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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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12/28 submit
1/4 under review
2/8 interview invite
2/14 interview

a friend of mine interviews for columbia in milan and he said 51% of interview invites get an offer.

questions include leadership, teamwork - when did you take initiative and what was the outcome
ethical dilemma question is crucial, a lot of interviewees get this wrong apparently
and lastly adversity and how did you overcome it.
the rest is resume related and why columbia why now stuff, much like in the essay.

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11/5 submit
12/1 under review
1/17 interview invite
1/30 interview
2/7 complete
2/15 accepted

More than 3 months to take me to the final decision point! So hang in there guys!!!! it's worth it in the end

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16 Feb 2012, 09:33

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wow ur case gives me hope! its been 7 weeks since my app went under review and im still waiting to hear back!!!

just a little more relaxed that i have an admit now with ISB atleast im assured of admission somewhere!!!!

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Submitted 1/4

Rejected without interview 2/16

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I finally got a call today from admissions. Applied 12/18, interview 1/20, Complete 1/24, so I got a call from Unknown and the voicemail was from one of the admissions associate directors. Now its after business hours and I left a message, but will have to wait until tomorrow to know. Is there any possibility that this call will be anything other than an accept!!!??? Would they do that? Thanks for your help!

Sorry for being OCD, but this process is grueling!!!!

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CBS has been known to call with follow-up questions. I'd say hope for an admit call, but be fully prepared for someone to ask you questions about your profile, career goals, EMBA vs. FT MBA, etc. Either way, this is a pretty good sign. If you answer the questions to their liking, you may get the admit right then and there on the phone. Best of luck!

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Thank you so much for the helpful response. I will have my gameface on tomorrow when I call back. 8 weeks into this process 1 more restless night isn't going to kill me! I'm fired up! Thanks again.

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Guys - I was reading through last years forum and kind of got the feeling that acceptances are fairly hard to come by at this stage in the game (for those whose applications are not in the complete stage). Anyone have any insight on this? I have an interview tomorrow and have to drive a long friggin way to get there. Hard to get motivated if the odds are super slim. 720/3.5/top public/4yrs finance.

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Absurd statement. If you have an interview you have an excellent chance of getting in.

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17 Feb 2012, 08:35

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Are admit calls always in the morning EST?

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17 Feb 2012, 09:44

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God, submitted on 1/4 Jan, and it is still under review. Hopeless when I see all the people who got interview invites and got in.

1. How many of you guys received interview invite and applied on 1/4? Around what time you guys got the Email from CBS?
2. How many of you guys still waiting for invite and applied on 1/4?
3. Does CBS start to Ding people after they finish sending out the interview invites?

Thanks

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I'm in case #2, and like you, waiting is hard on the nerves...
the rolling process, i.e. no specific date to wait for the result, just keeps you from having any single sound night

let's hang in there

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Are admit calls always in the morning EST?

No.

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I have an interview scheduled for next week. After a lot of going back and forth, I decided to book a flight and go interview in a neighboring state. A good friend of mine interviewed a couple weeks back with the only option in our area. It ended up to be a nightmare, 2-hour interview with a complete d bag. Apparently, the interviewer was quite arrogant and kept correcting my friend's responses. Needless to say, my friend was dinged after it took the guy two weeks to submit the report.

Anyway, I sent an email to the same interviewer on Tuesday when I got the invite. I hadn't heard back by last night, so I sent an email to another interviewer in a neighboring state. He responded within minutes and I'm all set for next week! I hope that that was the right choice. I just didn't want to run the risk of having a similar interview.

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WOW, u made a great choice. BTW, where do u live right now? and where u flight to take the interview?

Man, where is my interview invite. Sighhhhhh!!!

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Thank you so much for the helpful response. I will have my gameface on tomorrow when I call back. 8 weeks into this process 1 more restless night isn't going to kill me! I'm fired up! Thanks again.

Any word on what the phone call was about? Hope you got good news

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Thank you so much for the helpful response. I will have my gameface on tomorrow when I call back. 8 weeks into this process 1 more restless night isn't going to kill me! I'm fired up! Thanks again.

So any response?

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Had my interview this morning. Not sure what to think. My interviewer was pretty tough. She kept asking me to go deeper to the point wherei found myself running out of bullets. Answered all questions with composure but admittedly had some weaker substance for a few answers. Anyone have a similar experience? Wondering of they were testing my ability to think on my feet or if my answers were insufficient.

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Can anyone out here shed some light on the Columbia RD Waitlist process. Since there are no rounds, when do they start making decisions... the summer?

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I submitted on 22nd Dec, and my status is still 'under review'. I haven't been invited to interview either in all this time.
Any other international applicants in a similar situation? I see that most people who've heard back (at least on this forum) are based in the US
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FYI, I'm an international applicant from Korea.

Submitted 1/4
Under review 1/13
Still waiting now

I have been preparing for interview after I submitted hoping good news and I have a faith of it. Let's think positively. I wish you all good luck.