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aiex99
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Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:00 am

Age: 24 Gender: Male Current City: Miami Nationality: Hispanic GMAT: 750 GPA: 3.26 Full Time Work Experience: 3 years Application year: 2010 How far along in applicationprocess:Applying/Submitted Schools interested in: Georgetown Emory Michigan Yale Duke Good luck everyone!

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:48 am

Welcome benissleeping, happybruce, and aiex99! I knew there were more members applying in 2010. How are all of yours apps going? Any chance to visit your target schools yet? If so, what did you think about them?

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:16 am

The applications are going, to say the least. Very time consuming. The worst part is asking the recommenders to take so much time to fill out so many forms. I've had the opportunity to visit Emory and Georgetown and loved them both. Still have a few others on my list I want to check out. What I've gotten out of the trips and the interviews I've had is that the adcoms are really looking for the right "fit", so I'm not sure how important my "statistics" are over certain other things. Hopefully everything works out. How does everyone else feel about their applications processes?

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:02 pm

Submitted HBS and Stanford.....now time for the anxious wait! Working on Sloan app. I thought my whole application was pretty strong but as time passes, a bit of self doubt is creeping in. Was it really any good? Will I stand out? I have a sinking feeling that there are some really stand out apps out there from others Oh well, I have documented my thoughts on the gmat and the schools in my blog. Fingers crossed. _________________ http://possiblybestmbablog.blogspot.com/

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Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:49 am

aiex99 wrote: The applications are going, to say the least. Very time consuming. The worst part is asking the recommenders to take so much time to fill out so many forms. I've had the opportunity to visit Emory and Georgetown and loved them both. Still have a few others on my list I want to check out. What I've gotten out of the trips and the interviews I've had is that the adcoms are really looking for the right "fit", so I'm not sure how important my "statistics" are over certain other things. Hopefully everything works out. How does everyone else feel about their applications processes? I think fit is the most important part! It's good you got a chance to visit a few of the schools. I'm not applying to programs until next year, but I am starting to go to MBA fairs and planning visits to my target schools. Best of luck to you with your applications and keep us up to date with how things are going! benissleeping wrote: Submitted HBS and Stanford.....now time for the anxious wait! Working on Sloan app. I thought my whole application was pretty strong but as time passes, a bit of self doubt is creeping in. Was it really any good? Will I stand out? I have a sinking feeling that there are some really stand out apps out there from others Oh well, I have documented my thoughts on the gmat and the schools in my blog. Fingers crossed. I'm sure that your apps were strong. The waiting game will definitely make you second guess things. Best of luck and I will check out your blog!

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Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:59 pm

Age: 26 Gender: Female Current City: Bay Area (Silicon Valley) Nationality: White GMAT: 750 GPA: 3.9 Full Time Work Experience: 6 years Application year: 2010 How far along in application process: Applying Schools interested in: Haas Sloan Haas app due Tue, eeeek!

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Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:03 pm

Here is my profile: Age: 26 Gender: Male Current City: Clevelnad, OH Nationality American - Caucasian GMAT: 650 from 5 years ago - retaking sometime in the next couple of months GPA: 3.2 Full Time Work Experience: 4.0 years as of now Application year: 2011 How far along in application process: Researching programs. Schools interested in: Johnson Anderson Marshall Kenan-Flagler Mendoza Kellogg Fisher

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Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:56 pm

can't add too much regarding application process b/c most of my applications will be targeting round 2 deadline. but having said that, i visited with a couple schools nearby and chatted with admission officers. and....(as if people already don't know what i'm about to write) my impressions are "why" questions, rather answers to those "why" questions. why us school? why mba at this point in your career, why such field, etc. just typical questions one'd expect. one lady particularly wanted to know whether i'm a team player b/c that program hands out a lot of case projects to groups. what are your strengths and weaknesses as a leader, etc.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:03 am

Welcome g00gler and big3jt! g00gler wrote: Age: 26 Gender: Female Current City: Bay Area (Silicon Valley) Nationality: White GMAT: 750 GPA: 3.9 Full Time Work Experience: 6 years Application year: 2010 How far along in application process: Applying Schools interested in: Haas Sloan Haas app due Tue, eeeek! Best of luck with the Haas app! big3jt wrote: Here is my profile: Age: 26 Gender: Male Current City: Clevelnad, OH Nationality American - Caucasian GMAT: 650 from 5 years ago - retaking sometime in the next couple of months GPA: 3.2 Full Time Work Experience: 4.0 years as of now Application year: 2011 How far along in application process: Researching programs. Schools interested in: Johnson Anderson Marshall Kenan-Flagler Mendoza Kellogg Fisher How is the GMAT prep coming? Planning any visits to the schools? I hope to visit Kenan-Flagler sometime next month.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:35 am

