Added program info to first post. Please continue Consortium Fall 2010 discussion in this thread - shadowsjc ROLL CALL PAGE UPDATED 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. Official site : https://www.cgsm.org Related threads/links: any-consortium-applicants-56951.html Transcript of Consortium chat with CGSM and school adcoms: https://www.accepted.com/chat/transcript ... rtium.aspx --- Approximate # of students who are accepted into the CGSM: 480 Approximate # of fellowship offers extended to CGSM members: 330 2009-2010 Deadlines : R1: November 15 2009 R2: January 5 2010 -- Member Schools: Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Applicants: maxtor seanyc Cornell University, The Johnson School Applicants: ATCer classof2012 (CGSM Fellowship recipient) mbahopeful2010 MBAYear orky56 ssantos78 What2Do15 Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business Applicants: 2012mbahopeful alwaysmiling ATCer bschooler (CGSM Fellowship recipient) classof2012 dli1981 HeresHoping ibrokeit007 MBAYear RonMexico ssantos78 Emory University, Goizueta Business School Applicants: Case2010 maxtor MBAbound10 (CGSM fellowship recipient) nefertiti (CGSM fellowship recipient) orky56 seanyc ssantos78 undecided2012 Indiana University-Bloomington, Kelley School of Business Applicants: alwaysmiling Case2010 (CGSM Fellowship recipient) dli1981 EmElleDub gravity1914 honeygirl (CGSM Fellowship recipient) mbahopeful2010 niceguy22 (CGSM Fellowship recipient) orky56 undecided2012 What2Do15 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business Applicants: 2012dreams alws (CGSM Fellowship recipient) cannedmilkman (CGSM Fellowship recipient) dli1981 drmang7 (CGSM Fellowship recipient) EmElleDub gravity1914 idcandy (CGSM Fellowship recipient) JoeMahmah jumpshot maxtor mbachallenge mbahopeful2010 Mystik742 nefertiti theoutlawfades undecided2012 What2Do15 (CGSM Fellowship recipient) New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business Applicants: 2012dreams 2012mbahopeful alwaysmiling AspiringSloanie bschooler Case2010 classof2012 drmang7 giggles2411 HeresHoping ibrokeit007 idcandy JoeMahmah Jupitr84 mbatime Mystik742 onlyneed1 SCBooth seanyc ssantos78 theoutlawfades University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School Applicants: undecided2012 University of Rochester, Simon Graduate School of Business University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business Applicants: Case2010 JoeMahmah Jupitr84 lakai777 seanyc ssantos78 What2Do15 The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business Applicants: alwaysmiling dli1981 gravity1914 jmoney JoeMahmah lakai777 maxtor MBAbound10 nefertiti RonMexico TxTransPlant University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Applicants: bschooler ibrokeit007 Jupitr84 jumpshot lakai777 MBAbound10 RonMexico theoutlawfades TxTransPlant Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School Applicants: AspiringSloanie Case2010 orky56 MBAbound10 What2Do15 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin School of Business Applicants: gscougar (CGSM Fellowship recipient) jumpshot undecided2012 Yale University, Yale School of Management Applicants: 2012mbahopeful alwaysmiling alws ATCer cannedmilkman classof2012 drmang7 HeresHoping ibrokeit007 JoeMahmah jmoney mbahopeful2010 MBAYear SCBooth shadowsjc ssantos78 theoutlawfades TxTransPlant zippy10 --- I'm wondering whether applying through the Consortium is a good idea. I'm somewhat confused on the review process - Do adcoms treat these applications differently than the general pool? Do adcoms read the core consortium essays (in addition to the school core essays) as part of its review process? Should I go to the traditional application route? For example, my consortium mission essay is not that strong, albeit some experience. The mission of The Consortium is to enhance diversity in business education and leadership by helping to reduce the serious under representation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in both our member schools' enrollments and the ranks of management. What have you done in your business, academic or personal life to demonstrate commitment to this mission? Please provide specific example of your involvement, actions and results.

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Thanks shadowsjc. For those still waiting for NYU, I just got an invite for an interview. There weren't too many options for dates but i'll be flying out next month for it. I kind of wish it was sooner.

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Just received my phone call from Ross, I'm in! Now just have to wait on the other schools and the fellowship decisions.

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Just received my phone call from Ross, I'm in! Now just have to wait on the other schools and the fellowship decisions.

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CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

Do you mind sharing a little bit of your profile?

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Hey Round 1ers

I know I've asked this but I'm still pretty in the dark about this. Do we get any updates at all from anyone (status updates, interview requests emails, etc) from CGSM? Or do we wait for the schools to contact us? Is there a way to track our application, as in, do we have access to school websites or any of their tracking information?

