2013 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION!

Brief profile: https://poetsandquants.com/2012/12/21/yo ... ting-in-2/ (Ms. Cheerleader)
Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy / Marketing
GMAT: 700, Q44 V41
GPA: 3.9+ Double Major Spanish and Political Science, public state university
Work experience(WE): 6.5 years working in marketing/communications in civil rights non-profit and political sectors including presidential campaign and U.S. Senate. Currently direct marketing for small national non-profit.
Age: 28
Gender: F
Extra-curricular/community: College: Went to school on scholarship for their dance team, several clubs with leadership roles, volunteer ESL. Post-College: very strong involvement with an arts based non-profit, teach dance once a week, have traveled abroad with a dance company, former NFL cheerleader.

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton Round 2
Status: Invited to interview

School 2: Darden Round 2
Status: Admitted

School 3: Georgetown McDonough Round 2
Status: Admitted with $$

School 4: Maryland Smith Round 3 (of 4)
Status: Admitted with $$$

School 5: John Hopkins Carey Round 2
Status: Admitted with $$$

Brief profile: https://gmatclub.com/forum/atypical-applicant-evaluation-advice-appreciated-143306.html#p1148915 (somewhat out of date)
Program: F/T MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Social Entrepreneurship, Marketing
GMAT: 720, 49Q, 40V
GPA: 3.37, General Management, anonymous state university
Work experience(WE): 3.5 years, public safety/government
Nationality: Canadian
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Union steward, political volunteer

Schools applied to (in order of submission date):

Stern: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Johnson: Round 2
Status: Denied w/o interview

McDonough: Round 2
Status: Denied w/ interview

Fuqua: Round 2
Status: Denied w/o interview

Yale: Round 2
Status: Denied w/o interview

Kelley: Priority Round
Status: Accepted with $$ and matriculating.

Goizueta: Round 3
Status: Denied w/o interview

Brief profile:

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Marketing
GMAT: 710 v41 q47 AWA 5.5
GPA: 3.53 Political Science, Top 10 Liberal Arts
Work experience(WE): Marketing - 4 years/real estate; Government Relations - 1 year/local government
Nationality: American
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Extensive volunteering for political campaigns and activist groups.

Schools applied to:

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Denied w/ interview

Columbia: Merit-Deadline
Status: Denied w/ interview

NYU Stern: Round 2
Status: Interviewed

UNC Kenan-Flagler: Round 2
Status: Interviewed

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Marketing, Technology
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.5 at above average Midwestern state school
Work experience(WE): 5 years in commercial insurance underwriting
Nationality: American
Age: 28 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Limited – some community work through employer, sports league captain, worked close to fulltime hours during undergrad to pay for school.

Schools applied to:

UCLA Anderson: Round 1
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

USC Marshall: Round 1
Status: Accepted with 50% scholarship

Duke Fuqua: Round 1
Status: Dinged w/ No Interview

Cornell Johnson: Round 2
Status: Accepted

UT McCombs: Round 2
Status: Accepted

UNC Kenan-Flagler: Round 2
Status: Accepted with 20% scholarship

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Real estate
GMAT: 710
GPA: 4.0
Work experience(WE): 3 years in real estate
Nationality: American
Age: 25
Gender: Male

Schools applied to:

Harvard: Round 1
Status: Denied without interview

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Interviewed and denied

MIT: Round 1
Status: Waitlisted w/o interivew

Columbia: Merit Fellowship Deadline
Status: Accepted!

