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

Congrats Christine! I'm sure it's nice to get that first admit over and done with

I read from Johnson that Fellowship Selection is March 11 - anyone else have confirmation on that? I haven't heard anything from UCLA at all and there's little time left so perhaps I should connect the dots in regards to my app with them. Still exciting to know we'll be reviewed by our schools VERY SOON!

I spoke to a Consortium recruiter earlier this week and he said that membership and fellowship decisions will be released in about 3 weeks...So, I guess March 11 is within that range.

Good to know! Perhaps the 11th is the first stage in which the general Consortium decision is made - before schools get involved with rankings afterwards. Any word from Stern?

Ha...I was just typing a post about Stern. Nope! nothing from them. Looks like they have a rolling admissions process and don't have a hard deadline for admissions. April 1st is their deadline for initial notification...so the wait could be even longer. It's just super weird because Stern and Cornell received my application from the Consortium on the same day.

It looks like Stern started making calls the first week in March last year.

I got an invite to interview for Emory on Wednesday but the deadline to interview was Monday. Am I the only consortium student to get such a late notice invitation? Luckily they had Skype interviews on Saturday or else I would have been out of luck.

I got my login info for Ross today also from Soojin Kwon's (Ross Admissions Director) blog: "We'll start making admitted student calls in the middle of the following week (for those that like exact dates - March 12 for domestic candidates and March 13 for international candidates). All Round 2 applicants will be able to access their decisions online on March 14. We'll be hosting admitted student events from March 16 - 30."

Has anyone had an interview with a consortium representative? I read something somewhere that stated we would be required to have an interview, but have not heard anyhting else on the matter.

Just got an email from Anderson: "Thank you for applying to UCLA Anderson through The Consortium. We are currently evaluating your application, and if we need any additional information we will contact you soon. Consortium applications are evaluated on a rolling basis. Final decisions for all Consortium applicants will be released at the end of March. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks again for your interest in UCLA Anderson! Best to you, Vickie Euyoque MBA Admissions and Financial Aid"