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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theoutlawfades

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Hi everyone,

So I submitted my application on 12/18 but one of my recommenders hadn't finished and sent my app into "incomplete" status. The recommender (who I want to throw something at right now) submitted the recommendation the day after the scholarship deadline and as of today, the status hasn't been updated from "incomplete" even though the system says everything is now in.

2 questions. 1. Is Columbia likely to still consider me for scholarships even though a recommender was late (big assumption, they're interested in me at all)? 2. Should I talk to somebody about the "incomplete" status? I didn't want to be a pest but also want to make sure my app gets reviewed.

Thanks for the help!

I think you might have to call the Columbia MBA office. I'm curious to know the answers too. Can you post them once you find out?

As an update, I emailed the office yesterday afternoon and received the update this morning that my application was now marked as Complete and In Review. Also, they replied back saying that I would still be considered for merit fellowships despite the late recommendation. Whew!

Now, let's hope they like me enough to admit me and give me $$. :-)

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just got an interview invite this afternoon. submitted around 1/3.

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just got an interview invite this afternoon. submitted around 1/3.

Congrats laxstar320! do you mind posting where you are located?

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Congrats to all the RD interview invites and good luck!!! PM me if you'd like -- I'm glad to help out wherever I can.

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So I have emailed 4 out of the potential 9 ambassadors and only 1 has responded and they didn't have time to interview me. The Columbia interview invite page says I need to schedule it within 2 weeks.

Does anyone know if that means the interview needs to be done within 2 weeks or scheduled/decided upon within 2 weeks?

I'm getting a little nervous about this.

I would go ahead and e-mail the other 5 ambassadors and see if they respond. Sometimes, the e-mails and contact information in their database is out of date.

I agree with this. Also, if anyone reads this and knows the adcomms or something, can they please highlight it? It is bloody ridiculous that they don't have a more stringent process for contacting their alumni and confirming that they are available/still want to be ambassadors/will be in the country/have the same email. It takes maybe a few days, put all the replies in a spreadsheet, bam - there's your new ambassador list. The fact that this process is so poor had a major impact on my decision to not attend. I also emailed about 5 people before I even got a reply.

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Well... Perhaps some of it has to do with the incredible flux in which the Columbia alumni in finance might have been in the last year.

For me ..Ah, another day passed with neither interview invite nor a ding. I am wearing myself out of checking my email over and over again.

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21 Jan 2010, 23:03

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just got an interview invite this afternoon. submitted around 1/3.

Congrats laxstar320! do you mind posting where you are located?

thanks, i am in nyc. good luck to everyone.

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22 Jan 2010, 02:51

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Hi guys,

submitted on 1/3, went under review on 1/10, still under review. Just waiting!

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I got an interview invite today!!! Submitted 1/5

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i know i don't participate a lot on here but just wanted to throw my name in the mix for RD.

just received an interview invite this afternoon. submitted 1/5; under review 1/11; interview 1/22

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Hi Everyone,

The tension is getting to me! I submitted on 27/12 and I see that people who submitted after me are getting interview calls. I guess I should be expecting a ding soon?

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Same here. I submitted on 12/15, not heard anything as yet.

I am not sure if it will be a ding, but yes looks like the cycle time for dings is certainly longer than for interviews.

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good luck with the interviews everyone

and for those still waiting, don't lose hope already. cbs takes the 12 week thing seriously, you will hear from them soon.
pls do read the interview reports in here as well as clearadmit wiki.
and in case you wish you could talk to someone about the interview, i'm happy to help. just PM me and we can chat over phone or skype.

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Praz:

do you know how some folks who submitted in dec havent yet recd a call but those who submitted in jan 10th or so have already heard..how does it work?

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i understand that feels weird, my only take on that is, may be the first reader itself recommended them for interview whereas in the other case the first reader didn't.
also, it depends on how quickly the reader reviews your app and whether or not they have started reading your app at all (most likely they have many on their plate and there is no order)

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Praz:

do you know how some folks who submitted in dec havent yet recd a call but those who submitted in jan 10th or so have already heard..how does it work?

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I had my interview this weekend during Super Saturday. Seemed like it wasn't just for NY area ppl. A few people were from VA. One question I was asked that I haven't seen on the board was tell me about a time when you faced adversity.

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Dinged w/o interview.

It may sound like whining, but I feel the top schools have been especially hard for applicants from India this year.

Well, at least I have my Simon admit with 50% scholarship to be thankful for....

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Dinged w/o interview.

It may sound like whining, but I feel the top schools have been especially hard for applicants from India this year.

Well, at least I have my Simon admit with 50% scholarship to be thankful for....

Sorry to hear that. I am still waiting for some news from CBS. What was your profile and when did your app go under review?

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Sorry about that. There certainly is a huge uptick in Indians applying to bschools (my observation, no statistical data), and bschools want diversity. I am still waiting for any news but am increasingly getting certain that it will be a ding w/o interview.

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