2008 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION!

MBA FT
Indian, 27, Male
Interest: Real Estate Finance/Development
GMAT: 730 (Q49 V40)
Undergraduate: India Top-10 University GPA: 3.8 (Converted by WES)
Graduate: US Top-15 Univerity GPA: 3.9
Work Exp: 5 years by Fall 2008 (3 years in the private sector, recent 2 years in the public sector)
Structural Engineer, specialize in designing bridges, have also designed several highrises and malls, started a real estate company in India last year.
College Extra curricular: Lots of student leadership roles
Sports: Competed at the national level in Powerlifting, play cricket professionally in the US
Volunteer: Decent level of accomplishment, couple of them are pretty interesting

Schools applied to:
School 1: Harvard, R1
Status: Submitted

School 2: MIT R1
Status: Submitted

School 3: Virginia, ED
Status: Submitted

School 4: Wharton, R2
Status: Not submitted

School 5: Columbia, R2
Status: Not Submitted

School 1: Johnson, R1
Status: DING without interview
School 2: LBS R1
Status: DING with interview
School 3: Wharton/Lauder (Russian), R2
Status: Dinged

Program: MSCF, MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Finance
GMAT: 780 (50Q, 48V)
GPA: 3.3 at a top state university in the US
Work experience(WE): None
Nationality: Asian-American
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Nerdy computer stuff

Schools applied to:

School 1: CMU's Tepper's MSCF Round 2
Status: Not yet submitted

School 2: Berkley's Haas's MFE Round 2
Status: Not yet submitted

School 3: Harvard Round 2
Status: Not yet submitted

School 3: Stanford Round 2
Status: Not yet submitted

School 3: Wharton Round 2
Status: Not yet submitted

Program: MBA, FT
Area of interest in MBA : Finance
GMAT: 700 (Q51, V37)
GPA: 3.3, Mathematics/Economics, US top 10 liberal arts college
Work experience(WE): 2.5/commercial banking, portfolio manager
Nationality: Canada/Chinese
Age: 24
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: charity rep in office, hip-hop, fine arts

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia ED
Status: Accepted(Oct 15th, 2007), Mariculating

Program: MBA - FT
Area of interest in MBA : OB, Public Policies, Finance, Strategy
GMAT: 710 (Q50 V34), 5.5 AWA
GPA: > 3, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Work experience(WE): 4 yrs in U.S. nuclear industry, 2 yrs in Asia energy industry.
Nationality: Thai
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Internet and education non-profit (Op. Committee member), part-time deejay ($), snowboarding, running, basketball, table tennis (competitive level)

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton R1
Status: Accepted and Matriculating!!!

School 2: Kellogg R1
Status: Accepted on Dec. 10th, 2007

School 3: Sloan R1
Status: Interviewed and Firmly Dinged

School 4: Haas R1
Status: Invited to Interview - Withdrawn

School 5: HBS R2
Status: Dinged

School 6: Stanford R2
Status: Dinged

I'll join the congo line.

Program: MBA, Part-Time
Area of interest in MBA : Brand Managment of Consumer Goods, specializing in enviornmentall friendly products
GMAT: 650 (Q40, V40)
Undergrad GPA: 2.7, MS Public Relations, CSU school with well regarded PR Program
Alternate GPA: 4.0 (taken pre-reqs and misc. business classes, A's in all of them)
Work experience(WE): 6.5/ Public Information Officer for Large Bay Area County (read: Advertising, PR, Marketing guy for 5 programs)
Nationality: Puerto Rican- Mix
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
Board of Directors for local zoo
VP of PR for local Toastmaster Int'l Club
Area B5 Toastmaster Evaluation Contest winner
Volunteer team leader at local food bank
Volunteer food drive coordinator for my department
Blue Ribbion Coalition Member (trail clean-ups, public land issues)
CRRA Member (Recycling and Waste reduction issues)
Top 5 (in class) local triathlete
NASA/SCCA Club Car racing

Schools applied to:

School 1: UC Berkeley Haas
Status: Submitted 11/5/07 - Invited to Interview
Accpeted!

School 2: UCLA - Anderson
Status: Submitted 11/21/07 - Dinged

School 3: Santa Clara Univeristy - Leavey
Status: Did not apply

And I'm sure I'll get dinged at every school *edit* glad I was wrong!

