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

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: 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!!

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Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship, Media & Entertainment
GMAT: 740, Q46/V45, AWA 6.0
GPA: 2.9 A.B.(oops), 3.3 in my major, top US liberal arts school - Supplemental transcript at NYU, 4.0
Work experience(WE): 5 years Wall Street in commercial banking;12 years as a working actor/singer/musician/writer/stage manager/director...you name it, I've done it. Current job working w/start-up private equity fund: I hire and train staff, coordinate fundraising, perform light financial analysis, pull together presentations...I guess I've become the official "project person". Wrote multiple award-winning screenplay. Seek to produce it myself.
Nationality: US - British/French/Cherokee heritage
Age: 43 at matriculation (oh, stop gasping, y'all)
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Faith & Feminism workshops - organization seeks ways to involve more women in politics, business, and community leadership. Also seeks ways to help moderate voices of all faiths be heard in popular media, as currently only the most divisive appear to be getting coverage.
-Keyboardist in local bands
-College tutor
-Singer in local a capella singing groups
-Avid downhill skiier - Busted up my knees though.
-Extraordinary baker of banana bread

Schools applied to:
School 1: Stanford R2 FT
Status: Submitted 1/7/08

School 2: Berkeley Haas R2 FT
Status: Submitted 12/11/07

School 3: Columbia R2 FT
Status: DINGED

School 4: Wharton R2 FT
Status:DINGED

School 5: UCLA Anderson R3 FT
Status: Submitted 2/11/08

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Technology, Entrepreneurship, International Mgmt
GMAT: 740 (Q: 49/90%; V: 42/95%; AWA: 6.0)
GPA: 3.6; BS Computer Science, BA Linguistics; Top 10 State School
Work experience(WE): 2.5 years Software Dev; 1 year Project Mgmt at major software company; 2 years Project Mgmt at mid-sized Consulting firm; Significant team/leadership experience
Nationality: American
Age: 28
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Several major leadership roles in international club; a few minor activities locally

Schools applied to:

School 1: Berkeley (Haas) - Rd 1
Status: Admitted

School 2: Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) - Rd 1
Status: Admitted w/ scholarship

School 3: Duke (Fuqua) - Rd 1
Status: Admitted w/ scholarship

School 4: Harvard - Rd 1
Status: Waitlisted

School 5: MIT (Sloan) - Rd 1
Status: Admitted

School 6: Stanford - Rd 1
Status: Denied w/o Interview

School 7: Wharton - Rd 1
Status: Denied w/ Interview

School 8: University of Washington (Foster) - Rd 2
Status: Admitted w/ Scholarship

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Healthcare, Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
GMAT: 770 (Q50, V44)
GPA: UG->Class I (Indian Univ), Grad -> 3.7
Work experience(WE): 2.5 years IT, 2.5 years Biotechnology Research
Nationality: Indian
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: varied

Schools applied to:

Chicago - Round 2
Status: Dinged w/o interview

Sloan - Round 2
Status: Dinged w/o interview


Tuck - Round 2
Status: Dinged w/o interview

Yale - Round 2
Status: Dinged w/o interview

Judge@Cambridge - Round 2
Status: Invited to Interview

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Real Estate & Finance
GMAT: 710, AWA 5.5
GPA: Undergrad 3.1, Grad 3.6, Engineering, Stanford
Work experience(WE): 4 years at matriculation in engineering
Nationality: Native Hawaiian
Residence: US
Age: 25
Gender: female
Extra-curriculars/community: division 1 athelete, coaching high school

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia RD
Status: Submitted 3/6

School 2: NYU Stern R3
Status: Submitted 3/12

Program: MBA-FT and/or International Relations MA
Area of interest in MBA: Strategy/Marketing/GM/Finance
GMAT: 710 (can't remember splits)
GPA: 3.6 in Political Philosophy at a mid range Big Ten School
Work experience: 7yrs total. Automotive Supplier - program management and then sales. Started a now failed company as well. Lived abroad for the majority of my work experience (Hungary, Germany, China).
Nationality: American
Age: 30 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curricular activities: Lots of stuff with professional organizations and volunteer teaching.

Schools applied to MBA:
School 1: Cornell (Johnson)
Status: Accepted

School 2: U of M (Ross)
Status: Accepted

School 3: Chicago
Status: Accepted

International Relations Programs

School 4: Tufts (Fletcher)
Status: Accepted

School 5: Georgetown (MSFS)
Status: Accepted

School 6: John Hopkins (SAIS)
Status: Accepted

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship, Hi-Tech, International Business
GMAT: 720
GPA: 7.5 from IIT
Work experience(WE): Commercial vehicle sales (1.5 yrs), credit cards sales and credit cards Marketing for a leading private bank(3 years), Online gaming Product management (8 months)
Nationality: Indian
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Running local chapter of an NGO working for urban underprivileged children. Participated in a half marathon and full marathon to raise funds, conducted several CSR events.
- Participated in and won several quiz competitions
- Coordinator and core group member for the college cultural festival

Schools applied to:
School 1: Tuck R1
Status: Denied after 2 interviews
School 2: Berkeley Haas R2 FT
Status: Accepted and matriculating!!!
School 3: UMich Ross R1 FT
Status: Denied w/o interview
School 4: Darden R2
Status: Accepted

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Strategy (Consulting, financial, etc), General Management
GMAT: 740
GPA: 1st class hons in SE Asia uni (Estimated conversion at 3.7)
Work experience(WE): (Both in priority banking platforms in home country) Product management in leading US bank (1.5 yrs), foreign exchange sales in another top bank (1.5 yrs)
Nationality: SE Asian
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Teaching disadvantaged school-going children
- Running, currently training for my first marathon

