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21 May 2020, 08:41
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sankara21
don't lose your cool guys...hope this will clear all your doubts.
To everyone applying from India. Let me detail it as I am sure it will calm some nerves:
1. Kellogg, by design, interviews each applicant. However, in areas of high demand of interviews such as India, it is not possible for them to match their alumni to each applicant as each alumni can do only as many interviews
2. Once both Part 1 and Part 2 are submitted, one of the following three scenarios will occur:
i. You will be invited to interview on a day. This is essentially an interview day - many alumni will gather at a hotel and many applicants will be interviewed. No clear formula on how the invitees are decided, but I think it depends on who submtited Part 1 earlier as from Kellogg's vantage point everyone has to be interviewed and hence no one is at a higher or lower priority at that point. Once the interview has been completed, the adcom will review your essays and recommendations and you then sit tight until the decision date to hear back from them.
ii. You will get an interview waiver. The Kellogg team does NOT read an applicant's file until their interview is complete. Hence, to avoid delays, they start reading the application first for those in India who weren't sent invited in the first go. The waiver does NOT affect your application negatively - it just means that they are waiving your interview in order to begin reviewing your application
iii. If they like your application, you will receive an invitation to interview. This will be a one to one with an alumnus here, or a Skype with the adcom in Chicago
iv. It may also happen that you don't get this invite after the waiver, in which case it is safe to assume you have been dinged
3. Hence, unlike other countries, in India Kellogg does NOT interview everyone. Also, most people receive a waiver which can then convert/not convert into an interview invite at a later stage.
4. You will NOT be admitted to the program without an interview. Hence, if after the waiver you do not receive an invite, it means you have been dinged.
5. Dates: Please read last year's thread. If I recall correctly, people received the first invites 2 weeks after the Part 2 deadline. People who first received a waiver and then an invite (such as me) kept hearing throughout November. I got my invite around Mid Nov.
6. Hence, if by end Nov you haven't heard from them after a waiver, safe to move on to alternate plans
7. Most people in India will get a waiver - it will test your nerves (tested mine) but it is actually a blessing in disguise. If you receive an invite after a waiver, that means the adcom liked your application and wants to know more - that is a positive sign any day of the year
Hope this answers your queries. Indian applicants should NOT compare their interview timeline to foreign applicants.
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21 May 2020, 08:53
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Agree to some points...but I don't think adcom doesn't review applications before an interview..or waiver..I had people from adcom looked at my LinkedIn profile few days back..that means they have started looking at my application..
Considering the large alumni base and that most interviews are happening through skype during this period..I dont think conducting interviews is a challenge for kellogg..I think waivers signal some negativity..
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Considering the large alumni base and that most interviews are happening through skype during this period..I dont think conducting interviews is a challenge for kellogg..I think waivers signal some negativity..
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21 May 2020, 11:04
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You might also want to know if you requested an alumni interview, the below video states it takes 4-6 weeks to schedule one (FF to 8:51).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQzdjwqI2YM&t=11s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQzdjwqI2YM&t=11s
