Ross (Michigan) 2013 - Calling All Applicants

aerien, i just reported what happened. In fact, i paraphrased what the interviewer said, he was more emphatic than what i wrote. He had nothing to ask for most things, like, what do you do outside of class, etc, because, my resume, two pages long of many many things, amazing things. i think he could relate, inspired that someone can fight so hard, for so long, for a dream.

I really hope that was sarcastic

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nyama has people thinking that's he's possibly a fake candidate in the booth thread, but probably just someone with no filter and a 'different' point of view/outlook than most.

A review of his posts would suggest he's:
Some sort of UG followed by a Masters in Public Health, a Masters in International Relations (I haven't seen anything about business experience), from an African nation who has applied to: Booth, Ross, Kelly, Owen, WashU and Illinois

I'm guessing this thread is going to be pretty quiet for the next two and half weeks. Anyone from the previous round have any suggestions on how to get info of the adcom status / progress? The admin blog hasnt been updated in a while : /

Lol I sincerely hope I don't meet anyone with that sort of self-aggrandizing attitude.

I don't understand why you are applying for an MBA with a resume filled with two pages of epic greatness. Why not apply directly for the CEO position instead?

he wants to be president of his country. (from the booth thread). he has very grandiose plans, but maybe they'll work out.

I think that i'm happy with the waiting...at least one knows the end date. The other schools, they just let you wait in the dark, which is way way uncool. I just wish there was anything one could do to 'improve' the file at this stage. I'm thinking that if i don't get in this first time around, i have one last throw of the dice next year. Anyway, these are just thoughts of someone waiting for their fate. I wish everybody the best.

As an attendum, i thought the ross building was really nice, and they even have free wireless internet for visitors. And the people seemed nice. On my interview day last Friday, while on the second floor, i asked one of the guys for directions to the admission office....and he said, "ah, i know why you are here. You look nervous." I don't remember if i looked nervous...perhaps 9 hrs of battling snow, rain, sleet, while driving through the night to ross would do that to anybody. The guy went out of his way, taking me to the admission office, while urging me to relax. The people at the school seemed genuinely nice.

The period between the interview and a decision is IMO the worst part of the process. At this point, there's literally nothing you can do and no more information that can be had. Just sit back and wait for the calls to come out. They usually start a day earlier than the stated date.

Good luck!

Or maybe it's time to dig up that hobby from your resume. Anything to keep that stress in check.

This really is the worst. I wake up every day and start panicking over what I said/didn't say in my interview.

This process is awful. I just want to give them $100,000 for a shiny degree. Who else do you have to convince to give $100,000 to!?!?

https://rossblogs.typepad.com/admissions ... sions.html

Soojin Kwon with an updated blog post

Thanks for the link. Always sweet to hear about what's going on with the files...!

Agreed. based on previous years posts, I think around next Friday there will be a final pre-R2 decision post to let people know when the phone calls will go out

I was combing through 2012 and 2011 threads.

2013 This thread is 32 pages (2 weeks til r2 decisions)
2012 54 pages at the same point
2011 105 pages at the same point

I'm going to check around to see if its a ross thing or an across the board thing. obviously a few chatty posters can make big impacts.

bb has mentioned that traffic isn't down and that the lower post counts are most likely due to how the board now tracks applicants. Previously, a user had to post in the thread to be manually updated on the roll call, but now it is managed automatically.

Probably just a lot of lurkers anxiously awaiting admin decisions.