2010 Profiles w/ Admit/Dings Results - NO DISCUSSION!

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management/consulting
GMAT: 720 (Q:50 , V:38) AWA: 6.0
GPA: UG: 2.6 math major, top 10 , Grad: In progress, top 20
Work experience(WE): 2 yrs at fortune 500 transportation company
Nationality: Hispanic
Age: 25 @ matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: 4 year varsity athlete, resident assistant, campus tour guide, volunteer coach at local high school, GMAT instructor, volunteer at local non-profit financial help center

Schools applied to:

UNC R1:
Researching

Duke R1:
Researching

MIT R1:
In progress

UVA R2:
Researching

Program: MBA FT
GMAT: 700s
GPA: 3.5
Work experience(WE): 5
Nationality: US

Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 2
Status: Matriculating

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management/consulting
GMAT: 720 (Q:51,V:36)
GPA: UG: 7.9/10 engineering top 5 India , PhD: 3.9 engineering top 15 U.S.
Work experience(WE): 54 months. Big oil and gas company
Nationality: India
Age: 31 @ matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:Mentoring, board member
Schools applied to:

Cornell: Accepted with $
Ross: Accepted
Duke: Accepted
Tuck: Applied
MIT: Rejected
Columbia RD: Rejected

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : General Management/consulting
GMAT: 760 (Q:50,V:41)
GPA: None. %age - 62% (Dont know how to convert)
Work experience(WE): 60 months, big IT company.
Nationality: India
Age: 27 @ matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: Playing guitar, A regular guitarist in my college band/ Sports (College basketball team, cricket, tennis)

Schools applied to:

IIMC PGPEX:
Applied Dinged after interview

IIMA PGPX:
Applied Dinged without interview

ISB R1:
In progress Dinged after interview

Columbia ED:
Researching and thinking... Not applying anymore..

MIT R1:
Researching - Applied

Booth R1:
Researching - Interviewed

Kellogg R2:
Researching

Duke R2:
Researching - Not applying

Emory R2:
Applying - Interviewed

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : General
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.13 @ Top 25

Schools applied to:

LBS: Round 2
Status: Waitlisted

Darden: Round 2 via Consortium
Status: Accepted (No CGSM Fellowship)

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : General
GMAT: 770 (Q 48, V 51); AWA: 6.0
GPA: Undergrad - 3.4, B.E. Engineering (Top 100 school);
Grad - 3.8, M.E. Engineering Management (same as UG school, dual degree program)
Work experience(WE): 2 years manufacturing. 3 summers previously of various internships. Recently (and currently) unemployed
Nationality: U.S. Citizen
Race/Ethnicity: Latino
Age: 24 at matriculation
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: involved in college (student government, chemical engineering society, fraternity, peer mentor); coach at local youth soccer league; NSHMBA member

Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 1
Status: application submitted 9/30. Interviewed 1st week of November 2009. Dinged 12/15

Consortium Round 1
Status: application submitted 11/15. Consortium general interview conducted Oct 2009.
Schools applying to: Yale SOM. Accepted 2/26 and matriculating

Columbia RD
Status: Submitted 1/5. Interviewed last week of January 2010. Waitlisted, withdrew application

Program: Executive MBA (Global)
Area of interest in MBA: Finance, Arbitrage, LBO
GPA: 3.75, Large State University
Work experience(WE): Network Engineer, Software Developer, Architect, Product Manager, CEO
Nationality: African American
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Extra-curricular/community: Mentoring

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia / London EMBA Global
Campus visit with Student (CBS), Going to Global event in Fall 09
Applied, Confirmed for Interview in November

School 2: Columbia PhD
I'm actually working on my GMAT scores for a 760 and then focus on a GRE 800 for the PhD fellowship.

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Healthcare, Private Equity
GMAT: 780 (Q 50 V 48 AWA 6.0)
GPA: 3.7, Top public university
Work experience(WE): 2 years top investment bank, 2 years top PE firm
Nationality: US / Caucasian
Age: 25 (26 at matriculation)
Gender: F
Extra-curricular/community: Started an organization and have leadership roles in several other nonprofits.

Schools applied to:

Harvard: R1
Status: Submitted (9/28); Interviewed 11/16; Accepted 12/15

Stanford: R1
Status: Submitted (10/5); Interviewed 11/18; Accepted 12/15

Kellogg: R1
Status: Part 1 submitted; Part 2 submitted (10/15); Interviewed 10/15; Accepted 12/16

Wharton: R1
Status: Submitted (10/1); Interviewed 11/17; Accepted 12/18

Program: FT
Area of interest in MBA: Investment Management, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 710 (49Q, 38V)
GPA: 3.8, Accounting, Top 15 public; CPA; Level III candidate in CFA program
Work experience (WE): 4 years (at matriculation) as a securities accountant at large financial services company
Nationality: US
Age: 26 (at matriculation)
Gender: M
Extra-curricular (EC): leadership role in large campus organization in college; currently high school youth group leader at church.


