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2011 - Where are you applying?

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indiantiger: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 362; Joined: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:18 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 26 times

by indiantiger » Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:26 am

Age: 28
Gender: Male
Current City: Capitol of US
GMAT: 700
Work Experience: 4 years of IT
Application year: 2010
Status: Starting Apps

Target schools:
Berkerly Haas
UCLA
Kelley, IU
Oxford
Marshal(USC)

"Single Malt is better than Blended"

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allbusiness: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 1; Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:45 am

by allbusiness » Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:49 pm

GPA 3.62
GMAT Score 760

Chicago
Columbia
Harvard
MIT (Sloan)
Northwestern (Kellogg)
Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Stanford

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hecubus330: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 21; Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:28 am; Location: Los Angeles, CA

by hecubus330 » Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:25 pm

Age: 27
Gender: Female
Current City: Los Angeles, CA
Nationality American - Caucasian
GMAT: Oct 12
GPA: 3.33
Full Time Work Experience: 4 years
Application year: 2011

Schools interested in:
USC Marshall
UC Irvine Paul Merage
Pepperdine Graziadio
UC San Diego Rady

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Shina: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 15; Joined: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:27 am

by Shina » Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:11 pm

Age: 30
Gender: Female
Current City: Hyderabad, India
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: 710 /5.0
GPA: Its in percentage and overall weak acads
Full Time Work Experience: 8 years
Application year: 2011

Status - applied to IMD, working on essays for INSEAD. next is LBS and ISB. Deciding which other schools to apply to.

Schools interested in:
IMD
INSEAD
LBS
ISB

considering - IE, Columbia, Stern, UCLA and Australia GSM.

Suggestions on school selection are very welcome =)

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ph0429: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 10; Joined: Mon May 04, 2009 11:26 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 1 times; GMAT Score:710

by ph0429 » Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:33 am

Age: 28
Gender: Male
Current Location: Texas
Nationality Asian American
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.2
Full Time Work Experience: 6 years
Application year: 2011

Schools interested in:
Columbia
NYU Stern - working on app
Ross - applied, interview invite

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Joy83: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 2; Joined: Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:28 pm

by Joy83 » Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:34 pm

Age: 27
Gender: Female
Current City: San Francisco, CA
Nationality: American
GMAT: Taking in December
GPA: 3.2 from average liberal arts school, humanities major (BFA)
Full Time Work Experience: 5 years, mix of tech/business journalism & digital marketing for high-tech startups & large global firm
Application year: 2011 or 2012
Focus: Product development, marketing, entrepreneurship

Status - taking GMAT in Dec, starting to visit schools, may apply this year or next year

Schools interested in:

Kellogg
Tepper (visiting in October)
Ross
Sloan
Haas
Stanford
IIT Stuart
UC Irvine

I realize these schools are all "reaches" for me. I'm trying to identify some lower-ranked (or non ranked) MBA programs that provide a comparable quality business education that I'd have a chance at getting into given my lack of impressive academic background. Any suggestions?

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hitmis: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 104; Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:32 amFollowed by: 1 member; Location: Mumbai; Thanked: 7 times; GMAT Score:680

by hitmis » Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:24 pm

Age: 32
Gender: female
Current City: Mumbai
Nationality Indian
GMAT: 660 (giving retake soon)
GPA: -
Full Time Work Experience: 10 years
Application year: 2011
How far along in application process: Retaking GMAT and starting off round 1 essays.

