2011 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION!

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Healthcare Strategy/Social Entrepreneurship.
GMAT: 710(Q48/V39)
GPA: MEng. Biochemical Engineering Top 5 U.K School
Work experience(WE): 4 years at matriculation, in Biotech company. Process Engineer
Nationality: Indian
Age: 27
Gender:F
Extra-curriculars/community: Charitable Organizations

Round 1
YALE SOM
DING

CORNELL
ACCEPTED]

NYU
DING

Round 2

Michigan, Ross
ACCEPTED

MIT, Sloan
DING

Program: FT MBA
Area of Interest in MBA: Strategy (Biz Dev)/Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 680 (39Q/45V/AWA 6.0)
GPA: 3.4 Accounting, Mid Range State School
Work Experience: 2 Years Federal Govt. Finance Rotational Program, 6 Months Substitute Teacher, 1 Year Financial Analyst Training Program
Ethnicity: Hispanic (US)
Age: 26 (At matriculation)
Gender: M
Extra Curriculars: Church leader, marathon runner

Schools:

UC Irvine (Merage):
Status: Submitted 9/30/10 Interviewed: 10/28/10 Accepted: 12/3/10

USC (Marshall): Round 1
Status: Submitted. Interviewed Accepted: 2/1/11

Washington University at St. Louis (Olin): Round 1
Status: Submitted. Interviewed Ding 12/14/10

San Diego (Rady): Rolling
Status: Submitted. Interviewed 11/30/10 Accepted 12/13/10 Matriculating

Program: MBA FY
Area of interest in MBA: Strategy and Finance in emerging markets.
GMAT: 740 48q/42v
GPA: Dual Degree: International Relations and Economics, 3.49 GPA (Academic distinction awarded at graduation; 2 years CC prior to enrolling), Private east coast school, big in field of IR.
Work experience(WE): 8 years Army (Enlisted-~4.5 Active, 3.5 reservist), 3 years other Governmental org with extensive international travel/responsibilities.
Nationality: US
Age: 27
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Military service (combat), >100k in competitive scholarships/fellowships, full time at NGO during college running training programs, student mentor at career center in college, extensive time abroad in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc, and study abroad in Cairo.

Round 1:

Booth: Applied
Kellogg: Applied

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Corporate Finance (not IB)
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.5, Engineering
Work experience(WE): 4.5 years R&D Mgmt
Nationality: USA
Age: 27.9
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars: Co-founded tech start-ups

London: Round 1
Status: Accepted

MIT: Round 1
Status: Submitted

Columbia: Regular Decision
Status: Not applying any more

Wharton: Round 2
Status: Not applying any more

IESE: Round 2
Status: Not applying any more

NYU: Round 2
Status: Not applying any more

Chicago: Round 2
Status: Not applying any more

Program: MBA FT / Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 770 / 49Q / 48V / 6.0
GPA: 3.5 / Top 5 Public / Social Sciences
WE: 2 years Software Engineer in Test, 2 years manager at matriculation
Personal: US / W / M / 26 at matriculation
EC: solid undergrad, limited post-grad

Round 1:
HBS: Ding
Wharton: Interviewed, Ding
Stanford: Interviewed, Waitlisted
Berkeley: Interviewed, Waitlisted, Ding
MIT: Ding

Round 2:
None...

Program: Full-time MBA
Area of interest in MBA : entrepreneurship
GMAT: 770
GPA: 3.6 top 5 private
Work experience(WE): 3yrs management consulting
Nationality: American
Age: 27 at matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Varsity sports, elected leadership roles, jobs

Schools applied to:

School 1: Stanford GSB (R1)
Status: Denied w/o interview

School 2: Berkeley Haas (R1)
Status: Admitted

School 3: HBS (R1)
Status: Admitted

Program: Full-time MBA
GMAT: 750 GRE: 1590
GPA: 3.63 BA (HYP Ivy)
Work experience(WE): 3yrs graphic/exhibition designer)
Nationality: Chinese American
Age: 25 at matriculation
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Volunteer English teacher (currently), lots of orphanage work and community service in college

