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Rejected in all M7 schools. To Re-apply next year.
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Program: FT MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Social Enterprise w/ Finance, Real Estate, & Marketing;
GMAT: 1st attempt:720 - 41V/47Q, 6 AWA; 2nd attempt: Sept 2010
GPA: UG: 3.8, English, UC Davis; Grad: 3.7, Teaching English, State School
Work experience(WE): 2+ yrs as ESL teacher; 2 yrs as worker bee for state gov't (at matriculation)
Nationality: US (White)
Age: 26 at matriculation
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Volunteer for local non-profit; real estate license;

Round 1 (via Consortium and ranked in that order):
1. Haas
2. Kelley (Indiana) (In)
3. Ross
4. Yale
5. Emory (WL)
6. Tepper (ding)
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Finance (IB/PE/HF recruiting)
GMAT: 760 (Q49/V45)
GPA: 3.70
CE: Passed all three CFA levels
Demographics: USA, Male
Extra-curricular/community: Extensive both in undergrad (student gov, political groups, finance club, others) and post-grad (political & work-related community service group)

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Columbia - Accepted (w/$) & Matriculating
NYU - withdrawn after interview invite
HBS
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Strategy
GMAT: 760 (50Q, 43V) 5 AWA
GPA: 3.3 Math & Philosophy (UCLA)
Work experience(WE): 1 yr legal services; 2.5 yrs corp strat. for global hotel company; 2 yrs advertising (at matriculation)
Nationality: US
Age: 28 at matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Postgrad: grant research for national non-profit, small business consultant (green CPG), volunteer LSAT tutor; more in undergrad

Round 1:
School 1
Wharton round 1 (reapplicant)
Status: Waiting on essays

School 2
Stern round 1
Status: Waiting on essays

School 3
Kellogg round 1
Status: Waiting on essays

…depending on results from round 1 will pick between Booth/Tuck/Columbia/Sloan in round 2
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Marketing
GMAT: 630
GPA: 3.3, Management, Big 10 school
Work experience(WE): 2 years logistics, 1 year HR consulting industry
Nationality: White American
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Business fraternity, Triathlon Club, marathon runner.

UC Irvine: Round 1
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

University of San Francisco: Round 1
Status: Accepted with $$

Vanderbilt: Round 1
Status:Accepted
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Real estate
GMAT: 760 (Q48, V46)
GPA: 3.0, construction management at a state school
Work experience(WE): 3 years construction project management
Age: 27 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: United States Green Building Council, church volunteer and Habitat for Humanity

Schools applied to:
R1
UNC
Cornell MBA/MPS Real Estate
Darden
Duke
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--edited--

Chicago Booth Round 1
Status: Admitted

Wharton Round 1
Status: Waitlisted x 2

LBS Round 1
Status: Admitted

Good luck guys!
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Program: MBA (FT)
GMAT: 700 (Q48, V38) AWA 5.0
Undergrad : Maths
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Manufacturing, General Management
GMAT: 710 (Q-48, V-39), AWA 5.0
Undergraduate: BS in Mathematics, GPA -3.78
Masters: MS in Mechanical Engineering, GPA 3.81
Work experience at matriculation: 3.5 years full-time, 1 years part time/internship---all in Steel Production
Nationality: Belarus (one of the former "Hammer and Cycle" republics :-D )
Age at matriculation: 29
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: college soccer team in undergrad, mathematics society, started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?MMA club in grad school...working on getting involved with local community groups

Schools will most likely apply to (no final decision made):

Round 1:
-HBS
-Sloan
-Kellogg
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Round 2:
depending on how the Round 1, but most likely: Booth, Haas, Duke, UCLA
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Brief profile:

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Finance, Strategy
GMAT: 690 (Q48, V38), AWA 5.0 (I will retake GMAT this summer)
GPA: around 3.8, no-name Eastern European university, English major, linguistics
CFA L2 candidate
Work experience(WE): around 9 years in 3 countries, 3 last years in business strategy in a large financial company
Nationality: Eastern European, not underrepresented minority (like 500 thousand ppl)
Age: 34
Gender: female
Extra-curriculars/community: languages (speaking 5 European languages, Chinese and general fun studies of Arabic, Tibetan and ancient Egyptian) tennis, fitness, piano player, extensive traveling, member of charity society, probably at the time of application affiliate member of the CFA society

Schools considering applying to this fall:

School 1: Harvard Round 1
Status:

School 2: MIT Round 1
Status:

School 3: Stanford Round 1
Status:

School 4: Stern Round 1
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School 5: Chicago Round 1
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School 6: Yale Round 1
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Program: MBA (FT) - Class of 2013/2014
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship/Finance
GMAT: Late June 2010
Undergraduate: Canadian University - Bachelor of Business Admin
GPA: 2.9
Work experience: 2 years management, 2 years small business owner / operator (in a foreign country)
Nationality: Canadian
Age: 26
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars: Studying for GMAT, sports, community / alma mater involvement

