Calling Judge(Cambridge) Applicnts(2015 Intake)Class of 2016

Welcome to all 2015 applicants applying to Judge Business School.

Dear Cambridge applicants,

GMATClub has been collaborating with the Cambridge Admissions Team for quite some time, and we are now having a chat session with Mr. James Barker - MBA Admissions Co-ordinator at Judge(Cambridge) - for their flagship full-time MBA program. We would like to invite all of you to the event, the details of which are specified below:

Timings for the session: 8 AM PDT (4 PM London Time), August 20, 2014. Wednesday

Place: GMATClub Chat Room

Chat Transcript

Thank you guys participating in today's chat session with Cambridge Admissions; It's always helpful to get a look in from the AdCom

We shall make the session transcript available for those who could not attend the session. Keep checking this place.

Just a few more ways of reaching out to the Admissions Team at Judge:

If anyone has any follow-up questions specifically for James Barker, MBA Admissions Co-ordinator for Judge Business School, who graciously spent some time with us for the chat, you can reach out to him via Twitter @JamesAdmissions

If you have questions that wouldn't fit 140 characters, reach out to Conrad Chua, Admissions Director at Judge, via our own forums here:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-cambridge-judge-admissions-117002.html

Find Out Fridays is hosted by the Admissions Team at Judge, if you have a series of questions or would just like to have a longer chat with them:
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mba/apply/meet-us/find-out-fridays/

R1 is coming soon! Good luck to everyone currently fine tuning their essays and references for the first round of Cambridge Judge!
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/media/2014/round-1-application-deadline/

I received an official email with an invitation to interview at Cambridge, on the 31st September evening GMT/1st October early morning Asia time.
I am an R1 applicant.

According to the email, the interviews will be in Early November (2nd Nov - dinner, followed by a full day on the 3rd of Nov).

I hope this helps to answer your question - I also wish you luck & hope that you receive yours soon!

FROM Cambridge Admissions Blog: My trip to Angola

So I was waiting outside my hotel looking for our designated driver when I heard someone ask me 你需要帮忙吗？（Do you need any help in Mandarin). That shouldn’t be surprising except that I was in Luanda, capital of Angola, and it was a Portuguese woman who was speaking to me in Mandarin. It was a great example of globalisation. I am in Luanda for three days as part of a joint promotion trip featuring Cambridge JBS, Oxford SBS and LSE. This trip was organised by Ernst and Young (now called EY) who has launched a scholarship for Angolan nationals resident in Angola to study a one year Masters programme at any one of the three institutions. For CJBS, the scholarship is applicable for either the MBA or the Masters in Finance. You can find more information here. While in Luanda, we had a chance to meet some prospective Angolan candidates and we had to briefly introduce our various programmes before having one to one consultations. I thought it would be beneficial to share (as best as I can remember because I was talking off the cuff and didn’t record my speech) what I said and I would be interested to hear people’s comments. “I would like to talk about three main issues. Firstly, the Cambridge Masters in Finance and MBA programmes. The MFin programme is for people with a prior finance background and who want a deep dive into finance. My enduring memory of the rationale behind the MFin programme is an anecdote from Simon Taylor, the Director of the MFin, where he compared the state of present-day finance to 19th century medicine, when practitioners tried all sorts of remedies to see what works. To me that sounds harsh but the events of the global financial crisis did show the inadequacies of modern finance theories and the inability/lack of desire from practitioners to put into practice finance theories. The MBA is a general management degree. The way I think of this is producing the T-shaped manager. Many of our students have had several years building up their deep functional expertise, in areas such as accounting, finance, marketing etc. But what they need to make the transition to the next level is not more functional expertise but a broader appreciation of other areas and an understanding of how each area fits together. The MBA provides this horizontal understanding and also develops students who can lead people from different functional areas. Hence, the T-shaped manager. Secondly I want to talk about our strategy in Africa. We don’t have many students from Africa but we would like to have more because I see Africa as a continent that has an exciting economic future but more importantly, will develop its own path to prosperity. While students from Africa will benefit from our programmes, it is just as important for students and faculty from other countries to learn about Africa. Thirdly why study in the UK instead of the US where Angolan students have traditionally gone to. One word. Globalisation. Many US programmes call themselves international if they have 30% non-Americans. In the UK, the norm is for 90% or more international students. I have heard from candidates that they want an African network, which is important. But what African leaders need more than that is a global network. Everywhere I go in Angola I have seen Chinese, Portuguese, even the people running the restaurant in this office building are Indonesians. As Angola and the rest of Africa develops, it will be even more important for African leaders to understand how to work with business leaders from key trading and investment partners, such as China, Japan, the US and Europe. And you won’t get that skill from a textbook or an online course or Google. You have to learn that through immersing yourself in an environment where you are forced to interact with people from all over the world.”

