https://kelley.iu.edu/mba/images/consortiumLogo.gif Note: Application for Fall 2011 is now live! Q: What is the Consortium? A: 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. Q: How does the application process for the Consortium differ from a regular school application? A: Common Application - One application allows you to apply to up to six Consortium schools. (University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill requires that all applicants submit both The Consortium application and the UNC application) Tiered Application Fee - Using The Consortium common application significantly reduces your application fee costs. You may apply to up to two member schools for $150, three schools for $200, four schools for $240, five for $275, and six for $300 (source: Official Consortium website ) Essays - There are 2 common essays as part of the Consortium application. Additionally, each member school you are applying to requires at least 1 separate, school specific essay. Interviews - There is 1 common Consortium interview that you must schedule with either a Consortium Alum or a representative at a Consortium School. Note that the interview does not necessarily have to take place at a school you are applying to. Afterward, individual schools may or may not require an additional school specific interview. Q: Can I apply even if I am not an under-represented minority? A: The Consortium seeks applicants who align themselves with its mission . Being a minority is not a prerequisite as long as the applicant has demonstrated a commitment to the Consortium's mission in his or her life. Official site : https://www.cgsm.org 2010-2011 Deadlines : R1: November 15 2010 R2: January 5 2011 Member Schools : University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business (newly added school) University of California-Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management (newly added school) Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Cornell University, The Johnson School Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business Emory University, Goizueta Business School Indiana University-Bloomington, Kelley School of Business University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School University of Rochester, Simon Graduate School of Business University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin School of Business Yale University, Yale School of Management Related threads/links: 2010 thread: calling-all-fall-2010-consortium-applicants-merged-87799.html any-consortium-applicants-56951.html Transcript of Consortium chat with CGSM and school adcoms: https://www.accepted.com/chat/transcrip ... rtium.aspx --- I know it's a bit early in the game, but hopefully people can find out about this program early on and decide if it's right for them. As you can see from last year's thread, there were quite a few Consortium admits (and a good number of fellowship recipients as well), so feel free to post any questions if you're thinking of applying this fall Member Schools: University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business Applicants: money9111 uzzy12 DCtoMBA lagomez carlito1017 SouthernBelle54 Jaguar363 co2013MBA ohhthatjenny University of California-Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management Applicants: progressiongirl DCtoMBA Howedoin co2013MBA Cooper52 VLM ohhthatjenny Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Applicants: DexterStJacques kegewe mba0Rbust co2013MBA numbnutz dapeople3 ohhthatjenny Cornell University, The Johnson School Applicants: money9111 progressiongirl lagomez kegewe mba0Rbust greentea Jaguar363 numbnutz VLM chireapplicant ohhthatjenny Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business Applicants: money9111 vannbj DCtoMBA carlito1017 shewhomustnotbenamed VictoryMBA DexterStJacques edemlaw kegewe mba0Rbust Jaguar363 mohater thacharter carpediem0008 chireapplicant KD2010 Emory University, Goizueta Business School Applicants: kn2130 Emmie1988 SouthernBelle54 mba0Rbust dapeople3 BusyBee404 Indiana University-Bloomington, Kelley School of Business Applicants: edemlaw greentea BusyBee404 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business Applicants: money9111 DCtoMBA shewhomustnotbenamed gotchocolate loloswims kegewe mohater Howedoin BusyBee404 countdracula numbnutz mbaboundVA BusyBee404 New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business Applicants: money9111 progressiongirl kn2130 lagomez DCtoMBA shewhomustnotbenamed gotchocolate VictoryMBA kegewe greentea chcarvajal ghinderbelle ohhthatjenny Blueskadoobob cauxion mbaboundVA VLM KD2010 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School Applicants: SouthernBelle54 University of Rochester, Simon Graduate School of Business University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business Applicants: progressiongirl Howedoin sexonthebeach150 co2013MBA The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business Applicants: carlito1017 Emmie1988 gotchocolate loloswims co2013MBA Bballer84 BusyBee404 KD2010 University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Applicants: uzzy12 kn2130 vannbj gotchocolate DexterStJacques edemlaw kegewe greentea Jaguar363 mohater numbnutz dapeople3 KD2010 Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School Applicants: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin School of Business Applicants: co2013MBA Yale University, Yale School of Management Applicants: money9111 kn2130 DCtoMBA lagomez shewhomustnotbenamed VictoryMBA SouthernBelle54 greentea Jaguar363 ghinderbelle cauxion VLM BusyBee404 KD2010 ohhthatjenny ---

Congrats on the invites to Tuck & Cornell! Hopefully attending these events will help as you navigate through the process of ranking the schools btw, it's comforting to know I'm not the only one struggling with the rankings lol. I feel like this could be make or break with some of the schools....

