UCLA Anderson 2012 - Calling All Applicants

Congratulations to all those accepted!

Anyone interviewed but got no news from Anderson this Fri? I had my interview last week but have not heard anything yet.

From the UCLA Admissions Blog -

"The MBA Admissions office released an early batch of decisions late yesterday afternoon. Please note that this was a relatively small group and that we are still evaluating files, conducting interviews and sending out interview invitations as we speak. Some, not all, admits also received fellowship offers, so be assured that upcoming Round 2 admits will definitely be considered for fellowships as well.

As I mentioned previously, we are still sending out interview invites, and plan to do so for the next few weeks. We are doing our best to evaluate all files as quickly and carefully as possible and really appreciate your patience as we process our biggest round of the year. Our office plans to release another small batch of decisions in the next week or two, but expect that the vast majority of Round 2 applicants will get their decisions on the final release deadine of April 4th."

Realistically, how bad of a sign is it if you interviewed a while back and were not admitted last week?

I don't think it's terribly a bad sign. When the representative called me, he referred to us that got their acceptance letters so far as the "early group." So that, combined with the fact that they are still sending out interviews, means they aren't done deciding.

You put your hopes on only 2 California Universities?...man..not a good strategy.

International R2 here and haven't heard form them yet, seems I wont' at all. Cya expensive SoCal

I had an interview recently.

It was the most straightforward interview I have had so far. No resume provided during / before interview.

It was walk me through your resume, why MBA, why UCLA.
I asked a couple of questions and was done within 20mins.. if that. I think the interviewer just wanted to go home.
I was told beforehand not to prepare because I wouldnt need to. I did and wish I hadn't bothered!

It could mean the interviewer didnt think i was a good fit, ending so fast and all. But I'm strangely confident.

Has anyone received or heard of anyone receiving an interview invite recently? I know they said they were still sending them out but I haven't heard anyone say they've received one...

I received my invite last week and interviewed on Monday - invites are still rolling out - keep the faith!

Had My R2 interview on campus. It was very laid back. I am not even sure what they are trying to learn with an interview. UCLA has an awesome campus!

What do you mean by that?

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I mean it was very quick. Very simple questions. Nothing like in other schools. Does anyone know the % of interviewed who are admitted?

about 65% (based off Businessweek's profile)

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I mean it was very quick. Very simple questions. Nothing like in other schools. Does anyone know the % of interviewed who are admitted?[/quote]

about 65% (based off Businessweek's profile)[/quote]

Not bad. Does this number consider yield? Also, any ideas how generous is UCLA with scholarships?

Approximately 1/3 of the incoming class receives a fellowship. This is from an information session I attended on campus.

One interesting thing about the acceptance rate. On the actual notification deadline the rate is probably lower than what is published. That is because schools keep many applicants on the waitlist. As they go through the waitlist, odds are that the candidates that they offer to are likelier to accept (since schools tend to offer candidates who continue to show interest in the school, meaning they have not accepted at another school by that point). Therefore these waitlisted students whom are accepting, are bringing up both the acceptance rate and the yield of the school. Hence the total acceptance rate/yield reported by BW for the application year is not necessarily indicative of any particular notification date numbers. This is not based on any information session, just my own personal speculation




I mean it was very quick. Very simple questions. Nothing like in other schools. Does anyone know the % of interviewed who are admitted?[/quote]

about 65% (based off Businessweek's profile)[/quote]

Not bad. Does this number consider yield? Also, any ideas how generous is UCLA with scholarships?[/quote]

Congratulations Krazie! Very exciting. Do you mind sharing your background/stats?

I applied on the last day of Round 2, have not received any interview invite yet. Anyone else in the same boat? Seems running out of luck :-/

I'm in the same boat, still says "Your MBA application is being reviewed by our admissions committee and we will contact you if we have any questions." I'm kind of planning on a ding.

Looks like this boat is filling up!

Checking your e-mails incessantly hoping for some good news is getting increasingly frustrating!