2008 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION! : The B-School Applications

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Updated on: 02 Mar 2008, 08:28

Detailed Member Profile with my Story: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/t56279

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: General Management - Strategy
GMAT: 760, Q49/V44, AWA 5.5
GPA: 2.9 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Work experience(WE): 2 years as Process Control Engineer, 1.5 years business development for Engineering Staffing Company. No real leadership in work, other than training of new employees.
Nationality: American/white
Age: 29 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
2 years on Track Team in College
4 years Club Soccer Team in College, final year as Player/Coach
Current Adult soccer league player/manager
Volunteer Youth Soccer Coach
Founding member of an Investment Club

Schools applied to:
School 1: Emory - Goizueta R1 FT
Status: Accepted and Matriculating - $28k/year Scholarship

No more applications - Emory is the one

Originally posted by emoryhopeful on 10 Oct 2007, 14:30.
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Updated on: 03 Apr 2008, 14:47

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: General Management - High Tech
GMAT: 760, Q50/V44, AWA 6.0
GPA: 3.25 BA Business Admin, bad 1st two years, good 2nd two
Work experience(WE): 5 years in IT for a large telecom.
Nationality: American/white
Age: 28 at Matriculation (I hope)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
Various solid experiences in school
Gap of about 3 years after graduation
Recently started working with my undergrad institution to provide real world experience on what would benefit the program.

Schools applied to:
School 1: Michigan - Ross - R1 FT
Status: ACCEPTED

School 2: UC Berkeley - Haas - R1 FT
Status: DENIED

School 3: Stanford GSB - R2 FT
Status: DENIED

School 4: Chicago GSB - R2 FT
Status: Submitted 12/30, Interviewed 2/22/08 WAITLIST

School 5: Harvard - R2 FT
Status: DENIED

School 6: UCLA - Anderson - R2 FT
Status: WAITLIST (withdrawn)

Originally posted by bherronp on 10 Oct 2007, 15:53.
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Updated on: 07 Mar 2008, 10:22

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Strategy consulting,corporate strategy
GMAT: 760, Q51/V42, AWA 4.0
GPA: 6.8/10 B.Tech. IIT, 3.4, M.S., top 20 engineering schools
Work experience(WE): 3 years in Financial Services, credit card analysis
Nationality: Indian
Age: 28 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Board member of a golf association that organizes amateur tournaments and raises funds for charity
- Avid poker player

- Various leadership activities in UG

Schools applying to:
School 1: Ross R1 FT
Status: Admitted

School 2: Duke R1 FT
Status: Admitted

School 3: Wharton R2 FT
Status: Interview Invite

School 4: Northwestern Kellogg R2 FT
Status: Interviewed

School 5: Chicago GSB R2 FT
Status: Dinged w/o interview

School 6: Columbia RD FT
Status: Dinged w interview

Originally posted by dosa_don on 10 Oct 2007, 15:54.
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Updated on: 04 Mar 2008, 14:11

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Asset Management
GMAT: Admitted with a 690, Q47/V37, AWA 6.0; 710 after acceptance (48Q, 38V)
GPA: 3.3, top 5 undergrad b-school
Work experience(WE): 3 years in finance, 1 year advertising
Nationality: American/Caucasion
Age: 26 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Co-chair of a local non-profit young professionals organization
- Mentor for undergrad students at my alma
- Flag football

Schools applying to:
School 1: Columbia ED FT
Status: ACCEPTED and MATRICULATING! (First Admit of the 2007-2008 season! - Kryzak)

School 2: Fuqua R1 FT
Status: Submitted and Withdrawn

School 3: Ross R1 FT
Status: Submitted and Withdrawn

Originally posted by djhouse81 on 10 Oct 2007, 19:54.
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Updated on: 20 Dec 2007, 10:10

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship, Hi-Tech
GMAT: 770, Q50/V45, AWA 4.5
GPA: ~3.58, IIT
Work experience(WE): 7 years in telecom (4 in startups). Decent progress. Managing a team at present
Nationality: Indian
Age: 29 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Varied and interesting (I think)

Schools applied to:
School 1: Columbia - FT
Status: Withdrew

School 2: Wharton R1 - FT
Status: Dinged

School 3: Harvard R2 - FT
Status: Dinged

School 4: Chicago R2 - FT
Status: Admitted and matriculating

Quote:

Accepted.com (Paul Bodine): Your odds should be decent at Haas, MIT, Wharton, Michigan. HBS and Stanford could be long shots.

