2008 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION!

Program: MBA Full time
Area of interest in MBA : Finance and Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 690; Q44/V40, AWA 6.0
GPA: 3.2 at top US university
Work experience(WE): 4.5 Years in investment banking, help with two family businesses on the side, co-founding one of them 4 years ago
Nationality: American
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: After school tutoring each week for the last 4 years; huge space nerd - read a lot about space exploration

Schools applied to:

School 1: Kellogg R1 FT
Status: Accepted and Matriculating!!

School 2: Chicago GSB R1 FT
Status: Accepted

Program: MBA-FT

Area of interest: Hi-Tech Product Management
GMAT: 770
GPA: 3.6 B.S., 3.8 M.S., top regional engineering school
Nationality: White American Male
Age: 29 at Matriculation

Schools applied to:
School 1: Haas R2 FT
Status: Submitted 12/10, Interview 3/8, HATED ON

School 2: Ross R2 FT
Status: Submitted 12/31, Interview 1/23, ADMITTED!

School 3: Wharton R2 FT
Status: Submitted 1/1/2008, Interview 2/29, HATED ON

School 4: Kellogg R2 FT
Status: Submitted 1/5/2008, Interview 1/28, Waitlisted

School 5: Sloan R2 FT
Status: Submitted 1/12/2008, Interview 4/1, Waitlisted

School 6: Marshall R2 FT
Status: Submitted 1/15/2008, Interview 2/23, ADMITTED!

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Finance, General Management
GMAT: 730, Q47/V44, AWA 5.0
GPA: 3.68, BS Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University
Work experience (WE): >2 years at Xerox Corp. R&D as Process Development Engineer, managing daily tasks of 3 people
Nationality: White American Male
Age: 26 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Co-founded and managed band, led $5k recording project
- Youth tutor/mentor
- Love playing drums

Schools applied to:

School 1: Duke R1 FT
Status: WAITLISTED

School 2: UNC R2 FT
Status: Submitted mid-November, Interviewed early December

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: strategy consulting
GMAT: 730, Q50/V40, AWA 5.0
GPA: 74% on a scale of 100. Top undergrad college in India.
Work experience(WE): 4 yrs in Software Development at matriculation, currently leading a team of 5 members
Age: 25 at matriculation
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Nonprofit promoting sustainable development. Plenty of leadership in college.


Schools applied to:
School 1: Kellogg R1 FT
Status: Dinged

School 2: Ross R2 FT
Status: Submitted interviewed 02/20/2008

School 3: Tuck R2 FT
Status: Submitted

School 4: Yale RD 2 FT
Status: Submitted

School 5: HEC, Paris R3 FT
Status: Accepted

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship, Consulting
GMAT: 710, Q49/V36, AWA 5.5
GPA: 3.3 Double degree in Bus. Admin. and Economics
Work experience(WE): 2 years at a big 4 auditor
Nationality: from Eastern Europe
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community:
Basketball/Undergrad alumni club/... other insignificant stuff

Schools applied to:
School 1: Tuck R2
Status: Submitted 01/09/2008; interview 02/19/2008

School 2: Ross R2
Status: Submitted 01/03/2008; interview 01/17/2008
admitted 03/14/2008 with full scholarship

Program: MBA
Area of interest in MBA: Private Equity/Venture Capital
GMAT: 720 (47Q, 41V, 5.0AWA)
GPA: 3.76
Major: Accounting
School: 3rd tier state school

Work experience(WE): 45 months @ matriculation: lower, middle, upper management, entrepreneur.
Nationality: American
Age: 25 @ matriculation
Gender: male

Extra-curricular/community: Alot as an undergrad, not so much since

Schools applied to:

School 1: Harvard RD2
Status: submitted

School 2: Wharton RD2
Status: submitted

School 3: Kellogg RD2 JD/MBA Program
Status: submitted, interviewed

School 4: Michigan RD2
Status: submitted

School 5: Columbia RD2
Status: submitted

School 6: Chicago RD2
Status: submitted, interview invite

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Program: MBA Full Time
Area of interest in MBA : Finance
GMAT: 760, Q49, V44
GPA: Industrial Engineering, IIT
Work experience(WE): current: 2.5 years/Diversified Financial Services/Citi
Nationality: Indian, in New Delhi
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Increased enrolment in Grandma's school thru lotsa activities, lots of things in college

Schools applied to:

Round 1

School 1: HBS
Status: Lets see...

