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Application Dates for 2013 January 2013 October 3, 2012 August 2013 Early Decision October 3, 2012 August 2013 Merit Fellowship Consideration January 9, 2013 August 2013 Regular Decision April 10, 2013 Rankings (2012 GMAT Club Rankings Table) US News 2011 #8 Executive MBA #5 Finance #4 International #5 Management #10 Marketing #9 Nonprofit #8 Production/Operations #8 Bloomberg Businessweek #1 Financial Times #12 The Economist #2 Historical GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2012 - Calling All CBS Applicants Fall 2011 - Calling All CBS Applicants Fall 2010 - Calling All CBS Applicants Fall 2009 - Calling All CBS Applicants Fall 2008 - Calling All CBS Applicants Fall 2007 - Calling All CBS Applicants Popular Links Programs Offered at CBS CBS Employment Reports Notable Alumni Essay Questions Short Answer Question: What is your immediate post-MBA professional goal? (200 characters maximum) Essay 1: A. Why are you pursuing an MBA at this point in your career, and how do you plan to achieve your immediate and long term post-MBA professional goals? (Maximum 500 words) B. Please view this video , entitled Community at Columbia. Diverse, tight-knit clusters and carefully selected learning teams are defining features of the first year at Columbia Business School. Along with more than 100 student organizations and countless events each semester, the cluster system helps to create a supportive and devoted lifelong community . Describe why you are interested in becoming a part of the Columbia community. (Maximum 250 words) Essay 2: Describe a personal experience and how it has influenced who you are today. This essay should have a personal rather than a professional focus. (Maximum 500 words) Optional Essay An optional fourth essay will allow you to discuss any issues that do not fall within the purview of the required essays. Recommendations All applications require two recommendations. If you have been working full-time for at least six months, one recommendation should be from your current supervisor. The second recommendation should be from either a former direct supervisor or from another professional associate, senior to you, who can add personal insight into your candidacy. Recommendation questions include: What is your relationship to and how long have you known the applicant? Is he or she still employed by your organization? Please list three to five adjectives describing the applicant’s strengths. Please compare the applicant’s performance to that of his or her peers. What does the applicant do best? If you were giving feedback to the applicant regarding his or her professional performance and personal effectiveness, in what areas would you suggest he or she work to improve? How does the applicant accept constructive criticism or handle conflicts? How effective are the applicant’s interpersonal skills in the workplace? 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Class Profile - Class entering 2011 (January and August) Applications Received -6669 Applicants Accepted -1062 Acceptance Rate - 16% Class Size - 751, divided into 11 clusters January Entry Class Size - 203, divided into 3 clusters August Entry Class Size - 548, divided into 8 clusters GMAT Scores (average) - 716 GMAT Scores (middle 80%) - 680–760 Undergraduate GPA (average) -3.5 Undergraduate GPA (middle 80%) - 3.1–3.8 Work Experience (average) - 5 years At Least One Year of Work Experience - 100% 28% Financial Services, 20% Consulting, 8% Marketing/Media, 8% Tech, 5% Military/Gov, 4% Healthcare, 4% Real Estate, 3% Non-Profit, 2% Energy, 1% Manufacturing, 11% Other 35% Social Sciences, 29% Business, 12% Engineering, 5% Sciences, 3% Technology, 1% Arts, 15% Other Re-Applicant Checklist (if applied last academic year) Submit a new application fee (US$250). Update the “Personal,” “Family,” “Employment,” “Education,” and “Extracurricular Activities” sections of the online application. 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05 Mar 2013, 10:22

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Dinged! I got the email yesterday around noon.

Applied 1/8
Invited 2/3
Interviewed 2/19
Feedback submitted 2/19
Decision 3/4

I was tepidly optimistic after my interviewer said he thought I’d be a great fit for CBS and would be recommending me, but that's obviously just one piece of the puzzle. I'm not sure what my decision would have been between Haas and CBS, but since my focus is Tech/Entrepreneurship Berkeley feels really natural for me. Congrats to all the admits and best of luck to everyone still waiting!

for your post mba goals, Berkeley is probably an even better fit for you than CBS.. Congrats!