Essentially, I guess I'm asking the same question again.

What do we do now? Who talks to us now? CGSM or the Schools?

gravity1914

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15 Jan 2010, 10:08

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lakai777

talk to the schools.. from what I remember, if you log into the cgsm application it should say "sent to schools" (or at least it did last year). once it says that...the consortium doesn't play a part.

it wouldn't hurt to contact the office and ask for a general time frame for contact.

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It's just the schools. You should eventually receive some form of update from the schools. Some were standard with their traditional applicants and some were customized to the Consortium. But after everything is sent to the schools, it's out of the Consortium's hands.

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Just received my phone call from Ross, I'm in! Now just have to wait on the other schools and the fellowship decisions.

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CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

Do you mind sharing a little bit of your profile?

Thanks!

660 GMAT/3.41 GPA/4 years WE/Large public University with 2 degrees in Marketing and Communications
Lots of internships/projects in Undergrad relating to my post-MBA industry
Currently work in Digital Marketing for a Top 20 Commercial Bank with ample leadership/management
Interested in transitioning into the Media and Entertainment industry
Lots of relevant volunteer experience to my goals

I had to have a really strong support in my projects, volunteering, and WE leadership to offset a weaker GMAT.

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21 Jan 2010, 09:50

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seanyc

Congrats!

Did you apply R1 or R2?

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Congrats!

Did you apply R1 or R2?

Thanks! I applied R1. I haven't heard anything from Emory or USC, but i'm in at Tepper.

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I am in at Kelley! :-D

Dinged at Goizueta and Stern. Waiting on Olin. Anyone heard from Kelley or Olin?

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Congrats to all the admits! :-)

Glad to see more activity in this thread. Hopefully we'll all have good news come announcements for the Fellowships as well!

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Congrats to all the admits! :-)

Glad to see more activity in this thread. Hopefully we'll all have good news come announcements for the Fellowships as well!

Yes to that! Cant wait. They told me that Fellowships will be awarded in March. And for me, March seems like ages away! lol. Am sure this waiting/suspense thingy is messing with my mind on so many levels :lol:

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Just got a phone call that am IN at Olin!!!!

Tally(R1): In-Kelley, Olin :-D

Dinged-Goizueta, Stern :oops:

Waiting-Darden, Marshall :?:

R2: Booth, Kellogg, Fuqua

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Hi everyone. First and foremost best of luck. I was wondering has anyone from round 2 heard anything yet? I applied on the 4th and haven't heard anything yet, kind of worried. Obviously my low GPA does not help and makes me very nervous! Also, is there a way to verify that everything from your application, specifically official transcripts, was received? I sent mine in on time, but the postal service here in Puerto Rico is notoriously bad. I saw some earlier threads that the status on the online application changes from 'submitted' to 'sent to schools.' Any validity to that? Thanks

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I'd call the Consortium. They will log into thier system and verify that all is well. I applied R1 and did just that. I dont remember if the online system indicated the status, but maybe it did. But I called. Good luck.

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Dli,

For what it is worth, the Consortium informed me that they had not received my interview transcript or masters transcript about ten days after I submitted - and both my interviewer and school had logged records of sending these items out. If you have not received a "we are missing" email by now, I am sure you are fine. They were quite good about contacting me and giving me time to re-send these items. As far as not hearing anything, 18 days would be a mighty quick turnaround.

Good luck on the applications.

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Originally posted by classof2012 on 23 Jan 2010, 08:48.
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Hello fellow Consortium-mates. I received some good news that I was accepted to my top two CGSM schools! I hope this gives others with low GMAT scores some hope. My first time I took the GMAT, I had a devastating score of 520. Keep the faith!

GMAT: 630 (Q:44, V:33, AWA:4.5)
University attended: Large state-school
Major(s): Business
GPA / Honours: 3.4
Nationality: American (Hispanic)
Age: (at matriculation): 30
Gender: M
Work Experience: No. of Years / Industry / Role: ~6 years; HR Recruiting, Overseas work in tourism.
Extra-curricular Activities: Lots of international/domestic volunteer work
Community Services: Board member of major minority organization

Business Schools (Admitted):
CGSM: Emory
CGSM: Wash U
Vanderbilt

Pending:
CGSM: Virginia

Business Schools (Applied but Dinged):
CGSM: Texas

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Congratulations to you, I appreciate you sharing your story and best of luck going forward. I have a low GPA which I have worked toward overcoming, but not sure if I will get in.

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dli - i wouldn't worry too much about your GPA. a low GPA is like a low GMAT - it's just one data point in your application; as long as other parts are strong, you still have a good chance of getting in somewhere. you have a strong GMAT score; as long as your essays conveyed passion for the consortium's mission, then i think you'll get in