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The admitted students binder says they'll email us to begin the process. You have to pay $55 for the employment verification. That it costs $55 tells me it won't be an in-depth check.

the piece of paper in the binder lists exactly what they're planning to verify.
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Guys, can you please point me to exactly where in the binder they provide this information, because I can't find anything apart from the mentioning of HireRight in the invitation letter.
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Hi all, add me to the interview invitee list of the 17th Jan! :o I just realized that I too had got the invite on 17th Jan, 1:44 EST. (There was some real bad confusion. There still is actually, but never mind).

But, as of now I am perplexed about which category I fall in. PLZ give me your assessment on this one. I had applied R1. Didn't hear from Ross until 14th Jan, when the decision notification on wolverine access said that I have been wait-listed. And, 3 days later I get an IV invite - on the 17th Jan along with the R2 applicants.

Can somebody help me read into this? Could this mean that I am off the wait-list for now, or does it mean that I am still on the wait-list, but they are only interviewing me to further evaluate me?

Is there any other R1 applicant who got an IV call on the 17th Jan ? I am obviously really excited about the invite and really looking forward to Interview Saturday, but am just trying to evaluate my real possibilities here. Because the WL conversion ratio at Ross is lower. (huhhh.. long post, sorry abt that)
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i think u're a part of R2 now...thts's why they want to interview u so that they can hopefully make a decision in this round regarding yr app...
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I hope to join you all at Ross this fall. However, I am not sure it is going to happen. I just took the GMAT again and scored a 660. I was hoping to improve my math score as it was much lower than my verbal one from my 710 test score. So I now have a 350(anamoly), 710 and 660 on my GMAT record. This last time however my math score improved yet my verbal took a nose dive. Needless to say I am exasperated!!!!!!
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I hope to join you all at Ross this fall. However, I am not sure it is going to happen. I just took the GMAT again and scored a 660. I was hoping to improve my math score as it was much lower than my verbal one from my 710 test score. So I now have a 350(anamoly), 710 and 660 on my GMAT record. This last time however my math score improved yet my verbal took a nose dive. Needless to say I am exasperated!!!!!!
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loloswims - Take it again...and get an equitable score in Verbal & Quant (as best as possible) while keeping the overall score high. If you already applied in Rd2 then you need to take it ASAP - if not, obviously you have plenty of time for next year's rounds. But do take it again. I asked them specifically on Preview Day when I was there if they look at an applicant negatively who's taken it a few too many times and they said absolutely not! They don't consider how many attempts it took you to get there as long as your submitted score is very good - but they strongly recommended that the minimum for you to be competitive is 660 - which is what you have. But it is always in your best interest to get higher than 660 and equal or near-equal scores...or at least 80 on both.
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I hope to join you all at Ross this fall. However, I am not sure it is going to happen. I just took the GMAT again and scored a 660. I was hoping to improve my math score as it was much lower than my verbal one from my 710 test score. So I now have a 350(anamoly), 710 and 660 on my GMAT record. This last time however my math score improved yet my verbal took a nose dive. Needless to say I am exasperated!!!!!!

loloswims - Take it again...and get an equitable score in Verbal & Quant (as best as possible) while keeping the overall score high. If you already applied in Rd2 then you need to take it ASAP - if not, obviously you have plenty of time for next year's rounds. But do take it again. I asked them specifically on Preview Day when I was there if they look at an applicant negatively who's taken it a few too many times and they said absolutely not! They don't consider how many attempts it took you to get there as long as your submitted score is very good - but they strongly recommended that the minimum for you to be competitive is 660 - which is what you have. But it is always in your best interest to get higher than 660 and equal or near-equal scores...or at least 80 on both.
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Interesting... are they looking for near equal scores? I have a 75 in Q and 92 in V to make a 710.
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I hope to join you all at Ross this fall. However, I am not sure it is going to happen. I just took the GMAT again and scored a 660. I was hoping to improve my math score as it was much lower than my verbal one from my 710 test score. So I now have a 350(anamoly), 710 and 660 on my GMAT record. This last time however my math score improved yet my verbal took a nose dive. Needless to say I am exasperated!!!!!!

