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April 2, 2025 1:21pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Pharmaceutical Operations
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Pharmaceutical Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Johnson & Johnson , Merck
GRE: 321
GPA: 3.7
Years of Work Experience: 15
Location: Mumbai
Post MBA Location: NYC
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March 30, 2025 10:53am ET
Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, ESADE, IESE, INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Other, Penn State / Smeal, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Banking and technology
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Commercial Banking Companies: Other , Other
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.1
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: Brazil
Post MBA Location: Brazil
Notes:

I am a 29 yo black brazilian woman. I am civil engineer by the oldest civil engineer school of Brazil with full scholarship. I have been working with data since 2015 and now I am coordinator of a data team I the biggest Latin American Bank. Currently I am studying for toefl and improving my English. My main purposes joining a top tier mba are to improve my leadership skills and to learn with different people from different backgrounds (I am working in the same business since 2017).
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March 30, 2025 10:29am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, INSEAD, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: Fintech, Morgan Stanley
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Accenture , Bain , BCG , McKinsey , PWC , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft
GRE: 322
GPA: 3.39
Years of Work Experience: 5
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March 27, 2025 2:54am ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: DA/DS; Family Business
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Family Business, Entrepreneurship
GRE: 330
GPA: 3.5
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: Malden, MA
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April 4, 2025 10:14pm ET
Accepted to MIT Sloan
Round: Round 2
Received via phone April 4, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GMAT: 655
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Healthcare
Application Location: Chile, Santiago
April 4, 2025 7:31pm ET
Waitlisted at Duke / Fuqua
Round: Round 3
Received via email April 4, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.1
GRE: 321
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: General Management
Application Location: San Francisco
Note:

really like this school, going to visit in person next week
April 4, 2025 7:20pm ET
Rejected at MIT Sloan
Round: Round 2
Received via portal April 4, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.9
GMAT: 760
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: United States, New York
Note:

This came after I got into HBS and got a merit scholarship to Wharton so do with that what you will
April 4, 2025 6:41pm ET
Interview Invite to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 2
Received via email April 4, 2025
Standardized Test: Granted Waiver
GPA: 3.39
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: Milwaukee
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April 4, 2025 6:35pm ET
Waitlisted at Vanderbilt / Owen
Round: Round 3
Received via portal April 4, 2025
Standardized Test: I haven't taken any of the standardized tests yet.
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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April 4, 2025 11:33am ET
Enrolled: UPenn / Wharton
Admitted: Duke / Fuqua $
$110000
 , London Business School , NYU Stern $
$Full
 , UPenn / Wharton $
$50000
 , Yale SOM $
$120000
Applied: Duke / Fuqua, London Business School, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Consulting, Non Profit/SI
GRE: 330
GPA: 3.77
Location: NYC
Notes:

Couldn't pass up Wharton, and grateful I received any money from the fellowship team. Be confident going into the process - I feel like I should've balanced the spread of where I applied to more and added some other schools "in-between" Yale and Wharton but thankfully the outcome turned out great. I'll be recruiting for MBB!
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April 4, 2025 10:18am ET
Enrolled: Michigan / Ross
Admitted: Michigan / Ross $
$13000
Applied: Dartmouth / Tuck, Michigan / Ross
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Non Profit/SI, Other
GPA: 15/20
Location: Peru
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April 4, 2025 7:11am ET
Enrolled: Harvard Business School
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth , Harvard Business School , MIT Sloan
Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, UPenn / Wharton
Entering Year: 2025
GMAT: 645
GPA: 3.7
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April 4, 2025 5:29am ET
Enrolled: NYU Stern
Admitted: NYU Stern
Applied: NYU Stern
Entering Year: 2025
Post MBA Career: Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods Companies: Astra Zeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Anheuser Busch InBev, Nike, PepsiCo, Proctor & Gamble
GPA: 3.7
Location: New York, NY
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