Calling all Columbia CBS MBA Applicants: Class of 2026 J-Term 2025 : Columbia

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Welcome 2023-2024 Columbia Applicants Welcome, all Columbia class of 2026 hopefuls. Let's use this platform to know each other, exchange ideas, and discuss app strategies? Who all are applying? Let us know by commenting below. Follow the thread and bookmark this post. Join Columbia chat Add to my Schools Columbia MBA Deadlines Round Application Due Decisions Released Round 1 Sep 13, 2023 Mid December Round 2 Jan 5, 2024 Late March Round 3 Apr 3, 2024 Early May Columbia MBA Essays Essay 1 Through your resume and recommendation, we have a clear sense of your professional path to date. What are your career goals over the next three to five years and what is your long-term dream job? (500 words) Essay 2 The Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership (PPIL) is a co-curricular program designed to provide students with the skills and strategies needed to develop as inclusive leaders. Through various resources and programming, the goal is for students to explore and reflect during their educational journey on the following five inclusive leadership skills: Mitigating Bias and Prejudice; Managing Intercultural Dialogue; Addressing Systemic Inequity; Understanding Identity and Perspective Taking; and Creating an Inclusive Environment. Describe a time or situation when you had the need to utilize one or more of these five skills, and tell us the actions you took and the outcome. (250 words) Essay 3 We believe Columbia Business School is a special place. CBS proudly fosters a collaborative learning environment through curricular experiences like our clusters and learning teams, an extremely active co-curricular and student life environment, and career mentorship opportunities like our Executives-in-Residence program. Why do you feel Columbia Business School is a good fit for you academically, culturally, and professionally? Please be specific. (250 words) Optional Essay If you wish to provide further information or additional context around your application to the Admissions Committee, please upload a brief explanation of any areas of concern in your academic record or personal history. This does not need to be a formal essay. You may submit bullet points. (Maximum 500 Words) Columbia Application Stats Class of '24 Applicants 6177 Accepted 1363 Acceptance Rate 22% Enrolled 844(Aug and Jan intakes) Yield Rate 61% Columbia Class Profile Class of '24 Avg. GPA 3.6 Avg. WE 60 Average GMAT 729 GMAT middle 80% 700-760 View the full Columbia CBS Class Profile --> https://academics.business.columbia.edu/mba/admissions/class-profile

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20 Mar 2024, 13:24

Anybody know where to find info for Columbia Connect/Admitted Students Weekend?

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20 Mar 2024, 13:25

dkataria wrote:

Admitted! R1 waitlist

did you receive an email for portal update?

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20 Mar 2024, 13:40

Was waitlisted in Round 1, got an interview invite and then waitlisted again. Done with them

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20 Mar 2024, 13:45

For those who say waitlisted R1 were you waitlisted before or after interview?

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20 Mar 2024, 13:48

blackdiamondstar wrote:

Was waitlisted in Round 1, got an interview invite and then waitlisted again. Done with them

Did you have an interview in R1? CBS is really loving WL ppl. lol.

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For those who say waitlisted R1 were you waitlisted before or after interview? Posted from my mobile device

I got waitlisted after an interview in R1.

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20 Mar 2024, 13:49

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For those who say waitlisted R1 were you waitlisted before or after interview?

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Was waitlisted before interview in R1

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For those who say waitlisted R1 were you waitlisted before or after interview?

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R1 waitlisted after interview

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20 Mar 2024, 13:51

so annoying

like just give me a rejection

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20 Mar 2024, 13:51

you appear to be the only R1 WL to receive an admit so far. Surprising how early that came in. But guess that means other R1 WL aren’t so lucky

and there’s confusion between FE and WL

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20 Mar 2024, 13:52

Is it a fair assumption? Interviewed went to Waitlist; not interviewed went to Further Evaluation? Or WL vs FE is very random regardless interviews or not.

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20 Mar 2024, 13:53

Seems like that’s right. Weird because FE gets looped in with R2 and they’ve been notified. You’d think that WL > FE in terms of chances

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20 Mar 2024, 13:53

WL mean = we like you but not enough, FE mean = we are unsure about you so we want to look at you again and compared you to another round

But yes WL > FE in term of status

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20 Mar 2024, 13:54

Further evaluations candidates from R1 are getting results as R2 applicants... I heard from acceptances and rejections...

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20 Mar 2024, 13:54

I’ve refreshed this portal at least 100 times today. Can this end soon lol

Maybe remaining R1 WL has hope since there’s been movement for those to get WL again or dings

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20 Mar 2024, 13:56

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you appear to be the only R1 WL to receive an admit so far. Surprising how early that came in. But guess that means other R1 WL aren’t so lucky

and there’s confusion between FE and WL

Just to clarify i was WL after interview in R1, not FE

Good luck to everyone!

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20 Mar 2024, 13:57

Waiilisted canidadates from Round 1 are not getting any news (Based on GMAT Club, Live Wire and Reddit).... No acceptances, no rejections and no invitation to keep on the waitlist!

I sent an email to my WL manager to see if something is going on but no answer

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20 Mar 2024, 13:58

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I sent an email to my WL manager to see if something is going on but no answer

How do you know who is your WL manager if you don’t mind sharing?

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20 Mar 2024, 13:58

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