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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Any R2 applicants hear from Cornell?

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I can't......
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so my understanding is that this friday should be a busy day on this blog. I applied to Yale SOM, Tuck and Stern...and so I am only expecting to hear something from SOM.

Tuck is 3/19 and Stern is simply whenever you get the ding/waitlist/interview decision, (but that could be at any point in time).

I didnt receive an invite from Tuck, but I am assuming interviews are not required. I am also awaiting a decision from Stern...is Stern still sending out invites? Have any R2 CGSM candidates received one?

Can someone let me know if any of my assumptions are off base?

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All I know is SOM and Texas are scheduled to let us know where we stand this Friday. Any idea when Michigan and USC are reporting back to CGSM candidates?

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All I know is SOM and Texas are scheduled to let us know where we stand this Friday. Any idea when Michigan and USC are reporting back to CGSM candidates?

I haven't heard anything from USC at all since I applied, which has been a bit frustrating. I did hear from Emory recently and I was accepted.

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All I know is SOM and Texas are scheduled to let us know where we stand this Friday. Any idea when Michigan and USC are reporting back to CGSM candidates?

I haven't heard anything from USC at all since I applied, which has been a bit frustrating. I did hear from Emory recently and I was accepted.

Congrats on Emory!!!!

I haven't heard anything from USC either. Other than some pamphlet on diversity at the school.

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Congrats on Emory...I'm sure you will hear back from SC. Here's an email I just received from ADM.

Dear JoeMahmah,

Since you applied through the Consortium, your notification will come in February.

Thank you for your interest in the USC Marshall MBA program.

Sincerely,

MBA Admissions

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23 Feb 2010, 18:01

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All I know is SOM and Texas are scheduled to let us know where we stand this Friday. Any idea when Michigan and USC are reporting back to CGSM candidates?

I got an email from an Adcom member at USC and she said that their Consortium candidates will hear back by Monday, March 1st. I'm assuming they have to give notice to The Consortium by the same Feb 26th deadline other schools do, but giving themselves an extra day to tell us the news.

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25 Feb 2010, 05:39

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I applied to:

Darden, Yale, Stern and Tuck. I never received my logging for Yale.

This is what i received from Darden:
The Consortium applications are coming in and will be processed and reviewed at Darden over the next few weeks. Thank you for including Darden in your ranked list of schools.

Your application has been included in Darden’s Round 2 and therefore you will learn your admission decision on or before March 26, 2010. If you receive an interview invitation, please do not be alarmed. We simply want an opportunity to engage with you directly and/or gather additional information. Please take this as a positive. If you do not receive an interview invitation, it means we have all the information we need to make an admissions decision. This will be the case in most instances.

But none of the other schools have had any communication... Wowzers!!!!

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I haven't heard anything from USC either. Other than some pamphlet on diversity at the school.

Same here. I called the admin office last week and it appears they had no idea when Consortium R1 admits will be released (other than that I should e-mail Kellee Scott). For goodness sake, this is ROUND 1 we are talking about and its almost March. USC's listless approach is very bothersome to me. If this is reflective of everything USC-MBA, how can one trust them to proactively compete in this tough job market?

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25 Feb 2010, 09:04

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So Feb 26th is their Consortium deadline? How did you know?

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25 Feb 2010, 12:30

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So Feb 26th is their Consortium deadline? How did you know?

Well, I was assuming... the email I got from USC adcom said that all Consortium candidates will know decisions by March 1st.

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Is anyone else annoyed by the lack of consistency among the Consortium schools? Some people got emails from USC, some didn't. Some people got logins from Yale, some didn't. Etc, etc. etc! (fist shake!)

Hopefully we'll have some answers tomorrow or Monday.

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25 Feb 2010, 12:47

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So Feb 26th is their Consortium deadline? How did you know?

Well, I was assuming... the email I got from USC adcom said that all Consortium candidates will know decisions by March 1st.

You are right. I called them and confirmed. Although USC continues to disappoint me: Ok, decisions are due in March - the very last amongst all the Consortium schools I applied to. Then I asked if they have an Admit Weekend of sorts and they do but students have to pay to get themselves to campus. The two schools I have an admit at either pay for flight and hotel or reimburse up to a certain amount. But not USC!! My point is not the dollar cost of travel and lodging but what I consider thier I-dont-care attitude towards attracting talent. Oh btw, I didnt get any of the aforementioned e-mails....

Is this some sort of West coast/LA recalcitrance or just USC?

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if anything, your two schools who are paying for you to come are out of the norm, may i ask what schools they are, that would probably explain their willingness to pay. i have yet to hear of many people attending top 20/25 programs having their travel covered by the school for admit weekends. also, stern and ross (i can only speak to the schools i applied to) have notification dates in march, in fact, most consortium schools will release decisions over the next 2 weeks.

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2012dreams,

Here are my admits and their BW rankings https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/:
Kelley, # 15
Olin, # 28
Marshall is @ #25 so apart from their LA location, am yet to get a feel as to why they are a big deal.

I applied R1 (Nov 15) and got all my Consortium admits and dings in Jan. Yes, R2's are due any moment from now (am waiting for my Kellogg R2 post-interview decision). My point is that top schools take deliberate steps to recruit top talent (not that I claim to be one :-D

, but I wanna be with classmates who are. I turned down a medical school admit last year in lieu of an MBA and applied only to BW top-30 programs so I am invested in rubbing minds with some of the best especially when I have multiple options). I am yet to see ANYTHING resembling an aggressive talent recruiting strategy from USC.

Am open to be persuaded though and welcome your insights...

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USC was in my top 5 when I started the process of researching schools 2 years ago. After meeting with admissions officers and asking them questions, I received the same impression. I didn't even go through the effort of applying because of my negative experience. That's just my personal experience. I'm sure there will be some on here who will get accepted to USC, attend, and have a great experience. Just wasn't the best initial impression that I hoped for.

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whoa whoa whoa...cornell has been handing out admits already?!

to consortium applicants??

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Based on the email with login info I got from Yale, they are realeasing decisions tomorrow!!! I'm soooo anxious!!! I thought Stern would also release decisions tomorrow, but since I saw that in the past weeks many people got already dinged or waitlisted, I'm confused about their approach to this process... I didn't get an interview with them, so my only hope is for waitlist... I never got a login info from Ross... Will they be releasing decisions for Consortium applicants also on March 15th??? I thought that's when we need to know about fellowships!