https://kelley.iu.edu/mba/images/consortiumLogo.gif 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) 2011-2012 Deadlines: R1: November 15, 2011 R2: January 5th, 2012 Related threads/links: 2011 thread: https://gmatclub.com/forum/calling-all-fall-2011-consortium-applicants-95473.html 2010 thread: https://gmatclub.com/forum/calling-all-fall-2010-consortium-applicants-merged-87799.html 2009 thread: https://gmatclub.com/forum/any-consortium-applicants-56951.html Real Time Roll Call for Consortium (separate from other discussions) Add Yourself to the Consortium Applicant List - Update Your Profile Real Time Stats for Each School Add Yourself to the Consortium Applicant List - Update Your Profile Member Schools: University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business University of California-Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management 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 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 - New for 2011 - 2012 Consortium interviews are NO LONGER required. Check with your Consortium school for their interview policy. 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 School 'Interview Captains': Please feel free to Private Message any Forum Members below for advice on interviews. If you've completed your interview and you wanted to be added as a resource, simply PM TheSenator or post on the Board to be added. Anderson - btsl84 Darden - JacksonCinco, TheSenator Goizueta - suchdaddy Haas - TheSenator Johnson - btsl84, mixedin86, TheSenator, encoredazzle31 Kelley - mixedin86, gablaze23, encoredazzle31 Kenan-Flager - Marshall - mixedin86 McCombs - btsl84 Olin - Rochester - BEnergy Ross - arzad Stern - Tepper - iamvolitant, mixedin86 Tuck - JacksonCinco, btsl84, TheSenator Wisconsin - Yale - JacksonCinco, TheSenator

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MIXEDin86

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15 Dec 2011, 14:03

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Hi fellow Consortium applicants,

I had phone interviews with Kelley and Johnson this morning. I know there's a lot of people out there that read the forums so if you have any upcoming interviews with either of those programs feel free to PM me with any questions and I'd be happy to answer.

Until next time, take care.

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I reiterate, ranking strategy was intentionally absent from my post. In fact, you and Senator provided advice about rankings, as quoted. I'm not quite sure where you guys thought I want applicants to spend weeks developing a complicated strategy or try to outsmart adcoms, but if that's your takeaway you missed the point entirely.

Capital, I don't think you were intentionally trying to lead anyone down an ambiguous path. The reality is that all of us are walking down a dimly lit tunnel trying to find our way to b-school... I just want to make sure that we aren't making the picture murkier for anyone who is doubting themselves. It's always good to be fully informed, so thanks for sharing your conversation with the AD -- but if the information overload (and this is for all of us) may cause people to second guess themselves, my advice (yes, I said it) is not to second guess yourself.

The information you shared is useful, helpful to all of us. As I mean that. -- Just make sure as a candidate one stays true to oneself, regardless of statistics or conversations.

Hopefully this post didn't come off as minimizing or belittling; definitely not my intention.

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New stats & tables added to the first post.

THANK YOU TheSenator for your initiative and direction!

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Got a Johnson and Tuck interview! Anyone else joining me?

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Got a Johnson and Tuck interview! Anyone else joining me?

Nessy, Congrats on the great news! I'm sure you will rock the interviews, a few of us on here have interviewed at both schools so feel free to reach out to us for feedback. Keep us posted on your progress and be sure to updated your profile stats!

Best of luck.

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My Consortium school list has narrowed to 2 schools, Haas and Ross. Trying to get everything together for the 5th but I'm seriously lagging on the motivation front.

There's not much activity from R2 applicants? Anyone gearing up for the looming deadline?

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19 Dec 2011, 12:01

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Anyone know when/how we'll hear back about Consortium membership?

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Sometime in March.

On a related note, I'm disappointed about not hearing back from Tuck yet. They haven't even acknowledged that I've applied for admission

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Anyone know when/how we'll hear back about Consortium membership?

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Sometime in March.

