Calling all Columbia CBS MBA Applicants: Class of 2025 J-Term 2024

I submitted my application on 30th Aug. Haven’t heard back, anyone else who applied around the same time and got an interview invite?

I interviewed with an ambassador on 9/9 but my feedback report has not been submitted yet. Any idea on approaching this situation?

I wrote to the adcom regarding the issue - on 14/9 they told that they will reach out to the ambassador for feedback. But no progress yet.

if your interview doesn’t submit your feedback, you may be called for another round of interview with new interviewer.

Hi, is there any wh atsapp / slack group for admitted students?

Hi guys,

Can someone share how you went about your essay 2?

Hey, I mentioned my favorite book/movie/song and quoted from it - I then used the quote to explain how the favorite piece of media resonated with me because it paralleled the reasons why I did a major extracurricular. I spent half my essay on this EC. I then tied back the EC to the favorite piece of media again with anotehr quote, showed how this shaped me, and wrapped up my essay explaining who I am now.

Mine was mostly personal + leadership + passion, nothing really "MBA"

The book/movie/song was for Essay 3, no>

Does anyone know how is the interview invite by email? Do they update the portal as well?

It would be through mail, and the portal gets updated too with instructions on how to schedule the interview

Looks like they are evaluating the applications submitted around August 29th, according to clearadmit! Hope you hear back!

Thank you! there seems to be so many things you can talk about there

rex199124, Did you get this info from the clearadmit chat?

Just wondering about the source of the information

Yes based on someone’s posted dates of submission and time of receipt of interview invite, so take this info with a grain of salt

Has anyone with GMAT below 700 received interview invitation?

All the best to those that are chasing the Sep 28th deadline!

I have a different question - what is it like for an introvert/ sensitive person to go Columbia for their MBA? How is the atmosphere at school with clusters/ learning teams - is it competitive or collaborative/ warm? Thanks for any insights in advance.

The 29 Aug info seems to be accurate. I applied on 26th, recommendation submitted on 29th. Heard back 24hrs ago.

For some context, I'm currently a second year student at Columbia and an introvert by nature.

MBA, whether at Columbia or elsewhere, is considered a social degree and there will be many many events happening everyday. It is really up to you to decide how many events or which type of events you want to go to. As an introvert you might prefer to attend events that have fewer people, giving you a chance to get to know people on a deeper level, or you might prefer to attend events where you already know people. Point being, you get to decide and that really helps!

Coming to Columbia, the atmosphere in the cluster and learning team is overall very positive, warm, and collaborative. However, there will always be some exceptions. Let's say you are unlucky and find yourself in such a situation, you can always explore and find your own people. Given that the class is 800+ (including both August and January entry) you will find people that you click with!

To shed some light on the collaborative culture, an example that comes to mind is recruiting. You will often compete with your classmates for the same roles, but time and again I have seen everyone helping each other, whether it's with making resumes, or preparing for casing (in Consulting or Tech), or preparing for interviews.

Hope this helps!

Thanks behappy24, very insightful. Appreciate your response.