NOTE: Roll Call Page Managed by All Global Mods Jan 2010 and Another 2010 Threads were Merged for Simplicity https://profile.ak.facebook.com/object3/249/1/n42316303783_9782.jpg Columbia Business School - Class of 2012 Applicants Jan 2010 Total Applicants: 2 Interview Invites: Admitted:1 WL: Dinged: TXB - ACCEPTED 9/23 manojrana9 - Applying ED Total Applicants: 44 Admitted: 12 WL: 4 Dinged: 9 Unknown: 18 novian18- ACCEPTED 9/24 (Sub 8/20, Int Invite 9/14, Int 9/21) eminent – ACCEPTED malik – ACCEPTED 10/12 audrey83 - ACCEPTED 11/4 praz - ACCEPTED 11/6 imchuckbass* (JD/MBA) - ACCEPTED 11/16 flyingator - ACCEPTED 11/17 entrepreneur2015 - ACCEPTED 12/1 SBChargers - ACCEPTED 12/4 snakesonplanes - ACCEPTED (Invite 11/5) aiken17* - ACCEPTED 12/7 radionowhere - ACCEPTED 12/21 raven52 - DEFERRED to RD 10/28 ysj231 - DEFERRED to RD 11/7 mbasc2010 - DEFERRED to RD 11/30 sapphireka - DEFERRED to RD 11/30 xlick – Dinged 10/26 vamsi142 - Dinged hohoo - Dinged 11/6 dan2012 - Dinged 11/9 moskovybus - Dinged 11/12 ojkap - Dinged 11/20 niraja - Dinged 12/3 BangaloreKid* - Dinged 12/3 kweku415* - Dinged 12/3 timothy332 - INTERVIEW 10/19 amps* - INTERVIEW (Invite 11/11) weaksuper - INTERVIEW (Invite 11/23) roger3808* - INTERVIEW theburgh - INTERVIEW Megachaoren triple5soul dan2012 CrushTheGMAT qlemon gnz1 Vamsi142 nickTW afan turbo2008 mizu freezzing dugurong RD Total Applicants: 118 Interview Invites: 41 Admitted : 14 WL : 6 Dinged : 35 Aenigma (interviewed) Anonymous13 (interviewed) awang1283 (interviewed) bigfernhead (interviewed) david2008 (interviewed) KarBare33 (interviewed) Kiki723 (interviewed) kohlia (interviewed) LB20 (interviewed) pintotowncar (interviewed) powerka (interviewed) sojo35 (interviewed) techwonk (interviewed) WaitingOn6 (interviewed) drmang7 (interviewed) Dunchess (interviewed) Fruitfly (interviewed) mbanxious (interviewed) nsidelnik (interviewed) zippy10 (interviewed) aditi123 afinado (interviewed) all Applicant1978 bigdre bwizzle (interviewed) cavorter cesc4 gkumar goldenspaceship greytmba HaroldPark hegel (interviewed) jjdubles jon82 jumbalaya kkr mbaseek12 mustafaj nikhilashri ntpaledo oscar81 passivation PleaseOhPlease rza SalarymanJ SCBooth souryab swank6 thisisgettingtome thescientist (interviewed) triple5soul unhedged Yankees2008 yelmaya 2009mba2012 2012dreams 2012mbahopeful (interviewed) aaj Anya1979 atypical azona (interviewed) baobabt blitz85 BostonArmyGuy (interviewed) BSbound Carlitos (interviewed) cheetahfish (interviewed) chrishelt christinee cozmo8 designstory (interviewed) drew031482 ebnab (interviewed) FChang go2bizSkool grv gyhb hellobirdieapp hermanstood hokiegenius InCaseYouAsked IndianGuardian jmtomasz kannagade KBCalifornia (interviewed) kma682 (interviewed) kombz (interviewed) kzslacker laxstar320 (interviewed) Marcus7 (interviewed) Marescotti (interviewed) mba2012orbust meridian17 (interviewed) mor nicholasffry (interviewed) NickTW (interviewed) nikheel oatwich ozgeuyanik Pleonasm pmk157 prakyrules Reality Reeve015 righty123 rkcz RonMexico shadowsjc (interviewed) shiny26 smashzone Steppenwolf (undecided ED/RD) superdkny testgmattest55 thedeadlyone theoutlawfades (interviewed) ttocsik vodkacran warriorM33 westsew whirlwind yangsta8 Last Year's CBS F'09 thread: calling-all-columbia-applicants-for-63151.html#p460533 Essay Topics and Deadlines: Since the January 2010 application officially opens today at 5.PM, I thought I throw in the thread for Early Decision 2010. I know it may be a little early in the game, but has anyone else started preparing their application? This means visiting the school, talking to CBS ambassadors, drafting the essay, etc. And good luck everyone!

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and another week goes by with no word....

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19 Mar 2010, 17:22

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got dinged today

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Interesting. CBS has only 3 essay questions.

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Accepted today via phonecall.

Applied 1/07, Under Review 2/02, Int. Invite 2/22, Interview 3/08, Admitted 3/22.

Good luck to everyone waiting on those rolling admissions - hang in there.

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RonMexico

Accepted today via phonecall.

Applied 1/07, Under Review 2/02, Int. Invite 2/22, Interview 3/08, Admitted 3/22.

Good luck to everyone waiting on those rolling admissions - hang in there.

Congrats!

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RonMexico

Accepted today via phonecall.

Applied 1/07, Under Review 2/02, Int. Invite 2/22, Interview 3/08, Admitted 3/22.

Good luck to everyone waiting on those rolling admissions - hang in there.

Congrats RonMexico! My Columbia timeline is almost exactly the same as yours... Applied 1/07, Int. Invite 2/22, Interview 3/08... have not received a call though. Did you get an email or a change in your status on the applyyourself website yet?