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IllustratorBlu, I've been wondering the same thing. Just judging by what's been said, it seems like schools ranked #5 and #6 might have issues with that. Even if they do admit you, what are the odds they'll give you the fellowship. Hell, it seems like some schools (Tuck and Yale for example) might have issues with you not ranking them #1 considering how small their class sizes are. Trying to rank these schools has been a complete mind-f*ck for me. It's not just where I want to attend, but I've also considered what schools will be receptive to my background.

I come from a real estate development background (construction mngmt/operations) and I want to get into social enterprise post MBA (social/non profit venture capital). I have zero finance background, so will NYU want me? Those are the types of questions that have been driving me crazy.

This is how I'm ranking my schools thus far 1) Yale...Dartmouth, NYU, Berkeley, Cornell, Michigan

This is my alternate list...1) Yale, Cornell, UCLA, Michigan

I have OK stats (when compared to everyone else who applies to these schools), not an auto ding, but not an auto-admit either. So ranking Berkeley (US News #7, 11% acceptance rate) #4 almost seems like a complete waste. Why in the world would they admit me when they will probably have scores of consortium applicants who WILL rank them #1 AND have the stats to back it up? Cornell won't be too pleased being ranked #5 either, and Michigan doesn't consider rankings during the admissions review. If nothing else, at least Yale will see how much I want them...

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my list of marketing schools. *note not my final list. since i'm going to apply in 2011, next year.
maybe i should have a list of 4, since I'm going to apply 3 non Consortium schools.
VictoryMBA, your post has me thinking.

Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business
Cornell University, The Johnson School
Indiana University-Bloomington, Kelley School of Business
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

PS, i didn't research the schools yet.

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Applied to diversity weekends at NYU, Michigan, Emory, and Duke. Attended Upclose @ Michigan last weekend (awesome!), attending Emory's diversity weekend in November. No word from Duke yet

I got into all events I applied to but only attending Rice and UT... I wanted to attend the Mich one but had a work dinner. Kind of wish I went now.

We have a huge Duke pipeline at my firm and they all speak highly of Duke

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Applied to diversity weekends at NYU, Michigan, Emory, and Duke. Attended Upclose @ Michigan last weekend (awesome!), attending Emory's diversity weekend in November. No word from Duke yet

I went to Duke's Diversity Weekend back in 2007 and had a blast. Very down to earth students, hard working but also know how to have a good time. Not to mention the beautiful campus and the basketball.

The Washington Duke Inn is gorgeous. It made me think....hmm...I could get used to this... 8-)

I'll be applying Rd2

Oh, and I got into Tuck's Diversity Weekend, Cornell's Johnson Means Business, and it looks like Yale will be releasing decisions on October 22.

I'll also be in Georgetown on Nov 18 for "Experience Georgetown". I was going to register for their diversity workshop, but I just cant afford the time/$. Experience Georgetown is only 3 hours and they deduct $100 from the application fee if you attend.

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The Consortium does publish statistics on fellowships. If you are interested in a particular school, you can also see how many students received Consortium fellowships vs other merit based scholarships on the school's website. I am a Consortium student (Class 2012), and was able to read on past distribution of scholarships for many schools. You have to do some research but will find all the information you need. Keep in mind that, as already mentioned, overall fewer scholarships were awarded through CGSM last year.

Where is this info available?

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Applied to diversity weekends at NYU, Michigan, Emory, and Duke. Attended Upclose @ Michigan last weekend (awesome!), attending Emory's diversity weekend in November. No word from Duke yet

Let me know how it goes at UT! I thought about applying to attend, but I know it'll be impossible to get the days off for both UT and Duke.

