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> i'm domestic
What’s your post mba goal - are you trying to switch to something particular? I am trying to understand why vanderbilt being domestic

am shooting for consulting (initially was thinking about IB, esp in the Southeast) or healthcare LDPs. Owen fit the bill on both, esp the latter. now i'm headed to Duke

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yep got into all 9 schools across the T15/20 schools that I applied to-- Yale, Darden, Cornell, Ross, Fuqua, Emory, UCLA, UNC, Vandy

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> What’s your post mba goal - are you trying to switch to something particular? I am trying to understand why vanderbilt being domestic
am shooting for consulting (initially was thinking about IB, esp in the Southeast) or healthcare LDPs. Owen fit the bill on both, esp the latter. now i'm headed to Duke

Interesting, smart choice going with Duke man, all the best!

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yep got into all 9 schools across the T15/20 schools that I applied to-- Yale, Darden, Cornell, Ross, Fuqua, Emory, UCLA, UNC, Vandy

Wow, that's great list

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Which all schools are you applying to brother?

Can you share your profile

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yep got into all 9 schools across the T15/20 schools that I applied to-- Yale, Darden, Cornell, Ross, Fuqua, Emory, UCLA, UNC, Vandy

Why didn’t you choose darden for consulting though

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Why didn’t you choose darden for consulting though

Darden was where i applied first bc their EA was binding. surprisingly vs all other schools, they gave $0 scholarship at first and then bumped up to $20K or something in response to a 50%+ offer from cornell. kinda ridiculous but goes to show how much of a black box admission can be sometimes

happy to help out folks with their R1 applications btw!

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> Why didn’t you choose darden for consulting though
Darden was where i applied first bc their EA was binding. surprisingly vs all other schools, they gave $0 scholarship at first and then bumped up to $20K or something in response to a 50%+ offer from cornell. kinda ridiculous but goes to show how much of a black box admission can be sometimes

So you are saying you would have chosen darden had you received equal scholarship to Fuqua from it?

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would have been a tough choice but likely, only because moving there is easier vs moving to NC (I'm in the DC area rn)

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would have been a tough choice but likely, only because moving there is easier vs moving to NC (I'm in the DC area rn)

Interesting, thanks man, all the best for Duke!

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