MJH, your profile looks good! It looks like we had similar concerns (age, lack of experience), so hopefully those worries were needless on both of our ends. Good luck!

i still haven't heard anything either. fordham accepted me monday, and wants a decision by november 12. hurry up, nyu!

Hello All,

Congratulations to all who are through!
I just received an email from NYU asking for a copy of my degree conferral. I have no idea whether its a good news or bad news.. did anyone here get such request ever?

I'm in for wash sq weeknights!
I didnt get a status change email but I was just (compulsively) checking the status page and saw the notice just now

hey guys, i just got in for washington square wknights! I found out about half an hour ago. Good luck to everyone still waiting!

I just got the status update email now - I got in! Thank goodness, I was getting that concerned that my 610 GMAT would be too low...

Good luck to all still waiting and congrats to the others who got in.

Hi Guys,

After trying it for the 2nd time in 2.5 years, I finally got in to Stern part time program! I got a call from Stern guy on Oct 22nd, asking me to check my email, and when I did it, it said congraulations! It was definitely a surprise, as I didn't expect to be notified before Dec 1st, especially considering that I submitted my application a day after the deadline. He said that they had just started notifying admissions for the Westchester campus.

For those of you who didn't get in before, or may not get in this time, there's definitely hope for you guys. Here's some info for those of you interested.

2008:
Undergrad GPA: 2.56 (Top 25 US ranking)
Grad GPA: 3.9
GMAT: 660
Age: 30
Title: Project Manager at a Media company (2nd year)
Experience: 9 Years experience in various IT roles
Creative essay: Mock interview question and answers
Program: Washington Weekends only. Wash weeknights and Westchester were not options.

2010:
Under Grad, Grad, GMAT: All the same as 2008
Age: 33
Title: Manager at same Media company (4th year)
Experience: 11 years experience in various IT roles
Creative essay: PDF presentation with various pictures and narrative of my life
Other essays: I modified and made improvements from the 2008 essays. Overall, I think it was better quality.
Recommendation: Much better due to the fact that same guys knew me much better in my 4th year at the company as opposed to 2nd year. I was promoted, so they had a lot more to talk about.
Program: Westchester, Wash Weekends, then Wash Weeknights.

So as you can see in 2008, my undergrad gpa was horrible, my GMAT was ok but not terrific, I did not show very good progression in my career path (non-managerial role), my creative essay was not that creative, and I was too adamant about program option (Wash Weekends only). I was 31, which was a bit on the older side compared to other candidates, but not sure if that was that much of a negative.

There was nothing I can do about my undergrad gpa, and I wasn't willing to retake GMAT again, because that was just too painful especially at 33. So I tried to change all the other negatives. I worked my ass off to get promoted, got bunch of awards etc as bonus points, I got more creative in my creative essay with more visuals etc, and I made program option more flexible. It turns out Westchester was only a 20 minute drive, and it was a better choice than the other options.

So there you go. For all of you guys suffering from bad judgement in college with pisscrap GPA to show for, you can still get into top tier MBA program with hard work and perseverance.

I chose (1) Blue; (2) Green; (3) Yellow. I'd prefer to be done with classes by Wednesday night, as I travel back and forth to Chicago regularly on the weekends, and sometimes work from my corporate office there on Thursdays and Fridays.

Has anyone received word from NYU that they've passed the Kroll check? I faxed my authorization form in on the morning of Oct 28th and received an email from Kroll later that day that they had "received and processed" the authorization form. However, I believe NYU emails directly when their review of the verification is complete. Has anyone gotten a response from NYU re: Kroll, and if so, what was your timeline?

Everything should be fine, of course...just anxious.

It's been a month since I initiated the Kroll process. Last week I was told by Kroll that they couldn't locate the HR department of my old employer, which is a foreign company. Let's just hope that the rest of the background check goes smoothly. Does anyone know if we get a final notification from Kroll once everything is cleared?

Our company might launch a tuition reimbursement program next year but I hear it's a 5k/yr max if they do it. I'm hoping to self fund 50% and loan 50%. I'd like to finish with less than 50k in loans, hopefully much less