Schools applied to:

School 1: Stanford GSB (R1)
Status: Submitted

School 2: Wharton (R1)
Status: Submitted

School 3: HBS (R1)
Status: Submitted

Program: Full-time MBA
Area of interest in MBA : brand management/entrepreneurship
GMAT: 750 (Q48, V45, AWA 6.0)
GPA: 3.67 Big 10 state school
Work experience(WE): 7 yrs supply chain management
Nationality: Asian-American
Age: 30 at matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: kayak instructor, on the board of several non-profits, and lots of community service

Schools applied to:

School 1: Stanford GSB (R1)
Status: Rejected

School 2: HBS (R1)
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

School 3: Chicago Booth (R1)
Status: Admitted

School 4: MIT Sloan (R1)
Status: Rejected

School 6: Northwestern Kellogg (R1)
Status: Admitted

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Marketing
GMAT: 740 (Q-49, V-42), AWA 6.0
Undergraduate: BA in Cinema Television (Production) from USC, GPA 3.75
Work experience at matriculation: 4 years full-time in the entertainment industry (video game sound editing).
Nationality: USA (white)
Age at matriculation: 26
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: In undergrad: cinema sound department, ballroom dance team. Today: foster parent for Kitten Rescue (LA's largest cat rescue org), knitting group.

Schools applied to:

Harvard: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

UT Austin McCombs: Round 1
Status: Accepted with $$, Matriculating

Haas: Round 2
Status: Denied w/o interview

UCLA Anderson: Round 2
Status: Accepted

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy, Management, Finance
GMAT: 710 (Q-41, V-47), AWA 4.0
Undergraduate: BA in Finance from Big Ten State School, GPA 3.5; MS in Accountancy from Big Ten State School, GPA 3.7
Work experience at matriculation: 5 Years in Corporate Development, Valuation, and Tax.
Nationality: Asian American
Age at matriculation: 29
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: In undergrad: Volunteer activities, student cubs. Today: Volunteer activities, finance instructor for internal training courses at a fortune 100 company

Schools applied to:
Kellogg One Year FT Program - Submitted, Waitlisted
Booth PT - Submitted

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Finance
GMAT: 750. Higher verbal than quant.
GPA: 3.68 h/y/p econ
Work experience: 2 years consulting
Nationality: American
Age: 24
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Community service. Big time leadership in college, minimal participation since.

Schools applied to:

Stanford: R1
Interview Pending

Booth: R1
Interview Pending

Wharton: R1
Interview Pending

Harvard: R2
Writing essays

Sloan: R2
Writing essays

Kellogg: R2
Writing essays

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Program: MBA Full-time
Area of interest in MBA : Finance, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 770 Q50 V44
GPA: 3.06 Overall GPA, 3.41 Major GPA - Top 20 US Engineering program
Work experience(WE): Investment Research 3 years; Financial Modeling 2 years
Nationality: US
Age: 29 at matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: very few since undergrad. Undergrad was very heavy on EC's

Schools applied to:

Chicago Booth: Round 1
Status: Ding

MIT Sloan: Round 1
Status: Ding

NYU Stern: Round 1
Status: Accepted w/$$ - Matriculating

Columbia: Round 2
Status: Ding

Program: MBA Full-time
Area of interest in MBA : Social Enterprise, Consulting
GMAT: 740 48Q 45V
GPA: 3.39- Top Ten Liberal Arts College
Work experience(WE): General Management in Municipal Government (4 yrs); Operations/Strategy Consulting for Municipal Government (1 yr @ matriculation)
Nationality: US
Age: 28 at matriculation
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Undergrad- significant leadership roles in student government and student groups. Post-undergrad, involved in homeless advocacy, running (two half marathons and one full marathon) and four state/local political campaigns.

