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Real journeys to the world's best business schools, told in full. Different starting points, one bar.

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Juliee's path moved from biotech to Goldman Sachs. Shaped by missed opportunities, she is now headed to Wharton to back overlooked deep-tech founders in India.

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Esha

From national swimmer to operations leader at P&G in Manila, now an admit to Harvard and Wharton.

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Devon Sanford

Eight top schools and nearly $1M in scholarships, including a full ride to Harvard.

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Simone

A reapplicant who turned a Wharton reject into admits at Wharton, Kellogg and Columbia.

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Anchor Ebanks

Against long odds, from Silicon Valley to Stanford, Wharton and Harvard.

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Rohan & Krishna

IIT Kharagpur classmates who applied together and became Wharton classmates.

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Videhi

From studying by candlelight to Columbia, with a $100,000 scholarship.

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Sanjay

From the textile lanes of Sanganer to IIT Bombay, Bain and Harvard with $175k in aid.

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Shivam Kalkar

A Marathi-medium kid from Aurangabad who landed Stanford GSB with Knight-Hennessy.

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Isha Singh

From BCG to advising a head of state, now headed to Harvard with $175k in aid.

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Chitral

From Sawai Madhopur to Harvard Business School and Chicago Booth.

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Kavish Satija

From Gurgaon and Dubai to Michigan Ross, carrying a family legacy forward.

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Abhimanyu Gupta

From nukkad nataks and startups all the way to Kellogg and Wharton.

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Kanishka Manderna

From a small town in Haryana to Harvard, with admits at Stanford, Wharton and Kellogg.

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Debanjan Nayak

A relentless journey across continents, all the way to Stanford GSB.

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Diya Chopra-Malik

Bridging creativity and capital, from media and tech to Kellogg.

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Harasees Nanda

Rooted in resilience, building India's digital future at Kellogg.

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Kunal Vats

From an army upbringing to Bain PE and a Nairobi accelerator, then Kellogg.

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Neel Kapoor

From IIT Madras and P&G to Harvard, set on changing India's consumer industry.

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Anirudh Tandon

From HSBC and ShareChat to WestBridge Capital, now headed to Wharton.

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Devyani

From engineering to U.S. automotive R&D at Cummins, all the way to Booth.

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Amlan Mishra

From a coal-mining township to Zomato and Blinkit, now Kellogg MMM.

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Abhijay Vuyyuru

Harvard (waitlisted at MIT Sloan). First data scientist at HILTI, four years; B.Tech and M.Tech, IIIT-Bangalore.

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Abhinav

Harvard, Wharton, Booth and Columbia — heading to HBS. Consultant at Bain & Company; IIT Bombay engineering.

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Abhishek Kandar

Kellogg, Executive MBA. Veteran technology leader.

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Adil Ahmed

Wharton, with a $100K Joseph Wharton scholarship. IIT Roorkee; ONGC internship.

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Ajay

Kellogg 1Y (also Darden and Ross). Six years in project finance at Yes Bank; DA-IICT engineering, IIM Shillong MBA, CFA charterholder.

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Akash Yewale

INSEAD, with a €20K scholarship. Based in Hong Kong; IIT Patna and IIT Bombay.

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Akshay Cyril

Wharton (also Kellogg). Mathematics, St Stephen’s College, Delhi University.

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Akshita Jain

Stanford (also Kellogg & Columbia). Chief of Staff to the CEO at Kepler Cannon; B.Com Honours, Lady Shri Ram College.

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Anjali

Kellogg (also Ross). Software engineer at Google; Computer Science, NSIT Delhi.

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Annapurna

Kellogg — a no-interview waitlist conversion. Client Partner, Global Health at Qure AI; previously Amazon; BITS Pilani.

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Ansh Aggarwal

Harvard (also Wharton with a $100,000 scholarship). Elevation Capital, previously McKinsey; Economics, SRCC.

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Anupam Soni

UC Berkeley Haas. Five years across tech, investment banking and venture capital at Cisco and Bertelsmann India; BITS Pilani.

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Anusha

Columbia (six admits from seven applications, including Kellogg and Booth). McKinsey; NSIT Delhi.

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Arshita Malhotra

Harvard, with a scholarship covering over 100% of tuition (also Wharton, full tuition grant). Led three business units at Apna, previously Chief of Staff to the Founder; McKinsey; SRCC.

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Ashray

Harvard (also Wharton and Kellogg). Healthcare consulting at BCG; SRCC, Delhi University.

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Atharv

Kellogg. Technology consultant at PwC; Electronics Engineering, VJTI Mumbai.

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Ayush Dubey

Yale. P&G, previously product manager at ICICI Bank; IIT Bombay.

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Ayushi Gurha

Kellogg (also Wharton with $55K and Ross with $80K). Project leader at D.E. Shaw; B.Tech Computer Science, NIT.

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Briti

Harvard — admitted to all five she applied to, with $300,000 in combined scholarships. IIT Madras.

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Deepak

Kellogg (also LBS, and Ross with a full scholarship). IIT Kharagpur, Electronics and Communication Engineering.

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Dharma Dev

Cambridge Judge. Statistical programmer at Cognizant; Pharmacy, BPUT, and a Masters in Pharmacology.

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Diya

Columbia, in Round 1. Data scientist on the Fraud team at American Express; Economics at SRCC, Master’s from the Delhi School of Economics.

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Ena Malhotra

ISB, with a 50% merit scholarship (also Ross). Auctus Advisors, management consulting across India and the Philippines.

