Columbia 2013 (CBS) - Calling All Applicants

I have submitted the application on 17 Sep. and haven't heard anything from CBS. I am getting nervous...
It's been 24 days (more than 3 week ) from the submission... Is this normal??

I have submitted the application on 17 Sep. and haven't heard anything from CBS. I am getting nervous...
It's been 24 days (more than 3 week ) from the submission... Is this normal??

Yes...very normal...I guess 3 to 5 weeks is the right time frame.

submitted on 16th and havent heard anything.. hence even more nervous

Thanks! Submitted 9/11, invited 9/12, interviewed 9/19, interview report delivered 10/2 (enormous!), invite 10/10

it seems like there is little or no order in the sequence of interview invites that go out. ie no correlation between submission date and invite release date. however, obvious that we are halfway through the ED interview calls....

Thanks! Submitted 9/11, invited 9/12, interviewed 9/19, interview report delivered 10/2 (enormous!), invite 10/10

This is normal compared to last year. The standard was closer to 4 weeks for interview invites and once the ED deadline hit they get a big backlog. They do rolling admissions so your application will be reviewed in the order it was received. However that doesn't guarantee that interviews/admits/dings will be in the same order. It could be they want to see what more of the applicant pool looks like now that the deadline has passed. If you are in an over-represented career or are borderline they might be holding off to compare you against more applicants with a similar background. This isn't necessarily a bad sign.

Nope, I got invite exactly 3 weeks after the interview and a week after the report was delivered.
As for background.
Born in the middle of nowhere, South Ural, unknown tech. university bachelor and master with ~4 GPA, pure IT consulting in Moscow for a year (not a star company), some entrepreneur experience in IT consulting, IT PM then Deputy CIO in a brokerage and asset management company (again not a star but known locally), between PwC offer and promotion to business PM chose later (some can think stupid but it suited better to my career aspirations), quite strong volunteering experience for many years (not so strong though as serving at Peace Corps). So, not a rock star at all. However, I know exactly what I want to do (asset management or IB), more importantly WHY I want doing this, what I already did to achieve my goals and what Columbia can offer me. I think if you are honest with yourself and can show this in your application, this is more important than your background or previous career experience. However, I do believe that numbers such as GMAT score and GPA play more important role for Columbia than for other schools. Applying in ED I can't take offers from other schools to which I applied. LBS and Booth are out anyway. It's difficult to say no to HBS but I feel that this is not my school especially after reading "Ahead of the curve". Wharton is a contender anyway, so here I should weigh more strong academic against being in NY. Honestly, I don't like Phil as a city and NY itself can open even more doors for those who is going to stay in NY. Surprisingly but people in Russia know only Harvard and Oxford, so both Wharton and Columbia are equal from this point of view. But who cares about their opinion - "The minority is always right" (HENRIK IBSEN). I hope it was my small contribution to this online community!

Submitted: August 3
Invited to interview: September 13
Interviewed: September 20
Interview report submitted: September 21

Admitted: October 10

Given the fact that the J-Term stats do not come up on the first page of this thread, I was hoping all J-Term applicants would post on the J-Term thread started today (10/04)

Hey Ebee, Can you please post the link to the J-Term thread. I cant seem to be able to find it.

I interviewed for J-Term on 8th October. Waiting anxiously for the outcome.