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

Program: MSMgmt (Sloan Fellow) or Global EMBA
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 700 / 90%, Q48, V38, AW6, IR8
Undergraduate: 1990 BS Economics @ GW – GPA < 3.1
Graduate: 2012 MS Information Systems & Technology @ GW – GPA = 4.0

Work experience(WE): 18+ years / IT management & Consulting
Nationality: USA
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Entrepreneurship / Maker Movement / SCUBA / Photography / Intl Travel

Schools applied to:

School 1: Stanford GSB (Sloan Fellow Class of 2014) Round 1
Status: Accepted and Matriculating!!

School 2: UVA Darden (GEMBA) Round 1
Status: Accepted (verbal, awaiting hard copy)

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Marketing, Strategy
GMAT: 710 (Q47, V41)
UG Major: Mathematics
Work experience (WE): 3 years - Marketing
Nationality: US - White
Age: 24
Extra-curriculars/community: Non-profit

Schools applied to:

Yale SOM: Round 1
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

Michigan Ross: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Duke Fuqua: Round 1
Status: Accepted

UCLA Anderson: Round 1
Status: Accepted

NYU Stern: Round 1
Status: Accepted

MIT Sloan: Round 1
Status: Dinged

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA: GM
GMAT: 770 (Q50, V45)
GPA: 3.29 (Biology/ Accounting at top tier public school)
Work experience(WE): 45 months at matriculation (Big Four Audit and Advisory)
Nationality: USA
Age: 26
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: solid leadership and community involvement

Schools applied to:

School 1: UCLA Anderson (Round 1)
Status: Admitted with $$$

School 2: Columbia Business School (Round 1)
Status: Waitlisted

School 3: Duke Fuqua (Round 1)
Status: Interviewed

School 4: Northwestern Kellogg (Round 2)
Status: Application Submitted

School 5: Michigan Ross (Round 2)
Status: Application Submitted

School 6: Chicago Booth (Round 2)
Status: Application Submitted

Program: MBA(2Y)
Area of interest in MBA: Invt Banking // Consulting
GMAT: 690 (Q:49, V:36) // TOEFL: 108
GPA: 3.8 (Top5 French B School)
Work experience(WE): 50 months at matriculation (Consulting in Capital Mkts)
Nationality: French/ Portuguese
Age: 28
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: solid leadership and community involvement

Tuck R2: submitted

Kellogg R2: submitted

Duke R2: submitted

LBS R3: in progress

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Finance, International Business
GMAT: 740 (49Q, 42V)
GPA: 3.4 (Economics & Psychology, Top 5 LAC)
Work experience: 4 years at matriculation (2.5 years buy-side equity research, 1.5 years F500 corporate finance)
Nationality: USA, Chinese-American
Age: 26
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: solid leadership and community involvement

Schools applied to:

School 1: Chicago Booth (Round 2)
Status: Admitted

School 2: Columbia (Merit Scholarship)
Status: Admitted with $$

School 3: Wharton (Round 2)
Status: Waitlisted with Interview

Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest in MBA : Technology / Healthcare
GMAT: 710
GPA: 2.8>x<2.9 (top US public school) - Economics
Work experience(WE): 4.5Y at matriculation (Commercial Banking)
Nationality: American / White
Age: 27
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Sit on a company community outreach board (very active) with track record since college of community involvement.

Schools applied to:

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Fuqua: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Ross: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Program: FT MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Finance/Management
GMAT: 770
GPA: 3.9+, Economics, H/Y/P
Work experience(WE): 4 Years
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Standard stuff...

Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 1
Status: Dinged without interview (bummer)

Stanford: Round 2
Status: Interviewed

Wharton: Round 2
Status: Invited to Interview

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: General Management, Strategy
GMAT: 740
UG Major: Political Science at top European university
Work experience(WE): 2yr (1yr IB - ECM + 1yr IB - structured finance)
Nationality: Western European
Age: 24
Extra-curriculars/community: Weak

Schools applied to:

Yale SOM: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Chicago Booth: Round 1
Status: Accepted

UT McCombs: Round 1
Status: Accepted

MIT Sloan: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

A&M Mays: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA: GM
GMAT: 730, 47Q, 42V
GPA: 3.56 UC Berkeley, Business Administration & Psychology Dual Degree
Work experience(WE): 6 at matriculation - Corporate Finance - 3.5 yrs in Tech, 2.5 in CPG
Nationality: USA
Age: 28 at matriculation
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: medium volunteering, Toast Master's, cool tech-ish project with friends

Schools applied to:

Harvard: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Chicago Booth: Round 1
Status: Accepted and Matriculating!

