Fall 2007 Admits/Dings Comprehensive List - POST HERE!

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA : Management, Strategy
GMAT: 750, Q:95%, V:90%, AWA:5.0
GPA: 3.72
Work experience(WE): 3 years, blue chip software engineer
Nationality: US white boy
Age: 24
Extra-curriculars/community: high school mentoring, league sports

School 1: Harvard
Accepted, Matriculating

School 2: Kellogg
Waitlisted

School 3: Wharton
Dinged after interview

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA : Management, E-ship
GMAT: 740, Q:90%, V:96%, AWA:5.0
GPA: First class with distinction, University silver medalist in academics
Masters degree from a top school in my field / 100% Graduate Fellowship
Work experience(WE): 7 years, blue chip Hi-tech designer, strategy and project management
Nationality: India/US Permanent Resident
Age: 30
Extra-curriculars/community: Too many to list

School 1: UCLA
Accepted with Fellowship

School 2: Duke
Accepted

School 3: Wharton
Dinged after interview

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA : Finance, Consulting
GMAT: 700, Q:50, V:34, AWA:5.5
Under GPA: 3.4 Mechanical Engineering
Gradudate GPA: 3.81 Technical Management/Systems Engineering
Work experience(WE): 6 yrs
Nationality: Korean American
Age: 29
Extra-curriculars/community: Founder of several clubs.

Schools applied to:
School 1: Wharton, R2
Status: Go away Without Interview

School 2: Kellogg
Status: Interviewed, Go away. thought I had a very good interview.

School 3: Fuqua, R2
Status: Interviewed, Come 3/8

School 4: Ross, R2
Status: Interviewed, 2/08. Waitlist.

School 5: Darden, R2
Status: Interview 12/18, Come

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : GM, Fin
GMAT: 740
GPA: Never bothered to convert. Should be 3.5+ I guess
Work experience(WE): 11 1/2
Age: my mama so old....
Extra-curriculars/community: this and that

Schools applied to: INSEAD Admitted

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Mktg
GMAT: 660
GPA: Around 3.2-3.3
Work experience(WE): 3 (was in school longer - have a M.S in Engineering and Management)
Citizenship: Swedish
Age: 28
Extra-curriculars/community: former elite soccer player, soccer coach, mentor for undergrad students

Schools applied to:

Wake Forest Admitted

UNC Waitlisted

Maryland Admitted

Georgetown Admitted

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 700
GPA: Don't know but in B.E. 69%, top 15 in class of 60. In M.E. - 73%, class topper
Work experience(WE): 6 years in IT consulting, 3 years as project manager. Out of 6 years, 4 years in USA.
Citizenship: Indian
Age: 31
Extra-curriculars/community: Very good if not excellent

Schools applied to: All in R2

INSEAD: Interviewed, Dinged
OXFORD, UK - Accepted and MATRICULATING
WHARTON - Ding without Interview
CAMBRIDGE, UK - Ding without Interview
MIT - Withdrawn
CRANFIELD, UK - Interviewed, Accepted with £10,000 scholarship

updated

Can we put matriculation information as well? I.e. if you've decided where to go... it would be nice to have a good list...

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Corporate Strategy and Consulting
GMAT: 750, Q:95%, V:92%, AWA:5.5
GPA: a tad above 3.0
Work experience(WE): 4 years, consulting (non-traditional)
Nationality: Euro-American
Age: 25 (during most of the process)
Undergrad: Top 25 US
Extra-curriculars/community: very little

In order of preference

School 1: Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Ding (DWI)

School 2: Insead
Accepted - Matriculating

School 3: Columbia Business School
Accepted

School 4: Chicago GSB
Waitlist

School 5: Northwestern (Kellogg)
Waitlist

School 6: London Business School
Accepted

School 7: Michigan (Ross)
Accepted (w/$$)

School 8: Duke (Fuqua)
Accepted

Program: MBA, FT
Area of interest in MBA : GM, Marketing, Enterpr, Finance
GMAT: 750 (Q48, V46), 1 time taken
GPA: 3.9 from a regional private college in the U.S. (Econ, Business)
Work experience(WE): 1 FT WE + 1,5 Full time while in college
Nationality: Polish
Age: 24
Extra-curriculars/community: lots in college, led and started clubs, organized charity functions and events

