Calling all Columbia (CBS) MBA Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2019

Good luck to all applicants. And stay calm as rolling admissions process tend to be very stressful.

Just want to see if anyone else submitted and heard back for an interview (so far nothing on this thread I think)

Any other J termers waiting for interview ?

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Here is our analysis of admission trends and acceptance chances at CBS based on our accumulated forum data of CBS applicants. We have tried to determine acceptance chances by GMAT score, admission rounds, industry, etc. and compare performance of GMAT Club applicants with overall applicant pool. The data used for this analysis is self-reported, so it's advised to use findings of this analysis with discretion. They are meant to give only a general idea of admission scenario at Columbia. Don't presume that these findings will hold true all the time.

We would welcome any comments, opinions, suggestions or anything else that you might have to say about the findings of this analysis.

Columbia Vs GMATClub: Applicant Pool YoY Comparison
	2012 Intake		2013 Intake		2014 Intake		2015 Intake		2016 Intake
	School	GMAT Club	School	GMAT Club	School	GMAT Club	School	GMAT Club	School	GMAT Club
# of Applicants	6669	355	N/A	433	5765	577	5829	528	N/A	545
Acceptance Rate	0.16	0.23	N/A	0.21	0.18	0.2	0.18	0.18	N/A	0.17
Average GMAT	716	729	N/A	728	716	723	715	729	N/A	727
Average GPA	3.5	3.52	N/A	3.47	3.5	3.51	3.5	3.49	N/A	3.53
Avg Work Experience (Months)	56	61	N/A	60	57	56	60	58	N/A	58
Average Age	28	28	N/A	28	28	27	28	27	N/A	27

Acceptance Rate by GMAT Score

• Once the threshold of 720 is crossed probability of getting accepted increases to 1/3. Also you can be fairly sure of getting interview invite at that point.

Sample Size: 1238 Applicants

Acceptance Rate by Admission Round

Sample Size: 2414 Applicants

Acceptance Rates of Different Age Groups

• Greatest portion of CBS's applicant pool is coming from 25-27 age group and applicants in this group also have high admission rate.

Sample Size: 840 Applicants

Acceptance rates by Countries

Sample Size: 821 Applicants

Acceptance rates of applicants from various industries

• The first chart - line chart - shows acceptance rates of applicants from various industries and the pie chart next to it shows industry-wise allocation of applicants.

Sample Size: 1003 Applicants

Incoming Class of CBS

• Here we have done industry-wise classification of students admitted between 2012 and 2016 to see representation of various industries in an average CBS MBA class.

Sample Size: 1003 Applicants



As I said earlier, we welcome your views, counter-views, suggestions, etc on the analysis. Thank you!

Submitted 6/29 for ED August entry. Still haven't heard back. Getting a little nervous now.

I submitted a week after you did. Hang in there!

Could you also share a bit about your background and stats?

Don't worry. 1st J term applicants, then ED applicants.


It's the J term ppl who should be worrying.

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There's a J-term MBA applicant who got an invite within two weeks. He posted on MBA LiveWire

A friend of mine visited campus a month ago and they said they will revert within 3 weeks for ED and J-Term. Not sure how far that is happening though....

Cool.. Fellow J term re-applicant here.

Fingers crossed.

Also planning to visit campus after the app submission.

All efforts in this time. Let's see if positive result this time.

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You have not submitted yet then? Good luck!

Submitting this week.

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Thanks - you too! And I've listed my background below:
- US Citizen, Indian Male
- Undergrad / GPA: Big Ten Engineering School (Think UofI-UC, Wisc, Michigan, etc.) / 3.7
- Work Exp: Technology Consulting --> Finance & Risk Consulting for 4 years, 5 years at matriculation (Think PWC, Accenture, EY, etc.); Promoted twice
- GMAT: 720 (Q48, V40)
- Extra Curr / Essays: Strong themes in leadership and collaboration. Stories here aligned to my post-MBA career interests in technology

Let us know when you hear back! Hope it should be any time now.

Out of curiosity, do schools monitor these forums?

Seems like its been pretty quiet this week - don't think I saw any interview invites or acceptances

That's right.

I met a CBS adcom member who was in town and she said that the typical turnaround time this time of year is going at 3-4 weeks. FINGERS CROSSED!

Looks like someone on Livewire from Buenos Aires applied on 7/11 and received an interview invite on 7/22 for August ED '19. I still haven't heard back yet and I applied on 6/29 - would there be a reason it would take longer for me to hear back other than a likely ding coming my way? I'm guessing if I still haven't heard back, my app probably had to go to a 2nd reviewer, which is why it's taking longer.

I saw that one. It just had me more stressed out. I hit 3 weeks tomorrow.