Quote:

Sandy (Sanford Kreisberg): You got chance at HBS, and Stan, also hedge bets w. Chi, Col, etc.

Hmm .. I almost ruined the glowing feedback that I got from those people. I must be really bad at writing apps. Thank you Chicago for saving my face

Originally posted by mNeo on 10 Oct 2007, 20:43.
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10 Oct 2007, 21:39

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Consulting, Operations, Hi-Tech, International Business
GMAT: 700, Q48/V39, AWA 5.5
GPA: 3.1 B.S., 4.0 M.S. - not finished degree, top 5 national university
Work experience(WE): 3 years at engineering company, 1 year in mat rental / wholesaler / retailer company as a purchasing/logistics manager, sourcing internationally. Leadership in coaching beginners to ride the snowboard, developed simulation game for the students at the university, several situations at work when took responsibility on myself and it worked out. 2 month - internship in US, 1 month - internship in Italy. Knowledge of 3 languages + keep studying Chinese

Nationality: Russian
Age: 27 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Alpine snowboarding - my passion (4th year)
- President of the community club (1 year)
- One of the leaders at local English speaking club, organized this autumn

- Taught high school students (lectures in 2003-2004)

Schools applied to:
School 1: Tuck ED FT
Status: Dinged

School 2: Northwestern Kellogg R1 FT
Status: Dinged

School 3: Michigan Ross R1 FT
Status: Accepted!

School 4: Wharton R2 FT
Status: Not-Submitted

School 5: Columbia R1 FT
Status: Not-Submitted

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Updated on: 21 Dec 2007, 00:52

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Consulting, Strategy
GMAT: 760, Q49/V46, AWA: 4.5
GPA(0-100): 80 at a no-name undergrad
Work experience(WE): 2.5 years in IT (Indian and MNC)
Nationality: Indian
Age: 25 at Matriculation (hopefully!)
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Interesting (I think)

Schools applied to:

School 1: HBS R-1 FT
Status: Submitted

School 2: Wharton R-1 FT
Status: Denied after Interview.

School 3: Kellogg R-1 FT
Status: Interview Waived then invited to interview, Denied.

School 4: Darden R-1 FT
Status: Submitted

School 5: Chicago GSB R-2 FT
Status: In progress

School 6: Ross R-2 FT
Status: Not-Submitted

School 7: TBD
Status: Not-Submitted

Originally posted by KingKREEP on 11 Oct 2007, 02:43.
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Schools:Stanford, Chicago Booth, Babson College

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Updated on: 25 Dec 2007, 07:04

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Program: MBA-FT

Area of interest in MBA: Strategy

GMAT: 740, Q49/V42, AWA 4.5

GPA: 61% in MBA and Undergrad (yaa..I am trying for second MBA. I know what you are thinking of my prospects

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Work experience(WE): total of 5.5 years. 3 years at market intelligence firms, 2 years in academic research in a non-profit, 6 months at a sweat shop.

Nationality: Indian

Age: 31 at Matriculation (one of the older guys in the batch I guess)

Gender: Male

Extra-curriculars/community:
- Teaching and mentoring in my village high school (past 4 years)
- Research support to head of a prominent NGO in India (past 1 year)
- Writing articles in magazines. Have around 12 articles/book reviews published (2002-2004)
- Taught in an institute during my graduation (1.5 years)
- Can I talk about volleyball and football I played in High school?

