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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I am leaving for the Kelley Experience Weekend tomorrow and was wondering if anyone has been to their schools' admit weekend. How was it and were there any experiences you'd like to share?

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I'm headed there also. See you tomorrow!

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I'm headed there also. See you tomorrow!

undecided2012, are now "decided"? :lol:

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Does anyone know of a way to make it to OP even if you aren't going to a Consortium school?

I know the most likely answer ... but figured some ambitious soul may have found an answer to the problem plaguing me and a few others.

MIT is a member of MBAjumpstart you may be interested.

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MIT is a member of MBAjumpstart you may be interested.

Isn't jumpstart just for Consulting and Finance folks? It seems almost every internship or career dev program is gained at finance folks, with a few for consulting.

I'm doing MLT's event though ... so I think I'll just be happy and stop complaining.

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https://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Newsroom/100330consortium.aspx

i'm kind of jealous, i would have loved for the opportunity to apply to haas via the consortium, this is a great (re)addition

Yeah that is amazing. I thik I will re-apply next year.

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word on the grapevine is that columbia might be one of the next ones to join the consortium. if true, then next year's applicants will surely have a ton of great options available to them

Hi ... where did you hear this rumor about Columbia joining the CGSM?

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That would be awesome if Columbia joined in time for this fall...

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Originally posted by alwaysmiling on 12 Apr 2010, 22:42.
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anyone going to tuck's asw?

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I have submitted my deposit and I will be joining the Ross class of 2012! Go Blue!

Definitely look forward to meeting those of you attending OP.

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US News 2011 rankings:

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1. Harvard 100

1. Stanford 100

3. MIT 94

4. Northwestern 93

5. Chicago 92

5. Penn 92

7. Dartmouth 89

7. Berkeley 89

9. Columbia 86

9. NYU 86

11. Yale 85

12. Michigan 82

13. Virginia 81

14. Duke 80

15. UCLA 78

16. Carnegie Mellon 76

16. University of Texas 76

18. Cornell 75

19. WashU in St. Louis 72

20. USC 70

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All CGSM schools ranked in the top 30 (top 27, really)! So, to round out the top 30:

21. Ohio State 69

21. UNC-Chapel Hill 69

23. Indiana-Bloomington 68

24. Georgetown University 67

24. Minnesota-Twin Cities 67

26. Georgia Inst. of Tech. 64

27. Arizona State 63

27. Emory 63

27. Rochester 63

27. Wisconsin-Madison 63

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Now the consortium has 3 Top 10 schools, and literally every single school from 10 to 20, except for Duke. I'm still not sure why Duke isn't in the Consortium when they compete very heavily against the consortium. A lot of the admits there were choosing between Consortium fellowships and Duke.

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What about Columbia joining the CGSM ... is that just a rumor?

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What about Columbia joining the CGSM ... is that just a rumor?

Just a rumor until you see a press release from CGSM.

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Nor am I. Duke's tuition deposit is due before most - if not all - of the CGSM schools'. I would think that their membership in CGSM would be contingent on them "playing nice" with the other CGSM schools and pushing their decision date back a month. I wonder if that has anything to do with them not being in the Consortium? [WILD SPECULATION ALERT!]

I did meet a number of students at Michigan's admit weekend who had to drop $1,500 to Fuqua without even knowing if they were going to commit just because they didn't want to count Duke out before attending their other admit weekends.

(UCLA is not in the Consortium right now either, btw, though I thought they were!)

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... I've heard that UCLA is in for sure.

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Duke's Admit weekend was filled with Ross Consortium Admits. I was included in that bunch too I guess.

I don't really know what Duke's "problem" is. Not only are they not in the consortium, but through out scholarship money to steal consortium fellows away, but they absolutely refuse to give extensions on their decisions. While I really do like and respect their program, they almost seem like a spoiled kid who is mad their not in the Top 10. I think they feel they should be more prestigious than they are, so they act it even though they haven't truly earned it yet. Little things like this will always keep their yield low (a lot lower than their peers).

But ... I want to a Duke ACC rival school ... so maybe I'm biased.

Also, I always get UCLA and USC mixed up.

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... I've heard that UCLA is in for sure.

Where did you hear this?

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I have also heard that about UCLA from a current student... hopefully I'll end up getting in with a little funding, then I won't feel so bad about them joining next year