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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 680 (Q 49, V 32)
GPA: 3.4 Engineering in Electronics
Work experience(WE): 7 Years, IT Manager

Age: 28
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Co-Editor Company Magazine, Krav Maga Instructor.

Schools applying to:

Smith - Maryland
Status: Re-applicant

Tepper
Status: Applying Round 1

Duke
Status: Applying Round 1

Marshall
Status: Applying Round 1
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Program: MBA PT Online
Area of interest in MBA : Gen, Fin
GMAT: Taking soon
GPA: 3.3, Management and Business Information Systems, Top 150, 3.4 Accounting Post-Bacc, Top 150
Work experience(WE): 3.5 yrs Progressive Accounting (Current Cost Accounting), 1 yr Warehouse Mgmt, 2 yrs Progressive Supervisor Roles
Nationality: American
Age: 31
Gender: Male

Schools applied to:
Penn State: R1
Status: Applying

Indiana: R1
Status: Applying

Florida: R1
Status: Applying

Arizona State: R1
Status: Applying

South Carolina (Campus PT MBA): R1
Status: Applying
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Enterpreneurship
GMAT: 730
GPA: (undergrad) 3.3 , top univ in India;
(grad) 3.8, top 20 in USA
Work experience(WE): 9 yrs -high tech
Nationality: India
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: non profit, running

Schools applied to:

Haas: Round 1
Status: submitted

Ross: Round 1
Status: submitted

UCLA: Round 2
Status: researching

Booth : Round 2
Status: researching
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Non-profit
GMAT: 720 (45Q, 42V)
GPA: BA - Economics, 3.8
Masters - Tax, 3.5
Work experience (WE): Big 4 Tax; 3 years upon matriculation
Age: 26 upon matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community:
Undergrad: Business Fraternity (3-time Collegian of the Year), Honors Program Peer Advisor
Founder - Financial literacy non-profit organization (2008 - present)
Member - Public High School Advisory Board (2009 - present)

Schools applied to:

Yale: Round 1
Status: Matriculating
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Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Healthcare growth equity
GMAT: 730 (Q:50, V:38, AWA:6)
GPA: 3.2 - Cornell (Econ), while working 20 hrs/week to pay for education among other extra currics
Work experience: 4 Years - 2 yrs at top HR consulting firm; 2 yrs at management level at healthcare start-up, now backed by Goldman Sachs Private Equity.
Nationality: Indian (Grew up in Canada)
Age: 26 in Sep 2011
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: chair of young professional board of non-profit; chair of west coast alumni association; ran half-marathon to raise $1,200 for non profit

ROUND 1
CBS: Early Decision (Applied)
Wharton: Preparing essays, outlines are complete
Chicago: Preparing essays, most outlines are complete
MIT: researching
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : GM, Enterpreneurship
GMAT: not yet taken..will update soon !
GPA: No Stellar acads, B.Tech - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Work experience(WE): 3 years - IT Consulting
Nationality: Indian
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: ho - hum

Schools applied to:

Round 1
None :(

Round 2
Contemplating...
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Status:Wharton bound
Affiliations: VFW, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, West Point Association of Graduates
Concentration: Strategic Management and Finance
GPA: 3.3
WE 1: Army Ranger / Infantry Platoon Leader Operation Iraqi Freedom (2 yrs)
WE 2: Company Executive Officer (1 yr)
WE 3: Company Commander (2 yrs)
Schools: Wharton - Class of 2013
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Strategic Management
GMAT: 700 (44 Q, 43 V, 6.0 AWA)
GPA: 3.3 from United States Military Academy at West Point – IR and Environmental Eng.
Work experience(WE): 5 – Years – Active Duty Army Officer / Ranger / Combat Experience
Nationality: US – Adopted
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Strong, non-profit in Iraq; Family Readiness Group Officer, Mentor to Senior Cadets preparing for combat through West Point SOSH department


School 1: MIT Sloan (Round 1)
Status: Dinged after interview

School 2: NYU Stern (Round 1)
Status: Admitted with 40K

School 3: UVA Darden (Round 2)
Status: Admitted

School 4: Yale SOM (Round 2)
Status: Admitted

School 5: Wharton (Round 2)
Status: Admitted and matriculating
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Finance
GMAT: 770 51Q/47V (I think?), 6.0 AWA
GPA: 3.8, Physics/Economics, Ivy, High Honors
Work experience: 2 years at IB (GS/MS), 2 years at MegaCap PE (worked in both Europe and the U.S., lots of HBS alumni), interned at M/B/B, board observer for a couple of our portfolio companies
Nationality: Asian
Age: 25 at matriculation
Gender: M
Languages: English
ECs: Kind of weak here. Couple of club presidencies in college, editorships at some newspapers, some involvement with tutoring etc, worked on a 5-6 different on-campus jobs, a ton of econ/finance research, thesis in Physics, study abroad in central Europe (do these count?), worked with a charity for a 7-8 months (nothing too great though). To be honest, work schedule is so brutal that I can't find time outside of work at all.... but I have some good work-related stuff though. Like, I am fairly active on our Company boards, interact with the CEO a lot etc. But I think that's common for PE applicants.

I think I can write some interesting essays (lots of travel, interesting experiences while working on campus in several different jobs etc.)

