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Just wanted to let everybody know that I spoke to McCombs last night and they do not group R1 and R2 applicants. They look at each individual round and make their selections aligned with their traditional rounds.

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I was interested to know how recent that Consortium data is. I know it can't be as of last year's cycle because I have seen it on older threads. I wonder if there is data available for last year's app cycle. I know they offered 380 fellowships. I wonder how many applied GMAT range GPAs and other stats. BML do you have any idea if the newer info is available?

I can only find the 2013 annual report. I don't think the 2014 has been released yet

I don't even see anything in that entire report regarding information of student's performance. I see age ranges and languages spoken but not GPA or GMAT information. It really doesn't matter I was just interested to know what the competition is like. I guess it is kind of foolish on my part as my grades and GMAT aren't going to change. Thanks. I hope all is well with everyone's process. I have completed very rough drafts of my core essays so far. I also completed the core application as well (a majority of it was carried over from last year I just had to update some fields). I am not going to try to hit that first deadline; I am going to send in for the January deadline.

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How's everyone's apps going? 4 weeks to the Round 1 deadline.

Who else is going for R-1?

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FROM The Consortium Admissions Blog: Online Event: Applying to Yale SOM through The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management

October 1, 2014

[b]12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. EDT[/b]

Join Bruce DelMonico, Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions, as well as a panel of current students at the Yale School of Management to learn more about our partnership with the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, and applying through the Consortium. Through the student panel you’ll have an opportunity to meet the students who embody Yale SOM’s mission to educate leaders for business and society, with a commitment to diversity as an essential component of that mission.

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How's everyone's apps going? 4 weeks to the Round 1 deadline.

Who else is going for R-1?

I'm still shooting for Round 1. Just working on rough drafts at the moment, hoping to get them reviewed and completed by October 10th. Got accepted to attend a couple of diversity weekends next month, I'm looking forward to making some great connections while I'm there.

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How's everyone's apps going? 4 weeks to the Round 1 deadline.

Who else is going for R-1?

Let us know what you learn from the Diversity Weekends! Keep up the hard work on those essays!

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FROM The Consortium Admissions Blog: 2014 Texas MBA Diversity Forum

On November 14th and 15th, the Texas MBA program will be hosting our annual Diversity Forum. This event is open to all prospective students with a commitment to diversity in business. It allows you to experience the Texas MBA program as we showcase all we have to offer through info sessions about curriculum, career planning, student community, experiential learning, and Austin’s charm. Discover how the Texas MBA program can unlock your potential and help you develop as a business leader, whether you are looking to advance your current career or make a career change. This event will be a great immersive opportunity for you to experience our collaborative learning community first hand, get to know more about our program and interact with current students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

If selected to attend, you will be paired with a roommate and informed of their name and contact information prior to your arrival. To fully immerse yourself in our culture, McCombs will be covering the cost of your hotel room for Friday night.

We strongly encourage African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and LGBTQA prospective students to apply for this event, but the event is open to include all prospective students with an interest in improving the diversity in business schools and in management.

If interested in attending the 2014 Texas MBA Diversity Forum, please apply now.

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FROM The Consortium Admissions Blog: Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School to Host Annual Diversity Weekend – November 1-2, 2014

The Tepper School invites MBA candidates to visit and experience our unique environment first-hand at Diversity Weekend, November 1-2, 2014. Diversity Weekend at the Tepper School of Business is designed to help increase the representation of diverse students at the Tepper School and ultimately in global leadership roles.

The weekend is hosted by:

•             Tepper Women in Business

•             Black Business Association

•             Latin American Business Association

•             Out & Allied Club

•             Tepper School Masters Admissions

During this weekend event, Tepper School representatives will highlight the value of the MBA and the strengths of our program, and also showcase the differences and advantages of our community, program and global alumni network. We also will be sharing tips on the MBA application process and financing your MBA.

Register to Attend Diversity Weekend

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Anyone else apply and get accepted to Michigan's "UpClose" event? I got my email this morning.

Hey Marco,

I got into UpClose as well. PM me and we can coordinate.