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Gauri Jaiswal

Booth — her second MBA. Bain Capability Network; BBS Delhi University, MBA from ISB.

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Gazal Garg

IESE Business School, with a full Forté Fellowship. Content creator, previously corporate strategy at Landmark Group, UAE; B.Sc Economics, NMIMS.

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Harish Nanjala

Duke Fuqua. Founded Augen Media Works at 19; Nirma University.

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Harjas Gulati

Wharton, with a $100K scholarship. Not from a feeder college; started with a below-average GMAT.

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Hatem Ahmed

INSEAD. Uber, Cairo then Netherlands headquarters; IT, German University of Cairo.

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Ishan

Wharton, Booth, Columbia and Kellogg — deferred MBA programmes. PwC Social Sector Investment Practice; Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi.

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Jahnavi Shah

Berkeley Haas (also Duke, with $120K in scholarships). Amazon, previously ZS Associates; B.Tech Computer Science, VIT.

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Kanika

MIT Sloan, with a 100% scholarship. Programme Manager at the Ministry of Finance; eight internships during college.

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Kanupriya Maheshwari

Columbia, with an $80K scholarship. Investment banking analyst at JP Morgan.

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Karan Saini

Columbia and Ross, with $100K in scholarships. SUN Mobility, previously Bain & Company; B.A., Hindu College.

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Keerthi

Wharton (also Darden, Duke and Ross). Worked in Japan; IIT Madras.

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Khushi Tyagi

Columbia (also Yale and Ross). Deutsche Bank, previously D.E. Shaw; CFA charterholder; Management Studies, Delhi University.

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Khyati Kakkar

Duke Fuqua, early admit with roughly $40K in scholarship. Now at BCG Seattle; employee number 30 at UrbanClap; Delhi University.

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Manmeet Singh Behl

Duke and Darden, both with scholarships. Area manager in the family poultry business; previously Fidelity Investments; B.Tech, VIT.

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Mansi Jain

Wharton, with $80K in financial aid (also Columbia with $100K). Founder and CEO of NoBarr; Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies.

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Maria

Harvard. Product Manager at Ford; Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras.

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Mattia Lanzi

Booth and Kellogg, with roughly $40K from each. Came to the US on a soccer scholarship to Merrimack College, speaking no English.

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Megha Tiwari

Ross (also Duke). First-generation technologist; engineering, NIT Jaipur.

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Mehul

Stanford GSB — from six admits with financial aid. First in his family to attend university; IIT Guwahati.

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Mugdha

Wharton and Booth. IIT Kanpur, Electrical Engineering.

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Mythili

Wharton and Booth — deferred MBA. Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi.

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Rajeev Krishna

Columbia, early decision — his second MBA. Banking and risk modelling advisor, visually impaired; MBA from IIM Trichy.

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Ramachandra Kuluri

Tuck. Subsea Operations Engineer at Reliance Industries; IIT Dhanbad.

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Ramprashanth Mohanasundaram

Harvard. McKinsey; B.Tech and M.Tech, IIT Madras.

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Ratan Guha

Wharton, with a $35K scholarship (also Kellogg). First in his family to study at an IIT; IIT Bombay.

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Rishabh Bhatia

Wharton, with a $60K scholarship. Four years at Bain Capability Network; Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies.

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Rishibha Kawatra

Kellogg, in Round 1. Deloitte, New Delhi; Economics, SRCC.

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Riya Goel

Wharton (also Cornell and INSEAD), with $40K in scholarships. Chartered Accountant; B.Com, Lady Shri Ram College.

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Rohan

Chicago Booth, with a $100,000 merit scholarship. Abbott, previously BCG; Economics, IIT Bombay.

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Samridhi

Booth (also Ross, Darden and Kellogg). Investment banking at JP Morgan; Punjab Engineering College.

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Sana

Wharton (also Booth and Columbia). BCG; Economics, Lady Shri Ram College.

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Sanjana Sinha

Kellogg. Sattva Consulting, after a Teach For India fellowship; Economics, Miranda House.

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Sarthak

Sarthak, hailing from New Delhi, pursued his academic path, graduating with a B.Tech in IT from Delhi Technological University. While his academic…

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Savi Garg

Harvard, Wharton, Booth and Columbia. Private Equity at GIC, Singapore; previously Kearney; Economics, St Stephen’s College.

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Sharib

Berkeley Haas, with a 40% scholarship (also UNC Kenan-Flagler and Indiana Kelley). Business analyst at Merilytics; BITS Pilani.

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Shubhra Agrawal

Wharton (also Booth with a $50K scholarship). B.Tech Electronics and Electrical Communication, IIT Kharagpur.

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Siddhant

Columbia (also Ross). Project Leader; Civil Engineering, Delhi Technological University.

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Sravan Patchala

Stanford — on his third application. Qualcomm; B.Tech, IIT Bombay.

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Srishti Dahiya

Wharton — having turned down ISB. Delhi College of Engineering.

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Swetha Medapati

Kellogg. Deputy Director of Income Tax, Hyderabad (IRS); IIT Kharagpur B.Tech.

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Varun

Stanford. Software engineer at Samsung; Computer Science, IIT Kanpur.

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Vasu Purohit

Harvard (also Duke, Kellogg and Wharton). Petroleum Engineering, UPES.

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Vasu Tekriwal

Wharton, with a $40K scholarship — as a re-applicant. Mayo College, then IIT entrance preparation in Kota.

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Yash Sheth

Wharton and Booth, with $180K in scholarships. BCG; Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi.

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