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. 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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 ---

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Hey all... looks like Haas invites started going out today.

Anyone have any word on how Haas is going to handle its fellowship offers?

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I think I'm gonna change my screen name to Charlie Bucket. Remember the song that his mom sings to him when he is feeling down?..."Cheeeeeer up Charlieeeeee, ......etc"
Then, if and when I am excepted, I'll go running outside singing: "cuz I've got a golden ticket, dadadadadadada! and I will jump up and tap my feet together.

Yes!!! The moment I'm in, I'll def be singing, dancing, and taking a personal day. It will be glorious!!! Then, if I get money too, it will be pure debauchery.

Fortunately, March is just around the corner.

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Hello all!

I've been lurking on this board for quite a bit but finally decided to sign up and share in the joy/nervous break downs/general conversation of my fellow applicants here now that its getting down to the wire.

Couple of days ago I got an invite for an interview at UCLA so extreeemely excited about that (they're my #1). If anybody else has been on the interview or already been admitted there please let me know how it went and if its a good sign that I will get admission.

Also I applied to USC Marshall but haven't heard anything from them.......like literally nothing. they didn't even send me an email saying they'd received my app. Should i just assume thats a no go or might something else be up?

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I haven't heard from any of my Consortium Schools yet, is this a bad sign (I know UT/Yale's deadline)?

Order of rank:

1. NYU
2. Yale
3. Dartmouth
4. UT
5. UV

Non Consortium:

HBS - dinged
Wharton - Interview
MIT - waiting
Columbia - waiting
Stanford - waiting

I know, lots of schools but I'm an early career, non traditional applicant so I had to cast a wide net. Wharton interview, that's a good sign right? Cause I'm not feeling so great about NYU since I haven't heard anything yet. =/

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18 Feb 2011, 22:54

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I'm feeling so anxious; I just want to know already.

I believe that Darden already sent out all of their invites. NYU too?

I keep checking gmatclub as if an admit will be waiting for me on this forum, when all I really want is for it to be March 8!

You mean invites like invitations to interview?

And wait...NYU sent out all their invites already???? :shock:

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the fact that you said ucla interviewed me kills me even more. i had a friend who applied through the consortium as well and we have heard from no schools at all. in addition to what i've applied to, he applied to ucla and did not hear from them. man do we suck.

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I'm not certain how strict this deadline is, but thought it might be helpful for those waiting on nyu. I think that consortium applicants are supposed to interview for nyu by feb 28.

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I interviewed with UCLA yesterday after receiving my invite on 2/9. I interviewed off campus with an alum, and it was extremely laid back and conversational, lasted
for an hour and a half. I also interviewed with Cornell earlier this week. They had reviewed my application and asked questions regarding it, so it was completely different from UCLA. I listed UCLA as my number 1, followed by Cornell, NYU (no invite), and Yale. Cornell decisions go out on the 25th like Yale's. Not sure about UCLA though, does anyone know?

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Cornell also reports on the 25th

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SAY WHAT?!?! I thought it was mid march

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Cornell also reports on the 25th

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where did you hear this?

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Cornell also reports on the 25th

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where did you hear this?

Yea I was told sometime this week when I interviewed last Monday. The have to make an admissions decision before Mar. 1 which is the fellowship decision date.

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Cornell also reports on the 25th

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where did you hear this?

Yea I was told sometime this week when I interviewed last Monday. The have to make an admissions decision before Mar. 1 which is the fellowship decision date.

Plus it's online here: https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Academic ... -FAQs.aspx

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I'm not certain how strict this deadline is, but thought it might be helpful for those waiting on nyu. I think that consortium applicants are supposed to interview for nyu by feb 28.

Where did you get this info?

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Cornell also reports on the 25th

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where did you hear this?

I asked adcom via email and they responded the 25th.

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Cornell also reports on the 25th

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where did you hear this?

Yea I was told sometime this week when I interviewed last Monday. The have to make an admissions decision before Mar. 1 which is the fellowship decision date.

Ack, so I guess if we don't hear from NYU this week then it's probably all over barring a WL decision.

I wonder why it takes Tuck so long to notify if they are pretty much done by Mar 1

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From what I'm hearing it sounds like NYU basically doesn't consider you if you don't put them as your #1? I did my Consortium alum interview with a Stern graduate and she kind of hinted at the idea. I was a wreck deciding between the two but I just like warmer climates so UCLA was the obvious winner. Now I'm starting to freak out bc if Anderson doesn't take me I really wanted NYU.

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Blueskadoobob

I'm not certain how strict this deadline is, but thought it might be helpful for those waiting on nyu. I think that consortium applicants are supposed to interview for nyu by feb 28.

Where did you get this info?

I would like to know this also.

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Guys.. All of the schools WANT to be listed as number one. That makes sense right? But the truth of the matter is thatthe schools know who they want. If you get into a school and you ranked them 1st but don't support the consortium mission then maybe someone who does support the mission and ranked said school second will get the fellowship. All you/we can do is just trust that when each of us made our rankings that we were ok with our reasonings for placing a school on the list where we did.

We can all go back now that we've seen how admissions have started to play out and say "oh I wish I ranked X school higher". Try to refrain from doing that! We are all amazing and will be billionaires so in the long run it's pennies! ;-)

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I'm not certain how strict this deadline is, but thought it might be helpful for those waiting on nyu. I think that consortium applicants are supposed to interview for nyu by feb 28.

Where did you get this info?

In my interview invite from nyu and I saw a few people confirm it on this forum. Here is some good news though, I applied round 1. So it's possible this deadline only applies to r1 consortium.

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As I said before on this forum, the ranking system provides valuable information to the adcom and lets them protect their yields, which is an important element of their own rankings for their program. Put yourself in their shoes. You must understand their mission and their job. If I were an adcom member, and I saw two consortium applicants, all else equal, I'm going with the one who ranked me #1 as opposed to the one who ranked me #2 and who didn't get in to his top choice and chose me as plan B. With my rejection letter, I'll tell that applicant " ____ you, I'll show you who's number two!" That's why the best strategy is to take a hard look at your credentials and application profile and apply to the school where you think you have a decent shot at being accepted. Remember, for consortium applicants, there's more at stake than just admission. There's $100K on the line. As far as I'm concerned, I'd rather go to a school ranked between #10 and 20 for free, than take out a $160K loan for H,W,S. The job opportunities are the same. And when you start comparing schools in the aforementioned bracket, the differences are truly negligible and insignificant. So to make a mistake applying to Tuck or Hass, when you know the chances are a bit lower, you are taking an unnecessary and imprudent risk that does not help you with your overall goal of launching a great career with the least amount of debt possible. The consortium people say to not try to game the system, but that's exactly what you need to do in so many words.
Trust me on this one, I speak from experience.

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Sorry, but I have to add something to this thought. Supporting the mission is important, but remember that close to 70% of admitted students get the fellowship, and not all of the 30% are declined because of their perceived lack of mission support. Some schools just don't give out as many fellowships. I've asked about this and I think that the big deal here is getting admitted. No school will admit you on the basis of your mission support essay, if you have an otherwise weak application, but I think the reverse is possible. So I wouldn't rest my head on the hopes that you are getting into your number 2 school, with FS, in anticipation that your mission support is so much stronger than a weaker-mission/stronger-overall applicant who ranked the same school #1.