Calling all Yale SOM Applicants (2016 Intake) Class of 2018!!

Hi everyone,

I am aiming for the R2 application deadline. I am quite worried about my low GRE score, so expecting your valued insights on my "overall fit" to the Yale MBA program. Here is my profile,

Location: Bangladesh
Work Experience: 4+ years at a non-profit market development project, designing inclusive business models with private companies to improve 2 agricultural value chains.
GRE: 308 (Q158, V150)
CGPA: 3.20 out of 4 (Marketing and Finance)
Extracurricular activities in college: led the cultural club activities in college, won 2 business case competitions.
Other activities: Implementing various community development projects for the underprivileged in urban slums through a pro-bono community development organization.

Looking forward hear from you guys.

Tanvir

Admitted!!!
No phone call and a 'your application status has been updated' email - butttt admitted!

P.S. I had an email from the admissions staff in my spam folder

You seem to be a SOM "type" with your background and interests, but the academics also matter. Can you retake the GRE (or take the GMAT instead)? Your GRE score correlates to about a 560 GMAT, which almost always gets rejected (I don't have GRE data, but the last intake of 300+ SOM students had a GMAT 620 as the minimum). I did a campus visit at SOM and one of the admissions officers said they like to see at least 70% percentile in both quant and verbal GMAT subscores, but the GRE is easier, so you would need to get the GRE V up to at least 158-160 and the GRE Q to about 163-165 to be competitive.

Where did you go to college? US or a different country?

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Admitted and Waitlisted Folks: There are separate threads for you for getting in touch with each other and discussing next strategy.

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Thanks for your reply, I am still thinking about retaking the GRE and applying next year.

I college was in Bangladesh

Thanks, mate!


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Hello from New Haven!

Finals for all students finished yesterday and everybody's scattering across the globe for the holiday break!

Are you a prospective student? Already submitted your application for R2? Admitted in R1? On a WL? Everybody is welcome to join us for our SOM Winter Social Series!

Follow this link to meet up with current students and talk about all things SOM: https://goo.gl/vYgXpf

Happy Holidays!

Dan '16

P.S. - I'll be hosting the ones in SF and one in Indianapolis - hope to see you there!

P.P.S. - Check out the newest addition to the Integrated Core Curriculum: https://poetsandquants.com/2015/12/22/yale-som-invents-the/

Hi All,

Can someone please help me understand what Yale means by the following question -
If you have a graduate degree, how, if at all, does pursuing an MBA relate to your previous graduate studies?

I have a bachelor in engineering.

I think they are specifically talking about grad school (masters / PhD / etc.) your bachelors is an undergraduate degree.

Okay, I'm in for R2. Who else? We have to get this thread going again.

Fully completed my application... Just staring blankly at the space for an optional essay... Dunno what to write

You don't have to write anything if there is nothing. I went to a campus visit, and Margie said that the optional essay is "truly optional." I wrote mine about the choice of recommenders, but wouldn't have had anything to write if that wasn't relevant.

Submitted for R2 but have to do the video essays. The motivation after two rounds of apps is dwindling.

Submitted and finished video essays.

I thought the video questions were a bit more hardball than Kellogg, but that's because Kellogg really only asks you one unexpected question and it's a fun one.

Are we required to complete these video ques immediately after submitting or there is some time, say day or two?

R2 deadline for video submissions is January 14th, no matter when you submit the application.

Thanks buddy. That is really relieving