CBS Decision Procedure Mr.Matthew Moll, Associate Director(CBS) " Our goal is either to deny admission or invite for an interview or within six weeks of a completed application being received. Our goal for interviewed applicants is to render a final decision within two weeks of the interview report being completed. It is our goal that all reviews are within these timelines. I suggest that candidates reach out to us if their application is outside of the six week timeline, but before doing so they should check their application status page for their complete date . Regarding the interview, it is two weeks from when the interviewer has submitted the interview feedback, not the date of the interview, so applicants should keep that in mind as well. " CBS Success Stories NoggieViking - Class of 2014 https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-evolution-of-your-b-school-pursuit-56765-100.html#p1007146 Mappleby - Class of 2015 https://gmatclub.com/forum/interviews-with-distinguished-gmatclub-2013-admits-147638-20.html#p1215797 For more MBA debriefs Visit this forum Active Current Students/Alumni from GMAT Club: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Mappleby MBAInvestor - specializes in Investments/Financial industry Dakells Actual cost of a Columbia MBA :arrow: ***** Calling ALL Admitted CBS Folks - Class of 2017 *****

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Just got the call with my acceptance! So stoked!

For the record:

Applied: 1/3/15
Invite to interview: 1/21/15
Interview 1/26/15
Feedback Submitted 2/2/15
Accepted 2/11/15 11:40AM Eastern time

SAME! I'm in!
Almost identical timeline to the day.
Good luck all!

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On my US cell phone the number they were calling from came through as "Unknown"

Whether that's purposeful or just T-Mobile (i know, bad decision) being subpar, is beyond me.

AT&T carrier here, same "Unknown" caller ID when the call came through.

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I am very anxious. My reported was submitted on Jan 27th and I'm still waiting for some news. Do you think guys is a ding?

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11 Feb 2015, 13:45

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I just got the call from CBS. However, they thing I am a better fit for the Executive MBA. Anyone have had this experience before?, is there any way to revert it and get accepted to the full time MBA?.

Thanks guys!

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Interesting - so did they call to tell you that you were accepted into the EMBA program? Do you mind my asking how old you are?

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Interesting - so did they call to tell you that you were accepted into the EMBA program? Do you mind my asking how old you are?

yeap, exactly. just 30 years old with 5 years of full-time experience and 6 years of part time before that on my own company while I was in college

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i could have sworn i posted this but maybe i composed it in my mind... so what do you guys think - i submitted my app on 1/7 and 1 recommender didn't turn in till 1/13. so i have app submitted 1/7 on my page but app complete 1/15.

are all the invites/dings so far that say 1/7 talking about submission date or complete date... i'm hoping my recommender didn't screw over my consideration for merit based scholarships

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Hey there. I submitted 1/6, but my last recommender didn't submit until 1/9. Accordingly, I've been seeing people who submitted 1/7 getting responses on this board, while I'm still waiting. So I would deduce that yeah, the delay in submitting the recommendation puts your application further back in the queue, which probably has a slight impact if you buy into the idea that chances go down as rolling applications continue.

I knew that my recommender would be late for the merit scholarship deadline, so I called the office on 1/7 and they said that as long it's submitted within reason timeframe, I'd still be considered for merit. I said, "oh, like a day or two?" and they said that was fine. So I'm not sure whether yours would be beyond the deadline for merit consideration. Seeing as it's probably not directly tied to the admit/deny decision, if I were you, I might hold off until you get an interview decision (God-willing) and then bring it up to the admissions office.

Just my two cents. Good luck!

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Round2Hopeful2015 thanks so much for your detailed reply - yea that's what i'm thinking tooo. I might have to wait a little be longer to hear back. Boo!

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According to the essaysnark blog, this is a fairly common semi-bait-and-switch tactic that CBS pulls on New York based candidates with decent stats and who are kind of on the older side:
https://essaysnark.com/2012/01/if-youre-in-nyc-and-you-applied-to-columbia-read-this/

According to the blog, you can just say no to the EMBA and still have a high probability of getting accepted to the full time program.

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Tongua

Thanks for the interesting article. However, I am from Latin America. So there is something weird. Should I reject the EMBA offer?

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Tongua

Thanks for the interesting article. However, I am from Latin America. So there is something weird. Should I reject the EMBA offer?

Strange, were they referring to their EMBA-Americas or EMBA-Global programs?

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Strange, were they referring to their EMBA-Americas or EMBA-Global programs?

Yes. They said EMBA Americas.

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Strange, were they referring to their EMBA-Americas or EMBA-Global programs?

Yes. They said EMBA Americas.

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From a quick search, it seems the EMBA-Americas is a fairly new program (2013) and the article I referenced was written in 2012. However, it seems like the same tactic--they're trying to build up this other program by trying to get some full-time MBA applicants to switch. I guess it boils down to how much you want the full-time experience versus just getting a Columbia-branded MBA.

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Strange, were they referring to their EMBA-Americas or EMBA-Global programs?

Yes. They said EMBA Americas.

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Thank you very much. I really appreciate all your help. It seems that I will reject the offer and I will try to explain them that I really want to do the full time MBA.

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Thanks for the interesting article. However, I am from Latin America. So there is something weird. Should I reject the EMBA offer?

I think that you should thank them for suggesting the EMBA program, but state that you are committed to the MBA program and did your research and that's why you chose it. Like in the article...If your heart is set on the 2-year MBA you should go for it. It's odd that they would accept you for a program you didn't apply to - and it's not right.

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Waitlisted. Guessing my chances aren't too great considering all the dings without interview for outstanding candidates.

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when did you submit?

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Waitlisted. Guessing my chances aren't too great considering all the dings without interview for outstanding candidates.

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Just got the call with my acceptance! So stoked!

For the record:

Applied: 1/3/15
Invite to interview: 1/21/15
Interview 1/26/15
Feedback Submitted 2/2/15
Accepted 2/11/15 11:40AM Eastern time

SAME! I'm in!
Almost identical timeline to the day.
Good luck all!

Add me to a similar timeline:

Applied: 1/2/15
Invite to interview: 1/20/15
Interview 2/3/15
Feedback Submitted 2/4/15
Accepted 2/12/15 11:07AM Eastern time

Woohoo! Good luck to everyone else!