On a related note, I'm disappointed about not hearing back from Tuck yet. They haven't even acknowledged that I've applied for admission

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Anyone know when/how we'll hear back about Consortium membership?

I'm in the same boat with Olin and it's really weird. I even reached out to see if they could verify they received my application, but I got a response that they'd "check" and no follow-up response. Not feeling the love!

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Alright so I'm putting the finishing touches on my consortium application for round 2 and I think I'm just going to rank in the order of the schools that I want to go to. I'll never be able to know what the adcoms are thinking or the future of what schools i get into to so here is my updated list:

1. NYU
2. Yale
3. Cornell (I was having a real hard time with the order for this and Yale because Yale is slightly more of a reach)
4. UCLA

They're all kind of in that grey area between a reach and within my range lol. Wish me luck!

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R2 here!

Here is how my list looks so far:
Tuck
Cornell
Yale
Indiana
UCLA
Virginia

I am so nervous about my boss still not having time to do my recommendation letter! He is the reason why I missed R1, and I am most def not going to wait for him this tmie around.

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Love the updated blog posts... I'm inspired thinking about starting one myself (but it's so late in the game). I like Haas and Ross -- Don't know if you read my message in the chat the other day about Ross, but definitely a great choice esp for your career trajectory.

Good luck with R2. Keep us posted and let's get the Consortium Forum more active... I know you've got the street cred to take us to the next level.

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On a related note, I'm disappointed about not hearing back from Tuck yet. They haven't even acknowledged that I've applied for admission

Don't get too worked up. Tuck JUST wrapped up final decisions for Early Action Candidates. And I think only one person has reported receiving an interview invite from Tuck.

I as well have not gotten any (formal) acknowledgment they received my app, although I did interview in November. If it's really bugging you the adcoms there seem chill enough to let you know if it came through their system... send a courteous e-mail after the new year and then let things run their course.

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Anyone else surprised to see the average GPA at some of the Consortium schools is extremely high?

Darden: 3.80
Tuck 3.71

I mean, I know we have some ultra intelligent folks on here but that seems a bit off to me... We're talking a full standard deviation outside of some of these schools mean. Maybe we do have some over-achievers out there though. :-D

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LMAO @ street cred. Please! You're this thread's fearless leader (yeah I peeped how you usurped me on the introductory post), so that makes you the face of the Consortium thread on GMAT Club. Go drum up some posters so this place doesn't become a ghost town while we wait for R1 invites and get our R2 apps ready.

I missed your message in chat about Ross. I do think that it would be a great school for me. Right now I'm still trying to determine if I'd choose it over Kellogg. I'm thinking that whether or not I get the fellowship will be a huge determinant.

And thanks for reading my blog. Glad you liked it.

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Anyone hear from Darden yet? It seems calls started going out very early this morning.

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Anyone hear from Darden yet? It seems calls started going out very early this morning.

Nope, eagerly awaiting! Tomorrow is the official date but I guess from prior years it was common for people to get called the day ahead of time (sometimes by a current student). Good luck everyone!!

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Any R2 applicants here? Deadline is near!

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gablaze23, I'm in for R2. I'm writing all the essays and it is a pain. One of my recommendations will be provided by a client, so I'm still waiting on it. I sent him a reminder email today.

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Anyone hear from Darden yet? It seems calls started going out very early this morning.

Ding after interview.

. My Darden profile updated at 9 with the message.

That leaves 3 more consortium +Fuqua for me still to hear from. Did any consortium applicants get in this round? I hope so!

It kind of bothers me now that Darden did the instant interview invite for us consortium applicants if I didn't even get a waitlist. I'm pretty sure I did well in the interview so perhaps they should have spent more than 3 hours with our applications before inviting. Including the cost to take the day off work, that was a $1000 trip to get a ding.

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The worst part is that I will now spend my Christmas vacation applying to safety schools R2, rather than avoiding applying to any more schools. Any good thoughts for safety schools? I know Georgetown and ND like the GMAT scores, but its harder for me to justify going to school for a sub $100k starting salary post-MBA.