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Consulting
GMAT: 680
GPA: 2.92
Work experience(WE): 6 years ( 3 Years in Tech Services , 3 years boutique Risk Consulting)
Nationality: Indian
Age: 29
Gender: Male

Schools applied to:

McCombs: Round 2
Status: Denied without interview

Rice: Round 2
Status: Denied without interview

Foster MBA: Round 3
Status: Admitted

Georgetown: Round 2
Status: WL

NUS : Round 1
Status : Denied

Rotman : Round 2
Status : Invited to Interview

UCLA : Round 2
Status : Pending

Texas A&M : Round 2
Status : Pending

Program: Full-Time MBA
Area of Interest in MBA: Strategy, Operations
GMAT: 740 (49Q, 42V)
GPA: 3.38 UG Major - Economics, Political Science at top-5 liberal arts college; Minor: Chinese
Work Experience: 5 years at matriculation
Currently: 2.5 years at container logistics company in China (1.75 years as Ops. Mgr., .5 years as Commercial Analyst)
Prior: 2 years at express company in China (Associate Accountant)

Nationality: US - White
Age: 28 (at matriculation)
Gender: Male
Extracurriculars/Community: irregular volunteer work
Extracurriculars in College: On nat'l board of political organization, mentoring, radio DJ, Jazz Band
Other: Internship with Bank of China in 2007; 1 month volunteering in Bosnia in 2008

Schools applied to:

Booth: R1
Status: DingedWaitlisted

Kellogg: R1
Status: Waitlisted (re-waitlisted in March)

Fuqua: R2
Status: Accepted

Darden: R2
Status: Accepted

Program: 2 Year MBA
Area of interest in MBA: Healthcare in emerging markets
GMAT: First attempt: 680 (42V, 40Q). Second attempt: 660 (41V, 40Q) (Yup, that's a downward trend)
GPA: 3.55, international business and finance degrees at a top 25 state school
Work experience(WE): 3 years, management consulting at a top 5 firm. My recommenders let me read my letters after the fact, they were very strong.
Nationality: From US, Hispanic and White
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Lots but all meaningful. Very engaged in my firm, namely with recruiting activities. Work on pro-bono consulting with minority businesses. Long time coach of a team for special needs athletes. Lots of fundraising in college and served in key leadership roles (i.e., VP of international business program)

Schools applied to:

Wharton: Round 2
Status: Accepted with a fellowship, and Matriculating

Kellogg: Round 2
Status: Accepted

If you have any further questions, I'm more than willing to help, especially those with "lower" GMAT scores!!! Have faith in yourselves - you can do it!

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Social Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Finance
GMAT: 710 (Q47, V41, 6 AWA)
GPA: 3.81, Econ major at a quirky top-30 liberal arts college
Work experience(WE): 3 years at matriculation at a bulge bracket bank (1 yr in back-office IB ops, 2 years in front-office asset mgmt); Series 7/66 holder
Nationality: American (Caucasian)
Age: 24
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: lots of volunteering in education non-profits both during and post-college, leadership role on women's group at work, PADI Scuba Divemaster, former ski racer

Schools applied to:

School 1: Tuck November Round
Status: Denied w/ interview (included feedback offer)

School 2: Sloan Round 1
Status: Denied w/out interview

School 3: Darden Round 1
Status: Accepted

School 4: Fuqua Round 1
Status: Waitlisted with interview; application withdrawn

School 5: Yale SOM Round 2
Status: Accepted and matriculating!!

Program: MBA 2Y FT
Area of interest in MBA : Marketing, Finance, Economics
GMAT: 760 50Q 41V 7IR
GPA: 3.8 Mechanical Engineering, Top 100/State University
Work experience(WE): 7 years (at Mat) Manufacturing/Tier I Automotive/ (3.5 Yr Engineering -> 1.5 Yr Operations -> 2 Yr Marketing)
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 31 (at Mat)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent

Schools applied to:

Kellogg: Round 2
Status: Accepted

Ross: Round 2
Status: Accepted with $

Booth: Round 2
Status: Accepted with $

Program: MBA, full time

Area of interest: Healthcare marketing and strategy

GMAT: 720 (Q49, V40, AWA 6.0)

UG Major: Bioengineering, top 10 private university.

