Calling all Ross 2010 applicants!

I scheduled my alumni interview in a restaurant.Few questions

Can I order food or just settle with a drink/water?
Should I offer to pay the bill?

3 signs:
-could be what time of the day?
-Who suggested restaurant?
-What type of restaurant?

Breakfast time could dictate just a cup of coffee, whereas 8pm in a steakhouse would be very different. I would offer to pay, but I can imagine interviewers not being allowed to accept (i.e. a bribe).

FWIW, I had my Ross interview in a Starbucks, and didn't order anything.

I was asked to pick up the place.It is after office hours.It is a tavern.

If it is at a tavern then it seems to be pretty casual.

I would order a beer after the interviewer order his / her drink. Just fits well with the environment,

Probably not a good idea to order a beer either way. :D Remember SooJin's quote.

"I wanted to pass on a bit of advice to Round 2 (and 3) applicants based on some experiences during Round 1. It seems that some applicants view interviews with an MBA2 who is part of the Admissions Student Committee as less "serious" than an interview with an alumnus or staff member. Some applicants were a bit unprofessional, shall we say, probably thinking that an MBA2 is on the level of a peer/buddy rather than a bona fide admissions interviewer. Don't let that be you. " - Soojin Kwon Koh

Hey Y'all...Found out I was selected for an interview earlier today. I am very excited, however, I am still trying to understand if I were to conduct a phone interview without ever having visited campus, would that diminish my chances of admission? I know I will love it there, but financially I don't know if I can afford traveling to Michigan....please advise

Point taken. I guess stick to coke then.

I think most folks will tell you:
1) on- and off-campus interviews are weighed the same
2) you are "strongly" encouraged to visit campus in order to demonstrate your interest and convince adcom that you won't lower their yields.

These two bits of advice are contradictory. I understand adcom gives more leeway to people overseas (e.g., they can hardly expect a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa earning a $400 monthly stipend to visit campus)... but for me in the Southeastern U.S. with a regular job? Eh, it's less clear, so I'm erring on the side of caution and going to campus. If you lived in the Midwest and didn't visit, I think that'd be a decisive demerit on your overall candidacy.

The marginal cost of the trip is low enough in comparison to the rest of the time and expense I've invested in this application process. I would hate to think I gave adcom the impression that I wasn't enthusiastic about Ross in order to save a few hundred bucks by not ever visiting campus (but I feel your pain; this is stretching my budget too!).

My understanding is that you'll have to have the Registrar's office at your undergraduate institution mail an "official" transcript to Ross if you're matriculating, but it's not necessary before then.

I imagine that this will be made clearer to applicants once they inform Ross they will be matriculating.

Euxeno...thanks for the advice. Given I have my Kellogg and LBS interview in the next few weeks, coupled with fact I work internationally, I may not be able to commit to forking out another 500 bones for a 30 min interview. That said, I am going to flip and coin decide. heads or tails?

How about an eight clap? In Westwood right now

I was just reading Sojin's blog ( I mainly confined myself to second hand updates and I noticed that her most recent posts mention that 'interview invites will go till the middle of february'. That my dear friends leaves us with about effectively two days worth of notifications ( friday and monday).

Not a very pleasant thought.

Eh, in my book, "middle of February" means any time from the second day through the second to last day of the month. I wouldn't project it to the 15th exactly.

Yes,I got one.

So, next week is supposed to be deadline for the R2 interview invites.

I haven't submitted my UG degree and still not received any mail for the same from adcom.

Congrats to your friend! And best of luck to those who are still waiting for an invite!

Monday is a holiday, so don't expect anything. Although I feel any day before the 20th is still mid feb. So next week should be okay. Plus this year was an exceptional year with tons of people missing essays,gmat, transcripts. I'm sure that delayed the whole process. I think I can count at least 10-12 people this round that had embark problems out of 45 applicants.