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is there any thread for Indians contemplating fall 26 cycle in US?

For anyone who got an interview - did your portal status go from submitted to interview invitation directly or was there a ’under review’ part

Could any admission consultant pls guide on the interview invites trend pattern of CBS? What time of the day do they usually release, bulk of the interviews are expected till when and so on..

Columbia has changed their release process last year so it will be a second year of the new experience potentially.... Let me look it up

Here you go: https://gmatclub.com/forum/interview-in ... 35535.html Rolling invites from mid Oct until mid Nov (released by Nov 13) Last year the interview invites came out on October 7 and this is about the time we’re expecting them this year

Is R2 of J-term still going (sending invites)?

Hello. Did anyone from Africa or Nigeria get an invite? I got my invite yesterday and would like to do some mock interviews to practice for the actual interviews