The Application Process

shadowsjc wrote: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)

Hey shadowsjc. Congrats on the HBS interview invite. When is your interview taking place?

this coming tuesday... ive been preparing for it, and hopefully i won't choke under the pressure.

Age: 22
Gender: Male
Current Location: USA
Nationality - US Citizen
Race/Ethnicity - Asian
GMAT: 700
GPA: 3.75 Major UG (Engineering); 3.6 Overall UG
Full Time Work Experience: 2 years
Application year: 2010
How far along in application process: TBD

Schools interested in:
SLOAN
HAAS
HBS

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Current City: Mumbai
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: 660
GPA: 3.56
Full Time Work Experience: 3 years
Application year: 2010
How far along in applicationprocess:Applying/Submitted

Schools interested in:
Texas A&M
Maryland
Katz
Lally
BYU

Hi everybody,

Its been long since i visited this part of the forum. Hope everyone is doing great in this busy season!

So here is me:
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Current Location: NJ
Nationality - Indian
GMAT: 640
Academic numbers: 75% UG (engineering); 3.6 Masters in EE
Full Time Work Experience: 4 years
Application year: 2010
Current job: Engineering consultant (R&D), (Fortune 10 company)
Other activities: 12 yrs in the non-profit sector (not a penny in earnings, i swear), Serving on the board of a non-profit, UN volunteer, Avid blogger, Social media enthusiast, aqua-culturalist and i speak 6 languages.

Target schools:

Insead - (Update - rejected)
IESE - interview invite
ESADE - interview invite
NUS
HKUST
HKU

Eric, cant wait for that. Looking forward.

@dmateer, thanks a lot man for all your contributions!!

Glad to see some more profiles! How are all of the apps coming?

I am excited for the new MBA discussion area structure!

hk wrote: Target schools:

Insead - (Update - rejected)
IESE - interview invite
ESADE - interview invite
NUS
HKUST
HKU

vaibhav.iit2002 wrote: Schools interested in:
INSEAD
Oxford - Said
ISB
INSEAD
Cambridge - Judge
IMD

Hey guys, very interested how your non-US applications are going since I am also looking to apply at INSEAD, IE and the like...

my profile

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Current Location: Germany
Nationality: German
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
GMAT: not taken, looks like 700 (+/- 20)
GPA: 3.5-4.0, haven't calculated yet(business)
Full Time Work Experience: 3 years in major consulting
Application year: 2010
How far along in application process: GMAT not taken, researching programs...possibly applying for 2011

Finally, have some room to breath and can share my profile:

Name: Alina
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Current Location: Norway
Nationality: Russian
Race/Ethnicity: White
GMAT: 670
GPA: 4.0
Full Time Work Experience: 4 years
Lots of extracurriculars
Application year: 2010
How far along in application process: Submitted 2, working on 1

Schools interested in:
LBS (rejected after round 1 application, surprise surprise! )
Judge - Cambridge - waitlisted (:()
Edinburgh Business School - writing application


Looks like I need to look at US schools more closely. I received invites from Darden and Notre Dame and Kenan-Flagler to apply, and they stated that I am a 'priority candidate'. :/ I prefer to stay in Europe though, and think I will apply to US only if I don't get in anywhere this year...

Age: 26
Gender: Male
Eth: Caucasian
Nationality: USA
GPA: 3.7
GMAT: 690 (Q44, 40V)
Work Exp: 5 yrs (Banking, PE)
Applying: 2010
Application Process: Round 2
Schools:
Chicago Booth
Kellogg
Columbia
McCombs
Fuqua
Darden

This website is priceless.

Best of luck.

bln123 wrote:

hk wrote: Target schools:

Insead - (Update - rejected)
IESE - interview invite
ESADE - interview invite
NUS
HKUST
HKU

Hey guys, very interested how your non-US applications are going since I am also looking to apply at INSEAD, IE and the like...

my profile

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Current Location: Germany
Nationality: German
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
GMAT: not taken, looks like 700 (+/- 20)
GPA: 3.5-4.0, haven't calculated yet(business)
Full Time Work Experience: 3 years in major consulting
Application year: 2010
How far along in application process: GMAT not taken, researching programs...possibly applying for 2011

Well as you might have noticed that INSEAD has already rejected my application, i am not sure how valuable my input would be.

But for the benefit of all, here are the reasons why i think INSEAD rejected me:

1. My infamous GMAT score: I took my gmat 3 times and stayed adamantly on 640. INSEAD is a top b-school creeping into the top 5 b-schools in the world. So obviously they wouldn't want to go really low on the score. INSEAD's 80% range of gmat scores are between 640 and 710 so I guess i had a very small chance to start with.

2. Peer competition: I belong to the most competitive group of applicants. I'm an Indian and an engineer. And whats common with Indian applicants especially those applying to INSEAD is a ridiculously high GMAT score along with some international experience. I had the exp. but not the score. To top it all, INSEAD has a policy of not accepting more than 10% of the applicants from the same "group" (Geographic, professional, nationality etc.)

3. Lack of managerial experience at work: INSEAD's is a 10month program. This means that there is no time to actually learn from scratch. So given my background, i believe there might be better accomplished people for whom INSEAD would be an ideal bridge to advance.

4. I don't think my profile Pop'ed: One guy who got an interview call for fall 2010 intake was 30yrs old, 8 years at Mckinsey, triple citizenship and spoke 3 European languages other than English. So now you get my point?

Hope that helped in some way.

Hi all! It has been a while since I've been on here, but this site gave me priceless information and encouragement while I was studying for the GMAT.

About me:

Age: 24
Gender: Female
Eth: Caucasian
Nationality: USA
Current Location: NYC
GPA: 3.89
GMAT: 730
Work Exp: 2 years (Financial Analyst at PR Firm)
Applying: 2010

Schools:
USC Marshall (Submitted)
UW Foster (Deadline tomorrow...eek!)
UCLA Anderson
Yale SOM
UC Irvine
UC Davis

Best of luck to everyone!

Just found this site, lets give it a shot:


About me:

Name: Colin
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Eth: Caucasian
Nationality: USA
Current Location: Phoenix
GPA: 2.93
GMAT: 680
Work Exp: 2 years (Client services at large mutual fund family)
Applying: 2010
Undergrad: BBA in Management and BA in Spanish


Schools:
IESE (interviewed & waitlisted, invited to assessment day in NYC?)
Arizona State (interviewed)
USC Marshall (Submitted)
University of Georgia (Submitted)

Depending on what I hear from the above schools, I'll consider:
University of San Diego
University of Arizona