Columbia 2012 Applicants' Discussion Thread New! Columbia GSB Admissions Team Answers Questions on GMAT Club https://images.forbes.com/media/lists/95/2009/columbia-business-school.jpg Also, please see: Columbia GSB MBA Guide Columbia Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Application Tracker Feed Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Columbia GSB to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List 2012 Roll Call (J-Term) Until the main roll call window hasn't added J Termers, I will manually update this. Please ping me to update your name and status here Even9net Tiggy - Accepted - 28th July, 2011 Submitted: 6/19, Review: , Invited to Interview: 7/12 Nimabi - Submitted: , Review: 6/1, Invited to Interview: 7/7 Miambaprosp - Accepted - 28th July, 2011 Submitted: 5/21, Review: 6/2 , Invited to Interview: 7/7 and Interviewed: 7/17 Mmbma - Submitted: 6/15, Review: , Invited to Interview: 7/20 Wishnuv - Submitted: 6/28, Review: , Invited to Interview: 7/19 NYYankees (R) - Submitted: 7/15, Review: 7/18, Invited to Interview: 7/28 (R) - Reapplicant Application Deadlines August 2012 Entry Early Decision: October 5, 2011 Merit Fellowship Consideration: January 4, 2012 Regular Decision: April 11, 2012 January 2012 Entry October 5, 2011 Essay Questions Applicants must complete one short answer question and three essays. Short Answer Question What is your post-MBA professional goal? (200 characters maximum) Essay 1 Considering your post-MBA and long term professional goals, why are you pursuing an MBA at this point in your career? Additionally, why is Columbia Business School a good fit for you? (750 words maximum) Essay 2 Describe a life experience that has shaped you. The goal of this essay is to get a sense of who you are, rather than what you have achieved professionally. (500 words maximum) Essay 3 For the third essay, please choose one of the following three options: Option A The annual A. Lorne Weil Outrageous Business Plan Competition is a student initiative managed and run by the Columbia Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO). The competition encourages Columbia MBA students to explore creative, entrepreneurial ideas that are sufficiently ambitious in scope and scale to be considered “outrageous.” Students explore these ideas while learning firsthand what goes into the development and presentation of a solid business proposal. Develop your own outrageous business idea. In essay form, compose your elevator pitch. (250 words maximum) Option B Columbia deeply values its vibrant student community, the building of which begins at orientation when admitted students are assigned to clusters of 65 to 70 fellow students who take most of the first-year core classes together. During the first weeks of school, each cluster selects a cluster chair. Further strengthening the student community are the more than 100 active student organizations at Columbia Business School, ranging from cultural to professional to community service–oriented. Leadership positions within clusters and clubs offer hands-on management and networking opportunities for students as they interact with fellow students, administrators, faculty members, alumni, and practitioners. You are running for either cluster chair or a club leadership position of your choosing. Compose your campaign speech. (250 words maximum) Option C Founded nearly three decades ago, the Executives in Residence Program at Columbia Business School integrates senior executives into the life of the School. Current executives in residence include more than a dozen experts in areas ranging from media and investment banking to private equity and management. A hallmark of the program is one-on-one counseling sessions in which executives advise students about their prospective career choices. Select one of the current executives in residence with whom you would like to meet during your time at Columbia. Explain your selection and tell us how you would best utilize your half hour one-on-one session. (250 words maximum) CLASS PROFILE (Official Figures) MBA Student Profile — Class Entering 2011 (January and August) Applications Received 6692 Applicants Accepted 1062 Acceptance Rate 16% Class Size 751, divided into 11 clusters GMAT Scores (middle 80%) 680–760 Undergraduate GPA (middle 80%) 3.1–3.8 Work Experience (middle 80%) 3–7 years At Least One Year of Work Experience 100% Average age 28 Women 35% International Citizens 38% - 48% of the incoming class came with a background in Financial Services (28%) and Consulting (20%); Lowest percentages from Non Profit (4%), Manufacturing (3%) and Energy (2%) - Highest percentage of incoming students, by undergrad major, is from Social Sciences (35%) followed by Business (26%) External review of the Columbia Business School https://poetsandquants.com/2010/12/09/columbia-business-school/ Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQzdr1MFVFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cD2mv8-_xA Admitted Students can join the facebook page set-up. https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/gr ... 096381155/

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diggles14

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How long has it been since he responded? and have you completely communicated your situation to him?

He responded last Friday saying we can do this Friday. I sent a follow-up on Tuesday and then again this morning. I also need to put the date and time in the system to confirm with CBS and I believe they will send him my resume and possible other interview material.

I have told him I am out of town M-Th, but did not mention I was flying back just for this interview. The initial date and times he had proposed were fine, I am just concerned since I have not heard from him in about a week to confirm our interview that is tomorrow.

