2009 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION!

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: General Management/Strategy
GMAT: 710 (47Q, 41V)
GPA: 3.3 BA History; 3.1 Juris Doctor
Work experience(WE): 2 years in a Law Firm; 2 years in sales in Japan/Korea; 1 year in a regional (Asia) sales role
Nationality: American
Age: 30 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Various Volunteer Activities, Triathlons

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton (Round 1)
Status: In progress

School 2: Georgetown (Round 1)
Status: Haven't started yet

School 3: Penn State (Round 1)
Status: Haven't started yet

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Finance, Strategy Consulting
GMAT: 700+
GPA: 3.3 Dual Degree -- BA Business, BA English - Top Public University
Work experience(WE): 6 years entrepreneur / internationally recognized companies (2) NYT, Engadget, People, etc.
Nationality: American
Age: 27 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Founding student director, Honors College | Founder, Extremely large student group | Advocate, International Justice Mission

Schools applied to:

School 1: Harvard Business School (Round 1)
Status: In Progress

School 2: Kellogg (Round 1)
Status: In Progress

School 3: Wharton (Round 1)
Status: In Progress

School 4: Stanford (Round 1 -- Possibly 2)
Status: In Progress

School 5: London Business School (Round 1 -- Possibly 2)
Status: In Progress

School 6: University of Chicago (Round 1)
Status: In Progress

School 7: Dartmouth Tuck (Round 1)
Status: In Progress

Program: MBA (Full-Time)
Area of interest in MBA: GM / MC / Non-Profit
GMAT: 680
GPA: 3.6 GPA - B.S. Software Engineering, Minor Mathematics @ small state school
Work experience: 5+ years SW Engineering @ large tech company
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Strong to..quite strong.

Harvard: Round 2
Status: Submitted 1/6/09

Berkeley: Round 3
Status: Writing essays.

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy consulting or Finance, not sure yet
GMAT: 780 (q50, v47, awa5.5)
GPA: 2.8 B.S. Electrical Engineering (mid-size private school), 3.9 M. Eng. Computer Engineering (highly ranked public school)
Work experience(WE): 7 years computer hardware / telecom
Nationality: Indian (U.S. citizen)
Age: 29 (30 at matriculation)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Founder/president of local alumni chapter, tutor/technical committee/advisory committee of non-profit adult literacy center

Kellogg MMM: Round 1
Status: Submitted, Interview 10/16/08, Admitted 1/6/09

Chicago GSB: Round 1
Status: Interview 11/21/08, Admitted 12/17/08

Wharton: Round 1
Status: Dinged

Columbia: Regular Decision
Status: Invited to interview, withdrew

NYU Stern: Round 1
Status: Invited to interview, Withdrew

Program: MBA(FT) Maybe Dual degree MBA/MPH (career switch)
Area of interest in MBA : Healthcare, Operations
GMAT: 660
GRE: 1420
GPA: 3.7 (Management Information Systems & French)
Work experience(WE): 7 years in manufacturing company IT (programmer/database administrator)
Nationality: Chinese American (US citizen)
Age: early 30s
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Volunteer at Children's Hospital (NICU, Emergency Center), Play piano & violin (performed at Bayou City Art Festival & at gala for 2 consecutive Mayor in the city I lived in and Chinese consulate general), member of national piano guild

Schools applied to:

School 1: Duke Round 2 Healthcare MBA
Status: Waitlisted

Brief profile:

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA :GM, Fin, Mark, MC
GMAT: 720 (Q47,V42) [Essentially an 80/80 split]
GPA: 3.05, History Major, Political Science Minor from a top 10 Baccalaureate University(Western Division) ranked by U.S News
Other Education: Law school graduate (while working full-time) and admitted to Oklahoma bar Sept. 2007. GPA not great due to working full-time.
Work experience(WE): 4 at matriculation. 1 year as paralegal in law firm during law school; 18 months Field Rep for U.S. Congressman; 18 months legal auditor at top 3 insurance company
Nationality: Caucasian American
Age: 28 {29 @ matric.}
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Chamber of Commerce Government Council Member; Habitat for Humanity volunteer; Designing websites for non-profits and charity groups.
Leadership: Organized statewide candidate forum in 2006 for NW Chamber; Senior Class President; Student Ambassador Sophomore year (UG); Elected Class Representative to the Student Bar Association first 2 years in law school; Law School Student Ambassador 2nd year; elected to Clerk for Phi Alph Delta Law Fraternity my 2nd year; founding member of Corproate Law Society;

Schools applied to:

DECIDED NOT TO APPLY TO TOP SCHOOLS FOR 2009. WILL SUBMIT TO UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA THIS SPRING FOR PART-TIME PROGRAM. If people wonder why? Check out Family + Post-MBA Career = Oil & Water thread.