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Applied to diversity weekends at NYU, Michigan, Emory, and Duke. Attended Upclose @ Michigan last weekend (awesome!), attending Emory's diversity weekend in November. No word from Duke yet

Congrats on the invites to Tuck & Cornell! Hopefully attending these events will help as you navigate through the process of ranking the schools :wink:

btw, it's comforting to know I'm not the only one struggling with the rankings lol. I feel like this could be make or break with some of the schools....

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Thanks Busybee!

Ok, so I've got a question for you guys.

The Consortium app has a question that asks "Are you of Hispanic or Latino descent?" I would check "Yes".

Then you scroll down to the next question and it asks for your Ethnicity. There is nothing there that I identify with, so what should I put? My parents came from Mexico, so should I check "Other" and then type in "Mexican"?

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Same boat here. My birth certificate says "white" so I put "white". However, there are many "indians" in Mexico so you might be able to put "Indian". I come from the "Spanish influence" of Mexico so that's also why I put "white".

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Anyone hear back about Yale SOM explore diversity?

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For those that plan on applying to Non-Consortium schools, come check out Kellogg's Minority Prospective Weekend!

Kellogg Preview!
Minority Prospective Student Weekend
November 5-6, 2010
The Kellogg School Office of Admissions, in partnership with the Africa Business Club (ABC), Black Management Association (BMA) and Hispanic Business Student Association (HBSA), are excited to host this annual event. We hope that you will join us for this special opportunity to learn about the
Kellogg School of Management’s Full-Time MBA programs.

REGISTER AT: https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Pro ... vents.aspx

Please visit https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu for more information about the Kellogg Full-Time MBA Program.
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does anyone have any experience with the interview process?

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you have to schedule the interview yourself. the consortium should make a list available of all local CGSM alumni who you can choose, and you e-mail them asking them for a time when they're free. you DON'T necessarily have to choose an alum of the program/programs you are applying to (example: you are applying to NYU and Yale, but you choose to have your interview with an alum from Cornell - this is OK).

most schools will require only the 1 "general" interview. other schools will require you to have a 2nd, school specific interview; you should refer to the application / adcom from the specific school about this question.

the interview itself is fairly straightforward: tell me about your resume, why b-school, etc. make sure you pay attention to deadlines and get your general interview done as early as possible.

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This made me frustrated filling out the app last year. I really wish they would correct this. At first it was funny. When you're under pressure to finish the app on time, I don't want to have a debate in my head about how to "classify" myself, lol.

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For those applying to Tuck through the Consortium, did you opt to include a video as the answer to the supplementary essay? Just curious where folks went with this question.

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For those applying to Tuck through the Consortium, did you opt to include a video as the answer to the supplementary essay? Just curious where folks went with this question.

I'm editing my video now. I filmed up at Tuck and let's just say I have a creative approach to the task.

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does anyone have any experience with the interview process?

I just completed my consortium interview on monday...i looked at the very long list of potential interviewers and then tried to find people in my area, who went to one of the schools I am applying to. Then, I went on facebook, linkedin, etc. and tried to find out some more info about these specific people. I chose a person who I thought I could relate with most easily based on personality, interests, etc. Its always helpful to know what you're getting into. I sat researching people for several hours before I decided on one to request an interview with. It definitely helped.

As far as the interview, it was very standard, but my interviewer did mention that the consortium gives them little to no guidance regarding questions, etc. They are, however, required to ask about your commitment to the mission. The person only wanted to see my resume, no essays or any other documents. They also mentioned that after completing the interview to submit the email from the VIP section of the consortium page right away, because it often takes a long time to arrive.

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Do the core essays need to be different from the school essays? Do specific schools receive the core essays as well?

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Do the core essays need to be different from the school essays? Do specific schools receive the core essays as well?

All schools receive the core essays and their school specific essay. They should be consistent together but the core should be generic to apply to any school.

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Do the core essays need to be different from the school essays? Do specific schools receive the core essays as well?

All schools receive the core essays and their school specific essay. They should be consistent together but the core should be generic to apply to any school.

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Okay, so I need to make sure not to use the same topic