100K GMAT Club Winners

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https://gmatclub.com/static/gmatclub_logo_100K.gif  Congratulations to all of the winners of the  100,000 members promo ! You have participated and you have won fairly!
I can't wait to award you the prizes won, but there is one last step, as per the rules, we would like to ask the winners of prizes 1 - 8 to share with us a bit about themselves. We don't want to invade privacy and force you to disclose too much. (You have already done all of that on facebook anyway).

However, we would like to know more about you - we want to know who the stars are!

Would you please post a photo (you can be as close or far away as you would like) 
 Country and City where you live in 
 Approximate date of your gmat 
 Schools you are planning to apply to 
 Your favorite movie 
 A talent you posses or something you are good at 
 Anything else you would like to share

P.S. It has been a month and we already have 105,718 members - I believe that was the most growth we had ever!

Dawgie · Answer

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   Dawgie

Location:  USA
 GMAT Date:  January perhaps
 Schools:  UT Austin, UMich, USC
 Favorite Movie:  American Psycho
 Talent:  Bench press is higher than my GMAT score.

whiplash2411 · Answer

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  whiplash2411

Location:  USA
 GMAT Date:  December, 2010
 Schools : Harvard Business School
 Favorite Movie:  La Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
 Talent:  Advanced amateur photographer/writer! 
 Other things:  Hell hath a teddy bear scorned. And yes, I'm a girl. This post is also my 980th post, and that reminded me of the fact that the gravity of earth is 9.8 m/s^2. Hallo, life.

Financier · Answer

https://s51.radikal.ru/i131/1010/62/b03a80e09d42.jpg Thanks to the Community, I won the Prize I wanted - Kaplan Course. I hope an access to the Quize Bank of 6000 questions is included

. Did I want The First Prize? No. Because for now GMAT is more important for me than just a fun trip to US. I just can not allow me to spend 4 days in trip, 4 days during which I can do 8 CATs

Did I want Ipad? Yes. But after winning two Prizes in a raw I decided that Lady Luck already gave me all my chances and it was time to stop. And I'm happy

So, back to business. Will give the Gmat this month. I'll apply to LBS, Wharton, Booth, Haas and Duke. Movie? "The Rock", "Pearl Harbor", Russian movie "Остров", and "Face off". What am I good in? In everything except for both hard studying and Gmat

There's smth else I would like to say I'll update the post in couple of days.

kissthegmat · Answer

Country and City where you live in - India
Approximate date of your gmat - Most probably January.
Schools you are planning to apply to - Babson (for social entrepreneurship mainly) and ASU.
Your favorite movie - Blood Diamond
A talent you posses or something you are good at - Writing on social issues pertaining in Indian society and Painting/drawing.
Anything else you would like to share - I have visited Turkey, Slovakia and Hungary once on the invitation of organisation working with Roma people and I simply love Europe.

nusmavrik · Answer

Location : India
GMAT Date : Dec 1, 2010
Schools : Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, LBS (not sure)
Favourite Movies : Da Vinci Code, 300, Troy, The Gladiator, Armageddon, The Matrix
Talent : Rock climbing, roller blading, obsession with "Illuminati oder", "Angels and Demons" and
everything mystique on this earth is source of wonder.
Target : 770 on gmat. I will visit Mount Olympus after that :-)

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prashantbacchewar · Answer

Location : India ( Pune ) GMAT Date : Jan 2011 ( After the Vertias course

) Target Schools : ISB, NUS Favorite movie : 3-Idiots( Its Hindi movie ) Talent : I guess none

ulm · Answer

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs452.ash1/24875_102462299795574_100000954137480_18154_7067743_n.jpg Hello guys, i'm Michael, currently in Moscow, Russia, and i won a Knewton Course. First of all, it was more a question of luck rather than of a quantity and quality of my posts. I got a great offer from the leading magazine and started writing articles for it. It took so much time that i almost stopped my GMAT preparation and posting here. But now i'm almost over, so promise to participate in discussions again! GMATClub is a tremendous source of information. Now i know what books to use (i've already received a "must read" set - OG's, MGMAT's and other). Before i found this forum, my preparation was much poorer, without any system. Now it is getting better. I plan to make a first try on january-february'2011. Already made a list of interesting schools including Ross, Tuck, NYU, Tepper, Darden, Duke, Goizueta. I'm more in a music rather than in a movie, but gonna name something classical like Scar Face, God Father-)) I was playing professional basketball and still keep balling for fun, rather good) Also i work in media business and think that have impressive writing skills (even got 27 out of 30 in Writing section of TOEFL :lol:

) and write on weekly basis for prominent russian sites and magazines. The mix with marketing industry, i'm currently in, is a strong side of my profile. At least i want to make it so)

redjam · Answer

Country and City where you live in: Philadelphia, PA Approximate date of your gmat: End of Nov Schools you are planning to apply to: HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Haas, Sloan, USC, UTexas Your favorite movie: The Usual Suspects A talent you posses or something you are good at: The GMAT once I'm done with my course.

Anything else you would like to share: A HUGE thanks to bb for making this possible!! I didn't have the most posts in the world but I got lucky. I'll do what I can to give back to the forum!! Congrats everyone!

