https://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v312/27/8/7603459741/n7603459741_609063_1221.jpg Essays A. What are your short-term and long-term goals? How will a Tepper MBA help you to achieve these goals. (Please include any information regarding what steps you have taken to learn more about the Tepper School.) (Suggested length: 2 double-spaced pages) B. The Tepper School’s culture relies on all members to be active contributors to our community. With your values, experiences, and interests, how will you make a unique contribution to the Tepper community? Your examples may include: classroom interaction, student activities, career development, community service, etc.(Suggested length: 2 double-spaced pages) C. Please answer two of the following three questions or statements. Please clearly specify which questions you are answering. Your two answers should equal a total of two pages or less. 1. Describe an obstacle you have faced in your professional or academic life. How did you overcome this obstacle and how did it foster your development? 2. Describe a time in which your ethics were challenged. How did you deal with the situation and what did you learn from it? 3. One thing people would be surprised to know about me is . . . D. Is there anything additional that you think we should know as we evaluate your application? Note: if you believe your credentials and essays represent you fairly, you should not feel obligated to answer this question. This essay is intended to provide a place for you to add information that you think is important but is not covered elsewhere in the application. You must complete this essay if you answered “yes” to the additional information questions on the previous page. Deadlines Round 1 Deadline - October 26, 2009 Decision - December 21, 2009 Round 2 Deadline - January 04, 2010 Decision - March 15, 2010 Round 3 Deadline - March 08, 2010 Decision - May 03, 2010 Round 4 Deadline - April 26, 2010* Decision - June 04, 2010 Round 5 Deadline - June 01, 2010** Decision - Rolling R1 Total Applicants: 18 Interview Invites: 14 Admitted: 8 WL: 1 Dinged: Unknown: 9 alnasi - Interviewed alymarie andy2010 - Interviewed awesomeusername - Admit w/$$$ bhy - Admit w/$$$ Class2012 - Admit dv450 - Admit w/$$$ hopeful1 - Interview jackets85 - Admit madbubbles - Admit(Forte Fellow) MBA42012 - Admit Pre777 quantumquark - Interviewed rao_1857 - Admit rhaces - Waitlist rohitmakkad Skye10 - Interviewed vnbui R2 Total Applicants: 26 Interview Invites: 16 Admitted:5 WL: 6 Ding: 1 Unknown - 14 Admits Boogs - with $$ LetsGoMets - with $$ maxtor onmymind - with $$ sam04 ammim - Ding anxietyismyname - Interview Ari123 - Interview/Withdrew apurvashukla Boogs - Interview coakleym - Waitlist connecticket finblue Freshair - Interview gmatmba2010 - Waitlist gottabwise hookemhorns86 - Waitlist kirtanasrini - Waitlist lewi - Interview M2010 manasa - Waitlist mechIFR nilashis shaun3 - Interview Spikezz - Waitlist stayingcalm yuskay R3 Total Applicants: 4 Interview Invites: Admitted: WL: Dinged: jbourne shinkdown sunshinemoods tomahawk003 Link to last year's thread - calling-all-cmu-tepper-fall-2009-applicants-69554.html

Does anyone know when Tepper's admitted student weekend is? I know I'm getting ahead of myself here, and trying not at all to be presumptuous, but trying to plan out my schedule.

I'm writing b-school essays on a Friday night. Fun fun fun.

I just finished watching the Cavs vs Pistons game.

I appreciate that too. There are very few worse feelings than waiting for a phone call that never comes. I felt like I was being stood up by the school (Booth).

Am I the only one here applying to Tepper in R3? Guess that probably means my app will get processed pretty fast once I submit it.

I got an interview within a week of applying R2, so hopefully you will hear back at least as quickly as I did.

Just a hunch boogs, that people with fee waivers got interviews almost automatically. Mine, yours, coakley's came back within 3 days of the deadline.

Hi all... I also received the fee waiver email (last Nov) and thinking of applying to R3.. It seems I've a better chance of getting an interview - on the basis of your post =) Just out of curiosity, what kind of people get the fee waiver and how many did they send those out? It seems a great deal of ppl received the invitations. Also did you guys visit the campus and had the interview on-campus or do otherwise ie through phone and/or with an alum? Did you think it's better to do it on-campus? Cheers...

Admit weekend is April 23-24, starting at 12 PM.

I never got a fee waiver. Speaking of which, I still need to call the GMAT people to send Tepper my scores. Well, maybe that's why I didn't get the fee waiver.