Well, can't be that no one's considering Cornell at all this year. I'm most likely applying R1, like the school - think it's somewhat underrated, love Ithaca's slightly hippie/countercultural vibe , and love the school's placements in New York City! We probably have another couple of months before the application opens, but we at GMATClub are always ahead of the curve. Application Statistics THE ROUND 1 TEAM Total Applicants 32 Interview Invites: 23 (71.88%) Admitted: 11 Admitted after WL: 2 Total Admitted: 13 (40.6%) Matriculating: 5 Waitlisted: 8 Dinged: 5 Dinged after WL: 2 Total Dinged: 7 Unknown: 5 ----------------------------------- glettian - accepted| matriculating raabenb - waitlist 12/17 | accepted | matriculating ChristopherW - waitlist 12/17 | accepted | matriculating young_gun - accepted | matriculating ychang - accepted | matriculating convolutedsignal - accepted IHateTheGMAT - accepted | not matriculating irishspring - accepted msday86 - accepted | not matriculating ryguy904 - accepted | not matriculating solaris1 - accepted | not matriculating sterny - accepted | not matriculating wolffali - accepted 2011MBA - waitlisted 12/17 Azngaucho - waitlisted 12/17 dghazer - waitlisted 12/17 manbilla - waitlisted 12/17 markkm - waitlisted 12/17 mkmba09 waitlisted 12/17 sentiment - waitlisted 12/17 cereal 255 - waitlist 12/17 | Dinged 2/5 dharmabum - waitlist 12/17 | Dinged 2/5 LeftOut - interviewed 11/24 | Dinged Minimal81 - dinged nadtrans - invite 12/02 Dinged Sleepy - dinged Traffix - interviewed | Dinged boOmasta - interviewed 11/18 dghazer - interviewed 11/19 mpallavi4- submitted 10/6 neelesh - submitted 10/6 toddpounds - submitted 10/6 THE AMBA TEAM (3) Interview Invites: 3 (100.00%) Acceptances: 2 (66.7%) Waitlisted: 0 Unknown: 1 ----------------------------------- enteraka (AMBA) - accepted prospect (AMBA) - accepted spideyeclipse (AMBA) - invite 10/27 THE ROUND 2 TEAM Total Applicants 16 Interview Invites: 14 (87.5%) Admitted: 8 Admitted after WL: 0 Total Admitted: 8 (50%) Matriculating: 2 Waitlisted: 1 Dinged: 1 Dinged after WL: 0 Total Dinged: 1 Unknown: 6 ----------------------------------- BearStearner - accepted | matriculating wonderhaven - accepted | matriculating flood - accepted forhmerlehmanite1 - accepted | not matriculating Mashi - accepted misterlev - accepted | not matriculating oziozzie - accepted tal - accepted Franklin | invite 1/15 | waitlist 2/4 belfi - invite 1/7 | Dinged aakashganga - submitted 11/17 | interviewed 1/29 pronkster - invite 12/19 RJ | invite 1/13 stretch08 - submitted 11/17 | invite 12/24 tarunmalik - submitted 11/17 yellowjacket - submitted 11/17 THE ROUND 3 TEAM ----------------------------------- chitchat - accepted | not matriculating pguard - accepted | not matriculating bucktooth911 - submitted 1/9 IvyStallion – submitted ?? jimmyjamesdonkey - submitted ?? MBAngst – submitted ?? rscricket - submitted ??

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If you haven't visited yet, go to Ithaca. No question.

I agree. When I visited, the students heavily emphasized returning to campus for an interview. Every school will want you to visit, but Cornell seems to want it just a little more than the others.

Thanks guys...guess I will go...any interview tips?

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jimmyjames submitted for R3.

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Thanks guys...guess I will go...any interview tips?

Just be yourself :lol:

Seriously though, check out the Cornell interview questions on Clear Admit and Accepted, practice those a ton. Be very prepared to get drilled on your goals AND backup goals (that happened to many of us including myself). Go in confident. That's about it.

