2013 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION!

Program: 2 Year MBA
Area of interest in MBA: Healthcare in emerging markets
GMAT: First attempt: 680 (42V, 40Q). Second attempt: 660 (41V, 40Q) (Yup, that's a downward trend)
GPA: 3.55, international business and finance degrees at a top 25 state school
Work experience(WE): 3 years, management consulting at a top 5 firm. My recommenders let me read my letters after the fact, they were very strong.
Nationality: From US, Hispanic and White
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Lots but all meaningful. Very engaged in my firm, namely with recruiting activities. Work on pro-bono consulting with minority businesses. Long time coach of a team for special needs athletes. Lots of fundraising in college and served in key leadership roles (i.e., VP of international business program)

Schools applied to:

Wharton: Round 2
Status: Accepted with a fellowship, and Matriculating

Kellogg: Round 2
Status: Accepted

If you have any further questions, I'm more than willing to help, especially those with "lower" GMAT scores!!! Have faith in yourselves - you can do it!

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Operations
GMAT: 710 (48Q 40V)
UG Major - Finance
Work experience(WE): 4 years at Matriculation (2 yrs IB, 2 yrs PE)
Nationality: White
Age: 27 at Matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Very strong.


Schools applied to:

Tuck: EA
Status: Admitted

Columbia: EA
Status: Admitted

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Admitted

Yale: Round 1
Status: Admitted

Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest in MBA : Industy
GMAT: 780 (50Q/49V/6awa)
GPA: 2.7 (not from US school so can not be compared)
Work experience(WE): 2.5Y (Manufacturing/Construction)
Nationality: American
Age: 25
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Strong in college.

Schools applied to:

Harvard : Round 1
Status: Denied without Interview

Stanford GSB : Round 1
Status: Accepted and matriculating

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Social Enterprise/Finance
GMAT: 740 (48Q, 42V)
GPA: 3.8, Industrial Engineering
Work experience(WE): 2.75 Years at matriculation + 4 co-op terms, Supply Chain Strategy
Nationality: American
Age: 25 at Matric.
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Nonprofit consulting, nonprofit business committee

Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 1
Status: Matriculating

Ross: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Waitlisted

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Denied without interview

Fuqua: Round 1
Status: Interviewed

Program: MSMgmt (Sloan Fellow) or Global EMBA
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 700 / 90%, Q48, V38, AW6, IR8
Undergraduate: 1990 BS Economics @ GW – GPA < 3.1
Graduate: 2012 MS Information Systems & Technology @ GW – GPA = 4.0

Work experience(WE): 18+ years / IT management & Consulting
Nationality: USA
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Entrepreneurship / Maker Movement / SCUBA / Photography / Intl Travel

Schools applied to:

School 1: Stanford GSB (Sloan Fellow Class of 2014) Round 1
Status: Accepted and Matriculating!!

School 2: UVA Darden (GEMBA) Round 1
Status: Accepted (verbal, awaiting hard copy)

Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest in MBA : Technology / Healthcare
GMAT: 710
GPA: 2.8>x<2.9 (top US public school) - Economics
Work experience(WE): 4.5Y at matriculation (Commercial Banking)
Nationality: American / White
Age: 27
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Sit on a company community outreach board (very active) with track record since college of community involvement.

Schools applied to:

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Fuqua: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Ross: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Marketing, Strategy
GMAT: 710 (92%) - Q49 (85%), V36 (79%), AWA 4.0 (20%)
GPA: 2.79, BSBA - Double Business Major (Logistics Management & Marketing) from a Top 60 US News University
Work experience(WE): 6 years in Supply Chain function at matriculation (4.5 years in Consumer Products, 1.5 in Corporate Retail)
Nationality: Asian American - Immigrated to the US at the age of 10
Age: 29 at matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Fraternity recruitment chair for 2 years, light community service after college

Schools applied to:

School 1: Minnesota (Carlson) R1
Status: Admitted with 100% scholarship

School 2: Duke (Fuqua) R1
Status: Waitlisted with Interview

School 3: Cornell (Johnson) R1
Status: Admitted with 30% scholarship

School 4: Texas (McCombs) R2
Status: Admitted

School 5: Northwestern (Kellogg) R2
Status: Denied w/ interview

School 6: Michigan (Ross) R2
Status: Admitted and Matriculating

School 7: Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) R2
Status: Admitted with 20% scholarship

