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Application Deadline	Oct 3, 18	Jan 4, 19	Apr 10, 19	Oct 3, 18
Interview Decision Notification	-	-	-	-
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Hey everyone. Its nearing a month since the merit fellowship deadline has passed, so I wanted to see if anyone who applied Jan. 4 has heard back yet?

I applied Jan 3 and heard back the 24th. I hope that helps.

Were you notified via email when you got a merit scholarship?

Sorry for confusion, was referring to interview invites.

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Sorry for confusion, was referring to interview invites.

That's what I understood; I was only referring to interview invite and not fellowship confirmation.

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Hey everyone. Its nearing a month since the merit fellowship deadline has passed, so I wanted to see if anyone who applied Jan. 4 has heard back yet?

I applied Jan 3 and heard back the 24th. I hope that helps.

I also applied on the 4th and haven't heard a thing, let's be patient and hopeful! Good luck man!

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Hey guys - I've applied on 1/4 and I still haven't received an invite nor a denial. Any insight into a situation like this? Any of you in the same boat? Already 2/5 and a lot of 1/4 applications have received notice.

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Yep, I'm in the same position. Given that some people who applied on 1/4 have heard back, I'm guessing that we will receive an update by the end of this week.

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Congratulations to everyone who´s been admitted! I was interviewed a few days ago and am wondering about what time I will hear the final decision. To those who were recently admitted: how many days did it take from the time the interviewer submitted his/her feedback until you received the final decision?

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Does anyone know if you can get a fellowship in addition to need-based financial aid?

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anyone waitlisted? Are the waitlist managers supposed to communicate with you? Mine has not sent a single response to me...

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Should be three weeks! Maybe a bit longer but 3 weeks is the usual time frame.

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Hello
Does anyone know the gmat score required by Columbia and Stern ?
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Hello
Does anyone know the gmat score required by Columbia and Stern ?
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As nearly every school's website will tell you, there are no hard and fast score requirements. Furthermore, a very quick Google search would answer this. Per their most recently published class profiles:

Stern: Average GMAT is 716, and their middle 80% range is 660-760.

CBS: Average GMAT is 732, and their middle 80% range is 700-760.

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I applied the 9th of January and has not heard back. Anyone in the same period received an answer yet?

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Looking for some advice - I'm waiting for outcome after having had my interview earlier this week. I spoke with two additional students (in the area I want to recruit in during MBA and post) after submitting my application, is it worth sending a brief update for the ad-com or not? I mentioned one of these two students during my interview. Thanks in advance!

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Hi all -- a bit of a weird problem. I received the interview invite but wasn't able to get a response from my alumni interviewer. I cancelled the match, got matched with someone else by the system, and am now in process of scheduling with him.

The actual problem is that in the meantime I received an automated update from CBS reminding me to schedule my interview or withdraw (this whole process took a little over a week). I want to send CBS a quick, polite note explaining that it's just a scheduling problem and not a reflection of my enthusiasm. But everytime I try to email their listed email addresses from my gmail, the email won't send. I'm able to email others, just not CBS. Has anyone else possibly had this problem? It's super weird.

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You should find another email address for the adcom or call them directly to explain the situation (personally if it were me, I'd call to ENSURE someone took note) -- don't leave it up to chance that their system won't assume you have dropped out.

Good luck!

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anyone waitlisted? Are the waitlist managers supposed to communicate with you? Mine has not sent a single response to me...

I emailed my waitlist manager and had a response the next day. How long has it been? Maybe you can send another email just to confirm that he/she got the first one?

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A new Columbia Interview Debrief has just been posted: https://gmatclub.com/forum/columbia-190/interview_debrief.html#debrief-930

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The last 6 or 7 things posted on clearadmit's tracker are waitlists

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Have people been getting scholarships on a rolling basis? Livewire shows some getting them during the initial call and some this Spring. Given the deadline for a deposit is Mid-April, I would imagine they have to be soon, correct? Thank you to anyone who can respond.