Calling all Michigan (Ross) Fall 2009 Applicants!

how do you know when you went under review - did you receive an email?

I guess I had my info elsewhere - but I had my interview today, so you can add me to the list.

the day i received the status update email....

congrats on the interview....how did it go?anything unusual?

Actually the interview was "weird" - I would say I didn't improve my candidacy at all. When I called the phone line I was told to hold then about 30 seconds later someone came on said "hi my name is xyz tell me about your current job and why you like it" - it surprised me I had no idea if they had my resume in front of them or had read my application, I didn't even know if they were a student, alumni, etc.

The questions were asked out of order (in my opinion) making it hard to clearly define the What is your background (walk me through your resume) to why mba, why now, why ross.

I had previously done an interview for the Consortium with a Ross alum and the questions in that order allow me to really describe the choices I made why I changed from job to job and how that relates to why I want my mba now and fit for Ross.

I wasn't asked about any previous jobs I had or anything from my resume or application so I felt like I had to tell a backstory to answer every question and made it hard to relate stories back to my previous positions because we hadn't talked about any of them

So my questions tell me about your current job why you like it, why you don't like it.
Tell me about a process you enhanced?
What roll do you normally play in a team?
How do you deal with team members that aren't meeting expectations?
Why do you want an MBA? Why Ross?

I know the answers I gave were well spoken and confirmed the things I said in my application was just a little disappointed with how it ran. When the interview was done and I was asked if I had any questions I asked two. One about how the size of the student class and location was a positive for the learning environment (basically I was asking about the collaboration on campus and new building)

I was told I should reach out to a student to get the answer to that question.

*Ouch*

So I asked what is Ross doing to continue to build relationships with recruiters and maintain the high level of placement in these financial times?

I was told Ross is a great school we have a lot of resources at our disposal but I recommend you reach out to the office of career services if you want details on what they plan on doing.

*Ouch*

Then it was like well our time is up thank you. I wasn't really expecting the interview to be so rigid but I've got my fingers crossed I know I'll need the luck. I'm worried that I talked to much about leadership in my application and interview and not enough about team work. I really do think Ross is a great fit for my goals and background but I don't know that I proved that.

All those who are getting interview invites, did you ever receive an "application complete" email?...or was it just "submitted" to the interview email. Please confirm.

For me it was submitted to interview...
Infact, status hasn't changed even after the interview..

Hey my interviewed Sucked Ass... didn't go that well. oh well hope well I still have 3 more days to hope for chicago's interview.

Oh no! I'm sure it wasn't as bad as you thought?

Don't worry about this. My worst interview was with Tuck, and at the moment is the only one that accepted me...

I felt the same way about my Ross interview, that it was my worst of the three. I still made it, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

I agree with this statement. I didn't feel that strongly after my Michigan interview and I ended up getting-in, somewhere between my Kellogg interivew (which I thought I didn't do well at all...and didn't get in) and my UCLA interview (very warm and laid back...and got waitlisted).

Interview is only one datapoint.

I am the king of rationalization the way I see the interview is...

They either really wanted me and the way I reacted to the interview just proved I could work under pressure and I look forward to receiving full tuition fellowship

OR

They didn't want me at all and they only wanted to interview some more minority applicants because of the Rooney rule and everyone in the admissions office is still laughing at the fact I got an interview.

Either way I've done everything I can and there is always next year.

Hi guys,

When I logged into my account to find out my status, it still says - 'This Application has been submitted'. No review, nothing...I think they are ignoring my app completely

Good luck all.

Mine still hasn't changed. So I wouldn't put too much on that little sentence. Though, I did check it at least once a day regardless. When your status updates you'll get an e-mail, and then it will say "You have (1) new message" (or something to that effect) on the embark site.

for current status, is the place you're looking at in the upper right corner when you log in? if so, mine still says " This Application has been submitted" and i had an interview for r2 at the end of january.

have ppl started getting invites since this morning?

I think this week could be pretty busy....