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yeah im trying to weigh things out and decide what i want and all.. i have a really (not to brag ;p) nice set up right now by columbus circle like i said but its 3500 a month for both me and room mate and gonna go up in a year.. there are some co ops right by columbia i had looked at that're 1050 sq ft or so and have a private balcony (if youve been around columbia's campus im sure youve seen them, theyre at 123 or so) that are relatively reasonable and i had thought of maybe getting one of those and renting 2nd bedroom out to another CBSer.
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I live in the E. Village so would have to move uptown if I were accepted. If I were dinged from Columbia and accepted to NYU I could keep my current apartment. If I got admitted by Columbia I would move in with my GF uptown a couple of blocks from campus. She is currently in SIPA at Columbia and was able to get student housing very close to campus.

Phone has been quiet. Guess I'll have to wait another week.

I thought they would want to make the slate clean for next week. Guess not...
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yeah im trying to weigh things out and decide what i want and all.. i have a really (not to brag ;p) nice set up right now by columbus circle like i said but its 3500 a month for both me and room mate and gonna go up in a year.. there are some co ops right by columbia i had looked at that're 1050 sq ft or so and have a private balcony (if youve been around columbia's campus im sure youve seen them, theyre at 123 or so) that are relatively reasonable and i had thought of maybe getting one of those and renting 2nd bedroom out to another CBSer.

I live in the E. Village so would have to move uptown if I were accepted. If I were dinged from Columbia and accepted to NYU I could keep my current apartment. If I got admitted by Columbia I would move in with my GF uptown a couple of blocks from campus. She is currently in SIPA at Columbia and was able to get student housing very close to campus.

Phone has been quiet. Guess I'll have to wait another week.

I thought they would want to make the slate clean for next week. Guess not...
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I am a foreigner, so I think - if admitted - I'd qualify more easily for student housing, something I'd be up for the first year for sure. I'm living on the UES now, but would move to west side of the park for sure if I'd get in.
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apparently my interviewer still hasnt submitted his report...i interviewed on Friday and I am still not interview complete

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My advise is to call admissions.
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the website says that the interviewers have up to 2 weeks and it will only be a week on friday but it seems kind of strange since everyone's interviewers here did it within a day or so...im wondering that because i got an interview invite before my app even turned to under review, it just always said prepared for review, if my application just hasnt changed or my inteviewer is taking a very long time

I don't want to call admissions and then they think i am annoying...so i just am not sure whether it is worth it to call yet
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the website says that the interviewers have up to 2 weeks and it will only be a week on friday but it seems kind of strange since everyone's interviewers here did it within a day or so...im wondering that because i got an interview invite before my app even turned to under review, it just always said prepared for review, if my application just hasnt changed or my inteviewer is taking a very long time

I don't want to call admissions and then they think i am annoying...so i just am not sure whether it is worth it to call yet
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They tell us 2 weeks but they tell the like interviewer 3 days. My interviewer told me the deadline for him was 2-3 days after interview or something like that. Again, I dont know if you are being affected by volume.

I would call them under the pretense of the status not updating and then throw in not changing to interview complete at the end.
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Columbia 2012 - Calling All Applicants 28 Sep 2011, 10:19
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Anybody long the dollar right now? I'm starting to get semi-worried how bad its going to be by the time we matriculate, regardless of which school. From hearing horror stories from Columbia alumni about what it was like to be in school in late 2008 (all on-campus interviews getting cancelled), i'm starting to get concerned.
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Not too concerned... my interviewer said now is the time to get in. The economy "may" get worse over the next 12 months but realistically you should expect it to start rebounding and heading back the right way within 2-3 years from now. That puts us at 2014 in a good position if it falls true. Catching the wave as it's ascending.. not descending.
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A question for admits: is there a required form of payment for the deposit? i.e. check only? Can you pay via credit/debit card?

Just curious.
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called up and they said they tell the interviewers within a few days but they will follow up with an interviewers that havent responded...now I am wondering if my interviewer actually did send his report and my profile just has not updated like it didnt update to "under review"

i am almost more worried than I was before
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You have to use a check or money order... would of been nice to use credit card for reward points ;)
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i think we're fine, we may have a bit of a rocky road to recovery but things should be good.. should be more telling in another year, everyone was freaking out about greece in may 2010 and we bounced from then as well although 'may be worse' now... have earnings season coming out so thats gonna be telling for the companies and also next friday will be release of employment data (can u tell im a trader lol)... but i also think for getting into b school we dodged the heavier applicant years so we'll be able to get into stronger schools that normally would have been even more competitive. im bullish.
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and besides wer eally have more like 2.5/3 years for the economy to recover or do what its going to do -- i think the benefit of an MBA is that it limits downside risk while increasing your upside as well. the next few years may be a bit trying but try to not get too caught up in it -- youll be removed from it for almost 3 years and 3 years ago from now we were in a very very dark time and have bounced back from then and are working things out.
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also long the dollar in terms of worrying about tuition costs rising in terms of FOREX?
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also long the dollar in terms of worrying about tuition costs rising in terms of FOREX?
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No, i meant as in long the USD index just as an investment.
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called up and they said they tell the interviewers within a few days but they will follow up with an interviewers that havent responded...now I am wondering if my interviewer actually did send his report and my profile just has not updated like it didnt update to "under review"

i am almost more worried than I was before
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Don't worry about it man! If he is tardy they will take care of it. They will not take it out on you if your interviewer does something wrong. :!:
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ive been short vs a basket of commodity producing currencies with principal protection of 100 percent and 1.3x upside leverage :P
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I hope not! i am also worried that maybe because i went straight from being prepared for review to invited to interview that my profile is a bit screwy...also maybe I put the wrong date and time in the system for my interview?
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the website says that the interviewers have up to 2 weeks and it will only be a week on friday but it seems kind of strange since everyone's interviewers here did it within a day or so...im wondering that because i got an interview invite before my app even turned to under review, it just always said prepared for review, if my application just hasnt changed or my inteviewer is taking a very long time

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At the conclusion of my interview my interviewer told me that CBS asks them to submit within 2-3 days and that she would personally submit it the next day.

However, this didn't happen. I waited 2 weeks without a status update and I finally e-mailed admissions to ask them what to do. They said that they had already contacted my interviewer who had promised them that she'd submit it the report that week.

Once she finally submitted the report (15 days after the interview) my status went complete and I got the admit phone call 1 week later.

So if I were you, I'd wait 2 weeks before following up with admissions...
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So no interviews invites or anything today? Short, have you been able to schedule your interview yet or still waiting to hear back?
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So no interviews invites or anything today? Short, have you been able to schedule your interview yet or still waiting to hear back?
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havent heard back yet after sending early yesterday AM, gonna boot another one out late tonight around 11 if he doesnt respnd by then. figured two whole days should be good time and thats what CBS recs?
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