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Program: MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 770(Q49, V44)
GPA: 8.6/10 undergrad,
Work experience(WE): 2.5 biomedical engineer, 1.5 Strategy consulting
Nationality: new zealand
Age: 27 yo (28 when program starts),
Gender: Male
Extra-curricular/community: life guarding

Schools applied to:

School 1: Harvard R2
Status: Applied

School 2: Wharton R2
Status: Applied

School 3: Standford R2
Status: Applied

School 4: Sloan R2
Status: Applied

School 5 : LBS R2
Status: Applied

School 6 : Chicago Booth
Status: Applied
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Media/ entrepreneurship
GMAT: 700(Q49, V35)
GPA: 60% (Eng Lit), 3+ (PGDM)
Work experience(WE): 2.5 Brand Manager (3.2 on matric)
Industry : Print Media
Nationality: Indian
Age: 26 y
Gender: Female
Extra-curricular/community: College (Co founder of street theatre group/ Choreographer, Mountaneering, Placement Director @ College, bla bla bla)
Post - (Professional clubs selected member from company, Creative Director of Autumn Festival, involved in relief operations in backward/ economically constrained places of West Bengal and some more)

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton R1
Status: dinged w/o interview


School 2: Darden R1
Status: Submitted

School 3: HAAS R1
Status: Submitted, appl under review

School 4: Pepperdine R1 (for the love of full scholarships and LA :D )
Status: Withdrawn

School 5 : Emory R2
Status: Submitted

School 6 : Kellogg R2
Status : Started

School 7 : UCLA R2
Status : Started
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Operations, Strategy
GMAT: 700 (Q48/V38)
Undergrad GPA: 78% (Computer Science, Indian univ)
Master's GPA: 3.6 (top 5 ranked in computer science, per USNews)
Work experience(WE): 42 months by matriculation, IT consulting
Nationality: Indian
Age: 26 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: 3 years volunteering experience with an NPO, couple of leadership positions

Schools applied to: (All Round 2)

School 1: Columbia
Status: Submitted 10/30

School 2: MIT
Status: Submitted 11/19

School 3: Chicago
Status: Submitted 11/29

School 4: Stanford
Status: Working on it

School 5: HBS
Status: Yet to start
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Concentration: Strategy
Schools:Duke, Darden (i/v-ed, withdrawn),Kellogg
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Management Consulting
GMAT: 750 (Q50, V41)
GPA: 7.5/10, Civil Engineering, IIT, India
Work experience(WE): 6 at matriculation -- IT
Nationality: Indian
Age: 28 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Involvement in college, Volunteer at 3 organizations

Schools applied to:

School 1: Duke EA
Status: Submitted 10/10, Accepted

School 2: Darden R1
Status: Submitted 10/28, Interview 12/12, Withdrawn 12/11

Yet to decide on R2.
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Program: MBA (Full Time), applying to 1 P/T program
Area of interest in MBA : GM
GMAT: 700 (90%), V41 (92%), Q44 (70%)
GPA: 3.75/4.00, International Relations, Top 5 nationally ranked school
Work experience(WE): 5 years. 3 years in investment banking (public finance) for well-regarded bank, 2 years in corporate strategic planning/business development for blue-chip company
Nationality: U.S. (Mexican-American ethnic background)
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Lots in college, not much in banking years, now chair community service & social activities for my 15-person business group, involved in monthly leadership development program, participate in corporate-sponsored community service activities.

Schools applied to:

Harvard: Round 1
Status: ACCEPTED

Stanford: Round 1
Status: ACCEPTED

Wharton: Round 2
Status: ACCEPTED

Haas: Round 1
Status: ACCEPTED

LBS: Round 2
Status: ACCEPTED
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Hello, this is my first post on GMAT Club~

Program: Full-time MBA
Area of interest in MBA : brand management, strategy, general management
GMAT: 710 (50 Q, 36 V, 5.5)
GPA: 3.3 at top public school in US
Work experience(WE): 4 years in marketing/advertising industry
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 25
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: non-profit marketing chair, college students mentor, church activities, music

