Calling all Minnesota (Carlson) 2011 Applicants!

That's pretty surprising that you have not heard back. Has your application status changed on the website?

They said I should expect to hear around Feb. 15th. So hopefully hear something tomorrow. Do you know if you hear anything about your scholarship package right away, or do they send that to you separately?

Wow, well good luck! I am unsure about how scholarship packages work as well. I guess you'll know soon enough though, so keep us posted!

Just got the acceptance email letter today. Not obvious what scholarships I will be receiving though. Anyone else accepted?

Nothing yet, although I'm Round 2 so I wouldn't expect it for a while. You might hear back about scholarship through an Admissions packet though?

Congrats!

I applied Feb 1st deadline (Round 2) and got an interview invite on Wednesday. Going to head to Minneapolis to tour school and interview in early March.

Got bad vibes from Carlson, I felt like a feminist bongo party was about to break out. Seems to be a little too concentrated on GMAT scores, their middle 80% is laughable. Compare it to similar caliber schools whose range is double that of Minnesota's with a higher median! I think that is all they look at, which is fine, but I'm betting that has an affect on the social skill level of the student pop. I interviewed, and was not impressed. Compared to the other schools I have been looking at, U of MN fell to the bottom of my list.

Which other similar schools?

I'm not saying all the below are "similar" except for GMAT scores, but I took a look at 10 other schools with median GMAT scores +/- 10 of Carlson's GMAT, and it seems to me that Carlson is in pretty good company with its range. In fact, Carlson's median, bottom 10% and top 10% are identical with Fuqua, Tepper and Olin. The only school that looks like a real GMAT snob is Anderson.

Median 80% Range
Carlson: 700 640-750
Olin: 700 640-750
Ross: 710 650-750
Tepper: 700 640-750
Kenan-Flagler 700 620-750
McCombs 690 620-730
Anderson 710 680-750
Marshall 690 640-740
Fuqua 700 640-750
Darden 700 650-740
Johnson 700 620-740

You're right on there. It just seems to me that the median score seems a lot higher than the ranking of the program. I know some of that stuff is subjective, and I do see you're point. I'm saying that the school isn't as top tier as its high GMAT median indicates. There can be a lot of reasons for that, probably because it is the top tier school in that four state area. I got bad vibes from the admissions staff so I'm obviously biased. Good luck though.

Yea, I think part of it is there are a subset of people who might be Minnesota locals who know they want to stay/live there, and they turned down some pretty high ranked schools as they wouldn't have given them any competitive advantage for that market. Also, the small class size allows them to be more selective than if the class is bigger. Some schools also have lower media gmats then one would think for their ranking, such as another one of my schools, Kelley.

Perhaps you met with different admissions folks then me I've interviewed on-campus now at 4 schools and I liked the Carlson people a lot more than any of the folks at schools. It just goes to show why everyone needs to visit any school they are really interested in. Good luck at Mendoza and the other schools you are looking at.

Cheers,

could u pls elaborate exactly wat made u think this way ??

Can anyone provide some insight as to when we can expect to hear from Carlson regarding R2 admissions? The website says April 15th, but does Carlson send decisions earlier if the interview was completed earlier (e.g., 2/14)?

For R1, they notified about two weeks earlier than the official date. However, the Admit Weekend is April 8-9, so I'm not sure if that factors into their thinking. One might guess they would want to allow a couple weeks for people to make travel arrangements to be able to attend, especially since Carlson is footing the bill for airfare.

Thanks for the info. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Has any international R2 applicant received an interview invite from Carlson ??

I thought that all interviews were completed long ago? Isn't it kind of too late already? You might wanna to contact the Adcom to initiate an interview

I had applied against Feb 1st deadline..and was under the impression that the interview invites are still to be doled out..