Award: An award for excellence from the State government for good performance in a state wide entrance exam. (Kry, forgive me for expanding ur template)

Schools applied to:

School 1: HBS R1 FT
Status: Dinged

School 2: Yale R1 FT
Status: Submitted

School 3: Tepper R1 FT
Status: Dinged

School 4: MIT R1 FT
Status: Submitted

School 5: Wharton R2 FT
Status: Submitted

Originally posted by aurobindo on 11 Oct 2007, 05:06.
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Updated on: 20 Dec 2007, 06:13

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest: Consulting, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 740 (Q45 V49) 6 AWA
GPA: 3.0 Boston University - International Relations
Work Ex: 2.5 years (1.5 years Fed Reserve, 1 year start up consulting in India), 3.5 at matriculation.
Nationality: American
Age: 23, 24 at matriculation
Extra curiculars: Volunteer spastic society, started a rural health scheme

Schools applied to:

1) Tuck (ED)
Status: DINGED

2) Wharton (R1)
Status: Admitted: Matriculating

3) Kellogg (R1)
Status: DINGED

4) LBS (R1)
Status: DINGED

5) Darden (R1)
Status: Submitted:

6) Cornell (R2)
Status: Submitted

Originally posted by shmegs on 11 Oct 2007, 05:18.
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Updated on: 16 Nov 2007, 06:48

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Marketing
GMAT: 700, Q44/V41, AWA 6.0
GPA: 3.2, BS Economics, Syracuse University
Work experience(WE): At matriculation will be 6 years. 5 at small consulting firm doing very technical economic/policy analysis for energy industry. 1 year at a Fortune 100 corporation analyzing sales and doing process improvements
Nationality: U.S/Caucasian
Age: 28 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Have been organizing and promoting local independent music for around 15 years. Have been training in Brazilian jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts for about 3/4 years, and have competed a few times in national tournaments

Schools applied to:

School 1: HBS R1 FT
Status: Submitted

School 2: Wharton R1 FT
Status: Denied, no interview

School 3: Yale R1 FT
Status: Not Submitted

School 4: Cornell R2 FT
Status: Not-Submitted

I may apply to one more school, haven't decided if I should go for MIT Sloan or pick a more safety school

Originally posted by jjanders on 11 Oct 2007, 05:26.
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Updated on: 17 Dec 2007, 09:42

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Program: MBA - FT
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy
GMAT: 710 (Q48 V40)
GPA: Advertising and Marketing, 3.0, Australian university, second tier
Work experience(WE): Marketing 3 years, Commercial Banking 2 years
Nationality: South east Asian
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Women's Aid group, pool

Schools applied to:
School 1: Columbia, ED, FT
Status: Rejected without interview (10/12/07)

School 2: Tuck, EA, FT
Status: DWI

School 3: Chicago GSB, R2, FT
Status: Not submitted

School 4: NUS FT
Status: Not submitted

Originally posted by adcxaway on 11 Oct 2007, 18:21.
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Updated on: 28 Dec 2007, 14:14

Program: MBA - FT
Area of interest in MBA : Healthcare, Strategy, Management
GMAT: 710 (Q47 V41)
GPA: 3.65, BA Social Science, Top Public University
Work experience(WE): 7 years tech marketing (4 in healthcare tech)
Nationality: Asian American
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: tutoring, running, travel

Schools applied to:
School 1: Wharton R1
Status: Ding w/Interview

School 2: Kellogg R1
Status: Accepted w/$8k scholarship and Matriculating

School 3: Duke R1
Status: Accepted w/$26k a year scholarship

School 4: Haas R1
Status: Ding w/Interview

Originally posted by mba2010 on 11 Oct 2007, 20:33.
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Updated on: 14 May 2008, 21:14

me too in

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Hi-Tech Entrepreneurship, VC, PE
GMAT: 770, Q51/V44, AWA 4.5
GPA: ~3.2, DCE
Work experience(WE): 4 years at time of joining; Fancy designation in a startup right now (big fish in small pond)
Nationality: Indian
Age: 26 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Public speaking, Footballer, Backpacking

Schools applied to:
School 1: U-Chicago R1
Status: Submitted - 16/10/07
ding after interview

School 2: Stanford R1
Status: Submitted - 21/10/07
ding

School 3: MIT R1
Status: Submitted - 29/10/07
ding

School 4: Haas, Berkeley R2
Status: Submitted - 10/12/08
ding after interview and being placed on w/l

School 5: HBS R2
Status: Submitted - 03/01/08
ding

School 6: Wharton R2
Status: Submitted - 02/01/08
ding

School 7: Anderson R2
Status: Submitted - 01/01/08
ding

Originally posted by sangoman on 11 Oct 2007, 21:14.
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Updated on: 12 Nov 2007, 09:07

