The application season for 2023-24 is upon us. As we brace up for the brand-new application cycle, we also reflect on the application cycle that is behind us. All the admission results of MER students are out, and we have compiled them in the list below. We worked with 20 students for full-time MBA, part-time MBA, MS, and EMBA programs around the world. Out of 20 students from diverse industries and varied profiles, 17 were accepted into one or more MBA programs, and two received a rejection. The selected students earned scholarships worth $250K.

Here is the breakdown of results with details about GMAT/GRE/EA, industry, work experience, schools they applied to, and application results (interview offer, admission, scholarship, waitlist, rejection). To protect the privacy of students, we have not revealed their names.

 

S. No	Schools Applied to	Program	Work Exp	Industry	GMAT/GRE/EA	Application Result
1	CBS, Yale, and Tepper	FT MBA	4	Investment Banking	770 (47/49)	Interviewed by Columbia. Accepted by Tepper
2	INSEAD	FT MBA	3	Audio Accessories (e-commerce)	660	Rejected
3	LBS	Masters in Leadership & Strategy	16	IT		Accepted
4	Stanford, Haas, CBS, USC, UCLA, UC Davis, Kellogg	FT MBA	2	Accounting	335 (165/170)	Interviewed by Haas, Kellogg, Columbia, accepted by UCLA (120 K scholarship); UCD (70K scholarship); Waitlisted by Booth; Joining Anderson
5	Tuck, UNC, CMU, UCLA, Foster, McDonough	FT MBA	2	IT	720 (41/47)	Interviewed by Tuck & Foster. Accepted by ISB and McDonough; waitlisted by Tepper, going to McDonough
6	Ivy Business School	FT MBA	2	Management (food major)		Interviewed.
7	Tuck	FT MBA	3	Technology	323 (155/158)	Interviewed
8	Foster, Questrom	FT MBA	5	Software	320 (155/165)	Interviewed by Foster; Accepted by Questrom with 35K scholarship
9	Kellogg, Yale, Fuqua, Darden	FT MBA	10	Government	730 (39/50)	Waitlisted by Fuqua
10	Fuqua, Kellogg, Tepper, Simon, Marshall	FT MBA	3	Marketing	750 (44/49)	Waitlisted by Kellogg, Simon, and Marshall; accepted by Master’s Union School of Business, Gurgaon
11	Manchester	PT MBA	9	HR Consulting	NA	Accepted
12	Haas	EWMBA	7	Utilities/ Energy	720 (39/49)	Accepted
13	Booth, CBS, Cornell, Fuqua, LBS, NYU Stern, Tuck	FT MBA	5	Financial Services	730 (40/50)	Waitlisted by Duke
14	UCI, UC Davis, UCSD, UCLA, UC Riverside	FT MBA	5	Food and Beverages	610 (31/42)	Accepted into the University of California San Diego (UCSD), UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Riverside, &UCLA. Going to UCLA
15	MIT	MIT SDM	10.5	IT and Financial Services		Rejected
16	Columbia and Penn	MS	10	Non-profit	Not required	Accepted into Pennsylvania Nonprofit Master’s in Leadership program and Columbia's  Non-profit  Management Program
17	Fuqua, Tepper, Ross,	FT MBA	10	Healthcare	336 (167/169)	Interviewed by Ross,  Tepper & Fuqua
18	Warwick	PT MBA	10	Finance	660	Accepted with a partial scholarship
19	INSEAD	GEMBA	8	Medicine/ Surgery	332 (168/164)	Accepted
20	Booth	PT MBA	6	Healthcare/ Software	680 (38/46)	Accepted

Analysis

Total: 20

Indian Applicants: 12 (6 from India, 6 from outside India)

International Applicants: 8 (AE, Canada, China, Kuwait, Nigeria, Philippines, USA, and Zambia)

Percentage -Indian Students: 60%

Percentage- International Students: 40%

Did not Complete Application: 2

Unsuccessful Students: 2

Success Rate: 90%

Schools Interviewed: 58

School admits received from: 18

Full-time MBA Applicants: 14 (71%)

Part-time/ EMBA Applicants: 4 (19%)

MS: 2 (10%)

Scholarship: $250 K

About MER (myEssayReview)

Poonam Tandon, the founder of MER (myEssayReview), is a Ph.D. in English with 12 years of MBA consulting experience and three decades of teaching experience in India and the US. A master storyteller, Poonam has successfully guided hundreds of students from around the world to gain admission into the esteemed MBA, EMBA, and specialized Masters's programs in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Throughout her four-decade-long professional career, she has reviewed 10,000+ essays written by applicants worldwide. Poonam is recognized as one of the top 5 most reviewed consultants on the GMAT Club (141 reviews).

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