Hussain15 · Answer

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Hussain15

Country, City:____________Pakistan, Islamabad
GMAT Date:_____________8/9/10
Schools:________________Yale, Darden, UT Austin
Favorite Movie:__________The Pursuit of Happyness
Talent:_________________Singing, Poetry 
Other Stuff:_____________Founding member of a rural children school

Thanks to gmat club for such a wonderful oppurtunity.

martie11 · Answer

https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5075225500_c1f496d8be.jpg - City, Country: Toronto, Canada - G-DAY: November 12 (given course timelines, I may push this out by a week or two

- Schools: Tuck, Kellogg, Booth, Johnson - Fav Movie: 300 and 40 Year Old Virgin (hahaa, too funny) - Talent: Passionate about soccer! Go TFC

- Anything else I'd like to share: I belive in the MBA and the power of surrounding myself with aspiring leaders.

u0422811 · Answer

1. 
2. USA, New York, NY
3. Winter/Spring 2011
4. HBS, Wharton, Columbia, Chicago
5. Good Will Hunting
6. Apparently I am good at getting free stuff....jk..in all seriousness, I pride myself on my Candyland skills. 
7. Just want to thank Gmatclub for giving me this great opportunity - Thanks!

cano · Answer

I'm originally from Argentina but currently live in Kyrgyzstan, in the city of Tokmok.
I plan to take the GMAT after finishing the Veritas Prep that I just won, thanks GMAT Club! hope no later than December.
I'd like to apply to Michigan Ross, University of Wisconsin in Madison, University of Washington Foster, and maybe Tuck and Haas.
Not really fan of movies or TV, but if I had to choose it would be The Shawshank Redemption.
More than a talent is something that I like to do very much: hiking anywhere in the mountains and forests. Here in the picture I'm with my little son in Yosemite National Park, California (was lucky to visit several parks during the summer).
Thanks GMAT Club for this amazing prize and good luck to all the members in their career development.

akaydee · Answer

2.Country and City where you live in: Currently in New York, US but otherwise India. 3.Approximate date of your gmat: Oct 2010; (I had to take a date before I knew I would win the prize!

) 4.Schools you are planning to apply to: Cranfield, UK; EDHEC, France; Warwick, UK 5.Your favorite movie(s): The pursuit of Happyness / Scent of a Woman 6.A talent you posses or something you are good at: I can stand on my head for 15 minutes. 7.Anything else you would like to share: Never give up. Remain young. Strive to be the best you can be. Thanks GMAT Club for this wonderful opportunity. It means so much to me.

cipher · Answer

Location : India 
GMAT Date : 700
Target Schools : INSEAD, LBS, Duke
Favorite movie : Godfather
Talent : Music - Part Time DJ and a budding drummer

brainhurt · Answer

ResumePhoto3.jpg 2. Toronto, Canada 3. February 2010 4. Columbia, Yale, NYU, MIT, Wharton 5. Hard to choose, but if I'm in a silly mood, Old School, and if I'm in a dark mood, Requiem for a Dream. 6. I've been a goalie in competitive ice hockey all my life and I'm an amateur stand-up comedian. 7. Obviously I'm thrilled to win an iPad, but the knowledge I've gained about the admissions process from the forum is more important to me. Thanks GMAT Club!!!

mads · Answer

Thanks to GMAT Club and BB for this event. I am happy to win MGMAT prep course. Congrats all all winners and good luck to the rest. This is the best GMAT community that I ever had seen. Keep it up guys....

City/County : Denver, USA
Approximate date of GMAT : Planning to give GMAT once I finish prep course may be in Jan 2011
Schools of interest: ISB, INSEAD, IMD, LBS, few other UK schools with 1 year MBA
Your favorite movie : Taare Jameen Par (Hindi movie)
A talent or something you are good at: I feel I am good at photography though others accept it or not

(Bought a new Nikon D90 recently)
Anything else you would like to share: I am very grateful to GMAT club.

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(Bought a new Nikon D90 recently) Anything else you would like to share: I am very grateful to GMAT club. DSC_0061.jpg

PranavChamp · Answer

1. Country and City:   Bangalore India  
 2. Approximate date of your gmat   retake: 1st week of Dec 2010  
 3. Schools you are planning to apply to   Sloan/Booth/others yet to decide  
 4. Your favorite movie   The Pursuit of Happyness/The Shawshank redemption/Happy Feet/Finding Nemo/Swades(Hindi Movie)  
 5. A talent you posses or something you are good at   I love editorial writing and writing on football analysis. I'm active blogger on football analysis. Glance through my blog:  https://www.footballismyoxygen.wordpress.com   
 6. Anything else you would like to share   I'm huge fan of half-life PC game series and Gordon Freeman. Love to play CS and EA Sports' FIFA 11 in passtime. Guys do play half-life if you love physics!!

kidchaos · Answer

IMG_0117.JPG Country, City: India, Mumbai GMAT Date: 28th October, 2010 Schools I plan to apply to: UCLA, Chicago:Booth, NYU:Stern, UC Davis Favorite Movie: Serendipity My Talent: I am good at Art, I do a mean impression of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Popeye & Scrappy Doo Other Interests: I love travelling, I have been to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, travelled by road through a large part of Europe and seen parts of the US

geturdream · Answer

NAME ABHISHEK DAS Country and City where you live in Currently in San Jose, CA but originally from India Approximate date of your gmat January 2011 Schools you are planning to apply to Hass, UCLA (haven't decided the other ones) Your favorite movie The Shawshank Redemption The Pursuit of Happyness Bicycle Thieves The Hurt Locker Children Of Heaven / Color Of Paradise (Both are Iranian movies by Majid Majidi) Babel A talent you posses or something you are good at Have to think about it 8-)

. A workaholic person and love to work with team. A cricket maniac. Love to solve quants Anything else you would like to share Thanks to BB and all GMAT club members for making this wonderful effort and making it a success. Uploaded the pic Sorry for being late. Got heavily involved in a bengali religious festival in bay area.

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