School 2: MIT
Status: Applied

School 3: Ross
Status: Accepted

School 4: Yale
Status: Interviewed

School 5: IESE
Status: IESE Open day on 26th Jan

Round 2

School 1: Chicago
Status: Applied

Program: Full-time MBA
Area of interest in MBA : Entrepreneurship and/or Investment Management
GMAT: 760 - 49Q, 44V, 6.0 AWA
GPA: 3.4 for 3 yrs. Undergrad (majored in Architecture for 1.5 years! ), 3.7 for 1 yr. MSAcct, both at Notre Dame
Work experience(WE): 1 yr. in Public Accounting, 2.5 yrs. in Transaction Svcs. Consulting. CPA.
Nationality:50% Euromix (mostly Dutch), 50% Korean
Age:26
Gender:Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Competitive Motorsports/Automotive Maintenance, Graphic Design, Guitar, Scuba, Various Community Service Activities

Schools applied to:
(all R1)

School 1: Harvard
Status: Denied w/o interview

School 2: Stanford
Status: Denied w/o interview

School 3: Kellogg
Status: Waitlisted and Withdrew

School 4: Chicago
Status: Accepted and Matriculating

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Brief profile:

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Entreprenuership, Strategy, International Business, Marketing (quite varied)
GMAT: 690
GPA: 3.6 Psychology at University of Chicago
Work experience(WE): 5 years in marketing research working on both the agency and industry-side
Nationality: American (though I spent 5 years of my childhood in Europe)
Age: 27
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Habitat for Humanity, Chicago Cares, Young Professionals Group, Social Clubs, Book Clubs

Schools applied to:

School 1: Wharton Round 1
Status: Waitlisted with interview

School 2: Chicago GSB Round 1
Status: Accepted

School 3: HBS Round 2
Status: Submitted 1/2

School 4: Stanford Round 2
Status: Submitted 1/7

School 5: Kellogg Round 2
Status: Dinged

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship, Media & Entertainment
GMAT: 740, Q46/V45, AWA 6.0
GPA: 2.9 A.B.(oops), 3.3 in my major, top US liberal arts school - Supplemental transcript at NYU, 4.0
Work experience(WE): 5 years Wall Street in commercial banking;12 years as a working actor/singer/musician/writer/stage manager/director...you name it, I've done it. Current job working w/start-up private equity fund: I hire and train staff, coordinate fundraising, perform light financial analysis, pull together presentations...I guess I've become the official "project person". Wrote multiple award-winning screenplay. Seek to produce it myself.
Nationality: US - British/French/Cherokee heritage
Age: 43 at matriculation (oh, stop gasping, y'all)
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community:
- Faith & Feminism workshops - organization seeks ways to involve more women in politics, business, and community leadership. Also seeks ways to help moderate voices of all faiths be heard in popular media, as currently only the most divisive appear to be getting coverage.
-Keyboardist in local bands
-College tutor
-Singer in local a capella singing groups
-Avid downhill skiier - Busted up my knees though.
-Extraordinary baker of banana bread

Schools applied to:
School 1: Stanford R2 FT
Status: Submitted 1/7/08

School 2: Berkeley Haas R2 FT
Status: Submitted 12/11/07

School 3: Columbia R2 FT
Status: DINGED

School 4: Wharton R2 FT
Status:DINGED

School 5: UCLA Anderson R3 FT
Status: Submitted 2/11/08

Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Strategy, Marketing
GMAT: 740, Q49/V41, AWA 5.0
GPA: 3.7 undergrad, top 3 U.S. Public university
Work experience(WE): Boutique management consulting firm (Telecom sourcing/contract negotiations)
Age: 25 at matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: President, local alumni club; Member University strategic advisory group; several undergrad ECs

