit marketing chair, college students mentor, church activities, music
Schools applied to:
School 1: Wharton R1 Status: ADMITTED
School 2: Kellogg R1 Status: Submitted; On-campus Interview completed
School 3: Duke R1 Status: ADMITTED
School 4: Ross R1 Status: Submitted; Telephone Interview completed
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Oski
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:25 am
Current Student
Joined: Thu Jun 12, 2008 Posts: 296 Schools: INSEAD Class of July '10 Followers: 3
Program: MBA (Full Time) Area of interest in MBA : General Management, Strategy GMAT: 780 (99%), V46 (99%), Q50 (94%) GPA: 3.83/4.00, Engineering: Top 3 engineering school in France, then top 3 masters degree in the US Work experience(WE): 3 years in management consulting (top tier firm) Nationality: French Age: 28 Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: Film club and lots of sports in college, a lot less now that I am in consulting (still keeping sport when I can but that would be it unfortunately)
Schools applied to:
INSEAD: Round 1 Status: Submitted 10/01, Interviewed 11/13 and 11/27, Accepted and matriculating 12/18
(no other school)
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Mclaughlin
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA : Marketing Brand Managemtn GMAT: 640 (Q39, V40) GPA: 3.5/ Journalism (state school) Work experience: Lets just say its very unique and I'm hoping it's what they take into consideration when looking at my GMAT Age: 35 Gender: Female Extra-curriculars/community: child mentor program, Union leader, Union committee member
Schools applied to:
School 1: Columbia R2 Status: Still working on it. interviewed then dinged
School 2: Kellogg R1 Status: Applied 10/2008 - Interviewed 11/2008 - accepted email/but actually dinged on 12-16-08 (yes you read that correctly, I was both officially accepted and officially rejected and then oficially rejected a second time all within a 24 hour period)
School 3:HBS R1 Status: applied 10/2008 dinged
School 4: Stern round 1 Status: Applied 11/2008 interviewed then dinged
School 5: Georgetown R2 status: interviewed then dinged
School 6: USC R2 Status: WL
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kcbear
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:03 pm
Intern
Joined: Tue Sep 16, 2008 Posts: 16 Location: SF Bay Area Schools: UCLA Anderson 2011 Followers: 0
Program: MBA (FT) Area of interest in MBA : MC, Strategy, General Management GMAT: 770 (Q49, V48, 5.0) GPA: 3.08 / Engineering from top public Work experience: 4 years at matriculation (Big Oil: IT --> business analyst) Age: 27 at matriculation Nationality: Asian-American Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: Lots during college; Post-college, heavily involved at church
Schools applied to:
School 1: Haas R1 Status: Submitted 11/4
School 2: Kellogg R2 Status: Working on it - Interviewed 12/9
School 3: Anderson R2 Status: Working on it
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familyman
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA : Renewable Energy (Entrepreneurship, Strategy, General Management) GMAT: 760 (48Q, 46V, 5.5 AWA) GPA: 3.0 (B.S. Eng @ Cornell), 4.0 (M.S. Eng @ USC) Work experience(WE): 5 Years in Aerospace (Rockets), Almost 6 @ Matriculation Nationality: American Age: 28 (as of yesterday) Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: Some in college (varsity sport, etc); sadly none after, except parenthood
Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA : Marketing - Brand Management GMAT: 720 (51Q, 35V, 5.0 AWA) GPA: 3.4 (B.S. Computer Science @ Decent Engineering School) Work experience(WE): 3.5 years engineering for foreign company (sole foreigner) Nationality: Korean (US Citizen) Age: 27 Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: Professional blackjack, a couple other various activities (this is my big weak point)
Program: MBA (FT) Area of interest in MBA : MC, Strategy, Healthcare GMAT: 770 (49Q, 47V) GPA: 3.6 (B.S. Accounting & Philosophy, small private school) Work experience(WE): 7 years Big 4 accounting firm, audit and HR Nationality: US Age: 29 Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: Non profit board member, State CPA society scholarships committee
Brief profile: Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA : Strategic Planning GMAT: 740, V42 / Q49 GPA: Top foreign university 3.23GPA in liberal arts Work experience(WE): 6 years in telecommunications Nationality: South Korea Age: 31 Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: President of student association in college, 2 years military service, company sponsored community (IT education) teaching, clarinetist in amateur orchestra
Schools applied to:
School 1: Ross Round 1 Status: Submitted, Interviewed (mid October)
School 2: Haas Round 1 Status: Submitted and waiting
School 3: Johnson Round 2 Status: Submitted and waiting
School 4: Wharton Round 2 Status: Working on it
School 5: Kellogg Round 2 Status: Working on it
WillAsher
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Program: MBA (FT) Area of interest in MBA : Still deciding GMAT: 690 GPA: 3.3 (undergrad) 3.4 (grad) at Stanford Work experience(WE): 3 years (1yr at bulge bracket IB and 2 yrs at 2nd tier Consulting) Nationality: US Age: 27 Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: Lead various international social entrepreneurial projects and started a NGO
Schools applied to:
HBS (R1) Status: Submitted, DING w/o interview
Kellogg (R1) Status: Submitted, DING and heart broken...
Program: MBA FT Area of interest in MBA: Corporate Finance / Corporate Development GMAT: 720 (95th percentile; V-99%, Q-72%) AWA: 6.0 GPA: 3.4 (3.8 in major), Finance, private university in Texas Work experience(WE): 4 at matriculation 1 Litigation Consulting, 3 Business Valuation Nationality/Race: American/White Age: 26 at Matriculation Gender: Male Extra-curriculars/community: College- VP of fraternity, student government, freshman orientation leader. Post College- director of my university's Houston alum assoc. , director of condominium HOA, youth basketball coach
Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA :Fin GMAT:720, 42Q, 49V, 6.0. GPA:3.0 Actuarial Science, internship throughout school at an insurance company. Work experience(WE): 3 yrs Actuarial consulting, 2 econ consulting Nationality: Ind Age: 28 Gender: m Extra-curriculars/community: Coll - Pres of fraternity, student government, (tons of other stuff); post coll - volunteer with a couple of Nfp's, club sports and alumni board of fraternity
Schools applied to:
Chicago: Round 1 Status: interviewed. - ding
Tuck: Round 1 Status: interviewed - ding
Kellogg: Round 2 Status: interviewed
Columbia: Round 2 Status: Submitted
Michigan: Round 2 Status: Submitted
Darden: Round 2 Status: Interview on 2/18
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chaospersonified
Re: 2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! [#permalink]
Program: MBA(FT) Area of interest in MBA : GM, Consulting, Entrepreneurship GMAT: 710, Q49, V38, 6.0 GPA: 70.3% from a premier college, Electrical Engineer Work experience(WE): 5+ years/IT consulting Nationality: Indian Age:29 Gender: F Extra-curriculars/community: Tsunami volunteer, Worked with HIV infected kids orphanage, good undergrad extra currics
Schools applied to:
Chicago 1: Round 1 Status: Denied w/o interview
Ross: Round 1 Status: Submitted
Duke: Round 1 Status: Denied after interview on 11/01
Kenan Flagler: Round 1 Status: Accepted
Emory: Round 2 Status: Submitted
Tepper: Round 2 Status: Interviewed on 12/1; Working on Essays
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