This thread is for the Kellogg 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 calling-all-kellogg-fall-2012-applicants-116554.html If you are a current student/admit, please consider visiting the thread for Admitted Students admitted-to-kellogg-class-of-2013-thread-106953.html Total Admission Stats: Total Applicants: 485 Admitted: 148 WL: 81 Dinged: 130 Unknown: 126 Roll Call for Class of 2013 0AvIY3hh7tYG1dHhxbTBQUFMwdElMZGJiUkdzaWhkckE Admitted to Kellogg Class of 2013 Thread https://gmatclub.com/forum/admitted-to-kellogg-class-of-2013-thread-106953.html 2011 Application Essay Questions https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Home/Programs/FullTimeMBA/Applying/EssayQuestions.aspx Essay #1 a) MBA Program applicants - Briefly assess your career progress to date. Elaborate on your future career plans and your motivation for pursuing an MBA. (600 word limit) b) MMM Program applicants – Briefly assess your career progress to date. How does the MMM Program meet your educational needs and career goals? (600 word limit). Essay #2 - Describe your key leadership experiences and evaluate what leadership areas you hope to develop through your MBA experiences (600 word limit). Essay #3 - Assume you are evaluating your application from the perspective of a student member of the Kellogg Admissions Committee. Why would you and your peers select you for admission, and what impact would you make as a member of the Kellogg community? (600 word limit). Essay #4 - Complete one of the following three questions or statements. (400 word limit) Re-applicants have the option to answer a question from this grouping, but this is not required. a) Describe an instance where you encountered resistance in a professional team setting. How did you address the situation? b) People may be surprised to learn that I….. c) The best mistake I ever made was……. Required essay for re-applicants only – Since your previous application, what steps have you taken to strengthen your candidacy? (400 word limit) 2011 Deadlines (Tentative) https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Home/Programs/FullTimeMBA/Applying/Deadlines.aspx Round 1 Deadline (Part 2): October 14, 2010 Decision date: December 20, 2010 Round 2 Deadline (Part 2): January 11, 2011 Decision date: March 28, 2011 Round 3 Deadline (Part 2): April 7, 2011 Decision date: May 16, 2011 ================================================================ GMATclub threads 2010 Applicants Thread https://gmatclub.com/forum/calling-all-kellogg-fall-2010-applicants-78734.html 2009 Applicants Thread https://gmatclub.com/forum/calling-all-kellogg-fall-2009-applicants-67009.html Kellogg Ambassador Thread https://gmatclub.com/forum/kellogg-school-of-management-62139.html

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Originally posted by anytimeuneed on 06 Nov 2010, 22:31.
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Moving off the topic of interview attire -- though you made a good call on the coffee shop outfit! -- I thought I'd help you take your minds off of your interviews with a recent story about current Kellogg MBA (and JD candidate at Northwestern Law), Divya Narendra.
Divya is featured in the Facebook-inspired movie, Social Network. And on PoetsandQuants you'll hear his story by reading "Social Network: From the Outside Looking In"
I hope you enjoy the articles!

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But the "The Social Network" movie ...

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Waivers are due to the ratio of applicants to alums in an area. In some cities in there are far more applicants than alums who are signed up to interview, and they dont want to ask an alum to interview 20 people. This is why some folks get waivers...if you are waived it is not a sign you are out of the running. If they like you they will contact you for a phone interview (I dont know if they have gone the skype route yet like some schools). However, you will not get in without an interview, so waiver to phone interview is a sign of application strength. I dont know the timeline but if you don't get an interview invite after a waiver sorry but you will not be getting accepted.

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07 Nov 2010, 09:17

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Thanks for this. My default instinct is to wear a suit to an interview. I don't think that the dress of the alumni interviewer is a factor, really, they can wear whatever they want, they're not being interviewed.

Spot on...I mean its pretty common to go to interview with companies where the people you interview with are in their normal attire for the office (read as b-casual). I know during most interviews that took place off campus (R1/R2/R3) I went through, the people interviewing me were not in suits. Would you dare dress like that when everyone else is wearing a suit?

One thing, that is looked at when interviewing people whether for work or for school is maturity and professionalism. Sure many alums wont hold it against you but is it worth the risk that you might end up sitting across from someone who is taking it very serious, much like they were interviewing you for a job? I recommend if you don't want to wear a suit because you are coming straight from work, discuss it ahead of time. Simply say during the planning of the interview, I am coming straight from work and I haven't told my employer about applying yet, since I wont have time to go home and change would you mind if I show up in b-casual.

