sure, i have a friend who was under review on 11.2 and got invitation 1.5 weeks before.

But I think it is case by case!

This year, Cornell sent so many invitations, especially in China. Twice than last year, my god!

Architect,
When did your app go under review?

My app went under review Nov. 4th, and I received an interview invitation Nov. 16th.

I would argue that you cannot use the overall interview and admission rates to draw conclusions about how many interview invitations were sent specifically to Chinese applicants last year. Unless you have specific interview and admission rates on a country by country basis, it seems like applying the rates you mention to such a small sample is a flawed approach. Moreover, are you sure that they admitted 10 people from China's mainland? Or are there 10 people in the current first-year class? If the latter is the case, it seems likely that they actually admitted far more than 10 students, but for whatever reason many of the admitted students chose not to attend.

I am Chinese but I did not come from mainland China. Does this help my chance? lol

I submitted 11/12 for R2 and it is still under review

I got the same email but I don't plan on going (work, gmat, essays too much going on). I don't think it is any different from a regular information session for a school. You do meet with Randall and maybe you can get to make a positive impression that will help your application.

Thanks lulala and congrats on the invite.The waiting game is making me go "AAAAAAAAaaaaaaa" .

Yes, you should assume the ADCOM will remember you. In fact, I have heard from different sources that Randall Sawyer remembers EVERYONE. So dress and act appropriately. Many people will wear a suit but I think that is somewhat of an overkill especially if you don't wear a suit for your job. But definitely dress at least business casual.

Take the event as part of an admission process because it is.

A case in point of what not to do, I went to a Booth information session (Cornell didn't offer one at where I live so I never attended Johnson's), and this one applicant kept whining about recommendations to the Director of Admissions, who calmly answered her "I have a hard time getting a recommendation from my difficult manager and what should I do?" question multiple times. After a THIRD try of essentially the same question, I could tell the Director of Admissions was turned off with her immaturity. The bottom line was everyone had to turn in their recommendations and whining about it was not the best way to impress the Adcoms.

Lastly, if you have a strong GMAT score (700+) then I would let the ADCOMs know about it and they will make an effort to remember you (and probably will). The fact of the matter is over 80% of the people who attend these sessions do not have the kind of profile the high caliber programs such as Cornell Johnson are looking for. I have noticed that they looked at me and paid attention to my questions far more closely after they knew of my GMAT score.

I think most of us have a "weakness" in our profile that makes us depressed. I look at the people with strong extracurriculars and get depressed. It's not all about the GMAT...

Thanks guys. So how do I let them know I have a 700+ GMAT without making it sound so obvious?
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