This discussion group is for Consortium Applicants applying this fall to enter grad school in 2014. The Consortium has recently updated their deadline to OCTOBER 15TH! Through The Consortium’s common application, apply to up to six of the country’s leading MBA programs. This is a time- and money-saving tool that can give you an edge as you seek to begin the next stage of your career. Thanks to our supporters, each year we award hundreds of merit-based, full-tuition fellowships to some of the country’s top MBA programs. Typically, we are able to offer these fellowships to 70 percent of those admitted. Benefits go beyond fellowships. As a Consortium Fellow, you’ll have the chance to personally network with representatives from our 80 corporate partners at our Annual Orientation Program & Career Forum. Early Application Deadline Oct. 15 Traditional Application Deadline Jan. 5 GMAT® and/or GRE Early Deadline Sept. 25 GMAT® and/or GRE Traditional Deadline Dec. 15 Admission Decision Varies Fellowship Notification Mid-March Applications and all supporting materials are due at 11:59 p.m. PST on the deadline date. Forward your test scores to The Consortium GMAT® Code: 9X4-6J-59 GRE Code: 0483

Anybody interview with Stern yet? I have mine next week - any helpful insights would be appreciated. Thanks!!

In terms of the recommendations, does anyone know what format they are in? Do they ask the recommender to write a letter with specific parameters, or do they have short answer boxes? My recommender is hesitant to commit because she wants to know the format. And also, does each school ask different questions? Or are there simply two letters of recommendation needed for all schools?

Got a call from Yale -- got in and got the Consortium Fellowship! Not sure how many they give out at Yale each year, but feeling pretty darn grateful.

Accepted to Yale! Posted from my mobile device

Congrats on the fellowship! That's amazing. Posted from my mobile device

Congrats Speedy! Thats incredible news. Gang, I know this has been covered many times in the past on this forum, but at what point do we find out about fellowships? It looks like in years past, all schools would conduct the 'draft' to determine who they want to offer the fellowship, but this year looks a bit different since some folks receive the fellowship on their admit call. Could anyone throw some light onto this?

If you ranked a school #1, some are going to let you know about the fellowship at time of admit. So far however, we have only heard this happening at Ross and Yale. If you didn't rank the program first, you won't hear until after the draft in March. Posted from my mobile device