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FROM The Consortium Admissions Blog: Cornell University to host annual Johnson Women in Business

Cornell University to host annual Johnson Women in Business

October 16 – 17, 2014

Learn about the Johnson MBA and programs to support women students
Network with Johnson’s women students, faculty, staff, and alumni
Gain valuable information on mentorship and flexibility in the Johnson community

Johnson Women in Business (JWIB) is our female student hosting event on the Cornell campus. Women who are selected to attend will receive an application fee waiver to apply to Johnson.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience student life at Johnson. Selected women will be hosted during their visit by current students, but will be responsible for all other travel expenses to Ithaca.

Any questions please email [email protected] or call (607) 255-4526.

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FROM The Consortium Admissions Blog: Johnson at Cornell University to host annual diversity events in October

Cornell University to host annual Johnson Women in Business

October 16 – 17, 2014

Learn about the Johnson MBA and programs to support women students
Network with Johnson’s women students, faculty, staff, and alumni
Gain valuable information on mentorship and flexibility in the Johnson community

Experience Johnson at Cornell University and learn about the Johnson MBA
Gain valuable information about applying to a top MBA program
Meet Johnson students, faculty, staff, and alumni

Johnson Means Business (JMB) is our diverse student hosting event on the Cornell campus. Selected applicants will also be invited to attend Johnson’s fourth annual Diversity Symposium on October 18.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience student life at Johnson. Selected applicants will be hosted during their visit by current students, but will be responsible for all other travel expenses to Ithaca.

Any questions please email [email protected] or call (607) 255-4526.

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Cornell University to host annual LGBTQ Preview Day
October 30, 2014
Current students and alumni will share their personal experiences as a lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or transgender student in pursuit of their Cornell MBA and career advancement. A panel discussion format will be followed by questions and answers.

This discussion is designed for prospective students and will help answer the following:

What is the recruiting process really like?
Should I identify myself as LGBTQ?
What should I do if I haven’t “come out” yet?
Is Johnson LGBTQ friendly? What should I expect?

The all-day event includes breakfast and lunch, time to meet one-on-one with Johnson LGBTQ students and alumni, and opportunities to attend two of the following classes:

Finance
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Approximately 30 are expected to attend this event. Space is limited.

Any questions please email [email protected] or call (607) 255-4526.

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What are people deciding to do in the part of the application where they ask where else we are applying to outside of the Consortium?

I'm reluctant to list all my stretch schools, mostly because I don't know how that will be interpreted.

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To me I would just be honest about it all. Schools aren't foolish; they spend money on marketing because they know they face stiff competition. We can never really know what kind of communication adcoms have with each other either. I would hate to get caught out there looking like I was being deceptive. To me I think it is important for a school to know that there is competition so that they are more likely to have some sweetners added to entice you into coming there over another school outside the Consortium. This is based on absolutely no scientific, experiential or factual evidence and is solely my opinion so take it with a large grain of salt.

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Does anyone have insight into the rankings process for the fellowship? I've heard that you might not have a good shot with schools you rank lower since they're made aware of your rankings (so, you might only have a shot with schools #1, #2, and maybe #3 at best). Also, are there any reasons to rank particular schools higher than others based on amount of fellowships awarded, or a requirement to be ranked high as I just alluded to?

For example if one was indifferent between say, Ross and Anderson...maybe Ross offers a ton of fellowships and doesn't care about rankings as much as Anderson who offers few, so you'd want to rank Anderson higher for that reason to maximize fellowship chances.

Thoughts from the crowd or past fellowship recipients?

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I completely agree with LazyBoy for what other schools to list AND your preferred rankings.

You could spend days going back and forth about how to "beat" the system and still not be anywhere. We really have no idea how schools are interpreting this information and how much weight it places on the applicants. I think it's best to be honest about how you would rank each school. That's the advice I've received about all aspects of my application, and I think it's relevant here. Everything will fall into place as it's supposed to. Might as well shoot for a fellowship at your #1 school.

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Does anybody know whether we will be getting emails directly from our schools for the admissions pages? Or will we need to check everything via the Consortium site?

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Just submitted my Consortium applications for Haas, Stern, Tuck and UCLA! Wish me luck! Anyone else with me?

I'll make sure to keep everyone posted on what I hear and learn for anyone that's applying in later rounds.

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In the above table, does the "latest intake" column represent Consortium applicant information from last year? Does the GMAT range represent that of applicants who received Fellowships, or does it represent that of the applicant pool overall?