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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Thank you very much, sir~

Looks like I still have hope ...... someone please turn on the light in this dark little room for me~

glad to hear there is still hope

has anyone else who submitted on 10/7 received an interview invite yet?

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This is one message I've been waiting to write ever since I joined this forum.
It's my turn now.
I got in.

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praz

This is one message I've been waiting to write ever since I joined this forum.
It's my turn now.
I got in.

woohooo...congratulations!

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praz

This is one message I've been waiting to write ever since I joined this forum.
It's my turn now.
I got in.

I've been waiting for this all week, what a great start to the weekend! I'm so happy for you.

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nicely done praz !

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Praz, I just read about your journey in last years thread also. You are an inspiration! I have my interview tomorrow and am just starting to swot for it now. any tips?

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Thank you cozmo8, eminent, niraja,sapphireka. :-)

For your interview, be very confident in speaking about your goals and why you want the MBA from CBS. Comparing my two interviews with CBS, I think last year I fumbled a bit when my interviewer started questioning me about why not school XYZ instead?
This year I made my case for CBS by first talking in points about what I am looking for from an MBA and then connecting it to how CBS fulfills each of these points. Thus there was no room for any doubts.

Other than that, if you've gone through typical questions (which I'm sure you've by now) there is no reason to sweat. Good luck

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Praz, I just read about your journey in last years thread also. You are an inspiration! I have my interview tomorrow and am just starting to swot for it now. any tips?

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I submitted on October 6th; however my application went “under review” on October 26th. I was reading through last year’s thread and CBS seemed to be a lot more responsive.
Good luck to everyone who is still waiting for an interview!

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hey any advise on how long the optional essay should be at max? 500 words or less? I am planning to use it to showcase something positive in my application.

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Be very cautious about using Optional essay.
Almost everyone has recommended that use it to give another perspective of something which on first glance looks like a -ve in your profile. A low GPA, a missed year things like that. But of course there is no rules around it, but just be careful.

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hey any advise on how long the optional essay should be at max? 500 words or less? I am planning to use it to showcase something positive in my application.

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praz

This is one message I've been waiting to write ever since I joined this forum.
It's my turn now.
I got in.

congratulations!!! I am so happy that finally you are IN!

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Congratulations to all on their admits and interviews.
I will be applying for RD.

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application went complete on 9/4
had an interview on 10/12
had my application renderd to deferrment to regulardecision on 11/6

Does anyone know ration of deffered applicants from ED to whole regular decision pool?

Thanks. lost and don't know what to do

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thanks praz - so I take it you didnt use your optional essay? So which essay did you use to showcase your leadership abilities/extra currciuclar/ accomplishment ? grateful for advise from a successful applicant..congrats!

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correct, i didn't use optional essay at all.
in both essay 1 and 2 i weaved in leadership and accomplishment stories from professional work.
i used an extra curricular/community service story for team failure.
fwiw, i felt whatever my best stories were they should be featured in these essays somehow. and yes variety of context is good and recommended. if you want to chat about it in more detail, pm me.

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I had a very strange interview today. At one point the interviewer asked "do you really need to do an MBA?". He also said that he loved going there but overall he was pretty negative about the school. What should I do? How do I get a better picture of the school? Because I'm over the other side of the world I only get a few data points and I really want to understand if I'm a good fit for Columbia or not.

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sapphireka,

You should get in touch with students from the Hermes society. My student host was a member of the group - these folks really know a lot about the program. I'm sure it'll help. I think I saw someone from Australia in the list...

https://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/mba/learnmore/chat

best, 555

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praz

This is one message I've been waiting to write ever since I joined this forum.
It's my turn now.
I got in.

Congrats Praz!!! You deserve it!!!

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hey guys, i've been ousted by the columbia admissions staff... cross me off the list with a big red pen.

fun while it lasted, best of luck to everybody still waiting.