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The week of 31 Jan is going to be super exciting.. Many schools start sending out the interview invites and Ross send out its final set!

next week is the calm b4 the storm! :)
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is there any official communication about the 2nd wave of intervier invites??
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The week of 31 Jan is going to be super exciting.. Many schools start sending out the interview invites and Ross send out its final set!

next week is the calm b4 the storm! :)
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I have to admit i'm quite glad that I applied to some schools like Kelley that took less than a week to send out an interview invite, as waiting a month+ for a first interview invite is just crazy.
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Speaking of diversity, I remember a few years back that UM was sued because it was practicing affirmative action. Is that still in place at UM? Personally, I like it if they are still using affirmative action, I'm not a minority but I'd much rather learn the perspectives of minority voices.
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The university initially lost the case in the lower court, but won it on appeal (a decision that was upheld by the Supreme Court). We actually covered this case in a basic law class I took a few months ago – look up Grutter v. Bollinger I'm pretty sure the university still practices AA.
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Did anyone else receive their admitted student binder yet? Mine arrived earlier today.

I got mine today. We got a little info in it about the background check. I'm going to call Hire Right tomorrow and try to set everything up sooner rather than later.

For those without the binder, the background check isn't going to be anything crazy. They're going to verify work history and that's about it.
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Got my binder.
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Speaking of diversity, I remember a few years back that UM was sued because it was practicing affirmative action. Is that still in place at UM? Personally, I like it if they are still using affirmative action, I'm not a minority but I'd much rather learn the perspectives of minority voices.

The university initially lost the case in the lower court, but won it on appeal (a decision that was upheld by the Supreme Court). We actually covered this case in a basic law class I took a few months ago – look up Grutter v. Bollinger I'm pretty sure the university still practices AA.

There were 2 cases. One against Undergrad admissions and one against the law school. The undergrad admissions lost the case because the awarded a certain amount of "points" based on ethnicity (as well as GPA, essays, etc) and after one reached a threshold they were admitted. The law school won because they factored in race, amongst other factors, to build a diverse class without having a point system or quota system.

FWIW, I spoke about diversity during my interview (lesser extent in essays) as one of the reasons I wanted to go to Ross and it worked. It's something the University cares deeply about, and as an alum, I can honestly say that my four years in A2 challenged me a great deal and I left a better person, not just a better student.
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Yup - you're right. I did not know about the undergrad case before this. Thanks for sharing.
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@ piggles - any info if we can do the background check before paying the deposit or do we need to pay up first??
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The letter didn't say one had to be completed before another.

Also, Hire Right didn't have my info. The University may not have sent it yet.
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Hi guys.. Does anybody know, when do the R1 waitlisted applicants usually get calls for interviews (if at all).. Is it with R2 or R3 applicants usually, or does Ross get to its waitlist only after reviewing the entire application pool?
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The R-1 wait-listed candidates will be evaluated with the R-2 candidates. Most remaining interview invites for R-2 (irrespective of whether applicant is R-1 wait–list or "true" R-2) will go out in early Feb. Keep an eye on Soojin's blog for the exact date.
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Hi guys.. Does anybody know, when do the R1 waitlisted applicants usually get calls for interviews (if at all).. Is it with R2 or R3 applicants usually, or does Ross get to its waitlist only after reviewing the entire application pool?
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The R-1 wait-listed candidates will be evaluated with the R-2 candidates. Most remaining interview invites for R-2 (irrespective of whether applicant is R-1 wait–list or "true" R-2) will go out in early Feb. Keep an eye on Soojin's blog for the exact date.
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Hi KingKREEP!

Will R1 applicants who were interviewed and waitlisted receive interview invites as well?

Thanks!
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Hi guys.. Does anybody know, when do the R1 waitlisted applicants usually get calls for interviews (if at all).. Is it with R2 or R3 applicants usually, or does Ross get to its waitlist only after reviewing the entire application pool?
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The R-1 wait-listed candidates will be evaluated with the R-2 candidates. Most remaining interview invites for R-2 (irrespective of whether applicant is R-1 wait–list or "true" R-2) will go out in early Feb. Keep an eye on Soojin's blog for the exact date.