Work Experience: 5 years at matriculation (2 years in healthcare IT consulting+3 years in healthcare product development)

Extra curriculars: Decent.

Demography: 26, Indian, Female

Schools applied to:

Tuck: November round
Status: Denied without interview

Fuqua: EA
Status: Waitlisted without interview, then denied

UNC Kenan-Flagler: R3
Status: Accepted with fellowship

Ross (UMich): R2
Status: Waitlisted with interview

Emory (Goizueta): R3
Status: Accepted with scholarship

Booth: R2
Status: Accepted with scholarship and matriculating

Program: MBA 2Y FT
Area of interest in MBA : Finance
GMAT: 710 46Q 41V AWA6
GPA: 3.5 economics, 2nd tier liberal arts college
Work experience(WE): 6 years (at Mat) middle-market capital markets/IB
Age: 28 (at Mat)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: strong

Schools applied to:

Columba: Early Decision
Status: Denied after interview

Fuqua: Round 1
Status: Matriculating

Cornell: Round 2
Status: Accepted with $

UCLA Anderson: Round 2
Status: Accepted

UVA Darden: Round 2
Status: Waitlisted

Yale SOM: Round 2
Status: Waitlisted

Program: MBA 2Y FT
Area of interest in MBA : Finance / VC
GMAT: 720 50Q 37V AWA4.5
Work experience(WE): 6 years in IT management
Age: 28 (at Mat)
Gender: Male

Schools applied to:

HBS: R2
Status: Denied without interview

Wharton: R2
Status: Denied without interview

Stanford: Round 2
Status: Denied without interview

LBS: Round 2
Status: Denied with interview

Program: MBA(PT - Distance)
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy/Sustainability/Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 690 (Q43, V41)
GPA: 2.5, English/Philosophy, University of Michigan
Work experience(WE): 5 years at matriculation, community development and anti-violence NGOs, AmeriCorps
Nationality: US
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Pro-bono consulting for social venture development, start-up junior board for media NGO, blog for international impact investing company.

Schools applied to:

MBA@UNC: Round 3
Status: Accepted

Indiana Kelley
Status: Accepted

IE Global MBA
Status: Accepted and matriculating!

Program: MBA 2Y FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management
GMAT: 740 49Q 42V 7IR
GPA: 3.42 Finance: Large, Public, Non-ranked b-school - in 3 years, while working
Work experience(WE): 6 years (at Mat) Commercial Banking (4 yrs) / Retail Gen. Mgt (2 yrs)
Nationality: American - Caucasian
Age: 27 (at Mat)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent

Darden: Round 1 - Waitlisted x 2 - Accepted, Matriculating!

Johnson: Round 1 - Dinged w/ Interview

Tuck: Round 1 - Dinged w/ Self-Initiated Interview

McDonough: Round 2 - Accepted w/ $

Tepper: Round 2 - Accepted w/ $

Program: Full-Time MBA
Area of Interest in MBA: Tech, GM, Operations
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.54 UG Majors - (1) Financial Mathematics and (2) Financial Economics at top 25 public (Berkeley/UMich/UVA)
Work Experience: 4 years at matriculation
Currently: 4 years experience economic consulting in the energy sector

Nationality: US - White
Age: 26 (at matriculation)
Gender: Male
Extracurriculars/Community: volunteer work, founded non-profit organization for energy education, local networking organizations
Extracurriculars in College: Social Chair for Fraternity, project developer for Roosevelt Institute, Club Baseball, Economics Tutor, Big Sibling-type program
Other: Internship with Financial Consulting firm summer 2007, volunteered in Aids Clinic in Tanzania 2008, took summer courses at London School of Economics.

Columbia - Matriculating, received Fellowship for 30% tuition
Kellogg - Waitlisted (withdrawn)
Stanford - Denied with Interview
Sloan - Denied without interview
Darden - Accepted
Mccombs - Accepted with recruiting scholarship and granted in-state tuition (effectively 50% tuition).

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