Schools applied to:

Kellogg: Round 2
Status: Admitted

Chicago Booth: Round 2
Status: Admitted

Columbia: RD
Status: Admitted

Stanford: Round 2
Status: Rejected without interview

Wharton: Round 2
Status: Rejected after Interview

MIT Sloan: Round 2
Status: Submitted

Program: MBA(FT/PT)
Area of interest in MBA : IT,Operations Management,General
GMAT: 580(v-29,q-41),AWA-5.0
undergrad GPA: around 3.0 , B.Tech in Inforamtion technology. Schools equivalent to top30 in India
Work experience(WE): 4.5 +years experience in the software industry
Nationality: Indian
Age: 26
Gender:Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Cooking,singing-trained,dancer,interior decoration, obssessed with books, painting,arts and crafts,home decor, social service...many more

Schools applied to:

School 1: Mason (william and Mary) Round 1
Status: Submitted and call for interview

School 2: Babson 1 year program Round 1
Status: Submitted

School 3: Florida-warrington 1 year program Round 1
Status: Submitted

School 4: Smith school-Maryland Round 1
Status: Submitted

School 5: Purdue- Krannert school Round 1
Status: Submitted

School 6: NUS singapore
Status: essays

School 7: Nanyang singapore
Status: Essays

Program: MBA - FT
Area of interest in MBA : Corporate Finance
GMAT: 740, 48Q/45V/6.0 AWA
GPA: 3.7, liberal arts, regional university; grad degree: 3.8, state university
Work experience(WE): 5 years Investment Management (not on investment side)
Nationality: US
Age: 29 at matriculation
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: on the low end.

Schools applied to:

Stanford (R1)
Status: Dinged w/o interview, 12/15

Berkeley Haas (R1)
Status: Dinged w/o interview, 1/13

MIT Sloan (R1)
Status: Dinged w/o interview, 12/22

Kellogg (R2)
Status: Interviewed 1/25, Dinged 3/17

Ross (R2)
Status: Invited to interview 1/17, interviewed 1/26, accepted and matriculating w/ $$ 3/7

UCLA (R2)
Status: Invited to interview 2/10, interviewed 2/23, accepted 3/23

Program: MBA - FT
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 720, 47Q/42V/5.5 AWA
GPA: 3.1 (3.3 in majors: Business Management, Human Resource Management), state university in midwest
Work experience(WE): 4 years Strategy Consulting --> 2 years Military --> 2 years Founding Professional Services Firm
Nationality: Caucasian American
Age: 31 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Undergrad: Student Gov't, Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Council, Campus Ministry, Team Captain of school's delegation to national business case competition. Post-Graduate: local Humane Society volunteer, Foster Parent for animal rescue organization, Volunteer leader/event coordinator for 2010 Gubernatorial campaign

Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

MIT Sloan: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Planning to reapply Round 1 next year.

Program: FT MBA
Area of Interest in MBA: marketing (looking to enter the energy sector and work in renewable energy in the long-term)
GMAT: 590 (37Q/34V/AWA 5.5), will retake again if necessary
GPA: 3.2, 3.6 (last 60 credit hours), 3.8 in major (Finance), large catholic university in the NYC area
Work Experience: 2 years experience in sales & marketing, 4 years research and analysis (market research - media sector)
Ethnicity: Caucasian (American)
Age: 29
Gender: M
Extra Curriculars: A lot in college, some here and there since.

Schools Applied to:

Michigan State University (round one)
Status: Selected for interview 11/4, interviewed 11/18, admitted 11/24

University of Illinois (round one)
Status: Application Submitted, selected for interview 12/8

Southern Methodist University ("round one")
Status: Application Submitted

University of Texas ("round one")
Status: Application Submitted

Vanderbilt University (round one)
Status: Interviewed 11/20 (required for all candidates), dinged 12/2