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VoyagerII and any current students involved with this thread : How are the job offers this season at UIUC? Looking good?

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27 Jan 2015, 02:30

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So what do you guys think about the recent FT ranking of UIUC? Did the school say anything about it?

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I know it might be a little early to ask, anyone apply to R2 got interview invite yet?

Hi I applied on January 18th. Haven't heard a word from them till now.

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So what do you guys think about the recent FT ranking of UIUC? Did the school say anything about it?

I thought the rankings were interesting, with our UIUC sliding down to 71, from 44! I don't know the FT's ranking methodology, because as far as the program in concerned, really nothing has changed. Or one could look at it and say that all the other schools improved, by magnitudes? Tippie, the University Iowa did improve. Juxtapose the FT rankings with the Businessweek rankings from last year, and the picture gets messy. I guess we will have to wait and see when the authoritative US News & World Report shows up in March.

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29 Jan 2015, 01:20

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Did anyone receive interview invite for R2?

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VoyagerII and any other current students - Can a MBA student at UIUC take any computer science classes, say I am interested in data science, does the program allow students to take data science classes from the computer science department (college from Engineering at UIUC) when they are actually MBA students from the College of Business?

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VoyagerII and any other current student - I have my interview in the next 36 hours, and the above question is going to be very much relevant during my interview, so any insight on the question above will go a long way towards securing an admit at UIUC.

Thanks in advance for all the help.

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VoyagerII and any other current students - Can a MBA student at UIUC take any computer science classes, say I am interested in data science, does the program allow students to take data science classes from the computer science department (college from Engineering at UIUC) when they are actually MBA students from the College of Business?

During your second year, you can take any-graduate level class you fancy. People have taken dance, art, russian, astronomy, etc classes. So, if you want to take comp. science classes, you can do so. You can take as many as needed to fulfil credits for graduation.

Good luck with the interview....

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VoyagerII Thanks for the info..... Lets see how it goes.

My interviewer is Serena. Hope things go well.....

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Hello everyone,

I received an interview invitation. I have my interview in couple of days. Can anyone share his/her experience? Is there any case interview? What kind of questions mat I expect? This my first MBA interview so I'm a little bit frustrated. I'm an international applicant. Thanks in advance.

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Hello everyone,

I received an interview invitation. I have my interview in couple of days. Can anyone share his/her experience? Is there any case interview? What kind of questions mat I expect? This my first MBA interview so I'm a little bit frustrated. I'm an international applicant. Thanks in advance.

Hey
when did you apply here? and do you mind sharing your profile?
I applied on January 15th. but haven't heard anything from them till now

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VoyagerII and any other current students - Can a MBA student at UIUC take any computer science classes, say I am interested in data science, does the program allow students to take data science classes from the computer science department (college from Engineering at UIUC) when they are actually MBA students from the College of Business?

During your second year, you can take any-graduate level class you fancy. People have taken dance, art, russian, astronomy, etc classes. So, if you want to take comp. science classes, you can do so. You can take as many as needed to fulfil credits for graduation.

Good luck with the interview....

Had my interview 3 hours ago and got an admit with $$$ 15 minutes after the interview!!!!

Thanks a lot VoyagerII for encouraging me to apply when I had less than average Work Ex and was skeptical of applying for the MBA program....and thanks to everyone else on this forum for your posts. This thread has been a Godsend. Thanks again guys!

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VoyagerII and any other current students - Can a MBA student at UIUC take any computer science classes, say I am interested in data science, does the program allow students to take data science classes from the computer science department (college from Engineering at UIUC) when they are actually MBA students from the College of Business?

During your second year, you can take any-graduate level class you fancy. People have taken dance, art, russian, astronomy, etc classes. So, if you want to take comp. science classes, you can do so. You can take as many as needed to fulfil credits for graduation.

Good luck with the interview....

Had my interview 3 hours ago and got an admit with $$$ 15 minutes after the interview!!!!

Thanks a lot VoyagerII for encouraging me to apply when I had less than average Work Ex and was skeptical of applying for the MBA program....and thanks to everyone else on this forum for your posts. This thread has been a Godsend. Thanks again guys!

15 minutes???? how is that possible.????
BTW congrats mate

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kpsg Thanks, I was shocked too and read the mail like 25 times atleast.... Here I was assessing the interview experience (and feeling good about the whole process)....and BAM!!! Especially considering the fact that I am an Indian male applicant from Round 2... :D

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VoyagerII and any other current students - Can a MBA student at UIUC take any computer science classes, say I am interested in data science, does the program allow students to take data science classes from the computer science department (college from Engineering at UIUC) when they are actually MBA students from the College of Business?

During your second year, you can take any-graduate level class you fancy. People have taken dance, art, russian, astronomy, etc classes. So, if you want to take comp. science classes, you can do so. You can take as many as needed to fulfil credits for graduation.

Good luck with the interview....

Had my interview 3 hours ago and got an admit with $$$ 15 minutes after the interview!!!!

Thanks a lot VoyagerII for encouraging me to apply when I had less than average Work Ex and was skeptical of applying for the MBA program....and thanks to everyone else on this forum for your posts. This thread has been a Godsend. Thanks again guys!

Congruts! I had predicted your chance of getting in at 96%

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Like indicated elsewhere:
- admission decisions/interview invites, are 'rolling' not based on application deadline
- all members of the committee are here on campus, so...there is no impediment giving decisions right away (the committee is very small now, few members). Small = 1, at most, 3.

Anyway, good luck!

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VoyagerII I have not received interview invite till now. R2 applicant. 2 years work ex. Do you think i still may get one or are all the invites for R2 gone out?

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VoyagerII and any other current students - Can a MBA student at UIUC take any computer science classes, say I am interested in data science, does the program allow students to take data science classes from the computer science department (college from Engineering at UIUC) when they are actually MBA students from the College of Business?

During your second year, you can take any-graduate level class you fancy. People have taken dance, art, russian, astronomy, etc classes. So, if you want to take comp. science classes, you can do so. You can take as many as needed to fulfil credits for graduation.

Good luck with the interview....

Had my interview 3 hours ago and got an admit with $$$ 15 minutes after the interview!!!!

Thanks a lot VoyagerII for encouraging me to apply when I had less than average Work Ex and was skeptical of applying for the MBA program....and thanks to everyone else on this forum for your posts. This thread has been a Godsend. Thanks again guys!

WOW congrats on the acceptance! among all of the things I like about UIUC near the top of that list is the unconventional adcom. If they are the ones who decide on program direction I think there will be good things on the future.

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