Calling all Columbia Applicants 2024 - 2025 (Aug Intake) : Columbia

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Welcome 2024-2025 Columbia Applicants Class of 2027 Welcome, all Columbia class of 2027 hopefuls. Let's use this platform to know each other, exchange ideas, and discuss app strategies? Who all are applying? Let us know by commenting below. Follow the thread and bookmark this post. Join Columbia chat Add to my Schools Columbia Application Walkthrough Columbia Data Point / School Columbia US News Ranking 11 Applicants 5,643 Accepted 1,109 Enrolled (Sept) 629 Acceptance 20% Yield Rate 57% GPA 3.6 Average WE 64 % GMAT 55% Average GMAT 732 Median GMAT 740 GMAT Domestic NA GMAT International NA % GRE 26% Average GRE Q 161 Average GRE V 161 Employed at Graduation 77% Employed 3 Months 92% Average Salary $162,099 Average Bonus $39,027 Salary and Bonus $194,363 Application Deadlines: January 2025 Entry Application Deadline- Round Application Deadline Interview Decisions Released Final Decisions Released Round 1 By June 18, 2024 at 12:00pm (ET) Rolling Ongoing, and no later than August 15 Round 2 By August 15, 2024 at 12:00pm (ET) Rolling Ongoing, and no later than October 15 August 2025 Entry Application Deadlines- Round Application Deadline Interview Decisions Released Final Decisions Released Round 1 September 10, 2024 at 12:00pm (ET) By November 15 By December 20 Round 2 January 7, 2025 at 12:00pm (ET) By February 20 By March 26 Round 3 April 1, 2025 at 12:00pm (ET) By May 1 By May 15 Essays: Essay 1: Through your resume and recommendation, we have a clear sense of your professional path to date. What are your career goals over the next three to five years and what is your long-term dream job? (500 words) Essay 2: The Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership (PPIL) is a co-curricular program designed to provide students with the skills and strategies needed to develop as inclusive leaders. Through various resources and programming, students explore and reflect on the following five inclusive leadership skills: Mitigating Bias and Prejudice; Managing Intercultural Dialogue; Addressing Systemic Inequity; Understanding Identity and Perspective Taking; and Creating an Inclusive Environment. Describe a time or situation when you had the need to utilize one of these five skills, and tell us the actions you took and the outcome. (250 words) Essay 3: We believe Columbia Business School is a special place with a collaborative learning environment in which students feel a sense of belonging, agency, and partnership--academically, culturally, and professionally. How would you co-create your optimal MBA experience at CBS? Please be specific. (250 words) Optional Essay: If you wish to provide further information or additional context around your application to the Admissions Committee, please upload a brief explanation of any areas of concern in your academic record or personal history. This does not need to be a formal essay. You may submit bullet points. (Maximum 500 Words) Deferred Enrollment Program: Deferred Enrollment candidates will answer two short essay questions instead of the essays listed above. Questions for the 2025 application cycle to be announced. View the full Columbia CBS Class Profile --> https://academics.business.columbia.edu/mba/admissions/class-profile

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Can they please put me out of my misery 😭

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papicalculus

Can they please put me out of my misery 😭

If you want, I can help you with a ding analysis, we have it available for free anyhow at MBA Conquerors for this month

Although I can see how excruciating it can be at this point

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your friend got their rejection today? I was WL for R1 w/interview and haven’t heard back yet

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Just got the call. accepted no $ waitlisted with interview in R1.
Retook GRE, Provided 3 updates,1 letter of support and one campus visit each spaced about a month out starting in Dec and last one in March. Didn't submit anything since.

Had one yield call back in February and a 'yield email' in late April. good luck to all

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Has any international applicant (not applying from the US) gotten off the WL? I see that on Clear admit, the people reporting are from the US?

Also, has anyone gotten off the WL recently with some $?

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Just got the call. accepted no $ waitlisted with interview in R1.
Retook GRE, Provided 3 updates,1 letter of support and one campus visit each spaced about a month out starting in Dec and last one in March. Didn’t submit anything since.

Had one yield call back in February and a ’yield email’ in late April. good luck to all

Brilliant!

Networking paid off?

And Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻

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hi @919440393493 do you have group for CBS J-term 2026 intake?

There is one on GMATClub chat if you log into GMAT club. Some discussions around the new cycle are already going on

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Has anyone on the waitlist heard back from the adcom? International applicant here and I’m wondering if there is still any hope

On my LinkedIn, I saw a business strategist from Columbia business school and 2 other people who worked in Columbia business school viewed my profile. I don’t know if this means anything

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hi @919440393493 do you have group for CBS J-term 2026 intake?

I had released this blog on GMAT Club on how to be the daddy of goals essay for CBS J-term. In case you need help with essay writing and have a healthy sense of humour, this can help - be-the-daddy-of-the-goals-essay-445477.html

Edit- My bad, accidentally sent on Aug Intake but it still apples for the August guys too, that essay is the same

Applies*

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Hi

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