What accepted.com said about zakk:

Area of interest in MBA : Product Management, International Management/Business, Financial Analysis (All in Technology)
GMAT: 610 (Q39, V35)
Undergrad GPA: ~2.9-3.2 ( depending on how you convert it), BA(Hons) Sports and Recreation
Work experience(WE): 11 years, (6 in UK, 5 in Japan) Test Automation Guru.... currently working with mobile phones. Extensive international travel - 10% of my time is spent abroad consulting on issues, roadmapping technologies and defining test stratgeies.
Professional Qualifications: ISEB Test Practitioner - Distinction
Nationality: British Chinese
Languages: Chinese (Hakka, Cantonese), Japanese (JLPT 3) and English
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Extra Curriculars :-
Varsity athlete, trained with national coach
Moderator for online community of 100k members
Alpha & Beta tester for computer games
Currency Trading
Music: 2 record contracts, releasing 3 singles worldwide and reviewed in International DJ Magazine. Remix work for other artists ( 2 releases)
DJ'd internationally in several countries
Nightclub promotion


Schools applied to:

School 1: Manchester Business School
Status: Accepted and declined

School 2: Hult International
Status: Withdrawn - offered a place with $6k sscholarship

School 3: National University of Singapore
Status: Accepted and declined after paying a deposit Interviewed 16th Jan

School 4: Cornell - Johnson
Status: Withdrawn

School 5: Northwestern - Kellogg
Status: Submitted - Denied

School 6: Stanford
Status: Submitted

School 7: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Status: Accepted Interviewed - 9th January - $50k HKD scholarship

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 780, Q51/V47, AWA 6.0
GPA: 3.84, dual BS degrees in computer science and international business from a large state school
Work experience(WE): 2.5 years at a large name brand consulting firm, mostly focused on infrastructure risk management
Nationality/Race: American/Chinese
Age: 24 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Volunteer at a NGO developing their website
- Company sports league
- Big sports fan of my alma mater (travel to games, etc)

Schools applied to:

School 1: Chicago GSB R1 FT
Status: Accepted

School 2: Wharton R1 FT
Status: Waitlist

School 3: MIT Sloan R1 FT
Status: Waitlist and subsequently Dinged

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Marketing, Media, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 640, Q37/V40, AWA 6.0
GPA: ~3.0
Work experience(WE): 5 years in entertainment. Currently with a major television network. Very good career progression, now in management position.
Nationality: USA
Age: 27
Gender: Male

Schools applied to:
School 1: Emory - Goizueta (R1)
Status: Accepted

School 2: Vanderbilt - Owen (R1)
Status: Accepted

School 3: UT - McCombs (Rolling)
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

School 4: USC - Marshall (R1)
Status: Waitlisted and Withdrawn

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest: Health Care Management
GMAT: 770 (Q49/V50), AWA 6.0
GPA: 3.90
Physician
Gender: Male

Schools applied to:

School 1: HBS R1
Status: Dinged without interview

School 2: Stanford R1
Status: Accepted, matriculating

School 3: Wharton R1
Status: Accepted

School 4: MIT Sloan R1
Status: Accepted

School 5: Kellogg R2
Status: Accepted with Austin Scholarship

FT MBA
Interested in Brand Management/Marketing
GMAT - 700 (Q: 43, V: 42, 4.5)
U GPA - 2.7 (ugh)
G GPA - 3.94
Undergrad - Cornell University - Sociology
Grad - Indiana University - Sports Management
WE - Mainly sports related internships while finishing my undergrad and grad degrees. Marketing/Sponsorship positions with the NJ Nets, Philly 76ers, Indiana Pacers, Lexington Horsemen, and Vitamin Water (Glaceau)
-African American
-24
-Male
-Currently I teach 4 basketball PE classes at IU while finishing my degree

R1 - IU (Kelley): Accepted! w/ scholly!!
UMich: Ding
Emory: Ding
Cornell: Accepted! w/ scholly!!

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Operations, Strategy Consulting
GMAT: 770(50Q, 44V) ; 5.5 AWA
GPA: 3.2 Approx; Computer Engineering
Work experience(WE): 4 years at matriculation;
Nationality: Indian
Age: 27 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Classified

Schools applied to:
School 1: Kellogg, R1
Status: DINGED

School 2: HBS, R1
Status: DINGED

School 3: Ross, R1
Status: interviewed 12/19 DINGED

School 4: Tuck, R1 DINGED
Status: Interviewed 12/18

School 5: Darden, R2
Status: submitted

School 6: U of Chicago, R2
Status: submitted

School 7: Wharton, R2
Status: submitted

School 8: MIT Sloan, R2
Status: submitted

School 9: Cornell, R3
Status: submitted

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Finance
GMAT: 660 (Q49,V32) AWA:6.0
GPA: 3.94

Work experience(WE):
Experience as a QA Engineer at:
1. Bank One
2. Cisco Learning institute
3. Qualys Inc (a start up in the silicon valley)


Nationality: Indian
Age: 28
Gender: Male

Extra-curriculars/community:
Volunteer for the recording for the blind and dyslexic
Kiva, a micro finance organization

Schools applied to:

School 1: Tepper, R1
Status: Dinged w/o interview

School 2: Smith Maryland, R1
Status: Dinged after an interview

School 3: UNC Kenan Flagler R2
Status: Interviewd and waiting......

