https://mba.yale.edu/images/title_fullwidth.gif This thread is for the 2011 Application Year, meaning applicants that are starting School in the Fall of 2011. Please direct all of your questions for this year into the 2012 thread yale-som-2012-calling-all-applicants-class-of-119062.html Also, I encourage all current admits to start transitioning to the GC Class of 2013 Forum that was started very recently. Congratulations to all those admitted! News: https://mba.yale.edu/news_events/CMS/Ar ... 7154.shtml https://yaletomorrow.yale.edu/images/su_som_test.jpg Why you should consider YSOM: calling-all-fall-2010-yale-som-applicants-80450.html#p604003 everything-yale-som-99756.html Friendly YSOM Students Answering Q's in This Thread: adude shadowsjc fugo orgninja nink APPLICATION DEADLINES Round 1 Oct. 7, 2010 (decisions due Dec. 16, 2010) Round 2 Jan. 6, 2011 (decisions due Mar. 25, 2011) Round 3 Mar. 17, 2011 (decisions due May 12, 2011) Add Yourself to the Roll-Call Page ! https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewfo ... c6MQ#gid=0 Yale SOM - Class of 2013 Applicants 0Avi9JaLjkLnodG96NFRPbVpDNzVsTGd1UlBIa2x4UlE Prior Year's Yale SOM threads: calling-all-yale-som-2009-applicants-75332.html#p496413 calling-all-fall-2010-yale-som-applicants-80450.html Class of 2010 Summer Internship Review calling-all-fall-2010-yale-som-applicants-80450.html?view-post=654261#p654261 Yale SOM Admissions Forum: https://som-talks.som.yale.edu/forums/ 2007-2008 Employment Report: https://mba.yale.edu/careers/employment ... _07_08.pdf Class of 2008 FT Employment /Class of 2009 Summer Internship Stats: https://mba.yale.edu/careers/employment/salary.shtml Latest Class Student Profile for Class of 2011: calling-all-fall-2010-yale-som-applicants-80450-20.html#p615414 Businessweek Best & Worst Job Placement: Yale #1 https://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/1 ... ment/2.htm

Oh busy Thursday ~ Let's get started, shall we? (Hmm, I am saying that a lot lately for some reason.... I think I stole this line from rhyme) Cloud9, I am assuming that you are a R2 applicant who went through an interview recently? Only admitted students go through background check. You have no reason to worry because I would have to raise my eyebrows if you were contacted by Re Vera (or whoever YSOM is using this year) without first receiving a phone call from YSOM with admissions offer, etc. Yikes! That's far away. No wonder people are anxious. It's a manual process. If you completed your interviews, no need to worry. Website won't update right away or in real time but it will soon enough. Please stop, my head may get bigger..... I make fun of my fiancee about the size of her head. She counters that her head size reflects her awesome brain power. If my head gets bigger too, what would my future offspring look like? Probably like this? https://chud.com/nextraimages/pabsad.JPG

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SOM said we won't hear until about 2 weeks before March 25th deadline.

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SOM said we won't hear until about 2 weeks before March 25th deadline.

Should we expect a change in the status page ie interview complete? When?

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No clue. Nink would know, he's the omniscient SOM god.

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I interviewd with SOM 20 days back and have not heard anything from SOM or re vera . Does this mean i am much behind in the line as in bleak chances? Appreciate your response.

Oh busy Thursday ~

Let's get started, shall we? (Hmm, I am saying that a lot lately for some reason.... I think I stole this line from rhyme)

Cloud9, I am assuming that you are a R2 applicant who went through an interview recently? Only admitted students go through background check. You have no reason to worry because I would have to raise my eyebrows if you were contacted by Re Vera (or whoever YSOM is using this year) without first receiving a phone call from YSOM with admissions offer, etc. :wink:

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SOM said we won't hear until about 2 weeks before March 25th deadline.

Yikes! That's far away. No wonder people are anxious.

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Should we expect a change in the status page ie interview complete? When?

It's a manual process. If you completed your interviews, no need to worry. Website won't update right away or in real time but it will soon enough.

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No clue. Nink would know, he's the omniscient SOM god.

Please stop, my head may get bigger..... I make fun of my fiancee about the size of her head. She counters that her head size reflects her awesome brain power. If my head gets bigger too, what would my future offspring look like?

Probably like this?

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had my interview on campus. apart from standard questions, got asked quite a few behavioral questions as well. wasn;t prepared for those

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Visited and interviewed yesterday. Everything and everyone I encountered reinforced what I had been expecting and hoping to see in SOM. Awesome, awesome day, with one big fat exception:

New Haven cabs.

My flight home left Tweed (which is like a compact, trial-sized airport!) at 6:15, and I was staying about a 10-minute drive away. I called for a cab around 4:15... and 20 minutes after that, and 15 minutes after that, and 10 minutes after that. At 5 I started calling other cab companies, one of which finally showed up at 6. Argh.

After getting reticketed for this morning, I went back to the house where I'd been staying. At 8:20 a cab from the first company I'd called showed up and called my cell. Four-hour turnaround time. (I won't name names, but its phone number has more 7's in it than its competitors'. :wink:

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Current students: is this common, or is it just a "tough break, kid" sort of anomaly?

