we are looking for a candidate who is unique, motivated, and more. During the application, you should be able to highlight your experience, academic performance, and more. We want someone who understands our program and is a good fit. - Eddie Asbie, Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Cornell. We look at your application holistically. While a weak undergraduate record can be a concern, we do look at your work experience and standardized scores as well. In the end, your application will be reviewed along with all other applications in the round. The stronger your application is overall the better. - Kim Szpiro, Assistant Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Cornell. I chose Cornell for a few reasons. Firstly, I knew that a large part of the MBA experience was learning from your classmates and so to get the richest experience I'd want the most diverse class. I felt that Cornell offered the most diverse class between my choices. Secondly, I enjoy outdoor activities and Ithaca offers a great variety of fun activities to keep me active outside of the classroom. Lastly, from a personal point. My wife could not relocate with me to Ithaca and so we'll have to travel back and forth from each other's locations. She'll remain in the NYC area and so frequent trips back and forth from Ithaca were much easier than my other option (Tepper) - David, Current first year at Cornell Download full Cornell chat transcript here.. calling-all-johnson-cornell-applicants-2016-intake-class-of-200239-20.html#p1572119

Submitted October 1st. I am interviewing through JWiB though, so it's a bit different. Hope that helps. I am sure your status will change soon, I don't think the review is based on application submission date.

Hey! Don't freak out! It's still very early on in the application process. There's still time for your status to change . Keep your head up!

Thanks cjcarner saugagmatter ChaoticTheory for your support. Hopeful for the best. Keep us posted on your scheduling and interviews! And best of luck to everyone. There is potential for all of us to be classmates in a year.

for those who have seen their status changed to "scedule interview", has anyone received the interview email yet? My status changed a week ago but no email at all..except one reminding me round 2 is coming...