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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Did anyone who applied on 1/4 (merit deadline) still not hear anything from adcoms... including no intvw invites or dings? It has been 10 weeks since submission and I haven't heard a peep--do you guys think i should reach out to see what the hold up is? Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

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19 Mar 2012, 07:31

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I'm in the same boat. Not sure what's going on.

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19 Mar 2012, 07:39

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You're probably still in the running while they review other apps.

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Seems like there haven't been any admits for awhile. I have been complete for almost two weeks now and have heard nothing. I wonder if they are waiting for one of the deposit deadlines to pass to see how many spots they have yet to fill.

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Seems like news is trickling in...Does anyone know when the final decision date is for Columbia merit scholarships? Also, when is the next ASW?

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Based on my reading of the application and website there is no separate last notification date for merit scholarship applications. It seems like they pretty much reserve the right to make you wait. Per the website they will try and render a decision working 12 weeks (late March if you submitted 1/4) but they note that being invited to interview may extend that timeline. Honestly the CBS application process for non ED applicants is the most frustrating, least transparent one I have encountered. It's all really quite annoying.

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19 Mar 2012, 14:56

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I don't know how some of you guys do it. I went complete Friday 3/16 and I feel like I am on edge all the time.

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I don't know how some of you guys do it. I went complete Friday 3/16 and I feel like I am on edge all the time.

Hear ya. Though, one folk in last year'd CBS thread had to wait 14 weeks between the time his profile went "complete" and when a decision was rendered (an admit, no less!). Imagine that. :twisted:

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19 Mar 2012, 18:39

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It was really quiet on this forum last week, but I wanted to share that I received an admit call this morning. The call is from an unknown number, and I received the call around 12:15pm EST.

Submitted 1/1
Under review 1/3
Interview Invite 2/14
Interview Complete 2/27
Admit 3/19

I admit I was getting antsy because some other admits waited around 2 weeks or just under 3 weeks for a decision, but decisions are definitely still coming out. Good luck to all and hope this helps!

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And the waiting begins...

Submitted 1/4
Interview Invite 2/29
Interview Complete 3/19

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As a proxy, mine is below.

Applied 1/13
interview invite 3/6
interview 3/14
complete 3/16

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I don't think a single person has been interviewed regular decision and then been denied... either accepted, waitlisted or still in limbo. Is this right?

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I have been following this forum silently for a while but just wanted to let people know that hopefully more decisions are on the way soon for everyone since I got the call yesterday after almost a month being complete! The anxiety was killing me. Just as people said, the call came in from an unknown number.

Here is my timeline:

1/4/2012: Submitted
2/7/2012: Invited to Interview
2/15/2012: Interviewed
2/23/2012: Interview Complete
3/19/2012: Admitted! (Call at 4:30 PM EST)

Best of luck to everyone still waiting and hope you all hear back soon!

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JUST GOT THE CALL!!!

1/4/2012: Submitted
2/21/2012: Invited to Interview
2/23/2012: Interviewed
2/27/2012: Interview Complete
3/20/2012: Admitted! (Call at 5:30 PM EST)

All the best to everyone still waiting! Hang in there!!!

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I just got the CALL!!!!!

I have been entered into a drawing sweepstakes and I was the winner for a cruise (according to the telemarketer)

I am really starting to hate them now, every time my phone goes off I go sprinting/skipping to a conference room like an idiot........

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And the waiting begins...

Submitted 1/4
Interview Invite 2/29
Interview Complete 3/19

Exact same timeline...and I'm not patient at waiting..at all!

Good luck to us both!

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Went complete yesterday. Columbia is my top choice, so this will be a painful period. Good luck to everyone still waiting!

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Applied on 1/4 and still have not heard anything (including intvw invite or ding). I'm thinking of reaching out to the adcoms with a nice email just to check in. Are there any experiences on this thread that would strongly advise otherwise? Going on 11 weeks without a peep and I was told at a CBS admissions event that adcoms attempts to go complete for applicants within 12 weeks of submission. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

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21 Mar 2012, 17:58

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I don't think there's anything wrong with reaching out to ask if everything is still on track. That said you are probably just going to get the standard "We have had a record number of applications this year. Your application is still under review and you should be notified shortly . . ." There's probably no new information they can give you, but it might give you some peace of mind to feel assured you're not just being completely forgotten.

On a related note, a week from today marks the 12 week deadline for all of us who submitted on 1/4 and it seems like a LOT of us are still waiting. I wonder how realistic it is for everyone to expect to hear by then. I feel like it will take a few more weeks to finish all the merit deadline applications.