Calling all Tepper MBA Applicants: 2024 Intake Class of 2026 : Tepper

BrokenInside · 2023-06-11T05:38:41-07:00

Welcome 2023-2024 Tepper MBA Applicants Welcome, all Tepper class of 2026 hopefuls. Let's use this platform to know each other, exchange ideas, and discuss app strategies? Who all are applying? Let us know by commenting below. Follow the thread and bookmark this post. https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=71511 https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=71421 https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=71521 Tepper MBA Deadlines 2023-24 Round Application Due Decisions Released Round 1 TBA TBA Round 2 TBA TBA Round 3 TBA TBA Tepper MBA Essays 2023-24 Essay 1 https://gmatclub.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/transparent100-1.gif TBA Essay 2 TBA Essay 3 TBA Carnegie-Mellon-Tepper-1-1.jpeg Tepper Application Stats Class of '24 Applicants 2267 Accepted 654 Acceptance Rate 29% Enrolled 192 Yield Rate 29% Tepper Class Profile Class of '24 Avg. GPA 3.3 Avg. WE 70 Average GMAT 702 Median GMAT 710 Avg. GMAT Domestic 681 Avg. GMAT International 714 % GRE 17% Avg GRE Quant 165 Avg. GRE Verbal 159 Avg. Total GRE 324 View the full Tepper Class Profile --> https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/programs/mba/admissions/mba-class-profiles/full-time-mba.html Tepper Employment Data Class of '22 Employed at Graduation 90% Employed 3 Months 96% Average Salary $148,067 Average Bonus $38,956 Salary and Bonus $183,035 View the full Tepper Employment Report Class of 2022 --> https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/programs/mba/careers/compensation-highlights.html

LordCheems

Joined: 23 Oct 2023

Last visit: 10 May 2024

Posts: 50

Own Kudos:

17

Given Kudos: 9

Location: India

Concentration: Leadership, Technology

Schools: Fuqua '26 (D) Cornell '26 (WL) McDonough '26 (A$$)

GMAT 1: 720 Q51 V35 Verified score

WE:Information Technology (Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals)

Schools: Fuqua '26 (D) Cornell '26 (WL) McDonough '26 (A$$)

GMAT 1: 720 Q51 V35 Verified score

Posts: 50

Kudos: 17

19 Feb 2024, 01:31

Kudos

Bookmarks

Someone above said that they release invites every Thursday.

itsmanjaa

Joined: 23 Sep 2021

Last visit: 28 Jul 2024

Posts: 42

Own Kudos:

11

Given Kudos: 40

Location: India

Schools: HBS '25 (D) Fuqua '25 (D) Ross '25 (S) CBS '25 (S) LBS '25 (S) Darden '25 (S)

Posts: 42

Kudos: 11

21 Feb 2024, 07:28

Kudos

Bookmarks

At this point should I consider it a doing if I did not receive interview invite? Is there still hope? The decisions are out in exactly 2 weeks from now. Or do they release decisions on a rolling basis. I am trying to be positive but could do with some realism here.

stealthbomber

Joined: 03 Feb 2023

Last visit: 25 May 2024

Posts: 31

Own Kudos:

5

Given Kudos: 1

Posts: 31

Kudos: 5

21 Feb 2024, 07:28

Kudos

Bookmarks

itsmanjaa

At this point should I consider it a doing if I did not receive interview invite? Is there still hope? The decisions are out in exactly 2 weeks from now. Or do they release decisions on a rolling basis. I am trying to be positive but could do with some realism here.

+1

ChristopherZheng

Joined: 01 Dec 2022

Last visit: 25 Sep 2024

Posts: 240

Own Kudos:

216

Given Kudos: 89

Location: Thailand

Schools: Darden '26 (A$$$$) Fuqua '26 (A$$$) Booth '26 (A$$) Tuck '26 (A$) Wharton MBA/MA Lauder'26 (I) Kellogg (I) Stanford '26 (D) Columbia CBS'26 (A) HBS '26 (D)

Posts: 240

Kudos: 216

21 Feb 2024, 07:38

Kudos

Bookmarks

itsmanjaa

At this point should I consider it a doing if I did not receive interview invite? Is there still hope? The decisions are out in exactly 2 weeks from now. Or do they release decisions on a rolling basis. I am trying to be positive but could do with some realism here.

