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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise
GMAT: 740
GPA: 3.5 from top public university
Work experience(WE): 6 yrs technology in a global pharmaceutical company; 1.5 yrs social enterprise in healthcare technologies
Nationality: Chinese American
Age: 28
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Significant during college

Schools applied to:

Harvard: Round 1
Status: Submitted and rejected

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Submitted and rejected

Berkeley: Round 1
Status: Invited to Interview (12/8/2010) after application received 10/13/2010

Chicago Booth: Round 1
Status: Submitted and Interviewed; ACCEPTED!

Columbia University: Round 1
Status: Submitted and Interviewed; ACCEPTED!

UCLA: Round 1
Status: Submitted and Interviewed
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Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Applied 10/14/10, interviewed (self-initiated) 11/19/10, waitlisted 12/16/10


Sloan: Round 1
Status: Applied 10/26/10, rejected 12/22/10

Tuck: Round 2
Status: Interviewed (self-initiated) 10/29/10, applied 11/10/10, rejected 2/4/11


Haas: Round 2
Status: Applied 12/2/10, waitlisted without interview 3/3/11, interviewed 3/20/11


Columbia: Round 2
Status: Applied 12/13/10, rejected 1/14/11


Wharton: Round 2
Status: Applied 1/4/11, rejected 2/18/11


LBS: Round 2
Status: Applied 1/5/11, invited to interview 2/8/11, interviewed 3/4/11, rejected 3/24/11


Booth: Round 2
Status: Applied 1/5/11, invited to interview 2/7/11, interviewed 2/13/11, accepted with $$ 3/15/11, matriculating


Stanford: Round 2
Status: Applied 1/6/11, rejected 3/30/11


HBS: Round 2
Status: Applied 1/11/11, rejected 2/16/11


Stern: Round 2
Status: Applied 1/15/11, waitlisted without interview 3/31/11
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Non-US national, but living in the US since 2007.
GMAT: 740/4 (yes, 4 :-))
Toefl: 116
W Ex at matriculation: 7 years
Gender: Male
Age at matriculation: 29 (sheesh!)
Role: Software engineer in world class companies
Additional: Tons of non-profit work (own country and the US), high impact roles (even though my designation said software engineer)
Applied to only top schools (not a good decision) - but fortunate to have an admit.
Focus areas in MBA: Corp strategy, corp finance
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Ukrainian National
Living in US, and lived in Australia
Former master pianist - 5 years
Former professional pop singer - 2 years
Owned own business - 3 years
Strategy Consultant at Oliver Wyman - 2 years
Currently working in a start-up - 2 years

3.8 GPA from Aussie public University
3.5 GPA from Ukrainian Music University

Targeting 650 on GMAT

Applications:

Harvard
Kellogg
Ivey

IEBS
Queens

Yale
Cornell
Columbia
SDA Bocconi
Booth

HEC
ESADE
INSEAD
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Social Enterprise, Finance
GMAT: 720
GPA: 3.98 from public university
Work experience(WE): 3.5 years in journalism/publishing
Age: 25
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Significant research and event-planning with two non-profits. Extensive experience in college.

Schools applied to:

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: ACCEPTED

Chicago Booth: Round 1
Status: WAITLISTED
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Last visit: 24 Apr 2011
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Schools:MIT, Booth (Ding), Stern, LBS (Admitted), Wharton
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Finance, Strategy, General Management
GMAT: 770/6.0 Q50 V46
GPA: 3.1 from a top engg institute in India
Work experience(WE): 4 yrs by matriculation - 2 yrs in India, 2 yrs in USA
Nationality: Indian
Age: 25
Gender: M

Schools:
Booth (Rd 1): Dinged after interview
LBS (Rd 1): Admitted
Sloan (Rd 1): Awaiting decision
Harvard (Rd 2): Completing app
Stern (Rd 2): Completing app
Wharton (Rd 2): Completing app
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Program: MBA(PT)
Area of interest in MBA: Finance (Investment Management)
GMAT: 660 AWA 5.0
GPA: 3.5 USC (Marshall Undergrad)
Work experience(WE): 3 years VP Investment Adviser, 4 yr US Military
Nationality: White
Age: 28
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Some, but not significant - feed the homeless, us veteran groups

Schools applied to: UCLA Anderson (only school applied to)

Anderson: Round 1
Status: Interviewed: Accepted!!!!!
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Joined: 09 Nov 2010
Last visit: 30 Jan 2011
Posts: 12
Schools:Kellogg(waiver at first and phone int , DING), Tuck(ding wo int), Cornell(admit with 20k),Ross(Admit)
GPA: 3.2
WE 1: Management Consulting 5 yrs
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Chinese Applicant/female/5yrs consulting /top 4 undergraduate school in China, BS GPA 3.19/ GMAT 750

