Calling all Tepper Fall 2010 Applicants

Essays

A. What are your short-term and long-term goals? How will a Tepper MBA help you to achieve these goals. (Please include any information regarding what steps you have taken to learn more about the Tepper School.) (Suggested length: 2 double-spaced pages)

B. The Tepper School’s culture relies on all members to be active contributors to our community. With your values, experiences, and interests, how will you make a unique contribution to the Tepper community? Your examples may include: classroom interaction, student activities, career development, community service, etc.(Suggested length: 2 double-spaced pages)

C. Please answer two of the following three questions or statements. Please clearly specify which questions you are answering. Your two answers should equal a total of two pages or less.

1. Describe an obstacle you have faced in your professional or academic life. How did you overcome this obstacle and how did it foster your development?

2. Describe a time in which your ethics were challenged. How did you deal with the situation and what did you learn from it?

3. One thing people would be surprised to know about me is . . .

D. Is there anything additional that you think we should know as we evaluate your application? Note: if you believe your credentials and essays represent you fairly, you should not feel obligated to answer this question. This essay is intended to provide a place for you to add information that you think is important but is not covered elsewhere in the application.

You must complete this essay if you answered “yes” to the additional information questions on the previous page.

Deadlines

Round 1
Deadline - October 26, 2009
Decision - December 21, 2009

Round 2
Deadline - January 04, 2010
Decision - March 15, 2010

Round 3
Deadline - March 08, 2010
Decision - May 03, 2010

Round 4
Deadline - April 26, 2010*
Decision - June 04, 2010

Round 5
Deadline - June 01, 2010**
Decision - Rolling

R1
Total Applicants: 18
Interview Invites: 14
Admitted: 8
WL: 1
Dinged:
Unknown: 9

alnasi - Interviewed
alymarie
andy2010 - Interviewed
awesomeusername - Admit w/$$$
bhy - Admit w/$$$
Class2012 - Admit
dv450 - Admit w/$$$
hopeful1 - Interview
jackets85 - Admit
madbubbles - Admit(Forte Fellow)
MBA42012 - Admit
Pre777
quantumquark - Interviewed
rao_1857 - Admit
rhaces - Waitlist
rohitmakkad
Skye10 - Interviewed
vnbui

R2
Total Applicants: 26
Interview Invites: 16
Admitted:5
WL: 6
Ding: 1
Unknown - 14

Admits

Boogs - with $$
LetsGoMets - with $$
maxtor
onmymind - with $$
sam04


ammim - Ding
anxietyismyname - Interview
Ari123 - Interview/Withdrew
apurvashukla
Boogs - Interview
coakleym - Waitlist
connecticket
finblue
Freshair - Interview
gmatmba2010 - Waitlist
gottabwise
hookemhorns86 - Waitlist
kirtanasrini - Waitlist
lewi - Interview
M2010
manasa - Waitlist
mechIFR
nilashis
shaun3 - Interview
Spikezz - Waitlist
stayingcalm
yuskay

R3
Total Applicants: 4
Interview Invites:
Admitted:
WL:
Dinged:

jbourne
shinkdown
sunshinemoods
tomahawk003

Link to last year's thread - calling-all-cmu-tepper-fall-2009-applicants-69554.html

count me in, please, Round 1

Thanks

Looks like Tepper's steppin up the timetable this year, over a month in advance. Count me in for Round 1...

Count me in for Round 1

I thought that the essays would be released today? I can't seem to find them. Help!

That's what adcom told me.May be they need more time.

Tepper's upcoming admission events.

http://wpweb2.tepper.cmu.edu/mba/events/allevents.asp

Someone was busy updating the Tepper MBA website - they've posted an interesting pic of the incoming class (which speaks a thousand words or something like that), and there's new pics throughout that look like high def compared to some of the old ones they had...

The online applications won't be available until Sep 1st, and you can't request an interview until Sep. 8th. I kind of wish that they'd make all of these things available at an earlier date so that the adcom can gain that much more insight into just who is serious about applying; I'm ready to begin the application and schedule an interview today...

R1, count me in! Good luck everyone

Need help with # 2 essay:

Can anybody give us insight as to what should go under :

B. The Tepper School’s culture relies on all members to be active contributors to our community. With your values, experiences, and interests, how will you make a unique contribution to the Tepper community? Your examples may include: classroom interaction, student activities, career development, community service, etc.


thanks in advance

Many schools have some sort of 'Contribution' essay.Basically list out your interests and how they will help your classmates.In another way,show them what you bring to the table.

Thanks !

So just to confirm this includes everythign from your diverse background to your professional as well as ECs...right?

Thanks again for the clarification

Right.Be sure to include how your background/hobbies help the Tepper community.

Perfect ... thanks !

Another Q (sorry for bombarding):

1. Describe an obstacle you have faced in your professional or academic life. How did you overcome this obstacle and how did it foster your development?

Just to confirm this is not the right place to talk about weaknesses, right ?

You can talk about it if you overcame it.

THNAKS !!!

Do you have an idea as to how much we should devote on the

Obstacle,

how did we overcome

how it foster our development.

For me,how it fostered your development needs more space followed by rest.

Tepper released the profile for incoming class.

http://www.tepper.cmu.edu/mba/admission ... index.aspx

Class size is roughly the same whereas avg GPA went up and avg GMAT score went down,not substantially though.

Also the % of women went up.

Is it ok to write an obstacle which is like 10 years old?

I am having real hard time in finding any substantial one