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Class Size: 637
Women: 42%
Mean GMAT: 728
Mean GPA: 3.6
% International: 36%
Avg. CLASS SIZE: 120
MEAN GMAT: 640
MEAN GPA: 3.23
AVG. WORK EXPERIENCE: 6 Years
Class Size: 47
Women: 47%
Mean GMAT: n/a
International: 94%
Class Size: 52
Women: 38%
Mean GMAT: 686
Mean GPA: 3.46
Class Size: 65
Women: 29%
Mean GMAT: 668
Mean GPA: 3.55
Class Size: 39
Women: 38%
Mean GMAT: n/a
Nationalities: 17
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MBA Applywire

7
March 29, 2024 10:43am ET
Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: PM @ Bank
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Other
GMAT: 785
GPA: 3.85
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: NYC
Post MBA Location: US -- East Coast or Chicago
Notes:

My goal is to move from being a PM in Finance to either being a PM at a tech company with a healthcare division, or to switch to consulting with the goal of doing HealthTech strategy afterwards. I'm involved in Pro Bono projects at work and mentoring outside of work. Main areas of concern for my application are that PM's at banks aren't too flashy (vs MBB/IB/PM at tech etc) and that I'll only have one promotion when I apply

4
March 29, 2024 2:23am ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Leading GenAI startup in India (Sarvam AI) (6 months); Sr. BA at McKinsey (2.5 years)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Venture Capital Companies: Accell Partners , Andressen Horowitz , NEA , Sequoia Capital
GRE: 330
GPA: 8.4
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: India
Post MBA Location: USA
Notes:

I have a few spikes in my profile which might be helpful:

1. Currently working as Strategy and Business lead at Sarvam AI, one of India's leading GenAI startups with funding from Sequioa, Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed VP.

2. Worked at McKinsey for 2.5 years - worked in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Europe and India on exciting topics like Drones, AI and EVs

3. In college, I pursued 2 successful startups. One startup, ICG is still running successfully and has 200+ members. It is an AI for Social Good startup, and we have worked with WHO when COVID hit, Ministry of Environment in India, Prime Ministers Office, Noora Health on impactful AI4SG projects.

4. Worked with Google AI for a year as an external project lead on 2 AI for Social Good projects in India and Africa

5. Worked on 2 impactful projects in Africa on deforestation reduction with the UNDP and Google AI

6. I have 1 patent and 7 publications in leading AI journals under my name, including 2 by McKinsey publications (only BA to publish an article on behalf of McKinsey as a first author)

7. Received best freshman of the year and most promising leader award from my undergrad institute (IIT)

8. Worked in Japan for 2 months towards a fully funded scholarship program (only 2 students from India are selected every year)

10
March 29, 2024 12:38am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia, Emory / Goizueta, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton
Pre-MBA Career: SWE
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 745
GPA: 3.76
Location: Atlanta, GA
Notes:

Background:
- Asian, first-gen, international
- Junior at T25 applying to deferred programs next year
- 745 on GMAT FE, 3.76 gpa for now - might drop to 3.68
- Work Experience so far: 3 months as a product manager intern at a startup, 8 months as a business operations intern at a local company, 3 months as SWE intern at a large start-up
- Incoming SWE intern at a big digital bank and aiming for SWE at big tech post-grad

Extra-curriculars:
- Project lead in a consulting club for 1.5 years, treasurer at two student clubs for 3 years, some volunteering here and there
- Club soccer and some other sports
- Mentoring at my old high school (starting this year)

Post-MBA goals:
- Want to move towards strategy/ops, maybe vc? Want to stay within tech for sure and eventually want to do something entrepreneurial

Need a reality check on whether my list is realistic - and would love some feedback on what to work on for my app, thanks!

8
March 27, 2024 12:18am ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA Anderson
Intake Year: 2024
Pre-MBA Career: Automotive Engineer
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Consumer Goods, Other
GMAT: 720
GPA: 3.0
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: Illinois
Notes:

Background:
-American and Middle Eastern dual Citizen
-Lead engineer and project lead in manufacturing and design roles at major car OEM. 3 promotions and youngest in department.
-3.0 MechE degree from T50 university. Hoping to offset the low engineering GPA with a gmat quant, six sigma greenbelt cert, and completed MBA MATH.

Goal:
-Want to leverage the transition to EV in transportation to swap from product development engineering at major OEM to corporate product planning and strategy.

Extracurriculars:
-D&I leadership role & major company wide projects.
-Teach community teen safe driving classes on local track.
-Volunteer in company young professionals organization.

MBA Livewire

March 29, 2024 11:18am ET
Accepted to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 2
Received via portal on March 27, 2024
GPA: 3.95
GMAT: 730
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Consulting
Application Location: NYC
March 29, 2024 10:09am ET
Interview Invite to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 2
Received via email March 29, 2024
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Note:

Very surprised to receive an interview invitation at this time
Submitted 05/01, Invited to Interview 29/03

March 29, 2024 9:51am ET
Rejected at USC / Marshall
Round: Round 2
Received via email March 29, 2024
GPA: 3.49
GMAT: 680
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Consulting
Application Location: Los Angeles
March 29, 2024 1:10am ET
Accepted to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 2
Received via email March 29, 2024
GPA: 3.23
GRE: 322
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Non Profit / Social Impact
March 29, 2024 12:47am ET
Accepted to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 2
Received via email on March 27, 2024
GPA: 3.67
GRE: 325
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: Texas
Note:

Notified of acceptance via email / Zoom webinar on 3/27. Checked decision letter via portal and was awarded $80K in scholarship - so grateful and excited!

MBA DecisionWire

HBS
March 29, 2024 8:12am ET
Enrolled: Harvard Business School
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth , Duke / Fuqua $
$160000
,
Emory / Goizueta $
$160000
,
Harvard Business School , London Business School , NYU Stern $
$180000
,
UNC Kenan-Flagler , UVA / Darden
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Harvard Business School, London Business School, NYU Stern, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden
Entering Year: 2024
Post MBA Career: Consulting Companies: McKinsey
GMAT: 750
GPA: 3.87
Location: New York
Wha
March 27, 2024 6:24pm ET
Enrolled: UPenn / Wharton
Admitted: UPenn / Wharton , Harvard Business School
Applied: MIT Sloan, UPenn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School
Entering Year: 2024
Post MBA Career: Private Equity
GMAT: 770
GPA: 3.8
Location: New York
Notes:

Wharton has always been my dream school! Anyone else who got in from NY?

MIT
March 27, 2024 12:58pm ET
Enrolled: MIT Sloan
Admitted: Columbia , MIT Sloan , U. Chicago Booth $
$50000
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Harvard Business School, Yale SOM, UPenn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, Northwestern / Kellogg, MIT Sloan
Entering Year: 2024
Post MBA Career: Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.0
CBS
March 27, 2024 11:34am ET
Enrolled: Columbia
Admitted: UPenn / Wharton , Northwestern / Kellogg $
$40000
,
MIT Sloan , Duke / Fuqua $
$120000
,
U. Chicago Booth $
$30000
,
Columbia $
$150000+
Applied: UPenn / Wharton, Stanford GSB, Northwestern / Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School, Duke / Fuqua, Columbia, U. Chicago Booth
Entering Year: 2024
GRE: 323
GPA: 3.97

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