Yale: Round 1
Status: Brainstorming...

HBS: Round 1
Status: Brainstorming...

Dartmouth: Round 1
Status: Brainstorming...

Other schools under consideration:
U of Penn (Wharton)
Columbia
Michigan (Ross)
Northwestern (Kellogg)
Chicago GSB
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management/Strategy, Finance, Marketing
GMAT: 710 (Q42,V46) [Essentially an 80/80 split]
GPA: 3.52, Finance Major from Penn State
Other Education: Took a Psych class for fun after first year of work.
Work experience: (excluding internships) 5 years at matriculation, One year investment bank analyst program and corporate finance/accounting, 3 years of international corporate treasury experience for large cap manufacturing firm.
Nationality: Caucasian American
Age: 26 {27 @ matriculation}
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Habitat for Humanity volunteer, reading coach volunteer for school children, group support/counseling for fellow cancer survivors, musician.

Target Schools:
1) Kellogg
2) Chicago GSB

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship / General Management
GMAT: 770 (Q50 / V46)
GPA: 3.5
Work experience(WE): 3 years top IB, 1 year start-up
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 25
Gender: Male

Schools applied to:

School 1: HBS Round 1
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

School 2: Stanford GSB Round 1
Status: Dinged with Interview

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Fin, MC
GMAT: 690 (Q85/V82)
GPA: BS Computer Engineering. GPA 3.7/4.0
Work experience(WE): 3 Years experience. Buy-side investments.
Age: 25 (@ matriculation)
Gender: Male
Extra-curricular/community: Sports(Volleyball, soccer, basketball), CFA Society

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton Round 1
Status: Working on it...

School 2: Chicago Round 1
Status: Working on it...

School 3: Kellogg Round 1
Status: Working on it...

School 4: Ross Round 1
Status: Working on it...

School 5: Columbia Round 2
Status: Working on it...

(or so it seems)

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship / General Management / Consulting
GMAT: 710 (Q49 / V36)
GPA: A-,
Work experience(WE): 3 years at Startup (New Zealand), 3 years Tech Consulting (London)
Nationality: New Zealander
Age: 27 (28 at matriculation)
Undergrad: Bachelor of Engineering
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Several at undergrad, after undergrad level Club Captain at cricket club, Corporate Rugby tournaments, fundraising for Tsunami relief, Cancer Research UK - organisation comittee member for London Relay for Life.

Schools applied to:

School 1: London Business School - R1
Status: Dinged w/o I

School 2: Judge Business School - Cambridge - R1
Status: Waitlisted for Interview

School 3: Said Business School - Oxford - R2
Status: ACCEPTED and Matriculating!

Program: FT MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Social Enterprise/Nonprofit management
GMAT: 720 (Q44/V45 AWA 6.0)
GPA: 3.3 Economics and Philosophy, Well respected school in the SE
Work experience(WE): 2 Years w/ Teach For America;

Nationality: US
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Extracurricular/community: Several good/unique activities during and post college.

Schools applied to:

School 1: Yale SOM (Round 1)
Status: Rejected

School 2: Michigan Ross (Round 1)
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

School 3: Cornell Johnson (Round 1)
Status: Waitlisted

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Investment Banking
GMAT: 740 - 97% (Q44 - 72%, V47 - 99%, AWA: 6.0)
GPA: 3.82 - Finance
Work experience (WE): 6 at Matriculation: Big 4 Advisory (2.5 Energy and Utilities Consulting /3.5 Structured Finance)
Nationality: American
Age: 29 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Various leadership roles during college; solid extras with several organizations after school

Schools:

School: Chicago Booth
Status: Admitted 12/17/08, Matriculating!

