https://img.timesfirst.com/Upload/NewsPic/2009821AX870_MBAMAI_G_20090819114641.jpg New York University, wsj.com This thread is for the NY Stern 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-nyu-stern-fall-2012-applicants-116635.html NYU Stern - Class of 2013 Applicants t_KD2RE51MCeGL9kKJ0r6Ig NYU Stern Application Timeline Round One Round Two Round Three Application Due: November 15, 2010 January 15, 2011 March 15, 2011 Initial Notification by: February 15, 2011 April 1, 2011 June 1, 2011 https://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicProgr ... /index.htm Essay Questions Additional Information & Links BusinessWeek School Profile: https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/r ... stern.html NYU Stern Class of 2012 Profile: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicProgr ... /index.htm Stern Adcom Tips: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicProgr ... /index.htm LY ClearAdmit Essay Analysis: https://blog.clearadmit.com/2009/07/nyu ... 2009-2010/ LY Accepted.com Essay Analysis: https://blog.accepted.com/acceptedcom_b ... -tips.html 2010 Thread: calling-all-nyu-fall-2010-applicants-80187.html 2009 Thread: calling-all-nyu-fall-09-applicants-66860.html 2008 Thread: calling-stern-nyu-applicants-52274.html Good luck! Feel free to reach out to me (Class of 2012), solaris1 (Class of 2011), 3underscore (Alum) or any other Stern students if you have any questions.

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progressiongirl

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^^ the more i analyze this whole bschool application process the more I am not sure that is true. I think they only say that essays are crucial to get people who dont necessarily qualify to apply (and for consultants to have a job). most of the people who i know in top bschools dont really need to be there to begin with.

Interesting...

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Just got a notification on missing GMAT info on my R2 app. This was surprising as I thought I entered that info when I first completed the app.

I sent in a reply to admissions with my score, but I've also attached a screenshot of my online app which showed that I entered my score.

I hope this doesn't put me in a negative light in some way.

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11 Feb 2011, 09:39

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I think, and I'm not 100% sure on this, that you have to send your GMAT scores through GMASS (aka $28)

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I think, and I'm not 100% sure on this, that you have to send your GMAT scores through GMASS (aka $28)

i think that is the case as well. just send it now it only takes about 2 days.

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Yes - here is the link discussing your GMAT scores, which must be sent directly to the school:

https://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicProgra ... /index.htm

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Thanks guys!

I just ordered and sent it in. Wonder if my app will be reviewed later because of this? The status check website says that my app is being presented to committee despite the missing info?

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Hey guys, got officially dinged today. Updating status for roll call purposes. Good luck to admits and for R2ers still waiting.

I was a R1 applicant, btw.

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Hey guys, got officially dinged today. Updating status for roll call purposes. Good luck to admits and for R2ers still waiting.

I was a R1 applicant, btw.

Hello StevenFaulkner

I am very sorry to hear this. Were you interviewed?

best wishes with your other applications.

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sorry to hear that

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On a side note, I also submitted my GRE score (three years old). Wonder why Stern didn't ask for that score but instead asked for the GMAT. To be safe, I sent in an official copy of the GRE as well.

I wonder if anyone can comment on not having all your materials in by the deadline.

Thanks in advance...

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I didn't have the official GMAT score sent on time. My status said something like "incomplete - but still under review". I ordered the official report, waited a few days, then emailed to see if they had gotten it. Got a response a few days later that I was good to go. Got the interview invite a week later, then the acceptance a few weeks after that.

Seems like as long as you have submitted your app (exclusive of the official report) before the deadline, you should be OK.

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Have there been any invites to interview for the Summer Start Program?

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I can understand for H/S/W, especially Stanford with the small class size, but Stern is really quite a bit down the ladder. I'm sure every non-Top 5 school would love to have 99% of their class be Big 3 consulting or BB I-banking with 3.9 GPA and 760+ GMATs but there isn't that many of those candidates that care enough to get a MBA to go around. Also, like you said, the people that really "really" don't need a MBA to be successful will 95% of the times "not" be part of those schools.

My point is, in the end, the average student at a Top 10-15 school were not business world conquerors nor most likely will they ever be. If you're a solid spin doctor in your essays and on your interview, it'll probably be enough to sway at least a few adcoms into giving you a seat.

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i am peeved that i did my due diligence and researched/visited every program that i applied to (4 total) and also many others that i was thinking about applying. no program stressed the importance of the holistic application more than stern. PLUS they made life difficult for us by having us do Essay 3. I think I spent more time on essay 3 than any other essay for any other school - brainstorming, filming, video editing, reediting. and now we hear of at least one applicant who got waitlisted without getting their essay 3 looked at? that's just wrong.

if they just care about gpa/gmat/resume/diversity then please just tell us that instead of putting up some front.

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At the risk of having everyone jump on me about this...

Perhaps they look at quanitative elements of the application first in deciding who interview outright and once they read/view essays they make more informed decisions about those they intially wait listed.

It's not fair to assume that essays aren't looked at based on one person's experience. And not to cast doubt but for that person...any gaps that might otherwise indicate why this happened?

Go ahead everyone. I'll be the sacrificial lamb today

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I will jump in here as well. I am sure they look at stats and at least read the first 2 essays. But lets be honest, if they read through your/resumes/stats history, then read through the first two essays and dont like what you have do they even need to look at essay 3? Answer is no I think. Essay 3 is there to compliment your application and add another dimension to your application, but fundamentally the first two essays are probably the most important. If they don't like the other parts of your applications or essays, essay 3 is in no way going to save you no matter how creative and wonderful it is.

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i agree that essay 3 was probably the more difficult/time consuming to do but probably least important. but why ask for it if it is the least important? and if they are going to ask for it, just view the darn thing!

i do know a girl who submitted her booth 4 pg ppt as her stern essay 3 and got an iv (admit pending as she iv'd during women's wkd).

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I wasn't going to post anything but feel the need to jump in here and play devils advocate.

1.) to the comment about all Non-Top 5 schools wanting 99% of their class to be "Big 3 consulting or BB I-banking with 3.9 GPA and 760+ GMATs"- I'm going to respectfully disagree with this statement. If even the top 5 schools don't want that kind of class profile why would you assume that Non-Top 5 schools would want that profile? Think of how boring that class would be...literally think about a Marketing class with those 3 student profiles. Also, all that type of class profile would turn out are people who make a lot of money in an industry for 3-5 years and then move on to something else.

2.) To the person(s) who was/is upset that Stern didn't review Essay 3... would you have felt better if you just saw 1 more view on the youtube counter? You still wouldn't know if the AdCom member viewed it. We would all be very naive to think that AdCom members read every single essay and watch every single video of a candidate that they have already written off while reviewing his/her application. If you do research you can find interviews were ex-adcom members state "yeah sometimes I didn't even finish reading an application." It's our duty as applicants to make ourselves stand out. If I do not do that in every thing I submit then I cannot fault an AdCom member for skipping over things and being bored with my application. Especially knowing that there are thousands of other applicants.

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Couldnt agree more.Given the luck of the draw involved with some interviewing with adcoms who might sometimes not be familiar with the applicants technical background and some interviewing with industry professionals who can size you up much better,there is always the scope for yarn spinning

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Very much agree with this. To add on this, I know that Stern didn't create a limit on the length of video Essay 3's, but, through my YouTube searching, I can't believe some people submit 10+ minute videos. That's a lot to ask from an AdCom member... to stay enthralled for that long? No offense if any of said people are on this forum, but just to reiterate that it's our jobs as applicants to keep their attention.