School 8: Indiana (Kelley) Priority
Status: Admitted with 60% scholarship

School 9: Virginia (Darden) R2
Status: Denied w/o interview

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Social Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Finance
GMAT: 710 (Q47, V41, 6 AWA)
GPA: 3.81, Econ major at a quirky top-30 liberal arts college
Work experience(WE): 3 years at matriculation at a bulge bracket bank (1 yr in back-office IB ops, 2 years in front-office asset mgmt); Series 7/66 holder
Nationality: American (Caucasian)
Age: 24
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: lots of volunteering in education non-profits both during and post-college, leadership role on women's group at work, PADI Scuba Divemaster, former ski racer

Schools applied to:

School 1: Tuck November Round
Status: Denied w/ interview (included feedback offer)

School 2: Sloan Round 1
Status: Denied w/out interview

School 3: Darden Round 1
Status: Accepted

School 4: Fuqua Round 1
Status: Waitlisted with interview; application withdrawn

School 5: Yale SOM Round 2
Status: Accepted and matriculating!!

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of Interest: Consulting
GMAT: 730 (Q49/V41/AWA6)
GPA: 3.88 at Top-10 Public University
Major: Economics
Work Experience: 4+ years in Finance (Internal Consulting)
Nationality: USA
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Extracurriculars: Recreational sports leadership, community service leadership, worked full-time to finance education

Schools applied to:

Duke Fuqua: Round 1
Status: Accepted!

Columbia Business School: Rolling (Early November)
Status: Dinged after Interview

MIT Sloan: Round 1
Status: Accepted w/ $ and Matriculating!

Dartmouth Tuck: November Round
Status: Accepted!

Berkeley Haas: Round 2
Status: Accepted!

Northwestern Kellogg: Round 2
Status: Waitlisted (Withdrawn)

Chicago Booth: Round 2
Status: Invited to Interview (Withdrawn)

Harvard Business School: Round 2
Status: Dinged without Interview

Program: MBA (Full-Time)
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 730 (48Q, 42V, 6.0 AWA, 6 IR)
GPA: 3.0, Mathematics, Top 20 Liberal Arts College
Work experience: Two years in Marketing Research. Two years in Product Management.
Nationality: USA - White
Age: 26 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Strong - event planning

Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 1
Status: Denied without interview

MIT Sloan: Round 1
Status: Denied without interview

Babson Olin (One-Year Program): Round 1
Status: Accepted w/ $$$ and Matriculating!

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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)
Published Author

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

Good luck all - please ping me if you have any issues.

Program: MBA FT 2 Year
Area of interest in MBA : General Management, Strategy Consulting
GMAT: 710 (Q: 48, V:39) AWA: 6.0
GPA: 3.1; Public Ivy; Finance & IT
Work experience(WE): Financial Services (1.5 years), Big 4 Consulting (3 years)
Nationality: Asian-American
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent

Schools applied to:

Michigan (Ross): Round 1
Status: Matriculating

Virginia (Darden): Round 1
Status: Waitlisted with Interview (withdrawn)

Cornell (Johnson): Round 1
Status: Admitted

Program: Full-Time MBA
Area of interest in MBA: Undecided. Short-term goal: Top Consulting Firm in strategy or operations.
GMAT: 720 - Q48(78%), V40(90%), 8 IR (92%), 6 AW (90%)
GPA: 3.18 - University of Virginia - Chemical Engineering + Spanish minor
Work experience(WE): 6 years at matriculation. Manufacturing in Big Pharma. Increasing responsibility from technical, operations, and quality to strategic supply chain management. Excellent year end reviews (read: very strong letters of reference).
Nationality: White American
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Very involved in college (president of clubs + student body, etc). Focused on "extra" activities through work - company softball, volleyball, recruiting, mentoring.

Schools applied to:

Havard: Round 1
Status: Accepted & Matriculating!

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Rejected without Interview

Darden: Round 1
Status: Accepted with scholarship!

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Accepted!

London Business School: Round 1
Status: Accepted with scholarship!

IMD: Round 1 (February)
Status: No longer applying.

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

Program: MBA(FT/PT), FT MBA
Area of interest in MBA : TBD
GMAT: 750 (48Q, 45V)
GPA: 3.9, Economics
Work experience(WE): 5 Years / Military
Nationality: American
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: N/A

Schools applied to:

Harvard: Round 1
Status: Matriculating

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Denied with Interview

Wharton: Round 1
Status: Accepted