Schools applied to:
School 1: Chicago GSB - Matriculating!
School 2: HBS - Dinged with interview
School 3: Columbia - Dinged w/o interview (Reapp w interview last yr)
School 4: NYU - Dinged w/o interview (Reapp w/o interview last yr)

Program: FT MBA
Area of interest in MBA : IM, Asset management
GMAT: 750 (98%Q, 90%V), 5.5 AWA
GPA: 4.0 in EE from non-IIT in India
MS in Comp Engg from Tier 2 Univ in US, 3.3 GPA.
Work experience(WE): 4 years in Fortune 500 Co. in Wireless Chip Design
Nationality: Indian
Age: 28 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
* Secretary of a South Asian non-profit in Boston
* Leader of a Tsunami Reconstruction Project
* Have done standup comedy and acted on stage

Schools applied to:

Chi GSB Round 1
Status: Dinged with interview

Yale : Round 1
Status: Dinged w/o interview

NYU Stern: Round 2
Status: Dinged w/o interview

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Waitlisted, will change to Accepted soon. (How do i know??? I dont know how, but I know ts happening !!)

Program: MBA-PT

Area of interest in MBA: Leadership and Change Management, Quantitative Finance
GMAT: 740, Q49/V41, AWA 5.0
GPA: 3.0 B.E., Double major in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics at a top 20 school.
Work experience(WE): 6 years experience as a quantitative analyst at a top hedge fund. Currently supervising two other analysts.
Nationality: American
Age: 29 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- New York Society of Securities Analysts member
- International Association of Financial Engineers member
- Fraternity house manager in college
- Engineer Council member in college
- Volunteer Students for Science in college
- CFA Charterholder (passed all three levels without failure in two total years)
Great recs, essays and resume. I’m weak in community service and GPA but the CFA makes up for the GPA to some degree.

Only school applied to:
School 1: NYU
Status: Accepted and matriculating!

Program: MBA (Executive)
Area of interest in MBA : Finance, Management
GMAT: 730 (Q48/V42)
GPA: <3.0 - UC Berkeley Computer Science
Work experience(WE): 12 years/Management Consulting/Entrepreneur - started mobile wireless company 4.5 years ago
Nationality: Korean
Age: 34
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: martial arts, church (elder), photographer

Schools applied to:

School 1: (Rolling Admissions)
UCLA EMBA
Status: Accepted

School 2: Round 1
UC Berkeley Haas / Columbia joint EMBA
Status: Accepted

School 3: Round 1 (1 round only)
Wharton MBA for Executives
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

Here's my profile, to start... let's hope I have at least ONE "accepted" in there in the next few months!

Brief profile:
https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/t49111

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship, Hi-Tech, International Business
GMAT: 760, Q51/V41, AWA 6.0
GPA: 3.9 B.S., 3.6 M.S., top 3 engineering schools
Work experience(WE): 6 years at Aerospace/Defense Company, 5 years as an engineer, final year as business development. Leadership experience in small teams both technical and non-technical in the past 3 years.
Nationality: Chinese American
Age: 31 at Matriculation (boy I'm old...)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Captain of tennis teams for company and community (past 3-4 years)
- Mentoring alma mater student honor society (past 8 years)
- Teaching activities involving business, instruments, and astronomy (past 5 years, on and off)
- Diversity promotion activities

Schools applied to:
School 1: Stanford R1 FT
Status: Dinged 1/24/2008,Submitted 10/20/2007

School 2: Berkeley Haas R1 FT
Status: Matriculating 4/22/2008, Accepted!!! with Haas Merit Scholar 50% tuition 1/28/2008, Submitted 11/1/2007, Super Saturday Invite 1/19/2008

School 3: UCLA Anderson R1 FT
Status: Accepted! with $20K/year scholarship12/20/2007, Submitted 10/20/2007, Interviewed 12/11/2007 (alum, off-campus)

School 4: Northwestern Kellogg R2 FT
Status: Accepted! with 50% Austin Scholarship 3/17/2008, Submitted 1/7/2008, Interviewed 1/4/2008 (alum, off campus)

Program: MBA-FT

slightly more detailed profile. https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/t56243

Area of interest in MBA: General Management (sustainable energy)
GMAT: 740, Q48/V42, AWA 5.0
GPA: 3.4 B.S. from a rather unique school but unknown (military school)
Work experience(WE): 5 years as nuclear engineer, for the government. Good leadership for the last few years. Relates very well to future goals
Nationality: American/white
Age: 28 at Matriculation (If I survive)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Incredibly strong during college
- Since Graduating, Lots but nothing volunteer related. Some interesting stuff to talk about

Schools applied to:
School 1: NW Kellogg R1 FT
Status: ACCEPTED and Matriculating

School 2: Chicago GSB R1 FT
Status: Dinged

School 3: MIT Sloan R1 FT
Status: Dinged


THANK GOD NO ROUND 2 SCHOOLS FOR ME.

Detailed Member Profile with my Story: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/t56279

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: General Management - Strategy
GMAT: 760, Q49/V44, AWA 5.5
GPA: 2.9 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Work experience(WE): 2 years as Process Control Engineer, 1.5 years business development for Engineering Staffing Company. No real leadership in work, other than training of new employees.
Nationality: American/white
Age: 29 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
2 years on Track Team in College
4 years Club Soccer Team in College, final year as Player/Coach
Current Adult soccer league player/manager
Volunteer Youth Soccer Coach
Founding member of an Investment Club

Schools applied to:
School 1: Emory - Goizueta R1 FT
Status: Accepted and Matriculating - $28k/year Scholarship

No more applications - Emory is the one