Wish I had the answers for this one. I am also waiting to hear back from my potential interviewer. I've moved onto the 2nd one and am hoping that he responds today. This has been somewhat frustrating / nerve-racking.

rgupta83

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13 Oct 2011, 08:34

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How long has it been since he responded? and have you completely communicated your situation to him?

Thanks for the input guys. He actually just responded and I am on tomorrow!

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13 Oct 2011, 09:34

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Ok dudes let me clarify here... the digital copy (the two page you get in email) is what I submitted.. I simply deleted second sheet that had the school listing and submitted the first.. I only took gmat once and, while I finished verbal with 18 minutes left and could of bumped score if I took again, I was ok with a 710.

Anyway, goodluck on some calls today guys & gals.

"Could of"? You mean could have. Not so sure taking verbal again would have been the best idea.

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13 Oct 2011, 09:36

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"Could of"? You mean could have. Not so sure taking verbal again would have been the best idea.

Could of, should of, would of!

Still nothing this end, by the way....

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13 Oct 2011, 09:41

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Hey all,
Don't you think that ethics and ethical behaviour is one of the main points to which schools pay a close attention??!
Don't you think that schools do not know that you apply to multiple schools at once?

My point is that if you remove the sheet indicating to which other schools you applied - it means that you are hiding something. It means that you provided incomplete GMAT report.
It means that you even if asked to disclose full information you don't follow the rule
Anyway the CBS's admition decision is binding, and if admitted you will know about it far before other decisions. So why to behave contrary to what is expected?!

I have attached the full report with all schools I have sent my scores to. I think that submitting a score to a number of schools does not mean that you will apply there. It is just shows your intention to apply. Not more.
But hiding a part of information shows an intention to behave differently from what is expected.

I only included the first sheet because the score is all the schools are looking for. I took the GMAT 2 years ago and I hadn't even thought about which schools I was going to be applying to so I picked the top 5 schools. I'm sure others who take the GMAT also put down schools before making a final decision on which schools they will eventually apply to. I would absolutely encourage excluding the second sheet because it has no relevance whatsoever. This is not a question about ethics.

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13 Oct 2011, 09:42

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Burned! My verbal is actually pretty top-notch... but why bother typing proper ... don't do it with colleagues through our messaging system either... funny how I would wager most of us had the best grammar skills of our lives during gmat prep / exam... then... 3 months later... cya!

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13 Oct 2011, 10:21

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just out of interest does anyone know of any other forum on the web (any language) that discuss Columbia MBA applications? I just want to manage my own expectations should interview invitations have already gone out to promising last minute ED applicants!

ThePensum

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13 Oct 2011, 10:29

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heh ... I'm refreshing this thread every ten minutes! :shock:

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13 Oct 2011, 10:33

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the ClearAdmit wiki is good

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13 Oct 2011, 10:34

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True, but I don't think I will ever forget some of the idioms I spent hours upon hours memorizing.

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13 Oct 2011, 10:44

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megatop

the ClearAdmit wiki is good

Thanks - I didn't know about this. Many of the ED applicants (who were accepted) got interviews anywhere between 1 day after submission to 1 month. Very helpful.

mbaer2012

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13 Oct 2011, 13:04

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NoggieViking

Still nothing this end, by the way....

Anything yet? :?:

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13 Oct 2011, 13:06

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Still nothing this end, by the way....

Anything yet? :?:

Nothing......... :s

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13 Oct 2011, 13:11

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Still nothing this end, by the way....

Anything yet? :?:

Nothing......... :s

What is your timeline?

NoggieViking

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13 Oct 2011, 13:17

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What is your timeline?

Submitted: 9/12
Under Review: 9/13
Interview Invite: 9/20
Interview: 9/24
Complete: 9/26

Just got a little caught up in mbaer's application being complete 2 days before mine, and he was admitted...2 days ago...

we'll see...

losttraveler

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13 Oct 2011, 13:20

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Keep the faith! Ha, so easy for me to say now... I was, along with fudgey <3, so hyper-analytical it wasn't even funny

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13 Oct 2011, 13:56

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Keep the faith! Ha, so easy for me to say now... I was, along with fudgey <3, so hyper-analytical it wasn't even funny

Keepin' the faith, just hate waiting like this... oh well, time to do other stuff. Like, work.

adiman

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13 Oct 2011, 14:44

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svalik

JUST GOT THE CALL!!!!!!

Congrats! where are you from / what program / what are your stats?

Hi folks,

what number (first 4-5 digits will do) are you getting the call from ?

My app switched to 'Under Review' status today morning (EST) and I missed a call from a 222-555-xxxx number at around 4:20.

That number appears more like a spammer dial than anything and the odds of getting a call or getting a call this quickly are rather remote, but I rarely get such calls and hope springs eternal!

glta.