Calling All NYU Stern MBA Applicants: 2024 Intake Class of 2026

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Don’t submit with 660. Average GMAT at NYU is 730. Better to keep the waiver till you get atleast 710+ in the next try.

Yes even i agree with this

If you have a waiver, and you send a score below the average of 730, you’re telling the adcom you’ll pull their average down. Not a good idea

Following up on this ;p

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Hi,

Planning to apply in the 2024 intake. Please review my profile, my work experience is on the lower side which is a point of concern for me.

Location: India
GMAT: 750 (Q50 V41)
Undergrad CGPA: 8.67/10. B.Tech from an old IIT (tier-1 college). Graduated in 2021
CFA-Level 2 Passed with above 90 percentile score.
Work-ex: 2.5 years (will be 3 at the time of joining) as an SDE at a global bank. Worked with clients across Singapore, and Malaysia. Awarded outstanding contributions award. No promotions till now.
Extra-curriculars: 1. Director of the college's western dance team. Participated in multiple national-level competitions and won awards.
2. Played basketball at college level.
3. Participated and won at Deloitte Strategy Impact Challenge- HPAIR'2020- Harvard.
Post-MBA Goals- Pivot to a generalist role as a Management Consultant at MBB.

Why do you want to pivot

You’ll be better placed to skip R2 Jan’24 deadline and aim for R1 Sep 24 deadline for Fall 2025 start. By then you will have 4 years experience, the sweet spot for most schools.

Multiple reasons. Interaction with people is quite low, it’s sort of a desk job where you get requirements and deliver. Pay is decent but I am not able to build my network much.
Also the kind of problems and development work I am doing has become sort of repetitive and niche. I feel I’ll function better in a dynamic environment where things are fast paced and I face new challenges.

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I agree. You can also try building a little on the people management front or take up projects outside your role

Thanks for your respective inputs. Honestly I’ve been busy with CFA for the past 1 yr so couldn’t do much outside work. I wanted to do some volunteering work for WWF will plan to do that now. Apart from that any specific projects that you suggest?

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Can you take up something at work, like beyond your role?

From my perspective, you have a good profile. The downside is the lack of YOE at application (average is 4 - 5). If you can make the case in your essays then I think you have a good shot

As for the comments mentioned above, volunteer to be an intern coach or a project leader, or a mentor/coach to a junior consultant. Try and get some "people management" experience in some facet

Has anyone applied to NYU using the Executive Assessment? If yes, what was your score?

Hi. Just wanted to check if anyone who applied in R2 has received an interview invite yet?

Not me