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Hey everyone,
I just started looking around for schools that work for me and found this messaging topic and feel that you can get a better resource to see all this data graphically at www.graduatetestscores.com, just a suggestion.

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship
GMAT: Scheduled for 10/08 - been getting 710-esque scores in practice
GPA: 3.72, Top Public University, Distinguished major econ
Work experience(WE): 3 years
Nationality: White
Age: 25
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Leader of Major Undergrad Organization

Schools applied to:

School 1: CBS
Status: taking GMAT

School 2: SBS
Status: taking GMAT

School 3: Darden
Status: taking GMAT

School 4: Kellogg
Status: taking GMAT

School 5: Tuck
Status: taking GMAT
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Hey all, I guess I'll throw my hat in the ring:

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Technology Management, Operations, General Management
GMAT: 750+
GPA: 3.6 (top 10 engineering program)
Work experience(WE): 1 year food/beverage, 3.5 years (at matriculation) automotive -- both are companies that you've heard of
Nationality: US
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Martial Arts, Toastmasters, Alumni Relations chairman for an alumni group from my University

Schools applied to:

School 1: Kellogg (R1)
Status: Waitlisted, Admitted, and Enrolling :-D

School 2: Ross (R1)
Status: Ding, no interview

School 3: HBS (R1)
Status: Ding, no interview

School 4: Sloan (R1)
Status: Ding, no interview
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Program: MBA (FT), maybe dual degree (MPP, MS)
Area of interest in MBA: Social enterprise, entrepreneurship
GMAT: 700 (Q 44/V 41/AWA 5.5)
GPA: 3.04, public ivy, double major Econ/Religious Studies
Work experience(WE): 2 years Peace Corps, 2 years (as of matriculation) at a global non-profit here in U.S.
Nationality: American white bread
Age: 27 at matriculation
Gender: dude
Extra-curriculars/community: coach a local youth soccer team, community orchestra (cello), founding member of our community garden

Schools applied to:

School 1: Darden R1
Status: Submitted 10/14, interviewed 12/5

School 2: UNC R2
Status: Parts 1 submitted, interview 10/18; part II submitted 11/18

School 3: Dook R1
Status: Submitted 10/16, interviewed 10/4; admitted 12/18

School 4: Yale R1
Status: Submitted 10/14

School 5: Vanderbilt R1
Status: Decided not to apply

School 6: Berkeley R1
Status: Submitted 10/14

School 7: Stanford R1
Status: Submitted 10/14

School 8: Texas R1
Status: Submitted 10/15; interviewed 12/12
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Program: MBA FT (dual degree: JD/MBA)
Area of interest in MBA: Social Entrepreneurship, Management
GMAT: 710, Q44, V44 AWA: 5.5
GPA: 3.3 (with upward trend), Political Science/History (dual major), from top public school in the nation.
Work experience(WE): 2, Teach for America teacher
Nationality: American
Age: 24 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Theater, Philanthropy and Student government in college, Teach for America since college.

Schools applied to:

School 1: Michigan (Ross) R1
Status: Application submitted. Interviewed on 11/16/08. Rejected.

School 2: Yale SOM R1
Status: Application submitted. Rejected.

School 3: Northwestern (Kellogg) (JD/MBA app) R1
Status: Application submitted, Interview on 10/28/08, Rejected.

School 4: Pennsylvania (Wharton) R1
Status: Application submitted on 10/9/08. Rejected without interview.

School 5: Virginia (Darden) R1
Status: Application submitted on 10/28/08. Went complete on 10/30/08. Interviewed on 12/12/08. Waitlisted.
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Program: MBA(FT)
Extra-curriculars/community: No leadership roles, some volunteer work

Schools applied to:

Ross (R1) - Submitted, Interview Complete Waitlisted

Duke (R1) - Submitted, Interview Complete ADMIT!!

Tuck (R1) - Submitted, Interview Complete ADMIT!! and MATRICULATING!

Wharton (R2) - Submitted, Dinged w/o interview

UNC (R2) - Dropped

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Program: MBA
Area of interest in MBA: Operations/Healthcare
GMAT: 710 (95% V, 78% Q) 5.5 AWA
UG GPA: 3.6 Engineering (Very Good Public)
Grad GPA: 3.5 Engineering (Top Public)
Work experience(WE): 4 years medical device engineering
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Volunteer work for last 2 years, stuff in college too.