Here is my contribution to the promotion of non-traditional GMATclubbers as discussed in the Complaints, Suggestions thread! :-D

Program: MBA PT
Area of interest in MBA : Marketing/Logistics
GMAT: 620 - 35Q 40V 5.5 AWA
GPA: 2.63 (due to extenuating circumstances) BS in Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
Work experience(WE): 7 yrs. with two different non-profit lobbying organizations (2 yrs. at one, 5 yrs. at current job)
Nationality: American/Caucasian
Age: 30 at matriculation (yikes!)
Gender: female
Extra-curriculars/community: president of statewide networking organization, have been chair or co-chair of committees for other organizations, was involved with undergraduate student government

Schools applied to:
School 1: OSU Fisher College of Business, PT
Status: Admitted for Winter quarter and Matriculating (January start) :-D

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Updated on: 29 Mar 2008, 18:17

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Mgt. Consulting, LT Environmental Consulting in Emg Markets
GMAT: 720, Q45/V44, AWA 5.5
GPA: 3.0
Work experience(WE): 5 years at time of joining; ops roles in i-Bank, hedge fund that has gone public since joining
Nationality: Chinese-American
Age: 26 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Photography, Educational Guide at a zoo, Participated/Organized/Fundraised for the Sierra Club for past 8 years

Schools applied to:
School 1: Yale R1
Status: Waitlisted

School 2: Georgetown R1
Status: Accepted

School 3: UVA R2
Status: Dinged

School 4: UMich R2
Status: Not-Submitted

Originally posted by obeny81 on 12 Oct 2007, 07:47.
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Updated on: 29 Dec 2007, 15:39

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management, Finance
GMAT: 720 (42Q, 47V) ; 5.0 AWA
GPA: 3.9; Finance major in a Big Ten school
Work experience(WE): 5 years at matriculation; 3 years of Financial Planning & Analysis
Nationality: Russian (moved to the US when I was 18)
Age: 26 at matriculation
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Tutor English/Russian and GMAT's verbal section

Accepted.com:
"I think your odds are decent to good that one or more of the schools you listed will admit you, though I think your odds at Kellogg are lowest because of the weak extracurriculars (and would probably advise against applying there). Duke, Darden, and UNC seem the most doable to me, with Ross as a maybe and Chicago as a longshot but not an impossibility."

I love proving people wrong :-)

Schools applied to:
School 1: Kellogg, R1
Status: Interviewed 11/7; ACCEPTED 12/19 with $13K/year Sears Scholarship and MATRICULATING

School 2: Ross, R1
Status: Interviewed 11/14; ACCEPTED 01/10 with $20K/year scholarship

School 3: Duke, R1
Status: Interviewed 10/2; ACCEPTED 01/18 with $26K/year scholarship

School 4: Kenan-Flagler, R2
Status: Interviewed 10/3; ACCEPTED 02/01 as a Fellow with 80% scholarship

School 5: Yale, R2
Status: Interviewed 2/26; ACCEPTED 04/01

School 6: U of Chicago, R2
Status: Interviewed 2/4; ACCEPTED 03/24 with $15K/year Chicago GSB Merit Scholarship

School 7: Darden, R2
Status: Submitted 12/29; invited to interview; Application Withdrawn

School 8 (maybe): Vandebilt, R2
Status: Interviewed in mid-September; Application Withdrawn

Originally posted by nervousgmat on 13 Oct 2007, 13:34.
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Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: Real Estate, Finance, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 760 (48Q, 45V)
GPA: 3.7; Liberal Arts double major
Work experience(WE): 2 1/2 years at matriculation at real estate property management company
Nationality: American
Age: 24 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Captain of 2 community soccer teams

Schools applied to:

School 1: Vanderbilt, R1
Status: Accepted & withdrawn

School 2: Duke, R1
Status: Waitlisted & withdrawn

School 3: Haas, R1
Status: Ding

School 4: UNC, R1
Status: Accepted & withdrawn

School 5: Cornell, R3
Status: Accepted

School 6: Cornell Program in Real Estate
Status: Accepted

Originally posted by PaulK on 13 Oct 2007, 16:26.
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