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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.
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Columbia Application Walkthrough
Columbia
Application Deadlines:
January 2025 Entry Application Deadline-
August 2025 Entry Application Deadlines-
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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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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Blmba12345
Joined: 30 Dec 2023
Last visit: 20 Oct 2025
Posts: 13
Location: United States (NY)
Schools: Columbia '27 (II) Stern '27 (II)
Schools: Columbia '27 (II) Stern '27 (II)
Posts: 13
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Hi everyone, I am applying for CBS R1 deadline. I noticed that CBS has a Financing your MBA section in which they are asking for details on our plans to finance MBA through student loans, family, self. I was curious whether there is any best practice for this and how does CBS assess this section, if at all? Any advice would be much appreciated.
Anyone on here included the prompt with their essay when submitting?
sbd12345
As it eats up the space, people usually never submit the prompts with the essay. It is not a mistake however if you did.
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white_wiz
Joined: 18 Mar 2024
Last visit: 25 Jan 2026
Posts: 54
Location: India
Schools: IIMA '26 (I)
GMAT Focus 1: 675 Q88 V84 DI79 
Too all the applicants - is there a template that CBS says we should follow?
zeus_bull
Joined: 31 May 2023
Last visit: 15 Jul 2025
Posts: 149
Location: India
Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Fuqua '27 (WL) Columbia '27 (D) Darden '27 (D) Anderson '27 (WL) Ross '27 (A) Stern '27 (D)
GMAT 1: 740 Q51 V38
GPA: 8.71
Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Fuqua '27 (WL) Columbia '27 (D) Darden '27 (D) Anderson '27 (WL) Ross '27 (A) Stern '27 (D)
GMAT 1: 740 Q51 V38
Posts: 149
Hey guys, can the ppil essay have 270-280 where instead of the prescribed 250? Anyone who attended any event in which this was discussed, even in passing?
270-280 words*
270-280 words*
zeus_bull
best to avoid - you can seen as not following instructions.
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zeus_bull
I have called cbs regarding this issue, they have informed me it’s okay to exceed the word limit by 5-10%, but it’s best to ask the admissions yourself just to make sure.
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zeus_bull
Joined: 31 May 2023
Last visit: 15 Jul 2025
Posts: 149
Location: India
Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Fuqua '27 (WL) Columbia '27 (D) Darden '27 (D) Anderson '27 (WL) Ross '27 (A) Stern '27 (D)
GMAT 1: 740 Q51 V38
GPA: 8.71
Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Fuqua '27 (WL) Columbia '27 (D) Darden '27 (D) Anderson '27 (WL) Ross '27 (A) Stern '27 (D)
GMAT 1: 740 Q51 V38
Posts: 149
dee1pug1
Yeah that is the ideal case scenario but reducing it further is taking away the spark, so just wanted to make sure if there has been some unofficial communication
Quta
Thanks a lot! They usually tend to say that. I have heard other adcoms say the same. Just wanted to make sure CBS wasn’t an outlier
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Joined: 22 Nov 2020
Last visit: 14 Jan 2025
Posts: 31
Location: France
GMAT Focus 1: 685 Q85 V84 DI83
GPA: 3.86
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thanks!
When do interview invites come?
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Joined: 03 Dec 2023
Last visit: 28 Apr 2025
Posts: 11
Location: Canada
GMAT Focus 1: 685 Q90 V83 DI82
GMAT Focus 2: 695 Q90 V83 DI82
GPA: 3.6
GMAT Focus 2: 695 Q90 V83 DI82
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thanks!
Hi guys, does anyone know when do CBS generally start sending out interview invites for Round 1 applicants?
thanks!!
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Basic question: Does Columbia conduct blind interviews, i.e. the interviewer has no information about your application apart from your resume?
Got the answer as ’Yes’. Thank you.
Got the answer as ’Yes’. Thank you.
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I know it is a bit after the deadline but at MBA Conquerors, if you are finishing your applications yourself (without a consultant), some free stuff is available to help. Here’s a sample of CBS Goals essay-
https://www.mbaconquerors.com/post/roleplay0007
In case you wanna check the full free DIY Page-
https://www.mbaconquerors.com/diy
(This free resource can really help)
Could be useful for R2 applicants
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https://www.mbaconquerors.com/post/roleplay0007
In case you wanna check the full free DIY Page-
https://www.mbaconquerors.com/diy
(This free resource can really help)
Could be useful for R2 applicants
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