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Calling all Ross Applicants(2016 Intake) Class of 2018

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27 Oct 2015, 06:47

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Time to accept it and move on. Good luck everyone

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27 Oct 2015, 06:49

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Reconfirmed:
Hi Ashish,

Thanks for your email. Interview invitations went out late yesterday. If you didn't get an invitation, you'll either be waitlisted until round 2 or denied. Make sure you check your spam in case you were invited and the email was diverted to your spam folder.

Let me know if I can assist further,

Thanks again!

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27 Oct 2015, 09:43

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The results for R1 for Ross were quite surprising. People with significantly high GMAT scores and GPAs were not even selected for interviews. Any ideas as to what Ross pays more importance to?

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27 Oct 2015, 09:46

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Assist! Sure, please provide an early final decision and not this excruciatingly long wait! And the reason for the ding. After spending so many hours on the application and a $200 application fee, I think one at least deserve the reason for denial! I appreciate Tuck that at least provides a feedback call. If not a feedback call the least they can do is formalize their notes and provide that as a feedback.

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27 Oct 2015, 10:01

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Seriously guys!!! What is going on this time?! Last time they sent interview invites to 34% (89) people on GC. This time only 10%...?!!!! That too when the average GMAT score of GC applicant pool is 15 points higher than the total applicant pool (of last year)? Are they planning to take everyone in R2 and NO-ONE in R1?

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27 Oct 2015, 10:06

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Its possible that those who got the invites haven't updated their status on GC website.
I agree its disheartnening but lets not loose the focus on other apps

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27 Oct 2015, 11:00

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The results for R1 for Ross were quite surprising. People with significantly high GMAT scores and GPAs were not even selected for interviews. Any ideas as to what Ross pays more importance to?

This forum tends to skew heavily towards international applicants.

International applicants have been increasing at a higher rate than US applicants (poetsandquants). This means that it will be even more competitive for over-represented groups (Indian Chinese Males).

I've read that US Newsweek ranking will be weighing the GMAT higher than before. That means all the schools will be putting more focus on the GMAT. More focus means higher scores. I think we will see most schools avg GMAT scores continue to rise over the next couple years, more so than GPA.

Just my opinion. Regardless, dont worry about why you didnt get it. Move on and focus on your current applications and how you can make them better. You only need to get into 1 school!

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27 Oct 2015, 14:55

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Congrats to all who got the invite and good luck to everyone else for the other apps. Its been rightly mentioned that you need to get into only one school.
I had applied only to Ross this year to test waters and I didnt get the invite. I'm an Indian Male Engineer with 2 years of work experience in the domain of Management Consulting - Digital Tech (Analyst, Associate). I wanted to see where I currently stand before I go blazing guns next time. To work on myself, I need answers to two important questions - 1) Are there people who got the interview invites with 2 years of experience or lesser? 2) Any candidates with a low CGPA who got the invite? Mine is 6.3/10. If yes, then can you mention your GMAT score and years of work ex?

Thanks in advance.

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27 Oct 2015, 22:05

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The results for R1 for Ross were quite surprising. People with significantly high GMAT scores and GPAs were not even selected for interviews. Any ideas as to what Ross pays more importance to?

Talking to a current student, I understood that international students who Ross thinks would need Team Based Discussions, will be put on WL and then called for TBD in round 2.

Speaking of significantly high GMAT, I got an invite.

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27 Oct 2015, 22:11

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The results for R1 for Ross were quite surprising. People with significantly high GMAT scores and GPAs were not even selected for interviews. Any ideas as to what Ross pays more importance to?

Aah man, you are again giving this ray of hope! I would still take it as a ding! If I am invited later then it will be a bonus.

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28 Oct 2015, 11:04

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For Michigan, Wharton, and other schools, does it hurt your chance if you do off-campus interview? How important is it to participate in the team-based discussion?

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28 Oct 2015, 11:10

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The results for R1 for Ross were quite surprising. People with significantly high GMAT scores and GPAs were not even selected for interviews. Any ideas as to what Ross pays more importance to?

This is new, haven't heard this before. Does it happen to a lot of people?

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28 Oct 2015, 13:19

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The results for R1 for Ross were quite surprising. People with significantly high GMAT scores and GPAs were not even selected for interviews. Any ideas as to what Ross pays more importance to?

This is strange

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28 Oct 2015, 13:54

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I haven't updated mine yet but I received an invite.

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28 Oct 2015, 14:44

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New Blog from Ross' Admission's Director, https://michiganross.umich.edu/admissio ... ns-are-out that details about the interview process and what is going to happen to people who were not invited.

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New Blog from Ross' Admission's Director, https://michiganross.umich.edu/admissio ... ns-are-out that details about the interview process and what is going to happen to people who were not invited.

Thanks for the update

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Here is latest on the Ross invites and status updates by users on the forum. Congrats to everyone who got interview invitation.

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The blog says:
"Here are the two most common reasons for being waitlisted: (1) your academic record wasn’t as competitive as other applicants whose experience or background was similar to yours; (2) your work experience wasn’t as strong as others in the pool (in terms of what you’ve accomplished to date)"

So, if I get this correctly, they have just looked at the numbers and not viewed the profile holistically or given much importance to the way the essays have been written or how an individual has expressed his/her stories. THAT is something not expected from such a reputable institution. I mean, if they only wanted to know about the numbers, there was no point in asking us to spend so much time in writing those looooong essays.

REALLY DISAPPOINTED NOW!! knowing that they think all the applicants' stories / essay qualities are similar and what they really care about is THEIR business and numbers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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28 Oct 2015, 21:09

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Totally agree with you on this one. And no, it's not a case of sour grapes. Looks like the Indian pool that got the invite only has a 750+ on GMAT.

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28 Oct 2015, 21:11

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Schools are putting extra emphasis on GMAT these days! For an Indian candidate like me, 720 is not good enough! May be schools should be more transparent when it comes to their criteria for selection! Spending so much time on introspection and writing a story when it doesn't hold much importance is a waste of time, energy and money!