In any case, I feel like New Haven owes me something for my profound emotional hardship. Off the top of my head... I think maybe an SOM acceptance letter might go a long way toward healing the wound. :-D

(Great day, nonetheless. I'd still love to be in New Haven this time next year, awful cabs and all.)

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New Haven cabs.
............ (I won't name names, but its phone number has more 7's in it than its competitors'. :wink:

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Current students: is this common, or is it just a "tough break, kid" sort of anomaly?

Is that the XXXX-7? I heard other horror stories about using that car service.

However, I had worse experience when I visited IBM last year in upstate NY. The car service picked me up late, but on top of that, this car was soooooooo badly maintained that one of the car door had different paint color compared to the rest of the car....

On top of that, he drove me for maybe 5 minutes and charged me $40 from the train station. He didn't even drive me past the gate so a friendly IBM employee picked me up from the gate and drove me all the way up the hill.

Since then, I started using Zipcar to get around anywhere.

P.S. - Good luck to all of you R2 and Consortium applicants!

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Cleve - I'm sorry we didn't get to meet up, but reading your cab post pretty much was like reading my own morning experience. First of all, the hotel front desk did not call for me after I asked them to, then they never showed up when I called myself. I ended up being saved by an amazing cab driver who sped to get me there on time.

I'm glad your interview went well and hopefully we'll both get admits.

And nink, it's the XXX7 number. Horrible service.

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had my interview on campus. apart from standard questions, got asked quite a few behavioral questions as well. wasn;t prepared for those

I heard B-schools are using these more and more. Could you share how many behavior questions you got and what they asked? Did you interview with a 2nd year or adcom member?

Thanks!

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P.S. - Good luck to all of you R2 and Consortium applicants!

Thanks! Just a little over 2 weeks left.

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everyone thanks for all the great insights,

i interview tomorrow in Atlanta with Ms.Shelley Clifford, Assistant Admissions Director. I had to meet her down here due to my military committments during the only open slots in the interview system.

i will let you all know if i have any different experience with my interview, but i expect the same type of
resume walk through, Why MBA, Why Yale SOM, career goals etc questions

good luck everyone! this process is almost over

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I met her when I visited campus. She's very nice, and was very down-to-business at my q&a. She talked pretty fast, so if it seems like shes rushing your interview along don't worry I think shes just a fast-paced person. Or maybe she was just really busy the day I met her.

Anyway, don't know if this helps, but go kill it!!

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Could anybody introduce how the Re Vera Services do background check? How long does it take?

I'm also wondering about this. Should I contact my recommenders and let them know they might be receiving a call? I'm assuming all Re Vera is going to verify is employment history, undergrad institution, criminal record, and maybe a credit check. Not that I lied on my app, but this verification process lacks a lot of details. And no confirmation email when the check is complete? What's that about?

Any thoughts?

May I please ask that when did you interview and when did you hear final result from SOM?

I'm a R1 admit. Interviewed at the end of Oct. Got the admit call on Dec 14. SOM only does background checks on admitted students as nink said.

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Funny how impressions can be different... her performance on the Q&A was one of the main reasons why I decided *not* to apply there after spending the day visiting. And I started out that morning *really* wanting to like Yale.

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There are three academic verification packages in Re Vera's website. As far as I know we are paying 100 bucks for this process and those enrolled in Wharton only pay 65 bucks for the same company.

Does it mean the schools are using different packages? Does it also check the extracurricular activities? Some associations I enrolled no longer exist.

That's exactly right. Each school has different scope (in terms of coverage - info to check) for background check. Each school can check off which checks that they want completed by the company. As a result, different schools will have different pricing terms because of what's covered and excluded, etc.

It's also possible that ReVera offers a discount for the amount of people they have to check. Since Wharton's class is bigger, it might be cheaper per person than SOM's. I doubt they check extracurriculars. I don't remember putting contact info for any of mine.

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Is there a way to edit the roll call information? Or does a mod need to do that? I withdrew my application, and was hoping to update so that you guys have accurate data.

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Is there a way to edit the roll call information? Or does a mod need to do that? I withdrew my application, and was hoping to update so that you guys have accurate data.

Done

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Alright. I just sent off my latest and greatest love letter to SOM. :kiss

If this doesn't convince them to invite me for an interview, nothing will.

By the way, for anyone to whom this is relevant, I got an answer from SOM on my earlier additional coursework question (is a course through UCLA Extension or MBA Math appropriate for additional coursework to offset my GPA):

"Generally we prefer classes taught in person, however, we understand there are time, location, and other constraints which make it very difficult. So an on-line class through one of the organizations you mentioned is appropriate."

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Alright. I just sent off my latest and greatest love letter to SOM. :kiss

Interesting, I had considered doing an accounting or math class to bolster that side of my application but nixed it because I wouldn't have had a grade or even substantial progress towards one by the time they reviewed my app. I guess it shows you're aware of what might be deficiencies...and can't hurt. I'll look into it.

I was really hoping for another batch of interview invites to go out on Friday. Yale is my top choice. Maybe Monday will bring a little love