Calling all Kellogg Fall'08 applicants

Admitted students the DAK page is up right now. https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/student/sp_event/dak/index.html

They actually have set aside a block of rooms and the rooms are cheaper than you are gonna find anywhere else on the web. I doubt rooms will show up on priceline so this is about as good as it will get. I just reserved thurs-sun at the Hilton, that was recommended by everyone I talked to as the best of the 3 and they are all pretty much the same price. See you guys there.

Nice, river!
I officially registered for the DAK today.

Thanks for the heads up. Just booked the Hilton as well. I wasn't able to get the rate online so had to call in. Are you getting a car?

Hi All, is it me or is Kellogg's 2nd and 3rd essays overlap, especially with the activities/leadership aspect?

how do you guys determine what kind of material to put into which essay?

Thanks.

Nah we will probably take a taxi from Midway and then walk around. Its supposed to be like half a mile from the Kellogg building. Judging by the schedule we are gonna be kept pretty busy. What days are you guys going. We will be there from Thursday evening on, planning on going to the Thursday night event.

Anyone else bringing their significant other?

For the uniqueness one I used a lot more about teamwork and absolutely no leadership since there is a whole essay for that. I talked about some very unusual experiences I had and stuff like that.

I used college and work for both. Nothing outside of work, that was all in my outside of work I...essay.

Flying into ORD, staying at the Hilton Thurs-Sun, and yes, bringing the boy. Still trying to convince him to move with me.

My boyfriend will get there either on Thur with me or Friday night if his boss doesn't let him take Fri off.
I don't think I'll go to Thur events.

On this year's application instructions:



It looks like (from river's example) Kellogg admits people as early as 4-5 weeks after receiving the applications. This could be a R1 phenomenon because of the lower application volumes, though my co-worker said his friend got in 1 week before him, and his friend's interview was exactly 1 week before his too. So it could be a first come first serve type review (unlike the random stuff of Stanford/Haas). Just wondering if people think so.

Hope to make the second DAK event!

I don't think it's a first-come, first serve, at least when it comes to interviews with alumni. Some people interviewed as early as September and still don't know about their decision. Others interviewed December 14 and found out about the decision a week later. I realized that at Kellogg, it's better to interview with an admissions person as you will hear sooner about the decision, whatever it is. Alums can take their time to report back to the admissions, delaying the decision. Meanwhile, your file gets stock-piled and then, who knows when admissions are going to look at it! I think that's what happened to my file. My interview was on November 7th, and I found out about my admit right before Christmas.

Folks,

Got a quick question about Kellogg and leadership... I'm working on my 3rd essay and trying to tie my experiences into what's offered by Kellogg. While I can relate the team-oriented environment (surprise surprise!) as helping with my leadership development, are there any specific leadership programs / courses at Kellogg that I should know about?

Gracias,

JamieK

cool man, thanks river. You've been a good help with the Kellogg app.

Some stuff that might help you :
https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/adm ... ership.htm

Thanks you, sir. That's exactly what I couldn't find on the Kellogg site, which I must say is a bit cluttered.

Just takes a bit of Googling

Cool... Yet another question: what length have the 4th essays ending up being in terms of pages?

Mine was 2 1/3, 10 pt Arial