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Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
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CLASS SIZE: 171
FEMALE: 36%
MEAN GMAT: 705
MEAN GPA: 3.26
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emlyon
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Class Size: 39
Women: 38%
Mean GMAT: n/a
Nationalities: 17
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UCI Merage
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Class Size: 40
Women: 35%
Mean GMAT: 675
Mean GPA: 3.44
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Class Size: 47
Women: 47%
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International: 94%
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Yale SOM
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CLASS SIZE: 339
Women: 40%
Median GMAT: 720
Median GPA: 3.64
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Mean GPA: 3.55
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June 10, 2024 1:08pm ET
Applying: MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Tech Product Leader in the Sustainability Space
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Amazon , Google , Tesla
GMAT: 750
GPA: 6.5
Years of Work Experience: 4.5
Location: New Delhi, India
Post MBA Location: USA
Notes:

* 3x Entrepreneur, $750k raised, first round when I was 19.
* 4.5y W/E, accolades in the workplace and publications in leading journals
* Ran a food donation drive for 75,000 people during the 1st Covid Pandemic, and have since helped 2 NGOs raise VC Capital as Pro-Bono engagements
* Ongoing Masters degree in AI with a climate specialisation from an IIT
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June 7, 2024 12:09am ET
Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Indian School of Business, London Business School, Michigan / Ross, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Pre-MBA Career: Financial Service
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Investment Banking, Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: AT Kearney , Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC , Bank of America , Barclays , Capital One , Citibank , Credit Suisse , Deutsche Bank , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , Merrill Lynch , Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan Chase , Blackrock , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Asset Management , Vanguard
GMAT: 735
GPA: 4
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: India
Post MBA Location: Not a deciding factor
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June 6, 2024 5:14pm ET
Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Berkeley / Haas, Boston College / Carroll, Cambridge / Judge, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, ESADE, ESCP, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Harvard Business School, HEC Paris, IE Business School, IESE, IMD, Imperial, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, London Business School, Manchester / AMBS, Michigan / Ross, Michigan State / Broad, Nanyang, Oxford / Saïd, Rochester / Simon, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, U. Washington / Foster, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Energy Industry
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, MF, Auto, Aerospace, Other Companies: AT Kearney , Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC , Astra Zeneca , Johnson & Johnson , Merck , Novartis , Pfizer , Roche , 3M , Coca Cola , LVMH , Mondelez , Nestle , Nike , PepsiCo , Proctor & Gamble , Unilever , Airbus , BASF , Boeing , Daimler , Ford , GE , GM , Nissan , Seimens
GRE: 324
GPA: 7.77
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: France
Post MBA Location: Europe
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June 6, 2024 3:31pm ET
Applying: Georgia Tech / Scheller, Notre Dame / Mendoza, Rice / Jones, UT Austin / McCombs, Vanderbilt / Owen
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Product Management / Program Management
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Other Companies: Bain , Ernst & Young , PWC
GRE: 314
GPA: 3.7
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: Austin, TX
Post MBA Location: Texas or somewhere in the South
Notes:

I'm interested in transitioning my career to Real Estate, but not dead set on this especially since it's harder to land jobs in this field. I'm also interested in M&A consulting as well a structured LDP for corporate finance.
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June 12, 2024 9:39am ET
Accepted to MIT Sloan
Round: Rolling Admissions
Received via phone June 12, 2024
GMAT: 760
Program Type: Deferred Enrollment
June 11, 2024 8:54pm ET
Applied to UCLA Anderson
Round: Round 3
Received via n/a
GPA: 3.2
Post MBA Career Name: Entrepreneurship
June 10, 2024 11:43pm ET
Rejected at UT Austin / McCombs
Round: Round 5
Received via portal
GPA: 3.64
GRE: 318
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Technology
Application Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
June 10, 2024 11:40pm ET
Accepted to Other
Round: Rolling Admissions
Received via email June 10, 2024
GPA: 3.64
GRE: 318
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Technology
Application Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Note:

Admitted to George Washington University School of Business with fellowship offer.
June 10, 2024 7:57pm ET
Rejected from Waitlist at Duke / Fuqua
Round: Round 1
Received via email June 10, 2024
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Note:

They claimed to be a waitlist friendly school but have kept me in the waitlist since Dec 2023.

- Attended more than 10 waitlist webinars
- sent 6 updates (higher test score, peer endorsement, get alum endorsement, and expressed my love (u unsecured little bitch) and
- total $ spent just for this shit is about 600 ( took the test twice, mba math)
- been 100% authentic in my application (big mistake here)

Hindsight is don't buy the bullshits/lies they are selling you no matter how sincere they have come across.
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Chi
June 7, 2024 9:50pm ET
Enrolled: U. Chicago Booth
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth
Applied: U. Chicago Booth
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Venture Capital, Private Equity, Non Profit/SI Companies: Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital, Blackstone
GRE: 326
Location: Washington, D.C.
Notes:

I decided to defer my start to next year for personal reasons.
Oxf
June 7, 2024 1:35pm ET
Enrolled: Oxford / Saïd
Admitted: HEC Paris $
€15000
 , Oxford / Saïd $
£20000
Applied: HEC Paris, Oxford / Saïd
Entering Year: 2024
Post MBA Career: Consulting Companies: Accenture, Bain, BCG, Ernst & Young, KPMG, McKinsey, PWC
GMAT: 690
GPA: 13/20
Location: Peru
Mic
June 4, 2024 4:39pm ET
Enrolled: Michigan / Ross
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth , Duke / Fuqua , Michigan / Ross , USC / Marshall
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, USC / Marshall, Yale SOM
Entering Year: 2024
Post MBA Career: Consulting
GMAT: 720
UVA
June 4, 2024 3:39pm ET
Enrolled: UVA / Darden
Admitted: UVA / Darden
Applied: MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UVA / Darden
Post MBA Career: Consulting Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey
GMAT: 720
GPA: 3.71
Location: Denver
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