Age: 28 Gender: Male Current City: Berkeley, CA Nationality: White GMAT: 730 (50Q, 38V 5.0AWA) GPA: 3.75 Full Time Work Experience: 6 years 4 years Airline Pilot 1 year International Jet Instructor (Montevideo, Uruguay) -Amazing job! 1 year starting a small flight school in San Francisco Application year: 2010 How far along in application process: Applying Activities: Rock and Roll (perform on piano/drums often), sing/rap in a comedy hip-hop group, competitive distance runner in various running clubs, and volunteer for a Uruguayan textile exchange company. Career Goals: To create a general aviation flight school franchise for business in the US and abroad, specifically Argentina and Chile. I'm applying to these schools: Stanford (submitted) UC-Berkeley (getting close!) UCLA (submitted) Chicago GSB (submitted) Kellogg (submitted) UW Foster (submitted) This has been a lot of work! But after the first few applications, they are coming together much faster with a better developed story! Last edited by ultraeasy on Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:47 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:23 pm

ultraeasy wrote: Age: 28 Gender: Male Current City: Berkeley, CA Nationality: White GMAT: 730 (50Q, 38V 5.0AWA) GPA: 3.75 Full Time Work Experience: 6 years 4 years Airline Pilot 1 year International Jet Instructor (Montevideo, Uruguay) -Amazing job! 1 year starting a small flight school in San Francisco Application year: 2010 How far along in application process: Applying Activities: Rock and Roll (perform on piano/drums often), sing/rap in a comedy hip-hop group, competitive distance runner in various running clubs, and volunteer for a Uruguayan textile exchange company. Career Goals: To create a general aviation flight school franchise for business in the US and abroad, specifically Argentina and Chile. I'm applying to these schools: Stanford (submitted) UC-Berkeley (getting close!) UCLA (submitted) Chicago GSB (submitted) Kellogg (submitted) UW Foster (submitted) UC-Irvine Marshall Johnson NYU UT-Austin Darden Pepperdine This has been a lot of work! But after the first few applications, they are coming together much faster with a better developed story! Looks like you are making some progress on your target list! Best of luck with the apps. Keep us updated with the status of your apps.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:00 pm

Age: 25 Gender: Female Current City: Chicago Nationality: Asian GMAT: 710 GPA: 3.73 Full Time Work Experience: 3 years Application year: 2010 How far along in application process: Submitted in R1 Schools: Stanford Kellogg Haas UCLA

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Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:54 am

Welcome, kek728! Feel free to post in the individual school posts as well. Best of luck with your applications and keep us updated!

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Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:20 pm

Age: 26 Gender: Male Current Location: India Nationality - Indian GMAT: 690 [Quant-51, verbal-31] GPA: don't know conversion formula Full Time Work Experience: 3.5 years Application year: 2010 How far along in application process: RSubmitting in R2 Schools interested in: INSEAD Oxford - Said ISB INSEAD Cambridge - Judge IMD Please suggest if I am on the correct way for schools. I am doubtful for UK univ. as my score shows sectional imbalance. Isn't it?

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Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:26 pm

i've been MIA for awhile, but still very much in the b-school hunt. Age: 24 @ matriculation Gender: Male Current Location: USA Nationality - US Citizen Race/Ethnicity - Latino GMAT: 770 [Quant-48, verbal-51] GPA: 3.44 UG (engineering); 3.8 Graduate (Engineering management) Full Time Work Experience: 2 years Application year: 2010 How far along in application process: HBS submitted R1 (invited to interview); Consortium R1 app in process (due Nov 15) Schools interested in: HBS Yale SOM (via Consortium) NYU Stern (via Consortium) Columbia (thinking about it) _________________ my GMAT debrief: http://www.beatthegmat.com/came-through-in-the-clutch-770-48-q-51-v-t44327.html You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right, but it will not come near you. - Psalm 91: 5-7

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