Schools interested in:
Tepper
McCombs
UCLA
Emory
Haas
Darden
UNC

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limestone: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 307; Joined: Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:52 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 36 times; GMAT Score:640

by limestone » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:59 pm

Age: 23
Gender: Male
Current City: Saigon, Vietnam
Nationality: Vietnamese
GMAT: 630 (Q50, V25) Taken on Jan 2010. Will retake in March 2011
GPA: 2.7 (converted GPA) - Major : Int'l Biz
Full Time Work Experience: 1.5 years, Whole Sales Banking (1 year) and Commodity Trading (6 months)
Application year: 2012
Focus: Investment Finance/ Strategic Management

Status: Prepare for the incoming GMAT exam, search for schools, and attend to events.
Schools interested in:
Wharton
Vanderbilt
Berkerley Hass
Boston Uni - School of Management
Cornell -Johnson
UCLA
Emory
Olin

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avaluxe: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 38; Joined: Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:55 amFollowed by: 1 member

by avaluxe » Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:46 am

Age: 33
Gender: Female
Current City: Pittsburgh, PA
GMAT: 610 (<-- death of family member day before test; (edit) I'm risking my sanity to take the test a third time)
Undergrad GPA: 3.69 from average American university; 3.2+ in journalism master's program (NYU); A in stats through community college
Work Experience: 9 years of web communications and marketing in nonprofit, health care and financial industries
Application year: 2011
Focus: Luxury retail marketing; online/digital marketing
Status: Working on apps

Applying to (with a hope and a prayer)...

Wharton - R2
Stern - already attended NYU; will try to grab their attention at MBA Tour in NYC this weekend - R1
Tepper - I live in the same city, so I'll be visiting shortly - R2
Rotman - meeting with adcom at MBA Tour in NYC this weekend - R2
SDA Bocconi - meeting with adcom at MBA Tour in NYC this weekend - R2

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redpassion: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 4; Joined: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:54 am

by redpassion » Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:52 am

Age: 27
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: 710/ 6.0
Work Experience: 5 years, corporate lawyer
Application year: 2011
Status: Targeting late R1 and R2

Target schools:
Carnegie-Mellon (Tepper)
Duke (Fuqua)
Babson (Olin)
Dartmouth (Tuck)
UCLA (Anderson)

This list is still a bit rough, am still doing my research on school strengths, and thereafter assessing which would be the "safe" schools and which are the "aspirational" ones.

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by uprightcitizen » Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:38 pm

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ayankm: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 48; Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:08 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Location: Brazil; Thanked: 5 times; GMAT Score:660

by ayankm » Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:50 am

Age: 31
Gender: Male
Current Location: brazil
GMAT: 660/6.0
Work Experience: 7.5 years of IT
Application year: 2010
Status: Writing Apps

Target schools:
ESADE
ESSEC
LBS
Oxford
Cranfield
Warwick
Manchester

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bln123: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 59; Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:39 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 4 times

by bln123 » Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:09 am

ayankm wrote: Target schools:
ESADE
ESSEC
LBS
Oxford
Cranfield
Warwick
Manchester

Hey Ayankm, we might meet at one of those schools

Age: 26
Work exp: 3 years in consulting
Nationality: German
Status: sending applications like a maniac
GMAT: 650
TOEFL: 117

Target schools:
Oxford (Said) -> applied
Cambridge (Judge) -> applied -> invited to interview
ESADE -> applying today
IE -> possibly applying, even though 13 essays are about 10 too many
Cranfield -> possibly applying
HEC -> possibly applying

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g000fy: MBA Student; Posts: 113; Joined: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:05 pm; Location: West Lafayette; Thanked: 1 times; GMAT Score:700

by g000fy » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:03 am

Age: 26
Gender: Male
Current City: Indianapolis, IN
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: 700
TOEFL: 106
GPA: 8.69/10
Full Time Work Experience: Indian IT Male, 5 years at matriculation
Application year: 2011

Schools:
Katz - Applied R1 - Admit
Kelley - Applied R1
Krannert - Applied - Admit
Notre Dame - Applied R2 - Waitlist
Fisher - Applied R1 - Waitlist

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hvg: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 2; Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:00 am

by hvg » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:33 am

Profile and list of schools:

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Current City: Richmond, VA
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: 790
GPA: 3.46 (Georgia Tech)
Full Time Work Experience: 3 years in business development
Application year: 2011
How far along in application process: Applying

Schools interested in:
Yale: Applied -> Interview Invite
Sloan: Applied
Stern: Visited
Wharton
Tuck
LBS

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