McDonough 2012 - Calling All Applicants

I had my interview with Ms.Kelley. She was very mature and made the environment comfortable for discussion. She asked about Why MBA, What are my career goals? Whether I am interested in going into the exact industry in which I am currently working? Also, example for Leadership and example when I worked as part of a team?
I included information about Gerogetown in these answers, so she did not ask me in specific. We discussed on Life at Georgetown and I asked some general questions.

I would say that try to provide as much information as you can, because the listener wont be able to learn about you if you dont share your strengths, but also try to listen to the question. I mean if the question is about how do you work as a leader, it may seem odd to talk about your hobbies.

Good luck with your interview.

Did other applicants/interviewees receive a "Happy Thanksgiving" email from the Georgetown MBA Admissions folks? It was a very thoughtful gesture and I am curious if the email was sent to a large or targeted audience. Thanks in advance for any feedback!

Yes they did, and they were the only school I applied to that sent a Thanksgiving email.

Hi,

I had applied to McDonough and had an interview with Beth Hickman over Skype-since I am based in China currently. The interview was OK, but I guess I was very informal, not sure how it goes with the adcom. I am hoping I have an admit with a decent scholarship.

I have not got any further information from adcom and have not got the thanksgiving mail!

Questions:
The interview was blind, but would the adcom have gone through my application and then called me over for an interview or do they interview most of their applicants?

I screwed up my thank you email(and found that i screwed it up only two days later), thanks to my new mobile and keypad. Will it weigh my application down? (basically the formatting and the content was also incomplete)

Hi Joda - I received the Happy T-giving email. I'm willing to bet it was a mass mailer to anyone on their applicant information distribution list. I also interviewed at the very beginning of the month.

The evening MBA prospective applicants haven't received anything to the best of my knowledge. Then again, I have until January 15 to make it for the first round.

I'm working on my apps now, but I do intend on taking the GMAT again so this looks even better.

This is such a quiet forum, esp compared to some of the others.

Less than 2 weeks now till R1 decisions! This waiting is really the worst. Is anyone attending their Diversity Event this Saturday? It seems like a great event, but I won't be able to join. Do you think that the adcom takes into consideration participation in activities POST application and interview?

It is quiet.

This wait is driving me crazy. How is everyone else handling it?!

I saw that last year the committee called accepted students the day before the decision date (which happened to be on a Saturday). Has anyone heard anything about whether or not they will do that this year?

Hi Guys!

I was interviewed on the 17th of November in New Delhi, India. I did NOT receive any thanksgiving email
Did they send this email to any applicant from India?

Quiet around these part. R1 Decisions out in about 10 days. Any one else nervous?

About 10 days for the result!!!! Anybody out there as nervous as me?

Lol! Sorry I missed your post before posting mine. Yes, am nervous too buddy! You know how it gets

Indian Applicants,

I was asked to send a pdf copy of my university (OU) grading. To the best of my knowledge, my university does not offer any comparative system.

What did other Indian applicants do, were you asked to submit a copy of the grading system of your university?

Also, is it sufficient if I used the services of WES iGPA or other such firms, which translate international grades to USA equivanlent, and submit that report to Georgetown?

Well, my university (MIT, Manipal) has a grading system similar to the IITs. 10 point CGPA system. In case you don't have a grading system, I think sharing your % should do ( X out of Y). Can you ask your college academic section to issue a letter explaining the evaluation system?

I did include my percentage, and my transcript clearly mentions my marks secured againist the total. However, its not CGPA. Thanks. Did any other indian applicants with percentage grading faced such similar issue?

Hi Blue Robin,

My score report has only percentages. I had also sent in a WES evaluation in addition to my score report(I had WES send the report for me). May be thats why I dint face any issue.

Regards to your question, you cannot report the score your iGPA calculator shows. In fact your actual report from WES will be different from that of iGPA.

EX: The iGPA calculator assesed my grade to be 3.83/4, but in the actual report my grade was 3.79/4. So the iGPA may not be correct. In addition WES does not report your iGPA scores.

Obviously, the people who can help you the best are at the admissions team - I suggest caling them.

Cheers and best of luck

FYI, I've just put up a post on this particular issue of grade comparison. I don't believe it's necessary to submit a comparison. Highlighting the scale (percentage or GPA) used should suffice. Most institutes do have some info on the scale used on the back side/page of the transcript.
I've just gone through the app portal for McDonough, and am curious as to how you indiciate your GPA because the y ask you to leave the field blank if it's not based on the 4.0 scale.

Is there a field elsewhere in the app where you mention your non 4.0 scale GPA/ Percentage? OR do you mention this in the covering letter when you mail your official copy of transcript and degree certificate?

Also, and please correct me if I'm wrong, I assume that while McDonough asks that your transcripts be as per WES standards, it is not necessary to get it processed by WES (for a fee) as long as the following criteria are met:

• Academic transcripts must list the course name and grades received.
• A diploma /degree certificate that shows the date that the degree was conferred is also required.