https://www.cgsm.org/wp-content/themes/consortium/images/logos/consortium-logo.png Q: What is the Consortium? A: The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management is the country’s preeminent organization for promoting diversity and inclusion in American business. Through an annual competition, The Consortium awards merit-based, full-tuition fellowships to America’s best and brightest candidates. In conjunction with our member schools, sponsoring companies, and our elite group of MBA students and alumni, The Consortium has built a forty year legacy of fostering inclusion and changing the ethnic and cultural face of American business. Q: How does the application process for the Consortium differ from a regular school application? A: Common Application - One application allows you to apply to up to six Consortium schools. (University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill requires that all applicants submit both The Consortium application and the UNC application) Official site Consortium Schools University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business University of California-Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Cornell University, The Johnson School Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business Emory University, Goizueta Business School Indiana University-Bloomington, Kelley School of Business New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School University of Rochester, Simon Graduate School of Business University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School Wisconsin University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin School of Business University of Michigan, Ross School of Business Consortium Application Distribution Consortium GMATClub Applicants GMATClub Vs Latest Intake GMATClub Detailed Applicat List Official site

This makes me feel a bit better. But some of the issues from Anderson I think have to do with technology, not admissions office staff (for example, I was asked to set up my interview using the username and password that Anderson had never bothered to send to me...). Any clue when consortium applicants might reasonably expect to hear back?

Based on last year's CGSM forum, looks like Darden (among other schools) maybe late in the notification game, particularly for those who applied CGSM2. Last year, Darden began Fellowship calls on 3/13 but there was also a batch of their candidates who weren't notified of admission until the 21st (they were also told at that time if they would be receiving $$$). So it's not over til it's over! I would assume April 1 is a bit too late but who knows. April 15th is the most official D-Day of this whole process. Good luck everyone!!!

To the Anderson applicants, I wouldn't worry about the application informations being off or missing unless it looks like something outrageous. For all of the schools I applied to, much of the information was missing. That's because when they upload our applications from the Consortium into their own systems, the formatting is not standardized. For example, online, a few of my schools' systems indicated that they had not received my GMAT scores. I called their admissions office to confirm that they had received them and that everything else is my application was correct. They had everything just perfectly. This late in the game, if you are concerned, I would call the admissions office directly so that you can receive an immediate response.

Not yet, I interviewed in early Feb and haven't heard anything since then.

Same here and I can't find anything about timelines for Consortium applicants on their website. I wonder if they'll follow the March 18 decision date for all applicants.

I just checked the system and they are still interviewing up until March 11th, so that probably means we won't know until after the draft... just speculation on what Darden will do. Although, its really unusual that someone heard from Darden by just looking up their status without even an email...