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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gravity1914

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I'm in for round 2... applied to 3 schools.

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I feel bad about reading and not contributing. I don't want to release too many details about my app because it will be blindingly obvious who I am if any adcoms read this. Nevertheless, add me to the list of round 2 consortium applicants to stern, ross, yale.

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Add me in for the Consortium as well. Tuck, Cornell, and Yale.

Good luck to all of you

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finally heard some movement from YSOM, but the email just re-stated that final decisions will be reached by the end of Feb. I'm really excited about this app, and I'm going to try to set up a visit sometime next week. I looked on their website, and it seemed that most of the visits are pretty structured, with a class visit in the morning, followed by a campus tour. I was hoping to come a little later, since I live about 1.5 - 2 hrs away (depending on traffic). I'm gonna try to email them to see if I can work anything out.

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NYU and WashU here...

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11 Jan 2010, 16:37

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Did you get an interview from NYU? Did you apply round 1 or 2?

Also got the email from Yale. How about the sender "mba.diversity"? Yes, i realize we add diversity, but man....

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ROLL CALL PAGE UPDATED. if you don't see yourself on the first page of this thread, or if you want to update your status for the Consortium 2010, please post back on this thread

gravity1914

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what was everyone's impressions of the consortium schools when you visited? Did you go during diversity weekend?

I've visited a lot of schools. I find it interesting to go for the diversity weekend and then stop by again on a regular day... When the "blinders" are off, things are very different...

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I didn't go during diversity weekend, but I asked students about how their school managed this "issue." I tried to ask students to whom diversity in ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation would be important.

I felt I did get a better sense of what to expect in the program, but I also think you're at an advantage to participate in div w/ends since you have an opportunity to stand out from the thousands of "regular" visitors.

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Received an interview invite from Ross. Oh yeah!

Does anyone know if they school views interviewing on campus favorably? I am not too far from the school (5 hours or so).

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12 Jan 2010, 12:19

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I recommend an on-campus interview, especially if you aren't far and/or you haven't visited campus yet.

gravity1914

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12 Jan 2010, 12:41

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drmang7

Received an interview invite from Ross. Oh yeah!

Does anyone know if they school views interviewing on campus favorably? I am not too far from the school (5 hours or so).

Did you submit round 1 or round 2?

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12 Jan 2010, 12:45

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Went complete R2 date

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anyone apply to USC through the consortium RD1? I applied RD1 to NYU, Tepper, Emory and USC and everyone has notified me that they have my application except for USC....

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USC might have compiled all of its applications from R1 and R2 together, like YSOM did. I only just got a notification from YSOM this week, even though I applied in November.

However, I wouldn't leave it to chance. You should definitely call up USC tomorrow and ask about your app status. Specifically mention that you are a Consortium applicant, as the schools usually have a separate department or person handle the Consortium apps.

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Applied to Yale R1 qnd received the same conf email the other day from mba.diversity.

Status never changed from Submitted. Received a conf email after I clicked Submit.

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Round 2 here - Tuck, Darden and Texas. I did my interview with Tuck back in early December. Good luck to all!

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Any cons students get the Ross call yet? Ross adcom blog confirms calls go out TODAY!!!!

Anxiously waiting!

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Still waiting to hear...I'm freaking out.

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