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Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Real Estate
Schools:Wharton (accepted w/ $), Kellogg (R2 WL), UCLA (accepted w/ $$$), Berkeley (decline off WL), Duke (accepted w $$), Harvard (decline), Stanford (decline)
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GMAT: 730
GPA: 3.0 US Air Force Academy, BS in Political Science
Work experience(WE): 4 years military intelligence
Nationality: Chinese American
Age: 25
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: nothing spectacular

Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 2
Status: Denied w/o interview

Kellogg: Round 2
Status: Denied w/interview

Chicago Booth: Round 2
Status: Accepted

NYU Stern: Round 2
Status: Accepted

*Note - I think a major reason why I got into Booth and Stern was the powerpoint essay!
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Concentration: Strategy
Schools:Stern, Ross, Kellogg, Columbia
GMAT 3: 730
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Management Consulting (general/strategy)
GMAT: 730
GPA: 3.0 UG / 4.0 Masters
Work experience(WE): 4 years at Big 4
Ethnicity: Asian
Age: 26
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Strong UG uni and postgrad community service/leadership role


Schools applied to:

School 1: Kellogg R2
Status: Waitlisted

School 2: Michigan Ross R2
Status: ACCEPTED 11/3

School 3: NYU Stern R2
Status: ACCEPTED 7/4

School 4:Columbia, R2
Status: Denied w/o interview
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Management Consulting
GMAT: 760
GPA: 4.0
Work experience(WE): 1 year top tier consulting firm / 1.5 years boutique firm
Ethnicity: American
Age: 26
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Strong undergrad involvement

Schools applied to:

School 1: HBS R2
Status: Accepted
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : general/strategy
GMAT: 710
GPA: 2,54 UG / 3,22 M.A.
Work experience(WE): 5 years in HR in a gov org.
Ethnicity: international
Age: 27
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: average to low UG and postgrad community involvement
All round 2 except Cornell
HBS: denied without interview
Chicago: denied without interview
Yale: denied without interview
Georgetown: ding with interview

Cornell: accepted
Texas McCombs: accepted
Simon: waitlisted- application withdrawn
Univ of Washington-Foster: accepted
heading to cornell
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Program: MBA PT
Area of interest in MBA : Consulting
GMAT: 650 :cry:
GPA: BS Topper of the Class at a Decent University in India; MS 3.75
Work experience: Obtaining real estate entitlements and government consulting
Nationality: Indian
Age: 32
Extracurricular: Started a Theater group, started an annual fund raising event for charity, habitat, green energy lobbying ....I think I am pretty strong in this area.

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wisconsin
Status: Accepted and matriculating

School 2: Booth
Status: Ding :(
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Program MBA PT Evening
Area of Interest: General and Marketing Management
GMAT 680
Years Work Experience: 9.
Background 2 top pharmaceutical companies - advertising focus
USA, Chicago based
Age 31
Gender F
GPA: wretched number from top 12 liberal arts college. Hoping career and work experience will be weighted more

Schools applied
Booth - waiting
Kellogg - waiting
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Schools:HBS - Class of 2012, INSEAD,
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Program MBA FT
Area of Interest: General Management
GMAT 760
Years Work Experience: 3
Background 2 years MC (McKinsey) + 1 year project management
Belgium
Age 25
Gender M
GPA: /

Schools applied
INSEAD - Accepted Round 2
HBS - Accepted Round 2 (<= going to HBS :D)
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Program MBA FT
Area of Interest: General Management
GMAT 730
Years Work Experience: 4
Background: 4 years MC
Western Europe
Age: 27
Gender: M
GPA: / - graduated summa cum laude

Schools applied
HBS - Accepted Round 2 - Matriculating
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Mgmt / Marketing
GMAT: 690
GPA: 2.88 Pharmaceutical Science
Work experience(WE): 4 years US Army , 2 years Health Care IT Consulting
Ethnicity: American
Age: 28
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Low involvement in UG, Post UG many Community Service Work Projects

All Final round Applications (3 or 4 depending on school)

Northwestern: Waitlist w/int
WashU STL: Accepted
Vanderbilt: Accepted
Carnegie Mellon: Accepted

Cornell: Accepted
Duke: Denied w/int
Dartmouth: Denied
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management / Operations Management
GMAT: 650
GPA: 3.0 Engineering from top National Univ, 3.75 from Grad School
Work experience(WE): 5+ years US Army
Ethnicity: American
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: UG: Very high (Numerous Student Leadership Positions, Sports, Tutor) / Post UG: Volunteer, Sports Coach

All Round 2:
Kellogg: Accepted (w/Small Scholarship) & Matriculating
Vanderbilt: Accepted (w/Full Tuition Scholarship)
McDonough: Accepted (w/Half Tuition Scholarship)
WashU STL: Accepted
Kelley: Accepted
Yale SOM: Accepted (w/Half Tuition Scholarship)
Tuck: Accepted
Darden: Accepted (w/Full Tuition Scholarship)
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Investment Management/Finance
GMAT: 710
GPA: Finance, University of Maryland, 3.4
Work experience(WE): 5+ years at investment consulting/research firm (3 years in performance measurement, 2 years in research), including a few promotions with supervisory responsibilities
Nationality: American
Age: 26
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: CFA charterholder, some volunteer work

Schools applied to:

NYU: Round 1
Waitlisted w/o interview


UCLA: Round 1
Accepted (w/ $) and Matriculating


UMD: Round 1
Accepted (w/ $)


UNC: Round 2 (after early action)
Accepted
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