35 y/o Af/Am Male
700 GMAT (Q47,V40,6.0)
3.31 GPA in Electrical Engineering (top 8% of class)
Engineering Honor Soc.
HBCU undergrad
work in marketing operations for the software division of an internet company
Fortune 50 sales/operations/engineering experience
Fortune e-50 programming experience
Entrepreneurship experience (small, but quantifiable)
Mensa
Toastmasters
Mentorship (Tiger Woods Foundation)
Tutoring (homeless)
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Wharton - Accepted with Fellowship 12/20/12; MATRICULATING, R1

Chicago Booth - Accepted with Fellowship 12/18/12, R1

MIT Sloan - Accepted 1/29/13, R1

HBS - Denied w/o interview 12/12/12, R1

Stanford - Denied w/o interview 12/12/12 , R1

Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest in MBA : VC/Healthcare
GMAT: 750
GPA: 3.2 (MIT undergrad)
Work experience(WE): 2Y boutique investment banking, 3Y healthcare VC
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 27
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: decent

Schools applied to:

Harvard : Round 1
Status: Dinged w/o Interview

Stanford GSB : Round 1
Status: Application Submitted

Wharton : Round 1
Status: Invited to Interview

Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest in MBA : General Management
GMAT: 600
GPA: 3.3 (Unranked State school)
Work experience(WE): 4Y Military
Nationality: Hispanic
Age: 25
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: mil non-profit work

Schools applied to:

Fuqua : EA
Status: Acccepted, Matriculating

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Pharmaceuticals
GMAT: 750 (47q 46v)
Undergrad GPA: 3.6 Dual BS degrees in chemistry and physics. Large tier 2/3 state school.
Grad GPA: 3.4 MA in physics from top 10 school.
Work experience(WE): 4 years total (at Matriculation)
Currently - Business Analyst at tier 2 consulting firm (Deloitte/Accentture etc.). Have completed several pharma projects here.
Previously had 2 years of full-time work experience in a theoretical and computational chemical and biophysics.

Nationality: US - Hispanic
Background: Grew up in one of the poorest communities in the US. First in family to graduate from college.
Age: 29 (at mat)
Gender: M

Extra-curriculars/community:
Grad School:
- Extensive involvement and leadership positions in student government
- Founded a club on campus for non-MBA grad students interested in business
- Mentored underrepresented students in math and science. Recruited other mentors for program and had very significant impact on one student.

College:
- Mostly math and science related outreach activities.

Schools applied to:

Columbia: Round 2
Status: Denied after interview and waitlist

Harvard: Round 2
Status: Dinged w/o Interview

Sloan: Round 2
Status: Waitlist w/o interview

Stern: Consortium
Status: Admitted with full scholarship

Fuqua: Round 2
Status: Admitted with 1/3 tuition scholarship

Booth: Round 2
Status: Admitted with 1/2 tuition scholarship

Stanford: Round 2
Status: Denied w/o interview

Tuck: Consortium
Status: Admitted with full scholarship

Haas: Consortium
Status: Waitlisted w/o interview

Will be filled shortly.

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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy/General Management
GMAT: 700 (twice)
GPA: 7.27/10, Mechanical Engineering
Work experience(WE): 6 years, Scientist for the Government of India
Nationality: Indian
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: N/A

ISB: Round 2
Status: Dinged w/o interview

Harvard: Round 2
Status: Dinged w/o interview

Columbia: 01/09 (Merit Fellowship)
Status: Dinged w/o interview
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All that matters, comes after the word 'but'.

Program: MBA (Full-Time)
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Development
GMAT 1: 680 (Q43, V40)
GMAT 2: 720 (Q48, V41)
GPA: 3.5 (large but not well known school)
Work experience(WE): 4. 3 years in IB at well known firm; 1 year decent sized ($1bn) buyside firm
Nationality: Canada / Middle East
Brief profile: Looking to leverage current finance knowledge/experience + my background & connections to set up PE fund in a unique frontier Middle Easter country
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent; nothing too spectacular

Schools applied to:

Wharton: Round 2
Status: Invited to interview

INSEAD: Round 2
Status: Invited to interview

Columbia: Regular Decision
Status: Denied w/o interview

Program: Full-Time MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Brand Management
GMAT: 700 (85%Q, 74%V)
GPA: 3.09, Mechanical Engineering, State School with engineering program consistently ranked in the top 20 by US News
Work experience(WE): 10 years, Military
Nationality: USA
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Good amount, mainly centered around volunteering with Alumni Association and volunteering with organizations that support wounded/fallen warriors and their families.

Schools applied to:

School 1: Tuck
Status: Waitlisted with interview (applicant-initiated)

Can't help but feeling a little like this:


School 2: Kellogg
Status: Told to go eff myself after interview (applicant-initiated)

School 3: Darden
Status: Waitlisted with interview - withdrew name

School 4: Johnson
Status: Accepted with $$$$
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