I was on a webinar with Michael Robinson today for CBS and he said that usually they accept a "handful" of applicants at this stage,
but they are now looking to fill 100 seats!!
This is kind of major; it's quite an opportunity if you are willing to bet on the Covid situation being sorted by September, which I think it must. So this is totally unprecedented. They are still sticking to their standards but it's obvious they are trying to drum up applications and they will be going deep into the waitlist.
If you need an internship I would recommend putting in an application ASAP but before the deadline of June 1; usually the deadline is in April.
If you don't need an internship, you might apply to January term, that application opens in June. The acceptance rate is usually higher for J-term but given the Covid situation that might not be the case this time around.
I could tell they were anxious for the GMAC to get the virtual show on the virtual road, mid-April, but keep in mind you can do the Executive Assessment ie GMAT light. Maximum of 2 attempts but still it's a good option.
This is going to be the situation for a lot of top business schools so Round 3 is going to be more viable than ever.
A few weeks have passed now. If they need that many deposits they'd need to accept at least 150. Have we seen acceptances trickle in on the tracker?