Calling all Columbia Applicants for 2009!

So I'm trying to plan either a visit to Columbia or to attend an info session on the road. I live in WI and am trying to find a session close by - the closest is Indianapolis (still a 5 hr or so drive) or Minneapolis (on a day I'm travelling to MI). Anyone know if they'll be posting more dates/locations? I'd really rather not take time off to fly out there....

thanks!
ac.

One other (reapp) ED offer being reported on BW, application went under review 8/19 and interview invite 9/5. Offer made 9/15, the same day interview feedback was received. Another (reapp) interview invite for someone who went under review 8/27.

The process seems to be moving along, just no love for us GMATClubbers yet.

I submitted my CBS application!

congrats, sng! good luck.

Submitted app today! along with Wharton, Yale, Cornell and Stern

As the originator of this CBS thread - I must say I take a lot of pride that this thread has become one of the most popular threads on the forum! Maybe I should have included that in my achievements

Thanks! I hope we get in.


Good luck to you, sterny. It must have been a lot of work submitting all five schools' applications.

The CBS thread is always the busiest on any forum early in the app season because all the ED applicants dominate over all other applicants

Wow!!! Serious congrats are in order for you. Good luck with these apps!

26th Live event. Hey let's all grab breakfast together!

After submitting my application, I got a notice that my application was printed and being prepared for review and it could take three to four weeks depending on the volume of submitted applications. This was 9/22.

And I got this notice today 9/23.


I guess it is within 10 weeks after the review, not after the submission.

Guys,

One more offer for admission reported on BW Forums. The person who is a reapp submitted on 08/08 and got the offer yesterday.

How is everyone pasting their essays into the application? I converted it to plain text and then copied and pasted into the box, but it won't seem to register indentions or spaces to seperate the paragraphs -- anyone else use HTML tags to format?

Thanks in advance.

I saw that too, but I don't know how that's possible? isn't 8/13 the first day possible?

I think they started reviewing on August 13. Their app was open for submission before that.

I just hit "enter" twice to separate paragraphs after pasting text into the box. I wouldn't worry about indentation or using HTML. Be sure to "print app" to view your text before submitting. Good luck!

Hi All,

Not to provide any extra anxiety or anything, but I thought you'd all appreciate the info... I got my interview invitation yesterday! I actually got the status change email at 5:16 pm. For those who are interested, I am a first-time applicant from Washington, DC and my app went under review on August 14th. I have the option of searching for up to 9 alumni interviewers (they only show 3 names at a time, but you can keep searching until the max of 9 is reached).

I'm in a conundrum because I only want 1 of the 9 interviewers. I did extensive research on all of them last night and most of them are finance types who might ask me complex questions that I might not feel comfortable answering under pressure. Two of them I could not find any info on at all. The 1 ideal interviewer unfortunately listed her undergraduate email address! I hope she checks it often and replies soon... if she doesn't respond within 48 hours, do you guys think it'd be a terrible idea to email her work email? (this wasn't provided by CBS but I was able to find it thru online research) I know that she'll definitely receive her work email but she might be offended that I'm bothering her at work... sigh.

Anyway, I promise you I am a real person so rest assured that invites are coming out excruciatingly slowly, but coming out for sure. I'll keep you posted. Any advice in the meantime is appreciated!

Great news, Tien! Congratulations, and good luck with the interview. I'm very happy to see your enthusiasm for CBS pay off...well almost!

I don't think you should e-mail her at work just yet. And how do you know the finance folks you're finding aren't really cool sales desk folks? Or for that matter this ideal interviewer isnt' a hard$$ interviewer?

Stop worrying about this and just go with whoever is able to schedule you for the earliest.