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12 years
Brazil
2025
Male
Score: 675 GMAT Focus
GPA: 8.73
Pre-MBA industry: Education
Post-MBA industry: Aerospace and Defense
Kellogg
Full Time MBA
Full Time MBA
Round 1, 2025
AppliedSep 5, 24
DeniedDec 11, 24
11 months ago
19 Dec 2024 07:12
Booth
Full Time MBA
Full Time MBA
Round 1, 2025
AppliedSep 1, 24
InterviewedOct 30, 24
AcceptedDec 5, 24
ScholarshipNone
11 months ago
9 Dec 2024 01:12
Stanford GSB
Full Time MBA
Full Time MBA
Round 1, 2025
AppliedSep 1, 24
DeniedDec 5, 24
11 months ago
9 Dec 2024 01:12
Columbia
Full Time MBA
Full Time MBA
Round 1, 2025
AppliedSep 5, 24
WaitlistedNov 15, 24
1 year ago
18 Nov 2024 11:11
Wharton
Full Time MBA
Full Time MBA
Round 1, 2025
AppliedSep 3, 24
DeniedOct 24, 24
1 year ago
29 Oct 2024 06:10
Harvard
Full Time MBA
Full Time MBA
Round 1, 2025
DeniedSep 30, 24
1 year ago
8 Oct 2024 04:10
1 year ago
8 Oct 2024 04:10
4.0 GPA for my master's degree. 31 years old.


Worked as an airline pilot for 6 years before transitioning to a leadership role in a US university focused on aviation - have been working for the university for the past 5 years. Post MBA target is to return to the airline industry with a role in finance.
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1 year ago
09 Oct 2024, 19:56
Hi! Sorry about the HBS Ding. That's very unpredictable. Hopefully lots of other invites coming your way.
The US Airlines aer not super friendly towards H1B sponsorships, though they have lots of experience with crews using the airline visa. I honestly don't know enough but this is a bit of a niche goal and you need to really demonstrate that you are easily going from and to this niche industry and it will be super easy for you to recruit. Otherwise, AdCom's won't like it and that could be a reason for some of the dings, because they may think you have not done enough research or not serious enough about the goals. Just FYI.
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1 year ago
10 Oct 2024, 07:30
Thank you, bb. I hope my willingness and availability to recruit to the more traditional industries after graduation comes through. I am definitely open to pursuing opportunities in consulting.
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1 year ago
10 Oct 2024, 07:35
The bottom line is that on your application, you want to put a very simple and natural goal. You don’t want to tell admissions that you want a very unique job that’s going to be challenging to get. So you don’t want to be putting anything aspirational or Something that may have a higher likelihood of not coming through. Admissions like simple career transitions there more likely to work out and have a few moving parts. That makes you more likely candidate to succeed and the better alumni.

I know you already applied but if you are considering around two, that’s what I would recommend doing.