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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aquarius

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06 Jan 2012, 14:20

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Invited to interview today!! Submitted on 12/9/2011

JPHFan

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06 Jan 2012, 14:25

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I was just rejected (without interview). There was no mention of EMBA in my rejection letter.

Stats in case people care:
2 years as a PM at a fortune 50 tech company and several patents to my name due to my leading projects which have gained company-wide notoriety, which led to my early promotion and receiving the highest bonus of anyone at my level
3.9 GPA dual major comp-sci+electrical engineering from top school
760 GMAT
Stellar recommendations
Good extracurrics

In fact, I was rejected without interview from every school I applied to. Granted, the only others were H and W, but still - I got someone who graduated from each of those schools to hand review each application before submitting. I think it's clear that for whatever reason, b-school is simply not in the cards for me.

Time to pull a Zuckerberg :wink:

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06 Jan 2012, 14:32

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wow - well if i ever start an MBA program you're accepted...but seriously, sorry to hear that and good luck going forward

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06 Jan 2012, 14:39

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Bschool is definitely not the only way to success, not even close - Warren Buffett was dinged by HBS (yrs ago tho) while Raj Rajaratnam is a Wharton MBA grad. When a door closes, a window opens. Let's not give up, folks!

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06 Jan 2012, 14:45

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Invited to interview today!! Submitted on 12/9/2011

Nice, they are moving at a good clip.

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06 Jan 2012, 14:53

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I'm really sorry to hear that. I know its tough to get rejected but you have a really strong profile. If you were to try again next year to a broader range of schools (MIT, Booth, Kellogg, etc) I think you'd have a good chance of getting in. A consultant may even help you get in to H/W/C as a reapplicant. Don't despair, and best of luck to you!

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06 Jan 2012, 15:25

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way sorry to hear about the bad news. it does sound like you have enough ambition and experience to go do something awesome though! good luck with whatever you pursue!
do you think there was any part of your application that the schools may not have liked? because everything you said was incredible.

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06 Jan 2012, 16:14

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Thanks all for the positive wishes, but I know I will be alright whatever I end up doing.

There are only two things I can think of that admissions would not have liked.

1) Lack of experience. It doesn't matter what I did with my time, at the end of the day I've only got 2 years under my belt.
2) My story is about wanting to go in to entrepreneurship and while I have begun the process of starting my company with my partner (hence my allusion to starting the next Facebook) there is no way I could argue that I have all the experiences demonstrating what it takes to start up a company. Have I created a product from scratch, driven a team to execute it, and marketed it to wide adoption? Absolutely. But do I know what it means to put everything on the line so that if I fail it means millions lost for my investors? Absolutely not.

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06 Jan 2012, 18:01

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I feel your pain. Rejected without interview at Harvard, Wharton and CBS. Interviewed at Kellogg and waitlisted.

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06 Jan 2012, 18:37

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JPHFan, that's a surprise, you know a vast majority of the admits will have lower stats than yours. Perhaps it's worth a call for a ding analysis?

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06 Jan 2012, 18:56

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How long does it typically take CBS to render a final decision once your application says that the interview process is complete?

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07 Jan 2012, 16:08

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JPHFan

I feel your pain. Rejected without interview at Harvard, Wharton and CBS. Interviewed at Kellogg and waitlisted.

Tough news, but don't lose hope on Kellogg. Their yield is lower than other top schools so they may very well pull you off the waitlist. Best of luck!

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07 Jan 2012, 20:53

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Now that we are passed both the Early Decision and Merit Fellowship deadlines, has the chance for Class of 2012 admission to Columbia passed? In other words, is there any point to applying around Feb 1 or would the chance of acceptance even with a 750 GMAT be somewhere under 10%?

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07 Jan 2012, 22:03

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I submitted on the 4th a few minutes after 5pm EST. I didnt see any time-of-day for the deadline. Am I safe to assume I got in before the merit deadline passed?

Also, does anyone have a rough idea as to when interview decisions will go out, and when that interview window might be?

Thanks

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07 Jan 2012, 22:07

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You're good, it's 11:59 pm EST

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https://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/mba/admissions/options

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08 Jan 2012, 05:44

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Hello ppl,

I was wondering if we had a count of people who submitted their application in RD and have received an interview call.

I submitted my application on 3 Jan 2012, so dont think I ll be hearing anything in the next couple of weeks. But I am hoping that I hear from them sooner than later.

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08 Jan 2012, 23:15

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How long does it typically take CBS to render a final decision once your application says that the interview process is complete?

within 2 weeks? just a guess.

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09 Jan 2012, 09:04

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Admitted regular decision.

Applied: 29 September 2011
Invited to Interview: 8 December 2011
Interviewed: 13 December 2011
Complete: 4 January 2011
Admitted: 9 January 2011

750 GMAT, 4.5 years w/ tier 1 bank in New York & London (not IBD), 3.6 GPA (Top 25 Nat'l University, per US News).

Thanks everyone who's been contributing and sharing advise, and good luck!