Round 1:

Harvard
Stanford

Round 2:

Wharton
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Management Consulting, Strategy and International management
GMAT: 770 (Q51 V46)
GPA: 6.82/10 from Top-15 engineering college in India
Work experience(WE): 3 years at Matriculation as a software engineer at IBM
Nationality: Indian
Age:25 at matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Activities - nothing extra-ordinary, will try to explain what I learnt from them

Schools applied to:

School 1: LBS R2
Status: Working on Essays

School 2: HBS R2
Status: Working on Essays

School 3: Wharton R2
Status: Working on Essays
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Concentration: Finance, Strategy, Int. Business
Schools:HKUST, MBS, USC, Hawaii, UCSD
GPA: 3.2
WE 1: Education
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of Interest in MBA: International Business / Strategy
GMAT: Update 2nd week of October
Gender: M
GPA: 3.2, CUNY City - Economics
Age: 28
Nationality: USA
Work Experience: 6 years - 3 Military / 3 Education
Languages: Japanese (Fluent)
Extra-curriculars/community: My job is basically community service. Other than that I enjoy hiking, the gym, learning foreign languages, and following college football.

Round 2 -

Hawaii - Preparing
NYU - Preparing
Columbia - Preparing
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of Interest in MBA: Venture Capital
GMAT: 760 / 6.0
Gender: M
GPA: 3.1, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton
Age: 24
Nationality: USA
Work Experience: 4 years - strategy consulting
Extra-curriculars/community: Asian American activism volunteering

Round 1 -

Harvard - essays
Columbia - essays
Wharton - essays
MIT - essays

Round 2 -
Northwestern
Chicago
NYU
Yale
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Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : General Management
GMAT: 690 (Q42, V41, AWA 5.5)
GPA: 3.55, history major, Top 30 University
Work experience(WE): 3 months full time at Bloomberg L.P. this summer
Nationality: USA
Age: 21
Gender: M

Schools applying to:

Round 1-

Yale (Silver Scholars)
Boston College
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
USC
UC-San Diego
Northeastern
Fordham
Cornell
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Social Enterprise (Nonprofit/Education)
GMAT: 710 (45Q/41V), 5.0 AWA
GPA: 3.7 Ivy humanities BA + 3.7 Ivy education master's
Work experience(WE): 7 years combined at three nonprofit orgs
Nationality: U.S. citizen of South Asian origin
Age: 29
Gender: M

Schools applied to:

Columbia: Early Decision
Status: Accepted
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : GM,Ops
GMAT: 710 (Q:44, V:42)
GPA: 3.9, Finance, Top 20 Public
Work experience(WE): 2 yrs IB; 2 yrs PE (at matriculation)
Nationality: USA, White
Age: 26 (27 at matriculation)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Director of small charity; some other minor involvement in school clubs

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia ED
Status: Accepted and Matriculating
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Schools:In: Emory, USC, Georgetown Out: Harvard, Wharton, Yale, UCLA WL: Kellogg
WE 1: Manager @ Fortune 100
WE 2: Manager @ World Famous Hotel
WE 3: Division Leader @ Real Estate Firm
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Real Estate, Global Strategy
GMAT: 700 (42/42), 6.0 AWA
GPA: 3.26 from a Top 50, B.A. International Affairs, fluent in Japanese
Work experience(WE): At matriculation, 4 years (1 at a Fortune 100 Company, 1 at a Fortune 500, and 2 in an international environment) Promoted once at current job (working in Japanese environment), after proposing a new division.
Nationality: American
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: officer in several


School 1: Emory (Round 2)
Status: SUBMITTED , INTERVIEWED

School 2: University of Southern California (Round 2)
Status: Pending

School 3: Georgetown (Round 2)
Status: Pending

School 4: Yale (Round 2)
Status: Pending

School 5: Northwestern (Round 2)
Status: Part 1 SUBMITTED, Part 2 Pending

School 6: Wharton (Round 2)
Status: Pending

School 7: Harvard (Round 2)
Status: Pending

School 8: UCLA (Round 2)
Status: Pending
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management
GMAT: 710 49Q/39V 6.0 AWA
GPA: 3.3 Econ Top 5 public university, graduated early
Work experience(WE): 1.5 years government economic research, 1.5 years fund management for npo
Nationality: USA
Age: 25 at mat
Gender: M
EC: church, musical activities in college; multiple internships

Round One:

UCSD
Status: Accepted ($)

UC Irvine
Status: Accepted ($)

USC
Status: Accepted($)

UCLA
Status: Working on app
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Concentration: Finance, General Management
Schools: Michigan (Ross) - Class of 2013
WE:Other (Insurance)
Schools: Michigan (Ross) - Class of 2013
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Consulting
GMAT: 720
GPA: 3.3 in Mathematics
Work experience(WE): 4.5 years in Risk Management
Nationality: USA (of Indian Descent)
Age: 27 at mat
Gender: M
EC: Solid

Round One:

Michigan - WL w/o interview, Interviewed in Round 3, Admitted 5/10/2011


Round Two:

Texas - Interview, WL, Withdrawn
Duke - Interview, WL, Withdrawn
Chicago Booth - Interview, WL, waiting until the end of summer


In hindsight, I should have also applied to Kellogg, Dartmouth, and Darden.
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