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23 Jan 2013, 19:47
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I'm in a comparable position as far as dates. Based on other profiles in this forum, it looks like 4-5 weeks is a good ballpark for when interview invites go out.
24 Jan 2013, 01:56
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Hi all,
Throwing this out in case anyone is (or knows of others) in similar situation.
I'm a RD applicant and just received an offer from Columbia yesterday. The first deposit of $2K is due in approx. a month's time, but I'm waiting for H/S (applied just 3 schools I definitely want to attend). Obviously if I get dinged by H next week it makes it easier to proceed but I will not hear definitively from S till official notification in Apr. I would definitely want to make up my mind after laying out the options.
Does anyone know what may be an better alternative to spending $2K to "reserve" a spot?
Just to quickly sum up my experience for the benefit of everyone:
1/ Timing - submitted first week of Dec'12, interview invite came over Christmas, interviewed 2nd week of Jan, report submitted same week and heard back just yesterday. Kudos to a very efficient process that took less than 2 months from submission.
2/ Interview - cannot agree more with the importance on choice of interviewer. Though we were supposed to contact interviewers in the specific order, I picked the last name on the list as I thought she had a very different background from me, and would appreciate the diversity. I hear those who root for interviewers with similar backgrounds, but my gut sense is that the competitive streak in MBAs would probably not work in your favour. E.g. if you interview someone with a very similar profile as yours (in terms of where you grew up, educational opportunities, current industry, future aspirations), you would probably be picking nits on why this candidate is not better than you, and questioning his/her story.
I was very fortunate as I had great chemistry with my interviewer; she's a local entrepreneur now working in my home country (whereas I'm an expat worker here in her country). Not much older than I am, but well, she's a CEO and I'm nothing. We had a great conversation - I ended up advising her on elementary schools for her kids in my home country!
All the best.
Throwing this out in case anyone is (or knows of others) in similar situation.
I'm a RD applicant and just received an offer from Columbia yesterday. The first deposit of $2K is due in approx. a month's time, but I'm waiting for H/S (applied just 3 schools I definitely want to attend). Obviously if I get dinged by H next week it makes it easier to proceed but I will not hear definitively from S till official notification in Apr. I would definitely want to make up my mind after laying out the options.
Does anyone know what may be an better alternative to spending $2K to "reserve" a spot?
Just to quickly sum up my experience for the benefit of everyone:
1/ Timing - submitted first week of Dec'12, interview invite came over Christmas, interviewed 2nd week of Jan, report submitted same week and heard back just yesterday. Kudos to a very efficient process that took less than 2 months from submission.
2/ Interview - cannot agree more with the importance on choice of interviewer. Though we were supposed to contact interviewers in the specific order, I picked the last name on the list as I thought she had a very different background from me, and would appreciate the diversity. I hear those who root for interviewers with similar backgrounds, but my gut sense is that the competitive streak in MBAs would probably not work in your favour. E.g. if you interview someone with a very similar profile as yours (in terms of where you grew up, educational opportunities, current industry, future aspirations), you would probably be picking nits on why this candidate is not better than you, and questioning his/her story.
I was very fortunate as I had great chemistry with my interviewer; she's a local entrepreneur now working in my home country (whereas I'm an expat worker here in her country). Not much older than I am, but well, she's a CEO and I'm nothing. We had a great conversation - I ended up advising her on elementary schools for her kids in my home country!
All the best.
I hope you have better luck with other interviews 
and I wanted to check with you all on if this kind of length would be OK. I personally think that this is very long. 4 pages should be more than good. My recommender is trying to cite example for questions like "List three to five adjectives describing applicants strengths" Giving examples for all three to four adjectives is making this letter very long.