Wharton: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Kellogg MMM: Round 1
Status: Accepted

U Michigan Ross: Round 1
Status: Accepted

Duke Fuqua: Round 1
Status: Accepted

MIT Sloan: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Finance / Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 740 Q47 V46
GPA: 3.3 at top tier US liberal arts college - Economics
Work experience(WE): at matriculation, 2.5 years buy side (very recognizable firm), 2 years consulting (less recognizable firm)
Nationality: Indian-American
Age: 25
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: College: a few leadership positions; Post-College: extensive involvement in a non-profit, admissions at my undergrad institution, a few other normal things on and off

Schools applied to:

School 1: Harvard Round 1
Status: Denied w/o Interview

School 2: Wharton Round 1
Status: Admitted with $

School 3: Columbia
Status: Admitted with $

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management
GMAT: 710 Q46 V41
GPA: 3.8 at H/Y/P (History major)
Work experience(WE): At matriculation - 2 years bulge-bracket investment banking, 2 years start-up hedge fund
Nationality: Chinese-American
Age: 26
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: College: Treasurer of one of the largest clubs on campus. Helped run multi-thousand person MUN conferences. Post-College: Leadership position in alumni affinity group and educational non-profit.

Schools applied to:

School 1: Harvard Round 2
Status: Admitted and matriculating

School 2: Wharton Round 2
Status: Admitted

School 3: Stanford Round 2
Status: Rejected without interview

School 4: Columbia
Status: Rejected with interview

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Real Estate, Consulting/Ops Focus
GMAT: 710/40V, 48Q, 5.0A
GPA: 3.3, No Latin Honors (School Policy), Architecture & Urban Planning, Top 5 Undergrad School in USA
Work experience(WE): 7 / 2@Architectural Design + 5@International Construction Firm
Nationality: South Asian
Age: 29
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Nationally-ranked Varsity Crew Team member, Several university academic prizes, employer's Staff of the Year Award, started 2 major charity events for public education non-profits...

Schools applied to:

Harvard: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Stanford: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

Columbia: Round 1
Status: Accepted and Matriculating
Note: Have several direct family members as university (non-MBA) alumni. Terrific Interview with excellent feedback.
Other: Admissions Staff Member noted that saying in your essays you want to work part-time while studying full-time (which I did) is traditionally a big no-no.

Wharton: Round 1
Status: Denied w/ interview
Note: Sister was MBA alum. Terrific interview with great feedback.

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Marketing/Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 730 (96%tile) 50Q/40V; 6.0 AWA
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: strong undergrad leadership
Schools applied to:

Kellogg: R1 - Ding w/ interview
Wharton: R2 - Pending, but no interview yet
Stanford: R2 - Pending, but no interview yet
Haas: R2 - Ding w/o interview

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy / Marketing
GMAT: 700, 690 - can't remember the splits, but my verbal was great, quant not so much
GPA: 2.9 at a top 10 liberal arts college - Economics major
Work experience(WE): 3.5 years in a rotational program for a very well known/regarded finance company, 3.5 years at a global investment bank
Nationality: White
Age: 28
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: College: Captain of varsity sports team, admissions volunteer, fundraising, other volunteering. Post-College: a fair amount of volunteering (unusual stuff with leadership positions), involvement with former college, tons of fairly unusual hobbies

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton Round 1
Status: Waitlist w/ interview

School 2: Kellogg Round 1
Status: Waitlist w/ interview

School 3: Columbia RD
Status: Admitted

School 4: Fuqua Round 1
Status: Admitted

School 5: Stern Round 1
Status: Admitted

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : General Management & Finance (Primary Focus)
GMAT: 780 (Q: 96%, V: 99%)
GPA: Econ/Pol Sci/Math at Top 10 or 15 US School (non-Ivy)
Work experience(WE): 3 years at Emerging High Tech (Software) on West Coast
Nationality: Asian
Age: <25
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Worked 25-30 hours per week to finance education

Schools applied to:

Harvard Business School: Round 1
Status: Waitlisted after R1 Interview (still waiting)

The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania: Round 1
Status: Accepted with $$$

The Tuck School of Business - Dartmouth College: Round 1 (November)
Status: Accepted with $$

The Sloan School of Management - MIT: Round 1
Status: Accepted with $

Program: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : General Management
GMAT: 730 (Q: 85%, V: 95%)
GPA: Graduated first class, which typically means 3.5+ on the US scale. Comp Engg. From top public univ in India
Work experience(WE): 4 years in HR and HR consulting
Nationality: Indian
Age: 25
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent. Strong in undergrad/high school

Schools applied to:

Harvard Business School: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

MIT Sloan: Round 1
Status: Denied w/o interview

The Tuck School of Business - Dartmouth College: EA Round
Status: Accepted

Kellogg School - Northwestern: Round 1
Status: Waitlisted

Cornell Johnson School: Round 2
Status: Accepted

Owen School at Vanderbilt: Round 2
Status: Accepted with Full Scholarship - Declined

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