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Thanks guys...guess I will go...any interview tips?

Have you seen this post?

https://gmatclub.com/forum/post424513.html#p424513

I got an email from a current student saying not to worry too much about the interview, but based on the stories posted earlier in this thread, I'm going to spend as much time as I can prepping... don't want to let this one to slip away.

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Be prepared to be asked what other schools you applied to as well. And if they dig deeper on the other schools that's your chance to have decent reasons (maybe a general theme or two) why you applied to schools A, B, and C and segue into why Johnson is THE BEST school for you. My interviewer didn't dig deeper on the other schools, but I wanted to spend 30 seconds on the topic so that it looked like my reasoning was sound. Furthermore, I easily transitioned into the why Johnson and it would have been clear to a 3rd grader that Cornell was the best choice for me. Moreover, my enthusiasm, energy, and body language perked up dramatically during the latter portion. That's why I did, at least.

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just had the interview.. not a good one though.. a lot of questions, not much expected.. interviewer seemed like s/he was not convinced with what I tell..

does anyone know how affective the interview is on the decision?

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Well I would say a couple things. First the interview is worth kind of a lot at Cornell, but its still just one of many factors. Second, its impossible to judge whether or not you had a good interview so don't try (I know that's absolutely impossible advice to follow, I didn't follow it myself, but you should try). Lastly, my Cornell interview was (or at least felt like) the worst interview of my life and I still got in so definitely don't give up hope. Lots of people have tough interviews at Cornell. They seem to be one of the toughest interviews of the top 15 programs.

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It really depends on who you interview with. I had mine w/ an adcom and it went tremendously well. She was friendly, reactive to my comments, and threw no surprises out there in terms of interview questions. It was a very standard, casual interview. I felt a great chemistry there, had specific reasons as to why Cornell was my top choice, and I think it helped a lot towards getting that admit.

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IhateTheGmat thank you very much for encouragement.

by the way what made you think that your interview was very bad?

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IhateTheGmat thank you very much for encouragement.

by the way what made you think that your interview was very bad?

Here was a recap of his interview: post541625.html#p541625

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IhateTheGmat thank you very much for encouragement.

by the way what made you think that your interview was very bad?

Here was a recap of his interview: p541625#p541625

Thanks ryguy, I appreciate that.

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Here was a recap of his interview: p541625#p541625

Thanks dude. I was gonna try to find that and you saved me the trouble.

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You can put my name in for R3. Good luck, everyone!

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i applied on 11/17....app went under review on 12/4....nothing after that.....called admissions today n they simply said "its normal"....however i'm not a whole lot comfortable at this stage.

is it too early to lose sleep over not getting an invite till date or do i have a little more waiting to do before i can have my alarm bells ringing???? wat do u say guys???

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Well, there is still a lot of time to interview. I thought that they needed at least a week to review the interview assessment before the decision date. However, I scheduled my interview at the very end of Jan because of work issues so obviously they can turn around a decision very quickly after the interview. There's still hope!

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Hang in there. I went under review 12/4 as well. I got my invite yesterday. It seems that the holidays put admissions a little behind.

-Franklin

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If you look at the front page roll call, it is normal. Some of us in Round 1 waited 4-6 weeks. Nadtrans got his interview invite TWO MONTHS after he submitted. Dont sweat it:)

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thanks for the support guys.....i'll hang in there.........

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I declined my offer of admission to the Johnson School today. I do think the Johnson School offers a fantastic MBA program and Cornell is an amazing institution to be associated with, with however personal considerations based solely on "fit" have led me to decide to matriculate elsewhere.

"Rankings," academic reputation, or recruiting did not play a significant role in my decision - I want to be completely forthright about that.

I wish everyone else waiting to hear the very best, and hope a lot of you on this thread will decide to attend.

Good luck.