Schools applied to:

UCLA - R1
Submitted - interview 11/2 - waitlist - withdrawl

Northwestern MMM - R1
Submitted - interview 10/24 - ding 1/2

Harvard - R1
Submitted - ding

Michigan - R1
Submitted - interview 12/7 - admit + 15k/year - will attend

Wharton - R1
Submitted - ding
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA: International Business Management
GMAT: To be taken (Nov. 7)
UG GPA: 3.62 (Cinema-Television; University of Southern California)
Grad GPA: 3.9 (Masters of Mass Comm; Arizona State University)
Work experience(WE): 3 years television producer in #12 media market
Nationality: US
Age:28
Gender:Male

Schools applied to:

Thunderbird School of Global Management
Round 3
Status: Submitted 10/16, Pending GMAT scores

W.P Carey (Arizona State University)
Round 2
Status: Submitted 9/28, Pending GMAT scores
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Program: MBA
Area of interest : General Mgmt/Strategy/Enterpreneurship
GMAT: 700 (38 V, 48 Q) 5.0 AWA
GPA: haven't converted
Work experience: 5 years in financial services & banking
Extra-curriculars/community: Volunteer work, N.C.C in college.
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Nationality: Indian

Schools of my interest:

Wharton - R1
Submitted WL Dinged
Ross- R1
Submitted WL Dinged

Harvard - R1
Submitted [color=#FF0000] Dinged

Tuck- EA
Submitted Dinged

Kellogg- R1
Submitted Dinged
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Program: MBA
Area of interest : Management Consulting
GMAT: 690 (34 V, 49 Q) 5.0 AWA ( boo before always had 50 in Q!!! )
GPA: haven't converted . Top 10 Engg schools India.
Work experience: 4 yrs.... 1 IBM (IT) + 3 Siemens (SAP Technical Consulting)
Extra-curriculars/community: Dj @ college , Organizer tech and cul fest , GlMy article printed in NGO regarding Global Warming
Age: 24
Gender: Ankit
Nationality: Indian

Schools of my interest:

Columbia ED ( First and last love.)
Submitted..

Duke R1
Not submitted yet.

UNC r2

Not submitted yet.
Darden R1
Not submitted yet.


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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : GM, Media and Entertainment
GMAT: 720 (Q 44, V 45, AWA 5.5)
GPA: Fine Arts, 3.2. Ivy League
Work experience(WE): 4 years in print media
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 27
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: absurd amount of volunteer work, particularly in performing arts and cultural groups.

Schools applied to:
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much as i hate to leave an imprint of myself on the net...

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Social Enterprise, International Business
GMAT: 760 (Q 48, V 47, AWA 6.0)
GPA: (ug)3.2 in Comp Sci, 3.5 (grad) in Systems Engineering, both from Newsweek 'New Ivies'
Work experience(WE): 3 years IT consultant for well-known govt agencies in DC, 2 years Peace Corps in a well-known country
Nationality: as American Whitebread as it gets, but advanced-level Spanish speaker
Age: 27
Gender: Masculino
Extra-curriculars/community: Fraternity President, Division 1 Rugby player(continued after grad), Orphanage/Small Business Development in Peace Corps

Wharton(R1): Submitted 10/1 - Invited to Interview 10/30 - Interviewed 12/2 - Waitlisted 12/18 - Re-Waitlisted 3/26

MIT-Sloan(R1): Submitted 10/7 - Dinged 12/15

Duke-Fuqua(R1): Submitted 10/23 - Invited to Interview 12/11 - Interviewed 12/15 - Admitted 12/18

Haas(R1): Submitted 10/30 - Dinged 1/28

Columbia(Regular Decision): Submitted 11/28 - Invited to Interview 1/7 - Interviewed 1/22 - Interview Feedback Submitted 2/3 - Dinged 2/9

Kellogg(R2) - Submitted 1/7 - Invited to Interview 1/21 - Interviewed 1/27 - Waitlisted 3/25
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Arts/Nonprofit
GMAT: 760 (99%), 49 Q, 44 V, 6.0 AW
GPA: 3.6 in Music, UCSD
Work experience: 1 year self-employed piano teacher, 4 years in education
Nationality: USA
Age: 26
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Lots of music

Schools applied to:

UCLA Anderson: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/5, interviewed 11/25, waitlisted 1/8

Stanford GSB: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/29, interviewed 1/5, dinged 1/22

UCSD Rady: Round 1
Status: ACCEPTED 12/23 w/$50K fellowship!