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Congrats, RonMexico (love the name), I also have the exact same timeline as you and have yet to hear on a decision. Hopefully I'll find out this week. Would you mind sharing your stats/story so I can see if you're a similar candidate to me in terms of background? Thanks.

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No problem - I know how stressful all this waiting is! I got a phonecall this afternoon in Europe (I think they might have tried to call a few days ago, but I missed it), and my online status was updated a few hours after I talked to the ADCOM member.

I'm a bit of an oddball candidate, so I imagine the box my app sat inside was a bit empty........

32 / Male URM / 3.2 from Service Academy / 700 (heavy verbal split) / 10+ exp as military jet pilot / Good ECs / HEAVY international experience

If you have any other questions, feel free to PM. Columbia has been real attentive and easy to work with in dealing with my inquiries, but remember, we are all on the tail-end of that big rush of January 6th applications, so give it time and GOOD LUCK!

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FYI, I got waitlisted today.

Applied on 12/22, Interviewed 1/25, and heard back ~12 weeks post submission. Ivy League 3.5 GPA with honors, 710 GMAT, 3 years WE in Product Management (Finance), Strong Interview, Latino. I also visited for one of their targeted diversity recruitment weekends.

So far, I'm in at Stern with a partial scholarship, ding at Wharton, and waiting to hear from HBS. We'll see what happens.

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Man, this wait is killing me!!!

Application complete 2/6...Interviewed 3/5...and my status still doesnt say "complete." I called CBS today and they told me that my interviewer has not submitted my eval yet. I thought it went very well...lasted approx 1 hr 40 min...maybe not, arrrgh!!!

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dinged
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Update: Received my ding email (without interview)

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OK, I'm still working on my CBS app and hope to submit it by the end of the month. Yea, I know. Anyway, does it reflect really badly on me that I've never visited the school or attended an event, given that I live about 4 hours away? Is there any way I can gloss over that? Kinda hard to do when they specifically ask you that question in the application. I mean, do they really care whether you've visited or not?

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Congrats to RonMexico, btw congrats for your profile (my cousin was a US official working in Europe like you), sorry for the ding/waitlist.

@Milias, although I am myself an applicant (thus I'm just speculating) I believe that what Adcom is really looking for is commitment. Applying this late is not putting you in a very good position, since you live only 4 hours away from NY I presume it would give quite a boost to your app taking a tour of the campus as well as it might be a minus on your list that you are so close and you have not been there.

One question: is the 12 week term after sumbmission an indicative term or a strict one? Because I have submitted my apps on 1/11, and if it is a strict term I won't probably get an answer before 4/1 when all the 1/6 apps should meet deadline. Not that it would change anything at all, just trying to distract myself from this wait...

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ditto congrats to Ron.

Is anybody having problems logging into Apply Yourself to check your status?

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Hey guys,

Trying to get some of your "precious" thoughts over here. Would it be way too late for me to apply for R3 at CBS with the profile listed below? If it's not too late, what do u guys think my chances are w/ profile below? Seems like my GMAT score isn't as competitive as others' are. Tried to raise it with 2nd trial but ended up increasing only 10 points by hitting into a bump during the Verbal part.

I'm open for any encouragement/advice/critiques.

I know CBS also does offer J-term but R3 acceptance sounds much better to me since it will provide opp for summer intern. Thanks in advance!

27/Male/Korean-American (US Citizen)
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700/90% (m:47 v: 38 a: 5.5)
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Feels pretty strong with application essays

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Hi all -- hoping for some advice.

I only applied to a few schools, and have dinged out of all of them *except* for Columbia, with whom I interviewed a few weeks ago. Since Columbia values yield rate so highly, would it make sense to inform AdCom of my situation in some subtle way?

On one hand, I'm sure they'd be interested to know, because if they accept me, I'm going -- and that's valuable yield info. But on the other, I'm afraid it would make me look like a weaker candidate, which is complicated by the fact that I'm already considered an "oddball" candidate in that I had a poor undergraduate GPA (though I believe the rest of my application, including GMAT / WE / extracurriculars / life and career story are quite strong).

Some schools give guidance that they more or less never want to hear from candidates (e.g. Wharton), others encourage you to keep in touch (e.g. Tuck), but I haven't seen similar guidance for Columbia.

Any thoughts?

Thanks, and good luck everyone...

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I had my interview w/ a local alumnus yesterday. It lasted about 1.5 hrs and the questions were pretty similar to others that had been posted on this site. The biggest differences f/ my other b-school interviews were:

1) CBS seemed to place more emphasis on the other schools to which I applied, my reasoning behind choosing those schools, and how they compare to CBS.

2) The CBS interview had more time built in for general conversation - we talked about business, gov't, etc. for 30-45 min.

Applied 2/6. Invited to Interview 3/15. Completed Interview 3/24.

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Does CBS include scholarship information in the initial admittance package? I don't recall anyone on this forum saying that they got a scholarship from CBS.

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I am sure opinions will vary but I think that you would not want to bring up that other schools have dinged you. Not that anything is wrong with getting dinged, but my opinion would be that you don't want to highlight that other top schools have decided not to take you on because you have a low undergrad gpa.

As for whether or not to reach out...as long as you don't make a pest of yourself, why not. Let CBS know they are your top choice, let the adcom know that you have visted the other programs and feel the best "fit" with cbs. I am personally on the waitlist at CBS now, they have changed the waitlist policy and no longer want to hear from candidates unless they contact you. That is probably reflective of the tone of CBS in general but finding ways around that are possible, having a recommeder reach out to the committee or scheduling a visit and dropping by the admissions office know to let them know that you "fit" with the campus is a good way to show interest.