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Kellogg: waiver at first then phone interview invite , DING
Cornell: In with 20K scholarship
Tuck: w/o int
Ross: int, waiting
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Male/29 years old/7 years as Marine infantry officer by matriculation/730 GMAT/3.56 undergrad GPA/Areas of interest: mgmt consulting and gen. mgmt

R1:
Stanford--ding, no interview
Berkeley--pending interview
UCLA--interview complete, waiting decision

R2:
Kellogg--app underway
Wharton--app underway
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Last visit: 18 Mar 2011
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Schools:HBS (Rd2), Kellogg (Rd1), Ross (Rd2)
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WE 1: Public accounting- financial services 6 yrs
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Indian origin/ F/28/ GMAT- 710

Kellogg: Round 1 ( accepted!_ :-D )
HBS: Round 2 : applying
Ross Round 2: applying
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Program: MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship, GM
GMAT: 770
GPA: 3.3 Comp Lit (Classical Greek, Mandarin, Japanese), HYP
Work experience(WE): 3.5 years Naval officer (2.5 years Navy SEAL)
Nationality: Korean
Age: 27 at matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Involved, but not spectacular


Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Wharton : Round 1
Status: Accepted

MIT Sloan : Round 1
Status: Submitted

Stanford : Round 2
Status:
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : CPG
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.9, top 50 liberal arts
Work experience(WE): 4.5 yrs at matriculation (retail / CPG)
Age: 25
Gender: M
Extra-curricular/community: lots

Schools applied to:
- HBS (R1): In
- Booth (R1): In
- Tuck (R1): In
- Kellogg (R1): waiting
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Concentration: Real Estate
Schools:Booth (R2), Yale (R2), LBS
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Program: Full Time MBA
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent

Schools applied to:

School 1: Booth - Round 2
Status: Ding

School 2: Yale - Round 2
Status: Submitted

School 3: LBS - Round 2
Status: Ding

School 5: Darden - Round 2
Status: Submitted, interviewed, awaiting decision.
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bmgbsas
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Last visit: 15 Mar 2011
Posts: 12
Schools:Chicago (accepted), Wharton (Matriculating), HBS rd2
GPA: 3.65
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Program: MBA-FT
Area of Interest: Energy/PE
Work Experience: 8 years
Age at Matriculation: 30
Gender: M
Nationality: US
Undergrad: Finance, Top 25
GPA: 3.65
GMAT: 720 (42 V/ 47Q; 6.0 AWA)

Applications/Results
School 1, RD1: Booth
Result: Accepted

School 2, RD1: Wharton
Result: Accepted and Matriculating
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : High Tech / Strategy
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.3, Computer Science, top 50 public school
Work experience(WE): 6 yrs at matriculation, 1 yr IT consultant, 5yrs finance software development as an expat in Asia
Nationality: Korean-American
Age: 28
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: good

Schools applied to:
- Stanford (R1): Ding
- MIT(R1): Ding
- Haas(R1): Ding

- CMU-Tepper(R1): Admit
- Ross(R1): Admit
- UCLA (R1): Admit

- Kellogg (R2) : Submitted
- Booth (R2) : Submitted
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Operations and Logistics, Supply Chain
GMAT: 710 Q49(86%) , V38(83%) , AWA 4
TOEFL (ibt) : 111/120
GPA: 80% Mechanical Engg.
Work experience(WE): 3.5 years , Technology Consultant - Retail , Start up 4 months
Nationality: Indian
Age: 26
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Lots of community and organizational level stuff

Schools applied to:

Tepper: Round 1
Status: Denied after interview

Cornell: Round 2
Status: Denied w/o interview

Duke: Round 2
Status: Waiting

Fisher: Round 3
Status: Accepted
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of Interest: CPG/Entrepreneurship
Work Experience: 6 years Ad Industry (NYC), 1.5 years CPG/Manufacturing (Africa-Based)
Age at Matriculation: 29
Gender: M
Nationality: African (US + EU Passport Holder)
Undergrad: Top 10 Liberal Arts School (US)
GPA: 3.3
GMAT: 610 (42 Q/ 32V; 5.5 AWA)
Extra-curriculars: Extensive in college and post graduation. Lived + worked on 4 continents, fluent in 5 languages. Division 1 athlete, youth coach, mentor.

Schools applied to:

Tuck: EA
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

UCLA Anderson: Round 1
Status: Interviewed 12/7

Texas Mccombs: Round 1
Status: Interviewed 12/9
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