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Thanks for the insight..we're pretty much in the dark here... for the benefit of those of us with waivers, could u tell us how the decision of giving a waiver vs giving an interview is arrived at? E.g. If 10 interviews are requested in city X and only 5 can happen, how is it decided which 5 candidates get the interview call? I speculate there would be a large contribution of perceived merit in taking this call. Since interview slots are a precious commodity, I'm sure they would want to utilize them most judiciously. So, although the ppl with waivers are not out yet, they are probably also not the "best quality" applicants from their city. Just theorizing here...

Thanks

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I am really not sure whether any merit is involved or not (specially in Indian interviews). But what I think is that all the application esssays are going to be read for sure and even if one gets an interview waiver ( May be based on Part one data, but I believe its pretty random) one has all the chances of getting an interview call after your apps are reviewed. This is what I could infer after talking to a few current students..Hope that helps..

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07 Nov 2010, 11:28

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Looks like calls started going out Dec. 7th last year... so a month from today. Has Kellogg released anything in terms of a plan this year for decision releases? All I have read is that all decisions will be completed by Dec. 20th.

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My first post guys, I am an Indian applicant working in California and interviewed 2 weeks back off campus with an Alum. He was a really nice person, and during our emails for scheduling, he specifically mentioned that I should not wear a suit. He was in jeans and a dress shirt and I was in business casuals and didnt feel overdressed at all. I was initially planning on a suit, but kept the idea aside after he said, I shouldnt worry about my attire for the interview.

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07 Nov 2010, 20:08

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applied for R1. done with my off campus interview...keeping my fingers crossed!!

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07 Nov 2010, 20:12

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Has Kellogg posted their employment report this year? I haven't seen it yet, but maybe I'm just not looking in the right places...

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08 Nov 2010, 02:01

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I got an interview waiver, how long should I wait for a phone interview invite before concluding that ive not made the list?

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08 Nov 2010, 09:22

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Just had an alumni interview over the weekend. Thought it went well overall, so I'm optimistic about my chances. Looking back on it there are 1 or 2 places where I could have said something a little differently but overall I got my story across and I think I gained an advocate for my candidacy. I used the clearadmit wiki to get a list of questions and practiced telling my story in front of a mirror, which was definitely helpful. I highly recommend doing this to get your practice in before the real deal.

Alumnus was a recent grad so he was able to provide a lot of good answers/insights to my questions.

Anyone have any thoughts on when results will come out? Does Kellogg usually wait right until the deadline or does it trickle out for a few weeks before?

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Just had my on-campus interview. I'm actually down in the Kellogg cafeteria pecking this out on my iPhone while waiting fo a class visit - then off to O'Hare to catch my flight home. Trying to soak it in. There was hip-hop music and a dancing Gumby when I walked into the building. These students like to have fun - I would love to enroll here.

Overall I think the interview went well. The adcom was very nice and made me feel comfortable. No unexpected questions. They just want to get to know you beyond what's on paper. Good luck everyone.

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The admissions officers said decisions are rolling. I'm thinking we'll start to hear back the Monday after Thanksgiving.

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08 Nov 2010, 20:52

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It's a little bit crazy this week because it is the final week of the marketing competition. It reminds me a bit of undergraduate student body elections, but jam packed into one building instead of a large campus.

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08 Nov 2010, 21:02

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That was over the top even by marketing competition standards. I think they had a loop of about 8 songs going. I don't know how many times I heard House of Pain in Jacobs today.

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09 Nov 2010, 11:03

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The admissions officers said decisions are rolling. I'm thinking we'll start to hear back the Monday after Thanksgiving.

Does Kellogg have a tradition of releasing decisions prior to the decision date?

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Aiming for R2. Will visit the school on December 3rd. Anyone planning to be there? Would be wonderful to meet fellow interested GMATclubbers. Or any current student here - would be great to meet up! PM me, if you are around then!

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09 Nov 2010, 11:40

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Kellogg is supposed to have a rolling decisions schedule, but ALL applications are reviewed by the Director of Admissions (after being reviewed by an admissions officer and a second year student) and, when I visited around ten days ago, they told us that Beth wont be reviewing applications for the next two weeks, so I wouldn´t wait for any decision till early december...