Schools applying to:

Stanford: Round 1

HBS: Round 1

Columbia: Contemplating ED

Wharton: R1

MIT Sloan: R1

Hass: R1

Yale SOM: R1

Anderson UCLA: R1
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Program: MBA (FT) - Class of 2013
Area of interest in MBA : General / Product Management, Strategy
GMAT: 740 ( Q - 50, V - 40, AWA - 6.0 )
Undergraduate: Osmania University, India - Bachelor of Engineering ( Computer Science & Engineering )
GPA: 3.6
Graduate: University of Kansas - Master of Science ( Computer Science )
GPA: 3.7
Work experience: 2 years management, 2 years small business owner / operator (in a foreign country)
Nationality: Indian
Age: 27
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars: India development Non-profit, worked part-time for a local society for underpriviliged children..Grad school assistantship

Schools applying to:

Round1: Chicago, Ross, Duke
Round2: Cornell, Tuck/Darden/Kellogg
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest: Technology/Strategy/Marketing
GMAT: 770 (Q51, V44), AWA 5.0
Undergrad GPA: 3.9 (equivalent) from top-10 engineering school in India
Grad GPA: 3.8 from top-15 engineering school in US
Work experience(WE): 6 years in different roles in product development
Nationality: Indian
Age: 30 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Community/ECs: Conducted bone marrow donor drives, some startup experience; playing soccer, kayaking, biking

Chicago Booth R1
Status: Admitted/Matriculating

Kellogg R1
Status: Waitlisted (withdrew)

MIT Sloan R1: MBA
Status: Ding

MIT Sloan: SDM (applied in 2010, not 2011)
Status: Accepted (deferred and withdrew)

Berkeley Haas R1
Status: Ding
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Concentration: Strategy, Finance
Schools: UNC (Kenan-Flagler) - Class of 2013
GMAT 1: 720 Q49 V39
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Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest: Technology/Marketing/Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 720 (Q49, V39), AWA 5.5
Undergrad GPA: 2.93 From rank 35th eng school - Major Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
Grad GPA: 3.27 from rank 30th eng school Major Computer Science
Work experience(WE): 5+ years Software development
Nationality: Asian
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Community/ECs: Developing online game with couple of friends. Some tutoring

Columbia (ED) R1
Status: Denied w/o interview
Yale R1
Status: sent

Duke (fuqua) R1
Status: sent

North Carolina (Kenan) R1
Status: sent

Emory (Goizueta) ED R1
Status: essay done

Ross R1
Status: sent

Darden
Status:sent

Tepper
Status:

Mcdonough
Status: waiting rec

HKUST
Status: waiting rec

Marshall
Status: waiting rec

Olin
Status: Sent


R2:
Booth
Status: essays
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Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Finance, Strategy
GMAT: 750 (Q:50, V:41, AWA:6)
GPA: 3.6 - Indiana (Kelley School of Business) - Majors Accounting / Computer Information Systems
Work experience: 4 Years - Public Accounting Big 4 - Work in Advisory with two rotations in Assurance (FSI Group) - 3 1/2 Years in Chicago, Currently in Auckland, NZ
Nationality: Indian (Grew up in Middle East)
Age: 26
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Toastmasters, Volunteer (Tax Filing, Junior Achievement)

Schools applied to:

1. Wharton/Lauder : Matriculating

2. LBS : Denied w/o Interview

3. Chicago Booth : Admitted (Withdrawn)
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GMAT 2: 710 Q48 V39
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Brief profile

Program: MBA(FT).

Area of interest in MBA: Management Consultancy, Computer / Tech. Product Development.

GMAT: 650 (Q:51, V:27)
710 (Q:48, V:39)

GPA: B.E. Electronics & Telecommunication. Pune Uniersity, India. GPA=3.20. Class Size - 70.

Work experience(WE): 3 years in Automation (Design Engineer) at matriculation. Part-time free-lancing for a website - SEO, internet marketing, content development.

Nationality: Indian.

Age: 25 at matriculation.

Gender: Male.

Extra-curriculars/community:Sports - table tennis, volunteer for another MBA forum for a city. Organised national competitions in college as an undergrad for 3 years, national poster presentation contest.

Schools applied to:

Round 2:

1. ISB: Ding without Interview.

2. McCombs: Ding without Interview.

3: Tuck: Ding without Interview.

4: Olin: Ding without Interview.

5: Tepper: Interview -> Ding

6: UCLA: Ding without Interview.

7: Kenan-Flagler: Interview -> Ding

8: Michigan Ross: Ding without Interview.

9. USC Marshall: Ding without Interview.
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