Admission result 2009:

[doriangray2009]

LennyBee,

When did you get your rejection from Minnesota?

Originally Posted by LennyBee

Program: CB Marketing
GMAT: 740, V47, Q45
Undergraduate: 80% Canadian school, Finance
Graduate: 85% Canadian school, MBA Marketing
Research Experience: 1 publication (finance), 7 conference presentations (marketing), 4 years RA
Admitted: Colorado-Boulder, Wisconsin-Madison, Oregon, York
Rejected: UBC, Stanford, Minnesota

Attending: Colorado-Boulder

[phdapplicant]

Program: CB Marketing
GMAT: none
GRE: 710 V (98%), 780 Q (90%), 4.5 W
Undergraduate: University in Singapore, Marketing. Pretty bad GPA, but I did support myself through college.
Graduate: none
Research Experience: 3 years RA and TA for professors in my university
Professional Experience: 3 years in 4 roles in a well-known IT company
Admitted: Colorado-Boulder, Texas-San Antonio
Rejected: tons of you-know-whos
Attending: Colorado-Boulder (yes, LennyBee and I will meet each other almost everyday for the next 5 years of our lives )

[LennyBee]

I didn't - I'm just assuming it's a reject based on: a) it's April 13th and I haven't heard a word from them; and b) I heard (unsubstantiated rumour) that they weren't likely to take any CB students this year.

Originally Posted by doriangray2009

LennyBee,

When did you get your rejection from Minnesota?

[doriangray2009]

Ahh, I see. I'm working on the same assumption under the same circumstances. Didn't hear that rumor, but maybe they'll reply to my little email with the final word.

Originally Posted by LennyBee

I didn't - I'm just assuming it's a reject based on: a) it's April 13th and I haven't heard a word from them; and b) I heard (unsubstantiated rumour) that they weren't likely to take any CB students this year.

[rupantor]

Program: Finance
GMAT Score: 660 AWA 4.5
Undergrad GPA: 3.67 in Finance (from overseas univ.)
Graduate GPA: 3.97 in Economics (from 2nd tier state univ.)
Publications/Research experience: None
Math: Calculus, Lin.Alg. Diff.Eq., Porb Th., Real Analysis, Stochastic Proc.
Attending: Tennessee
Admitted: Tennessee, Southern Illinois, U Arizona, Binghamton, San Antonio
Rejected: Maryland, Minnesota, UIUC, Vanderbilt, Boston College, WUSL, Rutgers, Missouri, Buffalo, Alabama, Connecticut

[portugabel]

Program: OB
GMAT Score: 650 - AWA: 5.5
Undergrad GPA: 15/20 cum laude (from European university - no equivalent GPA)
Graduate GPA: 15/20 cum laude (from European university - no equivalent GPA)
Publications/Research experience: Masters Thesis
Professional experience: 6 years in the banking and consulting industry
Attending: Missouri
Admitted: Missouri and a couple of other ones not to be mentioned
Rejected: tons of you-know-whos

[NewBoston]

Program: Finance
GMAT Score: 680 Writing: 6.0
Undergrad: BSc Economics (with Distinction) Minors in Math and Stats, Top 20 Institution
Undergrad GPA: 3.6 Overall, >3.7 in Econ
Graduate: MSc Financial Risk Management, Top 10 Institution
Graduate GPA: >3.7 (expected)
Research experience: Undergrad and Masters Theses.
Stat packages: S-Plus, R, Matlab and EViews.
Professional experience: Quantitative Research Intern at Asset Mgmt Firm (<6 months)
Attending: University of Washington - Foster School of Business
Admitted: University of Washington ($$$ for at least 4 years)
Withdrawn/Rejected: The usual suspects (6 of them)

[taxPhD]

Program: Accounting - Tax Research Interest
GMAT Score: 90th %, AWA 6.0
Undergrad GPA: 3.8
Graduate GPA: 3.95
Research experience: Throughout undergrad and masters I have been an RA for professors in marketing, MIS, and Accounting. Familiarization with WRDS, SAS, etc... My graduate instituition also has a class in their MSA program that introduces students to academic research and tools for evaluating papers.
Professional experience: Part-time tax accountant during my undergrad, no full-time experience
Attending: University of Arizona
Admitted: University of Arizona
Interviews: Chicago, Arizona, Missouri, Texas A&M
Rejected: University of Chicago
Withdrawn: Wisconsin-Madison, Washington, North Carolina, Iowa, Georgia, Texas A&M, Missouri, Michigan State

Comments: Arizona was one of my top choices because of their extremely strong tax faculty (probably #2 or #3 in the country). As a result, when I was admitted there I immediately made a decision and withdrew from everywhere that had not accepted/rejected me yet.

[PhDCPA]

Program: Accounting
GMAT Score: 760 (49Q, 44V), 6.0
Undergrad GPA: 3.7 (Liberal Arts)
Graduate GPA: 3.4 (Accounting, Top 5 program)
Research experience: None, but I made sure to read up on lots of accounting research before writing my personal statement and committing to doing this as a career.
Professional experience: Two years each of Big Four tax consulting and full time college lecturer experience, CPA license
Attending: USC
Admitted: USC
Interviews: USC, Arizona
Rejected: None
Withdrawn: Washington, North Carolina, Arizona, Oregon

Comments: USC was my first choice all along, so as soon as I got my acceptance I withdrew from everywhere else. No math background to speak of at the time of application, but I will enter with single and multivariable calc, linear algebra, stats, and intermediate microecon.

[EE570]

Program: Accounting
GMAT Score: 690 (49Q, 35V)
Undergrad GPA: ~3.7 last 2 years (Electrical Engineering and Applied Math)
Graduate GPA: ~3.85 (MSc & PhD in Math Finance)
Research experience: MSc. Thesis, three working papers (Math finance papers) and I read several accounting papers which I referenced in my statement of purpose.
Professional experience: Worked as a R&D engineer for about 1 year.
Attending: Toronto
Admitted: ASU, UCLA, Rochester, and Toronto
Interviews: none
Rejected: UNC, Duke
Withdrawn: UBC, I was waitlisted at Berkeley but told them I would only wait until march 13.

Comments: I don't have much of an accounting background, just the normal debits and credits type work in an intro course. I do have plenty of Math ad Finance and some econ, plus I have read a fair number of accounting articles which I believe helped convince the adcoms that I was somewhat knowledgeable about capital markets accounting research.