Kellogg 2012 - Calling All Applicants

For the MILLIONTH time I will reiterate this to EVERYONE who is waiting for Kellogg to set up the off campus interview:

KELLOGG DOES NOT ISSUE INTERVIEW INVITES BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF YOUR APPLICATION. YOUR APP IS NOT EVEN READ UNTIL THE INTERVIEW IS COMPLETE. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS IS IF YOU RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW WAIVER. A WAIVER IS NOT AN INDICATION OF THE STRENGTH OF YOUR APP. IT JUST MEANS THAT THEY ARE TAKING LONGER THAN USUAL TO GET AN ALUM TO INTERVIEW YOU AND WANT TO REVIEW YOUR APP WITHOUT THE INTERVIEW NOTES. IF YOU RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW AFTER RECEIVING THE WAIVER THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT AS A SIGN OF HOW KELLOGG VIEWS YOUR CANDIDACY. IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN INTERVIEW INVITE NOR A WAIVER IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT KELLOGG HASN'T GOTTEN TO YOU YET. THAT IS ALL!!! THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.

I don't mean to yell but this has been stated repeatedly in this thread, yet people keep asking the same questions and making incorrect assumptions without even bothering to read just a few posts back from their own. I do not expect anyone to read through 70 pages of posts, but going back a page or two would suffice. People want to be helpful but it gets annoying when the same question is asked ad nauseum and the people who are asking don't bother to pay attention to the answer.

ETA: Large font and caps is just to make the post stand out so folks don't miss it. Important info that can save a lot of worrying.

Hey guys

If you go to Kelloggs full-time MBA program website, you'll see on the right-side panel an option for "Check Application Status." I'd post the link but this forum won't let me. In any case, you can log in and see what the status says there. Mine says "All the required elements of your application are complete."

Hope that helps.

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Oh, just noticed your post. My interview was waived 2 weeks ago, and just half an hour ago I got an invite. Hope it helps...

FYI - I received the interview waiver this Tuesday and just got the phone interview invitation this morning.

I had my interview waived on Jan. 24th and received a phone interview request today.

Awesome, it seems like most folks in the US that first received a waiver, end up getting a phone interview

Hey Guys,

I had a strange interview experience. It was held at Airport (am an international applicant). My interviewer was very busy so I was called at airport and told that the interview wud be happening in a car as she had to reach somewhere soon. Then interview started on airport itself when she got out of airport .. as she started asking what I do there itself .. (with people going around us, with their baggages and excuse mes and other distractions also occuring like calling driver for car .. amidst my answer of work I do ... ) and then after 5-10 minutes we got into the car. In the car it was better but still I got the feeling that a better setting might would have helped. I was getting distracted a bit by traffic and had to turn to look at her and reply. Well I was able to reply most of her answers as I had prepared but never felt great about interview, also sent her a thanku not and didnt get a reply (well she was not replying to my mails earlier also). Dont know what to make of this interview (most questions were standard, and I had prepared for them ... but really no idea how the vibe went and how much the interview matters for in Kellogg ..

Please throw some light on it. Also please tell if you feel I should be informing adcom about this interview .. as I felt I could have done better had it been in a restaurant .. Can anything help my cause now ..

There were random/unconfirmed reports of a call or two about 10-12 days prior to the decision deadline. However, the first reported call on GC was the on the 12, 7 days prior to the R1 deadline day.

Soooo, how's everyone's brackets looking? Great thing you have March Madness to keep your minds off decisions.

just missed a call from Kellogg saying that they have news to share with me... calling them back but getting voicemail. looks like it's started. good luck everyone!

People, calls do not go out by time zone. Kellogg is EXTREMELY random with how calls are completed. Acceptances/Dings/Waitlist notifications will go out throughout the week. If you are accepted your online status usually updates within a day or two of the call. Hopefully EVERYONE sees this so we don't have the same questions being asked a million times.

Just missed a call from 847 491-8696. Is that Kellogg? They didn't leave a message. I really hope they call back. I'm already looking for places to live in Evanston.

My theory is that approximately 1/2 of total applicants accepted are in R2. So that makes it about 550 ppl for adcom to call. Assuming that 2 people simultaneously made calls for about 6 hours today, at the rate of about 20 calls/hr (3 min average/call, incl time for call to go through etc), this amounts to about 240 calls made by adcom today. That leaves room for more than 1/2 of us still waiting to hear from adcom. Ofcourse, all this is just speculation and more than 2 ppl could be making calls today but then i am looking for every ray of hope to cling onto my Kellogg Dreams. If i haven't heard from adcom by this time tomorrow, i would probably give up on it.

Just got the call. As pleasing as it is for me, I wanted to tell folks who were dinged that its not the end of anything. Most of you have terrific scores, outstanding accomplishments and deserve to get into top programs.

Keep applying and keep the faith. I know that is what I would've done if I hadnt been called.

BOOOOO Kellogg. Bad move, really craptacular move. guy22102, I'm very saddened by this news. Kellogg done fell and bumped its head. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

WTF Kellogg! LRW, they must be nucking futs. #teamgirls