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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Submitted: 10/6
Interviewed: 11/11
Complete: 11/16
Decision: 12/7

It took a while for a decision to be rendered which completely stressed me out, but sit tight. good luck!

Congratulations! Welcome to the Class of 2012

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If you get a subsequent promotion after you submit your application, what is the best way to address this? Should I send in my promotion official letter? Or just a note stating that I was promoted. I think the first one would look better.

I would only notify the admissions committee with a short note if the promotion is significant (i.e. 15-20%+ raise in pay, sigificantly different job responsibilities, etc.) If it is just a mere title change/small bump in pay, I wouldn't do it.

Just my personal opinion.

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I finally received my interview invite. I applied a few hours prior to the ED deadline and my app went “under review” by the end of October.
For those who are still waiting, there is still hope.

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OK RD app submitted. Count me in!

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Guys - advice required! I submitted yesterday and my status just changed to "printed and sent for review".

But my final recommender hasn't yet submitted! Worried my app will get buried with everyone else's until they start reviewing RD in January, and will then look incomplete.

Should I call them? And if so how, since the contact me section of the website only has an email form!

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thanks for teh support britguy! just going to submit by the weekend also tho my recommenders will take another week!
good luck with sorting out the reco bit - am sure itll be fine!

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this reminds me of some previous advice not to submit before recs are in for CBS in particular. maybe this is why! oh well, I'll probably shoot them a mail and get it sorted. sure it's not the end of the world!

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Comparing CBS's essays with that of other schools it seems that there is less opportunity to cover everything you want. What are peoples thoughts on using the optional essay? I'm conscious of only using it for value added information. Is it strictly to cover off weaknesses in your app or can you use it almost as a seperate essay to highlght some strength/motivation etc...thoughts?

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Columbia's optional essay is more flexible than the other schools - some schools specify that you should use the optional essay for a weakness only.

Hey also PM me if you down the path of getting an interview - I have some ideas.

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Hey Sapphireka... will def do. I'm applying for RD though so it might be a month or more before I hear back from CBS!

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Anyone know the deadline for ED decisions?

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it was October 7th.

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it was October 7th.

not for submission..for the final decisions?

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sorry buddy, read through it quickly. I would expect it to be about 1 week before RD starts getting reviewed, so I would say they are rushing to get all decisions out the door before the holidays.

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Guys-

I am close to submitting my RD application. When I press submit, and check over my final PDF, a lot of my responses are cut-off. (However they appear in the text boxes where I typed them).

Did this happen to anyone else? Any advice?

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yep, I had to re-write everything in one paragraph.

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hey britguy - any update on the issue on ur app being submitted without recos? Thanks in advance for sharing!

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I decided to wait until the guy submitted. When he did I immediately got a status update so I guess it's all fine. If nothing changed I'd have called them to politely check that the 2nd rec was printed.

Fingers crossed for Jan/Feb!

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In my case I deliberately discussed stories from work /community/ personal to showcase the well roundednesa. I don't think you should use optional Essay to cover more ground

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In my case I deliberately discussed stories from work /community/ personal to showcase the well roundednesa. I don't think you should use optional Essay to cover more ground

From reading some interviews with the adcom it appears that the general consensus is that unless there is a good reason to use it that it shouldn't be used as an additional essay topic. I guess that's part of the challenge, to weave as much into the limited space you have.