It's still early days for R2 invites to go out. From the website:
"We will send you an email notification as to the status of your application approximately five weeks after the relevant application deadline. Please note your application must be complete (including the receipt of all necessary supporting information) before it can be considered."

donsoze
It is an attractive program; Minimum 3 practical projects, 1 year program, affordable (compared to other schools), location (Silicon fen), small class, network, brand name ..etc
So far, I like the application process. The adcom team is very helpful and social. If you accept the interview invitation, you will be invited to a closed CJBS applicants fb group. The group is very active. Current students share their experiences and future students discuss their goals.
btw I was told that 3 out of 4 applicants get an acceptance offer after the interview. The on-campus interview and networking event are great experiences. I bet that you will end up choosing CJBS after these events.

vypr999 I think I received an invitation 8 business days after I submitted my application. But bear in mind that this was R1. Adcom didn't have many applications to process prior R1. Where in your case, adcom has to finalize R1 applicants before start inviting R2 applicants.
Also in my experience, adcom sent invites ~23 days before R1 Interview day. If you assume the same will happen for R2, where Interview day is 12/5, then invites might go out this Wednesday or Thursday.

I just received my interview invite - good luck to everyone else who's currently waiting!

I am a Round 2 applicant and received an interview invite a few minutes ago. Hope this helps anyone who is still waiting. Cambridge Judge is a school that I really like.

Congratulations krelian87

Judge usually has a quick turnaround for interviews. I was told by 2014 intake applicants that it takes maximum 4-5 business days and the on-campus interviews decisions are even faster, with a higher acceptance rate (3 out of 4).

I know Judge adcom team had few changes (Quits & new hires) in the past few weeks. I think the phone interviews are still going on for another week. And with the recent Judge MBA ranking news, for sure there is a significant increase in the number of applications. So decisions will take longer than before.

My experience: I applied in R1. My interview was over the phone on a Friday. The interviewer told me that I will hear back in 3-4 bsns days. I didn't receive a decision in that time frame. 6 bsns days after my interview, I reached out to my adcom POC and he told the unofficial WL decision. I got the official letter a day or two after.

I would suggest that If you did your interview in campus and you didn't hear back by COB Tuesday, then the first thing you should do on Wednesday is to contact the admissions committee

Good luck everyone

Give it another week or two

It seems like I've been shortlisted for the interview. Wonderful news

I think that if Judge is one of your top choices, you should probably go. Judge doesn't do "Admit Weekends" after you get in; that aspect is covered the day-before and day-of your interview. Also, it's a strong indicator of interest to fly all the way to visit Cambridge.

That being said, I don't think that doing the phone interview will harm your application aside from usual phone vs. in-person interviewing challenges.

I visited Cambridge for my interview and found the experience to be much more than I expected. I don't think it would hurt your chances. But it will let you know how you'd feel if you decide to go so that is worth your investment on one hand. On the other just visiting a school that is 800 years old and that has has Newton and Darwin on its campus is worth the trip.

Best regards and good luck,

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