Hi KingKREEP!

Will R1 applicants who were interviewed and waitlisted receive interview invites as well?

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I'm not sure about the answer to that. My guess would be "no"
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Hi guys.. Does anybody know, when do the R1 waitlisted applicants usually get calls for interviews (if at all).. Is it with R2 or R3 applicants usually, or does Ross get to its waitlist only after reviewing the entire application pool?
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The R-1 wait-listed candidates will be evaluated with the R-2 candidates. Most remaining interview invites for R-2 (irrespective of whether applicant is R-1 wait–list or "true" R-2) will go out in early Feb. Keep an eye on Soojin's blog for the exact date.
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Hmmm... Thanks for the reply KingKREEP.
But I am just wondering how would they do that, because they are accepting updates from R1 Wait-listed applicants till the 21st of Feb (by when the 2nd wave of interview invites for R2 would have already been sent out). And I think they'd want to consider the updates from all the wait-listed people before they do decide to call them for interviews/ WL again/reject them. So, do you think they might call wait-listed people for interviews in a separate "wave" ?

Because otherwise, that would mean that wait-listed ppl w/o interview can at best hope to stay on the wait-list when the R2 decisions are notified, and then hope to be called for an interview with the R3 applicants.! How does this really work :?: :?
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i just want to re-ask a question from a few days ago:

have any REapplicants received an interview invitation?

i'm just trying to determine if maybe Ross treats reapplicant applications/interviews differently. i'm hoping that's the case.
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Everyone,

R2 applicant here, haven't got my interview invite yet. I remember someone talking about checking a box or something for on campus vs off campus interview in the application few pages back. I don't remember doing anything like that for Ross and to confirm, went through the copy of my app as well. Did I miss something?

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I think you have to do that after you have been invited to interview....you have to log on to a separate application page and select yr interviewer...
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I was interviewed today, by an alumni, in Brazil.

The questions were standard. No surprises or tricky questions.

An info that drew my attention: He said Ross had, as a target this year, to invite only half of the percentage they used to invite in the previous years.
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I was interviewed today, by an alumni, in Brazil.

The questions were standard. No surprises or tricky questions.

An info that drew my attention: He said Ross had, as a target this year, to invite only half of the percentage they used to invite in the previous years.
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Yikes... thats scary! Did he give any numbers?
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I was interviewed today, by an alumni, in Brazil.

The questions were standard. No surprises or tricky questions.

An info that drew my attention: He said Ross had, as a target this year, to invite only half of the percentage they used to invite in the previous years.

Yikes... thats scary! Did he give any numbers?
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He didn't say anything about numbers, but the at BW site they say Ross invited 61% of the applicant pool last year.

Do you guys think we can assume only ~30% will be invited this year?
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i think he's just messing with you....it cant be that low. yea, they might be trying to reduce the number, but not to tht low levels....
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I was interviewed today, by an alumni, in Brazil.

The questions were standard. No surprises or tricky questions.

An info that drew my attention: He said Ross had, as a target this year, to invite only half of the percentage they used to invite in the previous years.

Yikes... thats scary! Did he give any numbers?

He didn't say anything about numbers, but the at BW site they say Ross invited 61% of the applicant pool last year.

Do you guys think we can assume only ~30% will be invited this year?
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So, from US News I have the following info:

Total Applicants for Fall 2009 admissions = 2697
Lets assume that 61% were invited for interviews ~ 1645 applicants
No. of acceptances = 630 (23.4% acceptance rate) (38% accepted after interview)
Total Full Time class strength = 500

If we apply that only 30% will be invited for interview with more or less the same no. of applicants, we will end up at around 850 invites. Now to fill a class of 500, they would need to send more or less the same no. of invites (~630) which in turn means that 74% students will be accepted after interview.

To me it seems a bit unreal from a statistical standpoint!
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yea, it basically defeats the purpose of the interview. if you have to keep 74% of your candidates after the interview, then it basically means that the interview wont be a strong deciding factor anymore....
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I agree with you guys. I thought exactly the same after heard that.

However, I think the % of invites will decrease anyway. It could not be 30%. Maybe something between 45% and 50%.
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