School 4: USC Marshall R1
Status: Wait List

School 5: Krannert, R1
Status: Submitted, Waiting......

School 6: Cornell R2
Status: Submitted, Waiting........

Program: FT MBA
Area of interest in MBA : International Business / General Mgmt.
GMAT: 730 (Q48/V42)
GPA: 3.41 Economics Major/Statistics Minor, Large Public University
Work experience(WE): 5 Years WE at matriculation / Insurance
Nationality: American
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Extra-curricular/community: Not enough after school....

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia RD
Status: Ding!

School 2: Harvard R2
Status: Applied and waiting...

School 3: St. Gallen
Status: ADMITTED with Scholarship and matriculating!

Program: FT MBA
Sex: Male
Age: 26 (27 Fall 08)
Nationality: Puertorican
Undergrad Degree/GPA: Double Major - (Finance/CIS), Minor - Philosophy, 3.5 GPA from mid tier northeast school.
GMAT: 700 (2nd attempt). 5.5 AWA
Work Experience: 4 years at litigation/strategment consulting company.
Extra: Minority scholarship at undergrad, minority internship (Inroads), President of fraternity, Student council two years. Currently volunteer a local soup kitchen on a regular basis. Manage office intramurals. Point of contact for an ovarian cancer charity.
Ambitions: Move more into a strategy based consulting role.

Schools:
School 1: UCLA Anderson, R2
Status: Admitted!!

School 2: USC Marshall R2
Status: Submitted

School 3: Georgetown, R2
Status: Submitted

Program: MBA(FT).
Area of interest in MBA : GM, Operations Management
GMAT: 690 (43Q, 41V, 6.0 AWA)
GPA: 2.9 Industrial Engineering Virginia Tech, 3.3 in major, 3.5 in business minor, 3.3 for last 3 years. Broke my neck my senior year of HS and had fusion surgery the summer before my freshman year. Neck injury made my freshman year difficult.

Work experience(WE): 5 Years / Nuclear Engineer
Nationality:American
Age:27
Gender:M
Extra-curriculars/community: Most of my extra-c's involve me being president of my own real estate investment and property management company where i own and manage 7 rental units. This is time consuming. Also involved in my church and city softball and bowling leagues and have been in numerous local bands playing small shows at local bars during and since college.

Schools applied to:
School 1: UVa (Darden) RD2
Status: submitted 1/1/2008

School 2: CMU (Tepper) RD2
Status: submitted 1/6/2008
interviewed.

School 3: Vanderbilt RD2
Status: submitted 1/6/2008
interviewed 1/30
Admitted with scholarship.

School 4: UNC RD2
Status: submitted
interviewed.

School 5: Georgetown RD2
Status: submitted 2/7

Program: MBA (FT).
Area of interest in MBA: Finance/Private Equity/Venture Capital
GMAT: 680
GPA: 3.8
Major:Business Administration Emphasis:Finance Minor:Economics
School: Lesser known state university

Work experience(WE): 4.5 Years@matriculation / Corporate Finance and Credit Risk
Nationality:American
Age:26
Gender:M

Extra-curricular/community: volunteer for non-profit organization for last 2+ years. In 2006 I was appointed as a committee member and coordinator for one of its major initiatives.

Other: CFA Charterholder

Short-Term Goal - I-Banking (M&A)
Long-Term Goal - Investment Management (Buy-Side)

Schools applied to:

School 1: UCLA (Anderson) RD2
Status: Waitlisted w/o Interview - UPDATE: Invited to Interview 4/18 - UPDATE: Dinged 9/5

School 2: Wharton RD2
Status: Dinged w/o Interview

School 3: Kellogg RD2
Status: Dinged w/ Interview

School 4: Columbia RD
Status: Waitlisted w/ Interview - UPDATE: DINGED 5/29

School 5: Chicago RD2
Status: Dinged w/o Interview

School 6: NYU (Stern) RD2
Status: Waitlisted w/o Interview - UPDATE: DINGED 5/14

School 7: USC (Marshall) RD2
Status: Waitlisted w/ Interview - UPDATE: ADMITTED 4/15

NOTE TO SELF for reapp: <700 GMAT + Rd2 app = no admit!