Tuck (Dartmouth) 2016 Class - Calling all Admitted Students : MBA Archive

KMD10's ProfileArea of Interest in MBA: Undecided, maybe Marketing
GMAT: 730
GPA: 3.5, Economics/Psychology Double Major (top 5 Liberal Arts College)
Work Experience: 3 yrs in Investment Management
From: Massachusetts
Age: 26 at Matriculation
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Nothing particularly notable since college, Major Undergrad Involvement: Swimming (4-year Varsity member, Varsity Captain, DIII All-American)

BackToTheEastCoast's Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: Healthcare Consulting
GMAT: 640 (I'm an awful standardized test taker so made sure other parts of my application made up for it; also 6/6 on writing and 7/8 on IR)
GPA: 3.78 (Masters degree from a top 5 program)
Work Experience: 7.5 yrs in healthcare (private sector and currently government)
From: Chicago, IL
Age: 32 years at Matriculation
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: active in my undergrad, grad school, and sorority alumni associations; volunteer at soup kitchen, other ad hoc volunteer projects
Other Notable: already have a masters degree, returning for a second...

tripsd's Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: Consulting
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.67
Work Experience: 3 yrs in educational start up
From: New Mexico originally, currently in Florida
Age: 29 at Matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Heavy involvement in cancer nonprofits. Several different organizations and several different roles. Also some community athletics
Other Notable - I think the difference for me was making an effort to get to know the school and students. Connecting with students with a similar profile made me able to write essays that really spoke about why I would benefit from Tuck and how I could contribute (At least this is my take away). Also tons of constant self reflection on my goals, tons of edits on the essays, and hours of practice on the interviews allowed my strengths come through

MUJIzz’s Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: General Management, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.6
Work Experience: 2.5 yrs in management consulting
From: China
Age: 26 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: limited

DG89's Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: General Management
GMAT: 760 (Q50 V42)
Work Experience: 4+ yrs in 2014 - evenly split between strategy research and corporate strategy
From: India
Age: 25 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Decent - active involvement in competitive sports, volunteer work, adventure sports enthusiast
Others - Off-degree academic pursuits, including CFA, other Indian finance certifications, and online competitive strategy courses

iluebe’s Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: Operations & Strategy
GMAT: 690
GPA: 3.2
Work Experience: 6 yrs in 2014
From: Nigeria
Age: 30 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Volunteer for a NGO; back to school program for disadvantaged kids.
Other Notable: Coach/Player for my college soccer team, Leadership award at work (2012)

godlovesemily's Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: Operation
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.6
Work Experience: 3 yrs in supply chain
From: China
Age: 25 at Matriculation
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Several, not too many

Have some global exposure through undergraduate exchange and business trip. Liberal arts major (Spanish). I'm also a CouchSurfer practitioner and I mentioned it in the interview, and AO seemed quite interested in this and let me explain my experience.

mangaka's Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: Private Equity/Venture Capital
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.31
Work Experience: 4 yrs in Banking
From: Canada
Age: 26 at Matriculation
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: board member of a non profit corporation
Other Notable

grotten's Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: General Mgm - energy orientated
GMAT: 680 Q45 V38
GPA: International GPA scale 7.5/10
Work Experience: 5 years experience as a project mgr (last 3 yrs in a mayor US oil and gas corp.) Work last 2 years in an oil field in South America - Remote location.
From: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age: 28 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: nothing really interesting/relevant

greenam's Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: Telecom
GMAT: 700
GPA: 3.6 from UPenn with extra distinction in my major (dean's list last two years)
Work Experience: 6 yrs in the USMC
From: Colorado (currently, Quantico, VA)
Age: 28 at Matriculation
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community:

milapp's Profile
Area of Interest in MBA: General Management / Marketing Strategy
GMAT: 730 Q47 V44 IR8
GPA: 3.3
Work Experience: 6+ yrs as a US Military Officer
From: USA
Age: 30 at Matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Extensive undergrad extracurriculars at top 35 private (non-ivy) university with numerous campus level leadership posts, as well as athletic and ROTC commitments. Post-undergraduate extracurriculars were mediocre due to frequent moves.
Other Notable: 1 additional language. Extensive travel and lived and worked in two other countries in addition to home country. Worked on many projects of a multi-national nature.

StevenH514's Profile
Program: Tuck MBA
Area of Interest in MBA: Management Consulting or Tech
GMAT: 740
GPA: 3.18 in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lafayette College
Work Experience: 4 years in US Army
From: CT
Age: 26 at Matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Nothing crazy- fun runs for charities, volunteering a few hours per month for my unit's Family Readiness Group
Other Notable- Lean Six Sigma Greent Belt, 9 month deployment to Afghanistan

Jamico7's Profile
Program: MBA FT
Area of Interest in MBA: Product Management, Technology
GMAT: 730
GPA: 3.22
Work Experience: 2.5 years in DoD Agency; 2.5 years in Peace Corps
From: USA
Age: 26 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Nothing too notable