Schools applied to:
School 1: Kellogg R1 FT
Status: Accepted

School 2: MIT R1 FT
Status: Accepted + E&I Option

School 3: Harvard R2 FT
Status: Waitlisted after Interview

Program: MBA FT

Area of interest in MBA :finance ,banking

GMAT: 750

GPA:
top engineering school good GPA
MS from top5 UK university summa cum laude ( 1st )

Work experience(WE): financial services

[b]Nationality: european

Gender:male

Schools applied to:

School 1 :Harvard
Round 2
Status: submitted
School 2 :Warton
Round 2
Status: submitted interviewed
School 3 INSEAD
Round 2
Status: submitted interviewed
School 4 LBS
Round 3
Status: withdraw

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
GMAT: 710, Q48/V40, AWA 6.0
GPA: Don't have a GPA, but undergraduate performance was particularly average
Work Experience: 9 years / Consumer Goods / Pharmaceuticals
Nationality: South African
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Have lived in 5 different countries and worked full-time in 3, and have travelled significantly througout Africa, Europe and Asia.

Schools applied to: London Business School, Wharton & Kellogg

London Business School: Round 2
Status: Application Submitted 04/01; Invited to Interview

Wharton: Round 2
Status: Application Submitted 03/01; Denied w/o Interview

Kellogg: Round 2
Status: Application Submitted 11/01; Interviewed 11/02; Waiting for Decision

Program: MBA(FT/PT), MBA .
Area of interest in MBA : Marketing/Strategy
GMAT: 740 (6.0 AWA)
GPA: 3.4 UC technical undergrad, 3.8 technical Masters
Work experience(WE): 4 years various IT experience
Nationality: American
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Nada

Schools applied to:

Vanderbilt Owen: Nov 14 round
Accepted with $$$

U Washington Foster: Nov. round
Accepted

UNC kenan-flagler: Dec 7th Round
Accepted

Dartmouth Tuck: Jan 9th round
Submitted + Interview

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA: Technology, Entrepreneurship, International Mgmt
GMAT: 740 (Q: 49/90%; V: 42/95%; AWA: 6.0)
GPA: 3.6; BS Computer Science, BA Linguistics; Top 10 State School
Work experience(WE): 2.5 years Software Dev; 1 year Project Mgmt at major software company; 2 years Project Mgmt at mid-sized Consulting firm; Significant team/leadership experience
Nationality: American
Age: 28
Gender: F
Extra-curriculars/community: Several major leadership roles in international club; a few minor activities locally

Schools applied to:

School 1: Berkeley (Haas) - Rd 1
Status: Admitted

School 2: Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) - Rd 1
Status: Admitted w/ scholarship

School 3: Duke (Fuqua) - Rd 1
Status: Admitted w/ scholarship

School 4: Harvard - Rd 1
Status: Waitlisted

School 5: MIT (Sloan) - Rd 1
Status: Admitted

School 6: Stanford - Rd 1
Status: Denied w/o Interview

School 7: Wharton - Rd 1
Status: Denied w/ Interview

School 8: University of Washington (Foster) - Rd 2
Status: Admitted w/ Scholarship

Brief profile:

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : GM
GMAT: 700 (45 Q, 41 V)
GPA: No GPA, Sociology from one of the top colleges in India, graduated in the top 5%
Work experience(WE): 7 years total. HRD in big MNC in India, as well Consulting in Big 4 in South America
Nationality: Indian
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Extra-curriculars/community: Worked as volunteer, mentoring small entrepreneurs in HR related issuess, worked on rehabilitation of girls from abused backgrounds, teaching English to the financially challenged

Schools applied to:

School 1: HBS R2
Status: Submitted

School 2: Stan R2
Status: Sumbitted

School 3: Columbia
Status: Submitted

School 4: Insead R3
Status: Working on application

School 5: IE Business School (Spain)
Status: Working on application