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton R1
Status: ADMITTED

School 2: Kellogg R1
Status: Submitted; On-campus Interview completed

School 3: Duke R1
Status: ADMITTED

School 4: Ross R1
Status: Submitted; Telephone Interview completed
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Program: MBA (Full Time)
Area of interest in MBA : General Management, Strategy
GMAT: 780 (99%), V46 (99%), Q50 (94%)
GPA: 3.83/4.00, Engineering: Top 3 engineering school in France, then top 3 masters degree in the US
Work experience(WE): 3 years in management consulting (top tier firm)
Nationality: French
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Film club and lots of sports in college, a lot less now that I am in consulting (still keeping sport when I can but that would be it unfortunately)

Schools applied to:

INSEAD: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/01, Interviewed 11/13 and 11/27, Accepted and matriculating 12/18

(no other school)
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Marketing Brand Managemtn
GMAT: 640 (Q39, V40)
GPA: 3.5/ Journalism (state school)
Work experience: Lets just say its very unique and I'm hoping it's what they take into consideration when looking at my GMAT
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: child mentor program, Union leader, Union committee member

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia R2
Status: Still working on it. interviewed then dinged

School 2: Kellogg R1
Status: Applied 10/2008 - Interviewed 11/2008 - accepted email/but actually dinged on 12-16-08 (yes you read that correctly, I was both officially accepted and officially rejected and then oficially rejected a second time all within a 24 hour period)

School 3:HBS R1
Status: applied 10/2008 dinged

School 4: Stern round 1
Status: Applied 11/2008 interviewed then dinged

School 5: Georgetown R2
status: interviewed then dinged

School 6: USC R2
Status: WL
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : MC, Strategy, General Management
GMAT: 770 (Q49, V48, 5.0)
GPA: 3.08 / Engineering from top public
Work experience: 4 years at matriculation (Big Oil: IT --> business analyst)
Age: 27 at matriculation
Nationality: Asian-American
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Lots during college; Post-college, heavily involved at church

Schools applied to:

School 1: Haas R1
Status: Submitted 11/4

School 2: Kellogg R2
Status: Working on it - Interviewed 12/9

School 3: Anderson R2
Status: Working on it
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Renewable Energy (Entrepreneurship, Strategy, General Management)
GMAT: 760 (48Q, 46V, 5.5 AWA)
GPA: 3.0 (B.S. Eng @ Cornell), 4.0 (M.S. Eng @ USC)
Work experience(WE): 5 Years in Aerospace (Rockets), Almost 6 @ Matriculation
Nationality: American
Age: 28 (as of yesterday)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Some in college (varsity sport, etc); sadly none after, except parenthood

Schools applied to:

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/17, Interview 10/16, Admitted 12/3 -> Matriculating
MIT: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/28, Denied w/o Interview 12/15

Darden: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/28, Invited to Interview on 11/20 (Scheduled for 12/15) -> Withdrawn
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Marketing - Brand Management
GMAT: 720 (51Q, 35V, 5.0 AWA)
GPA: 3.4 (B.S. Computer Science @ Decent Engineering School)
Work experience(WE): 3.5 years engineering for foreign company (sole foreigner)
Nationality: Korean (US Citizen)
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Professional blackjack, a couple other various activities (this is my big weak point)

Schools applied to:

Fuqua: EA
Status: Submitted 10/28, Interview 11/08, Admitted 11/20 & Accepted & Matriculating

Olin: Round 1
Status: Submitted 11/03, Interview 11/05, Waiting
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : MC, Strategy, Healthcare
GMAT: 770 (49Q, 47V)
GPA: 3.6 (B.S. Accounting & Philosophy, small private school)
Work experience(WE): 7 years Big 4 accounting firm, audit and HR
Nationality: US
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Non profit board member, State CPA society scholarships committee

Schools applied to:

HBS (R1)
Status: Submitted (10/13), denied (1/21)

Kellogg (R1)
Status: Submitted (10/1), interviewed (10/17), admitted (12/4) and matriculating

Chicago Booth (R1)
Status: Submitted (10/13), interviewed (11/21), denied (12/18)

Columbia (RD)
Status: Submitted (10/1), withdrawn (12/19)