loloswims - Take it again...and get an equitable score in Verbal & Quant (as best as possible) while keeping the overall score high. If you already applied in Rd2 then you need to take it ASAP - if not, obviously you have plenty of time for next year's rounds. But do take it again. I asked them specifically on Preview Day when I was there if they look at an applicant negatively who's taken it a few too many times and they said absolutely not! They don't consider how many attempts it took you to get there as long as your submitted score is very good - but they strongly recommended that the minimum for you to be competitive is 660 - which is what you have. But it is always in your best interest to get higher than 660 and equal or near-equal scores...or at least 80 on both.
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I have already taken it three times and will NOT take it again. I am simply tired of the GMAT, DS questions and anything concerning MBA admissions:) Perhaps the adcoms will love my verbal scores.
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R2 applicant here. Received interview invite on Jan 17, and interviewed (off-campus) today Jan 24. Please add me to the roll call.
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Would you mind sharing your experience and some questions that you can remember?

Anyone who has interviewed - care to share?

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I hope to join you all at Ross this fall. However, I am not sure it is going to happen. I just took the GMAT again and scored a 660. I was hoping to improve my math score as it was much lower than my verbal one from my 710 test score. So I now have a 350(anamoly), 710 and 660 on my GMAT record. This last time however my math score improved yet my verbal took a nose dive. Needless to say I am exasperated!!!!!!

loloswims - Take it again...and get an equitable score in Verbal & Quant (as best as possible) while keeping the overall score high. If you already applied in Rd2 then you need to take it ASAP - if not, obviously you have plenty of time for next year's rounds. But do take it again. I asked them specifically on Preview Day when I was there if they look at an applicant negatively who's taken it a few too many times and they said absolutely not! They don't consider how many attempts it took you to get there as long as your submitted score is very good - but they strongly recommended that the minimum for you to be competitive is 660 - which is what you have. But it is always in your best interest to get higher than 660 and equal or near-equal scores...or at least 80 on both.

I have already taken it three times and will NOT take it again. I am simply tired of the GMAT, DS questions and anything concerning MBA admissions:) Perhaps the adcoms will love my verbal scores.
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I don't know, I can't really make a valid point just yet since I'm still waiting on decisions, but I applied with a 58% Q and 95% V, 690 overall and am at least getting interviews. I would think if they cared so much about the split then why even invite me? I considered mentioning something about my low quant in my optional essays, but ultimately decided not to. There is nothing I can say that they haven't heard before and why make it the last impression of my application, when maybe they've already dismissed it as unimportant given my gpa, work experience, post-mba goals etc. I think as long as the overall score doesn't bring down their averages too much and you meet the academic threshold, it won't be that big of a deal.

Hopefully, I will soon have a success story to share so others can have the confidence to apply with a huge split too!
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@ MIchmax.

I had a low ug GPA and really needed a high quant GMAT score.
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@ MIchmax.

I had a low ug GPA and really needed a high quant GMAT score.
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R2 applicant here. Received interview invite on Jan 17, and interviewed (off-campus) today Jan 24. Please add me to the roll call.

Would you mind sharing your experience and some questions that you can remember?

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My interview was very informal -- in fact, the most informal of the four schools I have interviewed with. The interviewer (2009 alum) asked me to dress business casual and not worry about wearing a suit. And he didn't take any notes or read any questions from a script. Instead we chatted over a cup of coffee in a mostly unstructured way. Most of the conversation was about my current job and academic background and the two key questions: why did I decide to pursue an MBA? and, why Ross? He also left a good 15-20 minutes for me to ask questions.
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@ MIchmax.

I had a low ug GPA and really needed a high quant GMAT score.
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Yeah my overall is good, but I definitely have lower grades in the math classes. Hopefully they need some verbal people to balance it all out :) I agree with you, I am not taking that test again unless I reapply next year. Can't wait to get rid of my study guides for good, right now they're hidden under my bed so I don't have to look at them lol.
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I got interview invite today at 530pm...It came out of left field a bi
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I got interview invite today at 530pm :-D
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I got interview invite today at 530pm :-D
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Actually got it today, or just noticed it today?
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I got interview invite today at 530pm :-D
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What! I thot Ross sends out 2 waves of invites. The first was sent on Jan 17 and from Soojin's blog i learned that the second will be sent during the 1st week of Feb.

Did you receive it today or did you read the email from the 17th today?
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The Consortium applicants are getting their interview invites now.
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The Consortium applicants are getting their interview invites now.
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u r a life saver :)
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next week r2 batch 2?

verrrry scary!
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