Schools applied to:

HBS: Round 1
Status: Submitted 9/30; Denied w/o Interview 12/15

Wharton: Round 1
Status: Submitted 9/29; Denied w/o Interview 11/12

Kellogg: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/14; Interviewed 11/16; Denied 12/14

Duke: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/28; Interviewed 11/7; Waitlisted 1/15

Darden: Round 2
Status: Submitted 1/1; Invited to Interview 2/5; Interviewed 2/23; Accepted 3/25

Program: FT MBA
GMAT: 750 (Q49/V44)
GPA: 3.55, Engineering
WE: 6 years, military
Nationality: US
Age: 28 (matr.)
ECs: Minimal

Schools applied to:

Kellogg (MMM): Dinged
Booth: Waitlisted
Wharton: Accepted
MIT: Accepted
Haas: Waitlisted w/o Interview

Program: FT
Area of interest in MBA: Investment Management
GMAT: 740 (50Q, 40V)
GPA: 3.7, Physics & Econ, taking CFA level III in June
Work experience (WE): 5 years (matric.) litigation consulting (securities fraud and IP)
Nationality: US
Age: 27 (matric.)
Gender: M
Extra-curricular (EC): lots in UG, not much since

Schools applied to:

Wharton: Round 1
Status: Submitted (9/30); Interviewed (11/17); Dinged (12/18)
Stanford: Round 1
Status: Submitted (10/6); Dinged (12/16)

Booth: Round 1
Status: Submitted (10/12); Interviewed (11/16); Accepted (12/15)

HBS: Round 2
Status: Considering applying

MIT: Round 2
Status: Not likely applying

Haas: Round 2
Status: Not likely applying

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Finance/IB
GMAT: 740 (Q49, V41)
GPA: 3.55/4.0 - Masters in Accounting from top accounting program
Work experience(WE): 7 years (at matriculation), 3 years Big 4 accounting firm, 2 years hedge fund as corporate financial analyst, then in trading operations for equity derivs, <1 year in financial reporting at PE fund of funds.
Nationality: Chinese American
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: after school mentor/tutor at local education center since last August, similar in college

Schools applied to:

UCLA Anderson (reapplicant)
Status: Taking a break from writing essays as I type this...

Program: FT
Area of interest in MBA: Investment Management / Consulting
GMAT: 750 (51Q, 41V)
Undergrad GPA: 4.0 Electronics Engineering from Tier-2 school in India
Grad GPA : 3.25 from So-So school here, Taking Level 1 CFA in Dec
Work experience (WE): 6 years (at matric) in semiconductor chip design - very localized job.
- have some impact on organization through improving code reuse, efficient design techniques.
Nationality: India
Age: 30 (matric.)
Gender: M
Extra-curricular (EC): lots in UG - Student Chairman, Grad school Ind Students Assoc Secretary
Led a Tsunami Reconstruction Project

Schools applying to:

LBS: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/6, Dinged 10/14.

Tuck: EA
Status: Submitted 10/14, Interviewed on campus 10/7

Kellogg: Round 1 (Re-applicant was WL'ed last time)
Status: Submitted 10/15, Interviewed 11/9 off-campus, Admitted 12/15.

Sloan: Round 1
Status: Submitted 10/27

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Program: FT MBA
Area of interest: High tech entrepreneurship / management
GMAT: 750
GPA: 3.4 public
Work Experience: 6 years at matriculation
Nationality: US
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Extracurricular: lots in college, barely anything outside hobbies since

Schools:

Booth: R1
Status: Submitted (10/14); Invite to Interview (11/10); Interviewed (11/19); Denied (12/16)

Sloan: R1
Status: Submitted (10/27); Deferred to R2 (12/18); Denied (4/5)

Haas: R2
Status: Submitted (12/10); Denied (3/17)

Tepper: R2
Status: Submitted (1/3); Invite to Interview (1/7); Admitted + $$$ (3/15)

Anderson: R2
Status: Submitted (1/6); Invite to Interview (1/27); Admitted; Withdrew (3/25)

Kellogg: R2
Status: Submitted Part 1 (12/17); Submitted Part 2 (1/14); Interviewed (1/22); Admitted (3/10)

Program: PT/E MBA
Area of interest: Finance/Management
GMAT: 710 Q49 V38 AWA 5.5
GPA: 4.0 in Economics - Typical state university
Work Experience: 7 years in general mgmt
Nationality: US/Caucasion
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Extracurricular: not too much--some volunteer time for habitat & JDRF; soccer/kickball.

Schools:

Kenan Flagler: R2
Status: In progress

Babcock: R2
Status: In progress

Fuqua: R2
Status: Not Started

Oxford: R2
Status: Still deciding

Booth: R2
Status: Still deciding

Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA : Investment, Consulting
GMAT: 690 (Q50 V34 AWA 4.5)
GPA: 3.25 Top School in Eastern European Country
Work experience(WE): 5y; 4 Computer Science, 1 Startup
Nationality: Eastern European
Age: 29 at mat
Gender: M
Extra-curriculars/community: Avg to High

Schools applied to:

School 1: Columbia ED
Status: Submitted; Dinged w/o interview

School 2: Kellogg R1
Status: Part 1 Submitted

School 3: NYU Round 1
Status: Submitted 01/15

School 4: Duke Round 2
Status: Application Not Started

Program: MBA(FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy Consulting
GMAT: 770 (49Q 48V)
GPA: 3.5 overall, 3.8 in Accounting (major), top 20 - private (full scholarship)
Work experience(WE): 15 months audit Big-4 accounting (CPA), 3 years fortune 500 consumer products (Financial Analyst)
Nationality: Canadian, UG and WE in USA
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community: College Hockey team, team rep/captain of 2 hockey teams now, limited charitable work (special olympics, inner-city school mentoring, etc)

Schools applied to:

School 1: HBS - R2
Submitted 1/18 - Invited to Interview 2/10 - Accepted 4/6 MATRICULATING

School 2: MIT - Sloan- R2
Submitted 1/10 - dinged w/o interview

School 3: Stanford - R2
Submitted 1/5- dinged w/o interview

School 4: UCLA Anderson - R2
Submitted 1/6 - Invited to Interview 1/26- Accepted 3/25

School 5: UC Berkeley - Haas - R2
Status: Submitted 12/10 - Invited to Interview 2/16 - - Accepted 3/15!