I would wait until the end of this week to potentially consider a ding. I think 2 weeks before the decision date is usually a cut-off time for a smaller/mid-size (<350) MBA program.

iampancham21

Joined: 15 Jan 2023

Last visit: 04 Jun 2024

Posts: 142

Own Kudos:

30

Given Kudos: 18

Posts: 142

Kudos: 30

21 Feb 2024, 11:20

Kudos

Bookmarks

itsmanjaa

At this point should I consider it a doing if I did not receive interview invite? Is there still hope? The decisions are out in exactly 2 weeks from now. Or do they release decisions on a rolling basis. I am trying to be positive but could do with some realism here.

Tepper doesn’t reject. Tepper waitlists.

rohitk101

Joined: 15 Jun 2023

Last visit: 09 Mar 2025

Posts: 92

Own Kudos:

24

Given Kudos: 24

Location: India

Concentration: General Management, Strategy

Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Olin '27 (A$$$$) Ross '27 (I) Kenan-Flagler '27 (I)

GMAT Focus 1: 695 Q88 V85 DI80 (Online) Verified score

Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Olin '27 (A$$$$) Ross '27 (I) Kenan-Flagler '27 (I)

GMAT Focus 1: 695 Q88 V85 DI80 (Online) Verified score

Posts: 92

Kudos: 24

21 Feb 2024, 19:23

Kudos

Bookmarks

iampancham21

itsmanjaa

At this point should I consider it a doing if I did not receive interview invite? Is there still hope? The decisions are out in exactly 2 weeks from now. Or do they release decisions on a rolling basis. I am trying to be positive but could do with some realism here.

Tepper doesn’t reject. Tepper waitlists.

Waitlist with out interview?

Posted from my mobile device

iampancham21

Joined: 15 Jan 2023

Last visit: 04 Jun 2024

Posts: 142

Own Kudos:

30

Given Kudos: 18

Posts: 142

Kudos: 30

21 Feb 2024, 19:38

Kudos

Bookmarks

rohitk101

Waitlist with out interview? Posted from my mobile device

Yes very common. You have a higher chance of being rejected with interview. But mostly 90% are going to get waitlisted at Tepper for now.

rohitk101

Joined: 15 Jun 2023

Last visit: 09 Mar 2025

Posts: 92

Own Kudos:

24

Given Kudos: 24

Location: India

Concentration: General Management, Strategy

Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Olin '27 (A$$$$) Ross '27 (I) Kenan-Flagler '27 (I)

GMAT Focus 1: 695 Q88 V85 DI80 (Online) Verified score

Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Olin '27 (A$$$$) Ross '27 (I) Kenan-Flagler '27 (I)

GMAT Focus 1: 695 Q88 V85 DI80 (Online) Verified score

Posts: 92

Kudos: 24

21 Feb 2024, 19:45

Kudos

Bookmarks

iampancham21

rohitk101

Waitlist with out interview? Posted from my mobile device

Yes very common. You have a higher chance of being rejected with interview. But mostly 90% are going to get waitlisted at Tepper for now.

Hmm. If that high numbers of WL, then it would be probably rejection though, right

tbdu

Joined: 06 Dec 2023

Last visit: 08 May 2024

Posts: 355

Own Kudos:

92

Given Kudos: 7

Location: India

Schools: Tepper '26 (WL) Stern '26 (WL) Rice Jones '26 (II) McDonough '26 (WA)

Posts: 355

Kudos: 92

21 Feb 2024, 19:56

Kudos

Bookmarks

I’m WL after interview in R1. They said we can send updates through R3. They also said that WL candidates may/maynot receive an update on every decision deadline of each rounds

but considering what happened in the previous years, it seems to me that they are more active with WL in May

So we all can expect some kind of traction in May and beyond

randyharrism10

Joined: 06 Dec 2022

Last visit: 24 Oct 2024

Posts: 20

Own Kudos:

8

Given Kudos: 3

Location: Indonesia

Schools: Sloan '26 (WL) Ross '26 (A) Tepper '26 (A) Stern '26 (WL)

GPA: 3.46

Schools: Sloan '26 (WL) Ross '26 (A) Tepper '26 (A) Stern '26 (WL)

Posts: 20

Kudos: 8

21 Feb 2024, 20:10

Kudos

Bookmarks

Hi! Anybody here interviewed by Douglas Alford?

iampancham21

Joined: 15 Jan 2023

Last visit: 04 Jun 2024

Posts: 142

Own Kudos:

