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Published: May 15, 2013
USC Marshall School of Business Looks to Raise $400 Million for Scholarships, Capital Projects, Programming
The Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC) last week launched a campaign to raise $400 million, funds that will support student scholarships, faculty research and teaching, capital projects and more, the school announced. Marshall kicked off the initiative with a gala event on May 8th, drawing 300 donors, faculty, students and others to Warner Bros. Studio. Marshall’s mission is grand, USC Marshall Dean James Ellis told the assembled guests. “We are altering the business landscape across Southern California and beyond,” he said. Read More Read more
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September 2, 2024 11:02am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Ohio State / Fisher, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton, USC / Marshall, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Software Dev @ Fintech startup
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Family Business, Entrepreneurship
GRE: 327
GPA: 3.12
Years of Work Experience: 9
Location: United States (Midwest)
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- Engineering undergrad GPA 3.12 Top 40 US School
- Sales at F500 , Family business (management), software dev @ startup
- Switched to dev to udnerstand tech, next step is MBA to accelerate path in field to ultimately retunr to family business to start tech vertical
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September 1, 2024 11:10pm ET
Applying: Columbia, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Currently working with a major pharma company in Corporate Development (M&A). Prior experience: Advisory with PwC and EY in India. I have also worked in Africa for ~1.5 years (Namibia, Zambia and South Africa) and couple projects in Europe (Denmark); Awards - CEO business achievement, PwC Above and Beyond
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking
GRE: 327
GPA: 7.3
Years of Work Experience: 8.5
Location: India
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Education: Finance- Chartered Financial Analyst US (CFA) charterholder (>90 percentile); Chartered Accountant (CA); Alumnus of a top-ranked commerce undergraduate college in India (St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata)
CGPA: 7.3/10; Top 10% in college
Extracurriculars: Played cricket at the National level (U16); Multiple community contribution in health-care sector during the pandemic

Target: R1 - Columbia Business School (CBS), Kellogg School of Management, NYU Stern
Reach: R2 -Booth, Wharton (with retake to improve GRE)
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September 1, 2024 7:34pm ET
Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting
GMAT: 690
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 3.5
Location: West Coast
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Sponsored by Big 4 consulting firm. I studied engineering + CS in undergrad. Most of my work at my current firm to this point has been supporting tech design + implementation for a Health and Human Services gov't agency. I have been involved with tons of internal sustainability efforts and pro-bono supported a LATAM-based economic development nonprofit. Hoping to use the MBA as a way to develop more sustainability + finance fundamentals to come back to current firm and lead decarb strategy engagements. White M. I know my GMAT and GPA are below avg for schools I'm looking at. Will sponsorship be enough to make up for it?
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September 1, 2024 11:02am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, London Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Entrepreneurship, Software Engineer
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 715
GPA: 3.8
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: India
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September 1, 2024 5:23am ET
Applying: Georgia Tech / Scheller, Rice / Jones, U. Washington / Foster, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, Washington U. / Olin
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting, Tech and Supply Chain
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Deloitte , Ernst & Young
GRE: 333
GPA: 3.38
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: India
Post MBA Location: USA
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September 2, 2024 4:44am ET
Applied to Columbia
Round: Round 2
Received via n/a
GPA: 3.1
Program Type: January Intake
Post MBA Career Name: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: Paris
August 31, 2024 7:51pm ET
Applied to Cambridge / Judge
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
GPA: 3.0 / 4.0
GMAT: 645
Program Type: One Year Program
Post MBA Career Name: Marketing
Application Location: Singapore
August 30, 2024 7:11pm ET
Accepted to Columbia
Round: Round 2
Received via phone on August 29, 2024
GMAT: 735
Program Type: January Intake
August 30, 2024 3:24pm ET
Applying to Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
GPA: 3.85
GMAT: 750
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Technology
Application Location: Cambridge, MA
August 29, 2024 10:09pm ET
Applying to Washington U. / Olin
Round: Round 1
Received via email
GPA: 3.29
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name: Healthcare
Application Location: Nigeria
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