Duke Fuqua (R1)
Status: Submitted (10/26), interviewed (11/4), admitted w/ half tuition scholarship (12/18)
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Brief profile:
Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Strategic Planning
GMAT: 740, V42 / Q49
GPA: Top foreign university 3.23GPA in liberal arts
Work experience(WE): 6 years in telecommunications
Nationality: South Korea
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: President of student association in college, 2 years military service, company sponsored community (IT education) teaching, clarinetist in amateur orchestra

Schools applied to:

School 1: Ross Round 1
Status: Submitted, Interviewed (mid October)

School 2: Haas Round 1
Status: Submitted and waiting

School 3: Johnson Round 2
Status: Submitted and waiting

School 4: Wharton Round 2
Status: Working on it

School 5: Kellogg Round 2
Status: Working on it
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Last visit: 05 Jan 2009
Posts: 40
Location: Fontainebleau
Schools:INSEAD Jan09 (matriculating), HBS (R1 dinged), Wharton(R1 dinged), Columbia Jan09 (dinged), Kellogg (dinged)
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Still deciding
GMAT: 690
GPA: 3.3 (undergrad) 3.4 (grad) at Stanford
Work experience(WE): 3 years (1yr at bulge bracket IB and 2 yrs at 2nd tier Consulting)
Nationality: US
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Lead various international social entrepreneurial projects and started a NGO

Schools applied to:

HBS (R1)
Status: Submitted, DING w/o interview

Kellogg (R1)
Status: Submitted, DING and heart broken...

Wharton (R1)
Status: Submitted, DING w/o interview

Columbia (ED)
Status: Submitted, DING w/o interview

INSEAD (R1)
Status: Submitted, ADMITTED
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Better late than never...

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Corporate Finance / Corporate Development
GMAT: 720 (95th percentile; V-99%, Q-72%) AWA: 6.0
GPA: 3.4 (3.8 in major), Finance, private university in Texas
Work experience(WE): 4 at matriculation 1 Litigation Consulting, 3 Business Valuation
Nationality/Race: American/White
Age: 26 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: College- VP of fraternity, student government, freshman orientation leader. Post College- director of my university's Houston alum assoc. , director of condominium HOA, youth basketball coach

Schools applied to:

School 1: Texas (Rolling)
Status: Submitted 11/4, Interviewed 12/1, Accepted 12/19

School 2: Chicago GSB R1
Status: Submitted 10/14, Dinged w/o Interview 11/12

School 3: Kellogg R1
Status: Submitted 10/16, Interviewed 11/20, Dinged (after getting the mistaken accept email)

School 4: Rice R2
Status: May or may not apply. Curious to see how much scholarship $$$ I could get.
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA :Fin
GMAT:720, 42Q, 49V, 6.0.
GPA:3.0 Actuarial Science, internship throughout school at an insurance company.
Work experience(WE): 3 yrs Actuarial consulting, 2 econ consulting
Nationality: Ind
Age: 28
Gender: m
Extra-curriculars/community: Coll - Pres of fraternity, student government, (tons of other stuff);
post coll - volunteer with a couple of Nfp's, club sports and alumni board of fraternity

Schools applied to:

Chicago: Round 1
Status: interviewed. - ding

Tuck: Round 1
Status: interviewed - ding

Kellogg: Round 2
Status: interviewed

Columbia: Round 2
Status: Submitted

Michigan: Round 2
Status: Submitted

Darden: Round 2
Status: Interview on 2/18
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Joined: 08 Dec 2008
Last visit: 10 May 2010
Posts: 12
Concentration: General
Schools:Ross, Duke, Chicago, Kenan-Flagler, Tepper(R2), Emory(R2)
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : GM, Consulting, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 710, Q49, V38, 6.0
GPA: 70.3% from a premier college, Electrical Engineer
Work experience(WE): 5+ years/IT consulting
Nationality: Indian
Age:29
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Tsunami volunteer, Worked with HIV infected kids orphanage, good undergrad extra currics

Schools applied to:

Chicago 1: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Ross: Round 1
Status: Submitted

Duke: Round 1
Status: Denied after interview on 11/01

Kenan Flagler: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Emory: Round 2
Status: Submitted

Tepper: Round 2
Status: Interviewed on 12/1; Working on Essays
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