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

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

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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 FT
Area of interest in MBA : Management Consulting or Finance
GMAT: 710 (47q 40v)
GPA: 3.18 UG Major - Accounting at a smaller business school (Top 25 in Accounting)
Work experience(WE): 5 years total (at Matriculation)
Currently - CPA with 4+ years experience working in Tax and Audit at Big 4 Accounting firm (in big market)
Grad: Masters in Taxation from same school as Undergrad.

Nationality: US - White
Age: 26 (at mat)
Gender: M

Extra-curriculars/community:
Post College:
- Tax Advisor/Fundraisor for Charitable organization benefiting under privileged children in Ghana
- Lots of charitable fundraisers (including organizing and running 2 specific fundraisers each year)
- Participate on 4 intramural sports teams.
- Assisting in the start-up of a consulting firm as the Tax Director.

College:
- Loads of community service (serving on committees to organize schedules for approx 200 students per semester)
- Intramural Sports
- Member of Accounting/Finance Business Fraternity (served on executive board).

Schools applied to:

Columbia: Early Action
Status: Dinged w/o Interview

Harvard: Round 1
Status: Dinged w/o Interview

Stern: Round 1
Status: Submitted

Fuqua: Round 2
Status: Researching

Booth: Round 2
Status: Researching

Kellogg: Round 2
Status: Researching

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 : Finance
GMAT: 720 Q48; V 42; AWA 4.5
GPA: 3.77 - Major Economics; Minor Management - Top 50 Public School
Work experience(WE): 5 years top Investment Management firm. 2 years international work experience. Awarded CFA designation.
Nationality: White/American
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent in college - very weak after college.

Schools applied to:

Chicago Booth: Round 1
Status: Invited to interview

Wharton: Round 2
Status: Writing Essays

Columbia: Round 2
Status: Writing Essays

Cornell: Round 2
Status: Writing Essays/researching

Yale: Round 2
Status: Writing Essays/researching

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

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

Will be filled shortly.

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

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Program: FT MBA
Area of interest in MBA: GM, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 720 (46Q 44V)
GPA: 3.77 Finance; Top state school
Work experience: 4 Years (1 consulting; 1 IB; 2 technology corp dev)
Nationality: USA
Age: 26
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Very active in college (multiple leadership positions; high honors/awards); current Board Member of NonProfit

Wharton: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Tuck: Round 1
Status: Denied after interview

Kellogg: Round 2
Status: Submitted

UVA: Round 2
Status: Submitted

Duke: Round 2
Status: Submitted

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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

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

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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) - Withdrew July 12, 2013



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

School 3: Darden
Status: Waitlisted with interview - Withdrew December 21, 2012

School 4: Johnson
Status: Accepted with $$$$ and Matriculating!