Berkeley Haas: Round 2
Status: Submitted 12/7, dinged w/o interview

Consortium Common App (Stern/Tuck/Marshall): Round 2
Status: dinged from NYU, waiting on Tuck/Marshall
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Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 740 (q50, v41)
Work experience: 6. Partner at law firm.
Nationality: Israeli
Age: 32 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Pro bono cases, advocacy speaker

Schools applied to (by deadline order):

School 1: Wharton R1
Status: Submitted 10/9. Dinged w/o interview.

School 2: Harvard Business School R1
Status: Submitted 10/15

School 3: Chicago GSB R1
Status: Submitted 10/15. Interviewed 11/10. Waitlisted 12/18

School 4: Kellogg R1
Status: Submitted 10/17. Interview requirement waived by Kellogg and then invited to interview by phone. Admitted December 16th

School 5: Columbia Regular Decision
Status: Never filed.
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Program: MBA FT

Area of interest in MBA : Management consulting,General management.

GMAT: 750 (q50, v41, awa 4.5)

GPA: First class(65%) Comp Engg from a good univ, 3.6 MS in Computer Sci(not so great public school)

Work experience(WE): 3 years in IT.4 yrs at matriculation.Lead for 3 projects.

Nationality: Indian

Age: 27 (28 at matriculation)

Gender: Male

Extra-curriculars/community: Started a school in a rural area,Health counselor,Graduate asst during Masters.

Duke: Round 1
Status: Submitted, Interview on 11/10

Emory:Round 2
Status:Will apply if I get dinged at Duke.

Ross:Round 2
Status:Need to start essays.
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I've been on GMATclub since the late summer and have only been active in the CBS applicants' thread thus far. Feel free to message me if you have any specific questions about Columbia 2009 :)

Program: MBA full-time
Area of interest in MBA: Real Estate (has since changed to Finance and Management though 8-) )
GMAT: 750 (50 Quant, 41 Verbal, 6.0 AWA)
GPA: 3.66, Psychology, top third student ranking, top 25 national university
Work experience(WE): 2 years trading assistant at bulge bracket i-bank, 2 years tech consultant at top 5 consulting firm
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 25
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: minority partner in family real estate business, project coordinator for volunteer projects, site manager for school beautification day events, alumni interviewer, member of urban land institute, numerous basketball teams

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia (Early Decision)
Status: Admitted :-D

*Note: All years are at matriculation in Fall 2009.
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Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest: Strategy / Entrepreneurship / Sustainability
GMAT: 770 (49Q, 48V, AWA 6.0)
Work experience: 5y (Publishing 2, Consulting 3)
UG GPA: 3.9
Grad GPA: 2.9
Nationality: US
Age: 32 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent coverage, but nothing great

Schools applied to:

School 1: Harvard R1
Status: Submitted 10/15; denied 1/21

School 2: Kellogg R1
Status: Submitted 10/17; denied 12/9

School 3: MIT R1
Status: Submitted 10/27; denied 12/15

School 4: Cornell R2
Status: Submitted 11/17; interview invite 1/7; denied 2/4

School 5: Wash U (Olin) R2
Status: Submitted 1/5; admitted

School 6: SMU R2
Status: Submitted 1/14; admitted

School 7: Texas
Status: Submitted 2/6; waitlisted
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA :GM, Entrepreneurship.
GMAT: 750 (Q:50, V:41, AWA:4.0).
GPA: 3.8 Large Israeli University.
Work experience(WE): 7 years military + 1 year high-tech management.
Nationality: Israeli
Age: 29
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Mediocre...

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton
Status: Submitted 10/8

School 2: HBS
Status: Submitted 10/14

School 3: Chicago
Status: Submitted 10/14

School 4: Stanford
Status: Submitted 10/28
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