The Application Process

I know there are more people applying this year! Don't be shy!

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Current City: London
Nationality: Asian
GMAT: 730
GPA: 2.1 (UK degree) - Oxbridge Alum
Full Time Work Experience: 4 years
Application year: 2010
How far along in application process: Submitted/applying

Schools interested in:
Stanford
Harvard
MIT Sloan

Gender: male
Nationality/ethnicity: American/East Asian
Current Location: east of Mississippi
After MBA: like to settle in NYC or New England area
Year: 2010
GMAT: soon! (GMAT prep I:680, GMAT prep II: 700. Took both of them about a month ago.)
Target GMAT score: will not rest until I get 750 or better
GPA: 3.2
Undergraduate:a major research university in Boston
Major:a biological science
Work experience: 6 + years full-time in mid-level management position
Extracurricular Activities: a president of a sports club, volunteer works, etc. (nothing extraordinary IMO)
My top 5 schools: Tuck, Stern, Fuqua, Ross, Columbia
Runner ups: Sloan, Carnegie Mellon, BU, Emory, Vanderbilt
Financial plan: will have to sell my house, car, pet animals, a GF(J/K)to support MBA education; pretty much everything I own...

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!

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!

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?

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?

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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!