School: Kellogg
Status: Started app, but ceased work after Booth admit

School: Wharton
Status: Ding

School: HBS
Status: Ding

School: Darden
Status: Started app, but ceased work after Booth admit

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Marketing in Healthcare
GMAT: 680 Q-46, V-37
GPA: Better than average from an Indian School
Work experience(WE): 8 years plus -- Last five years as a manager in Marketing Communications firm and handling some big MNC clients as well as international development organisations such as UNICEF, USAID, DFID. Won five international awards for my work on a social campaign including one from United Nations
Nationality: Indian
Age: 30 plus at Matriculation
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Traveling, adventure sports, Member of KLODB (Knowing & Loving Delhi Better), Education Sponsorship for a girl child

Schools applied to:

School 1: Dartmouth Tuck EA
Status: Submitted, Waitlisted

School 2: Kellogg R1
Status: Submitted and Interviewed

School 3: Yale R1
Status: Submitted

School 4: Cornell R2
Status: Submitted

School 5: Haas R2
Status: Submitted

School 6: Michigan Ross R2
Status: Working on Essays

School 7: Foster R3
Status: Submitting in couple of days

eProgram: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Management Consulting (general/strategy)
GMAT: 760, Q50/V44, AWA 4.0.
GPA: UG 2.1 Mechanical Design, Top 5 Public. Grad: 3.3 Complete 5 of 9 classes.
Work experience(WE): Large Aerospace 4 years at matriculation
Nationality: US (Ethinicity Chinese)
Age: 28 at Mat
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: College Recruiter at local high schools (4), Make-A-Wish wish granter (1), Founder of School Engineer Competition Team (2), Organizer blood drives (1), Mentor for Hawtorne JHS. 4 Gallon Platelet donor.

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia ED
Status: Dinged 11/11

School 2: Kellogg R2
Status: Interviewed 10/22. Submitted 1/12. Waitlisted 3/3

School 3: Chicago R2
Status: Submitted. 1/7, Dinged w/o Interview 2/18

School 4: Michigan Ross R2
Status: Submitted 1/2, Interview 2/13, Dinged 3/14

Program: MBA FT

Area of interest in MBA : Management Consulting (general/strategy) in Retail/Consumer Goods industry.

GMAT: 720 (95%), Q49 (89%) /V38 (89%), AWA 5.0.

GPA: First Class in Electronics Engineering (BE) from an 'A' rated college in Univ of Mumbai, India

Work experience(WE): Worked with an Indian Software conglomerate for more than 4 yrs. Out of these 4 years, spent 20 months at client locations in US. Later joined a mid size Retail Solutions firm in US and have been working in US for last 16 months. Total 6.5 yrs exp at matriculation.

Nationality: Indian
Age: 27 | 28 at matriculation
Gender: M

Extra-curriculars/community: Organized Cultural festivals/events in local community , in college part of networker group, which was responsible for building and maintaining Internet lab in college, only CCNA certified student while in college

Schools applied to:

School 1: Tuck ED
Status: Interviewed on 13-Oct | Submitted on 14-Oct | Dinged

School 2: Ross R1
Status: Submitted on 9-Oct | Interviewed on 18-Nov Dinged

School 3: Duke R1
Status: Submitted on 26-Oct | Interview on 11-Nov.| Dinged

School 4: Tepper R1
Status: Submitted on 25-Oct| Interview on 17-Nov.| Dinged

School 5: UNC R2
Status: Submitted. | Interviewed on 10-Nov

School 6: Georgetown R2
Status: Interviewed on 6th Oct. Haven't started on the app Not submitting

School 7: ISB R2
Status : Submitted for Round 2

Full-Time MBA applicant entering Fall 09

Male US Citizen
Age: 34
GMAT 770 Q49/V48
Undergrad "Harvard of the West"
GPA 3.4 in social science
Work: Large public internet company for 7 years, accounting and fraud departments

Wharton R1 SUBMITTED Ding w/o Interview
UCLA R1 SUBMITTED Ding
Chicago R1 SUBMITTED Ding w/o interview
Northwestern R1 SUBMITTED Ding
UC Berkeley R1 SUBMITTED Ding

After a deep breath and a stiff drink:

Georgetown McDonough R2 interviewed ACCEPTED
Carnegie Mellon Tepper R3 interview pending
Washington in STL Olin R3 no word yet

Hi All,

I am a new member on this forum. below are my details:

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : strategy consulting
GMAT: 710 (Q 51/V 36/AWA 5.5)
GPA: 3.4 from ivy league school in USA
Work experience(WE): 6.5 (at matriculation)/finance industry
Nationality: indian (residing in NJ)
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: leadership role in US based non profit org

Schools applied to:

CBS (my first choice): ED
Status: submitted on aug 14th

will be applying to the schools below only if I am rejected/deferred/waitlisted at CBS by Oct 8th.
wharton: Round 1
Status: not started working on the essays yet.

MIT: Round 1
Status: not started working on the essays yet

kellog/Chic GSB (either of these): Round 1
Status: not started working on the essays yet

OMG! writing this post made me realize that I have a lot of work to do.