30

Given Kudos: 18

Posts: 142

Kudos: 30

21 Feb 2024, 21:16

Kudos

Bookmarks

rohitk101

Hmm. If that high numbers of WL, then it would be probably rejection though, right

Yes. But then you have to wait till May. As an International student I am not sure if one should be solely dependent on Tepper.

tbdu

Joined: 06 Dec 2023

Last visit: 08 May 2024

Posts: 355

Own Kudos:

92

Given Kudos: 7

Location: India

Schools: Tepper '26 (WL) Stern '26 (WL) Rice Jones '26 (II) McDonough '26 (WA)

Posts: 355

Kudos: 92

21 Feb 2024, 21:24

Kudos

Bookmarks

Does this happen every year? Or this year # of WL are higher due to layoffs?

iampancham21

Joined: 15 Jan 2023

Last visit: 04 Jun 2024

Posts: 142

Own Kudos:

30

Given Kudos: 18

Posts: 142

Kudos: 30

22 Feb 2024, 10:34

Kudos

Bookmarks

tbdu

Does this happen every year? Or this year # of WL are higher due to layoffs?

Happend last year too

LordCheems

Joined: 23 Oct 2023

Last visit: 10 May 2024

Posts: 50

Own Kudos:

17

Given Kudos: 9

Location: India

Concentration: Leadership, Technology

Schools: Fuqua '26 (D) Cornell '26 (WL) McDonough '26 (A$$)

GMAT 1: 720 Q51 V35 Verified score

WE:Information Technology (Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals)

Schools: Fuqua '26 (D) Cornell '26 (WL) McDonough '26 (A$$)

GMAT 1: 720 Q51 V35 Verified score

Posts: 50

Kudos: 17

22 Feb 2024, 13:49

Kudos

Bookmarks

Rishabh_712

Today there was an MBA Insider event, so I connected withTepper and some other schools to understand the R2 interview invites status. So they are still releasing invites, so we can expect invites in next 2-3 weeks as well. Every Thursday is when they are releasing.

Based on this, is today potentially the final interview invite day? Or should I keep my hopes up for another week?

itsmanjaa

Joined: 23 Sep 2021

Last visit: 28 Jul 2024

Posts: 42

Own Kudos:

11

Given Kudos: 40

Location: India

Schools: HBS '25 (D) Fuqua '25 (D) Ross '25 (S) CBS '25 (S) LBS '25 (S) Darden '25 (S)

Posts: 42

Kudos: 11

22 Feb 2024, 14:20

Kudos

Bookmarks

I too am in the same boat. However, considering that the decisions are just less than 2 weeks away, I believe the best to hope for now is a waitlist.

iampancham21

Joined: 15 Jan 2023

Last visit: 04 Jun 2024

Posts: 142

Own Kudos:

30

Given Kudos: 18

Posts: 142

Kudos: 30

22 Feb 2024, 21:06

Kudos

Bookmarks

LordCheems

Based on this, is today potentially the final interview invite day? Or should I keep my hopes up for another week?

Didn’t see any new invite. So probably it’s closure time. A handful might receive it but that’s just luck now.

rohitk101

Joined: 15 Jun 2023

Last visit: 09 Mar 2025

Posts: 92

Own Kudos:

24

Given Kudos: 24

Location: India

Concentration: General Management, Strategy

Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Olin '27 (A$$$$) Ross '27 (I) Kenan-Flagler '27 (I)

GMAT Focus 1: 695 Q88 V85 DI80 (Online) Verified score

Schools: Kellog '27 (D) Olin '27 (A$$$$) Ross '27 (I) Kenan-Flagler '27 (I)

GMAT Focus 1: 695 Q88 V85 DI80 (Online) Verified score

Posts: 92

Kudos: 24

22 Feb 2024, 23:34

Kudos

Bookmarks

LordCheems

Rishabh_712

Today there was an MBA Insider event, so I connected withTepper and some other schools to understand the R2 interview invites status. So they are still releasing invites, so we can expect invites in next 2-3 weeks as well. Every Thursday is when they are releasing.

Based on this, is today potentially the final interview invite day? Or should I keep my hopes up for another week?

Not sure about this, I have seen people getting invite on Fridays or even on Mondays as per Liverwire. I think another week we can expect

Calling all Tepper MBA Applicants: 2024 Intake Class of 2026

Prep Toolkit

My Rewards