Schools applied to:
School 1: Chicago, R2, no alumni recos
Status: Admit,

School 2: Michigan, R2, no alumni recos
Status: Admit, with 50% scholarship

School 3: Darden, R2, no alumni recos
Status: Admit, dont know about $$

4: CMU Tepper, R2, no alumni recos
status: Admited, with 25% scholarship

5: Columbia, R2, no alumni recos
status: invited to interview on the 21.03, dont know yet

6. HBS, R2, no alumni recos
status: denied w/o interview

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship/Int'l-Biz
GMAT: 640 Q:42, V:35, AWA:5 (40 points below the school's mean/median)
GPA: 3.71 Japanese -- Monbusho (Fulbright equivalent) Scholar

Work experience: FT 6.5yrs overseas by matriculation
Nationality: Caucasian American w/Japanese permanent residency
Age: 33
Extra-curriculars/community: Volunteer Discovery Channel tutor for economically disadvantaged children, TOEIC instructor at a top 10 Japanese university, kickboxing coach for local Osaka police cadets.
Language Skills: JETRO and JLPT Level 1 Nationally Certified

Schools applied to:

*(1) University of Washington: Interviewed on campus w/assistant Dean, Accepted with merit based scholarship pending, Repatriating and matriculating.

Summer 2008 Internship: researching

*Used the sniper approach

I've made my decision so I guess it's time to post my profile.

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: PE/VC or IB transactions focusing on China
GMAT: 780 50Q/51V/6.0AWA, first time 730
GPA: Comfortably below 3.0, English Major at UCLA, JD from Michigan Law School
Work experience(WE): 2 years finance and capital markets lawyer, 4 years entrepreneur dealing with China
Nationality: Chinese, been in the US since I was 1
Age: pretty damn old
Extracurriculars/community: Fraternity founder, elected VP, historian, rush chair; represented female inmates suing the Michigan department of corrections; drafted briefs in support humanitarian relief from deportation; worked pro-bono to assist immigrants that lost their businesses in 9/11; adopted and care for 2 special needs dogs; fluent Chinese speaker.

Schools applied to - in the order I heard results more or less:

School 1: Wharton
Status: Denied without interview

School 1: Chicago
Status: Denied without interview

School 1: Duke
Status: Admitted

School 1: Columbia
Status: Waitlisted and Withdrawn

School 1: Cornell
Status: Withdrawn After I got my Duke decision

School 1: Michigan
Status: Withdrawn They misplaced my rec, even after someone confirmed via email it would be added to my file. They told me they would consider me for R3, I told them I was tired of waiting.

School 1: UCLA
Status: Admitted

School 1: Darden
Status: Admitted and Matriculating

School 1: Stanford
Status: Withdrawn Actually, with no interview invite, they have surely dinged me, but I'm beating them to the punch.

School 1: Berkeley
Status: Withdrawn

Final score: 3 admits / 2 dings / 1 WL then withdrawn / 1 f*ck up then withdrawn / 1 anticipatory withdrawal / 2 withdrawn. I'll be releasing my Duke & UCLA admits and my spot on the Columbia WL on Monday. Hopefully someone from the GMATclub will benefit.

pelihu, is this for real? why would you wtihdraw from all these places and not wait out the decision? It is not like you have anything to lose, and you already put a lot of hard work into it. I just don't get it...

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA : Entreprenuership
GMAT: 730, Q:48, V:43, AWA: 4.5
GPA: 3.0
Work experience(WE): 4 yrs in IT Consulting with Big 4
Nationality: Indian Male
Age: 26
Extra-curriculars/community: Several, during and after college

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton R2
Status: Denied after interview

School 2: Columbia Rolling
Status: Invited to Interview on 3/30

School 3: Stanford GSB R2
Status: No Update

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA : Corporate finance
GMAT: 710, Q:50, V:36, AWA: 0
GPA: 3.96
Work experience(WE): 9 month in local near monopoly
Nationality: Uzbek Male
Age: 22
Extra-curriculars/community: Nearly Nothing
School : BYU Marriott school of management
Status: admitted/matriculating

...because he's made his decision on where to go and offer up his spot to others waiting.

Thanks Peli. Not because I'm waiting for those schools, but because I'm on the waitlist at another school and would love to see more people voluntarily withdraw if they know where they are heading.

I'm curious, why WI - Madison over UNC? (judging from your avatar).

Cheers. L.