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Dinged after what I felt was a pretty good interview (interviewer confirmed positive feedback). Any thoughts on reasons for rejection post interview?


Throwaway2022MBA - checked with an interviewer from another school (not CBS but I would guess the process is similar, though that school was not on a rolling basis) and got lots of cool info. Here is the most relevant of it and why you get dinged after an interview:

File reading happens after the interview. File readers can go through interview form and combine that feedback into their overall evaluation

Basically you were not evaluated prior to the interview. They did a cursory read of your application and decided you were cool. Then they looked deeper and decided they were wrong. :upsidedown

Sorry for the cheap joke. I think we gotta make the best of all situations so I wish you the best of luck in your other apps. On my side, I personally did not realize this point for some reason and nobody has ever specifically explicitly pointed it out to me that they review your app after the interview.
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CBS has now announced that it will start reviewing the round one applications. Any idea what percentage of seats generally are left unfilled after the early decision admits?

Also, thank you bb for your inputs on what goes behind the scenes with adcoms at top b schools. One of my friend with a stellar profile, a good interview, and an outstanding 770 gmat got rejected by CBS. She too has been pondering over what went wrong?
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Anyone got off the waitlist for Columbia and what did you do that helped?
Just got the email of admissions off the waitlist.
Applying for j-term
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Just got the email of admissions off the waitlist.
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Just got the email of admissions off the waitlist.
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Congratulations. Can you tell us what might have helped you to get off the waitlist?
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Just got the email of admissions off the waitlist.
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Congratulations. Can you tell us what might have helped you to get off the waitlist?
Thank you! I just updated some professional situation and participated school’s event. I thought I would receive the waitlist manager’s call, but I didn’t. They sent me email directly.
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Hi guys, Does the school officially announce that it will start reviewing the RD applications? Safe to presume that RD applications will be read after ED apps are done away with.
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Hi guys, Does the school officially announce that it will start reviewing the RD applications? Safe to presume that RD applications will be read after ED apps are done away with.
I received email stating that they will start reviewing those on 16 Nov (received the same day)
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Guys thinking to apply to Columbia in round2...i have a 730...what would be a safe score for an Indian applicant?

Any round 1 Indian interviewees with a 730 score?
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Big congratulations to everyone who received their invites :)
Anyone of you who got it, applied using Executive Assessment score for FT MBA? If yes, please do share details. TIA :)
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Hi guys, saw it on reddit that some Regular Decision people were invited to interview. They said they did not got an email, so just passing the info forward ;)
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Hi everyone, anyone got invited to interview from RD round ? Looking at a few updates from clearadmit suggests that the school isnt done with evaluating ED just yet.
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Hi everyone, anyone got invited to interview from RD round ? Looking at a few updates from clearadmit suggests that the school isnt done with evaluating ED just yet.
I did! Submitted on 1st October
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Hi everyone, anyone got invited to interview from RD round ? Looking at a few updates from clearadmit suggests that the school isnt done with evaluating ED just yet.
I did! Submitted on 1st October


Ah all the best! I submitted on 22nd Nov, so there is some time. Cheers.
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I did! Submitted on 1st October


Ah all the best! I submitted on 22nd Nov, so there is sometime. Cheers. [/quote]
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Hi everyone! I just wanted to ask if anyone in this group is aware of the general timeline to hear back from CBS or see any update on the portal after submitting the app in the regular decision round. I applied on 18th November, haven’t heard back till now.
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