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05 Mar 2013, 14:23

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Dinged. Emailed about 30 mins ago.

Interviewed 2/26 and feedback on 2/27.

This one stings. My other dings I more or less expected, but Columbia was my top choice and I really felt like I was a great fit there. Maybe I ought to wait til class of 2016. Oh well, so it goes. Best of luck to the rest of you.

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05 Mar 2013, 15:18

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Sorry to hear that chains! Looks like you've still got a few schools out there you are waiting to hear from, best of luck with them!

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Have any fellow waitlisters heard anything back lately? Its been a month and I'm starting to get a bit curious. :-D

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Finally I can type up this post...

ACCEPTED!!!

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06 Mar 2013, 09:25

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Finally I can type up this post...

ACCEPTED!!!

CONGRATS! More details please

timeline? When was your feedback submitted?
Fingers still anxiously crossed here!!

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Accepted!

Submitted 12/29, Interview Invite 1/23, Interview 2/13 (took awhile to schedule), Interview Feedback Submitted 2/22, Accepted! 3/4 (got a call and then a few emails)

Congrats to other admits, and good luck to those waiting!

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Sorry to hear that Chains. I saw your question in the Ask Columbia Admissions thread. The schools have to be very ambiguous in how they answer questions about individual people's chances. The reality is the Columbia seems to really like re-applicants. This jives with my personal experience as well as the information I received from friends and talking to admissions consultants when I decided where to apply my second time around. If you like Columbia I encourage you to re-apply and do it ED next time. Yield is important to top schools' rankings so showing a clear dedication to the school definitely helps.

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07 Mar 2013, 12:12

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Slow couple days...

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07 Mar 2013, 12:57

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chains1910

Maybe I'll see you at Georgetown. I just got dinged from Stern, so I believe Columbia will be dinging me soon. Well, good luck with Kellogg!

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Accepted! Yay! So pleased.

Here's my timeline:

1/9: Applied minutes before the deadline;
2/18: Received interview invitation;
2/26: Interviewed (a very informal and enjoyable 1.5 hour conversation at a coffee shop; the only "interview questions" I was really asked were to walk through my resume, "Why Columbia?," to discuss my future goals (specifically and generally), and to describe a few times when I'd faced "adversity" in my life);
2/27: Feedback submitted; and
3/7: Accepted (via telephone call from "Unknown," followed by an email a few minutes later; I was told that my online status would be updated later today with "next steps").

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Accepted! Yay! So pleased.

Good stuff -- huge congrats!

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When is the application cutoff? Could I still apply? The website is not really clear on the final possible submission date?

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When is the application cutoff? Could I still apply? The website is not really clear on the final possible submission date?

The site says April. There should be an exact date in the application system.

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When is the application cutoff? Could I still apply? The website is not really clear on the final possible submission date?

The site says April. There should be an exact date in the application system.

It says April 10th - https://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/mba/admissions/applynow

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Happy Friday!

Anyone who went to CBS admit day (or weekend?) who can comment on the experience? Is it a day or couple of days? What events did they have? And anyone know when the next upcoming event is?

Thanks :-)

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So just wanted to share a bit about my interview. I interviewed in New York, at the offices of my interviewer. He was incredibly smart, friendly and outgoing, and really seemed interested in getting to know me and to help me understand more about Columbia. At one point we ended up talking about the Big Bang Theory and reality TV, which was fun. He was nice enough not to take notes during that part though

He did have a printout of the standard questions that Columbia asks and was taking notes on the back of it. The ones that he asked specifically that were not just covered in our general conversation about my goals and background were:

-Tell me about a time that you faced adversity (he clarified that this used to be "tell me about a time you faced an ethical question")
-Is Columbia your first choice? Where else did you apply?
-What will you do if you don't get accepted into business school

Overall, I had a great time talking to him about what I wanted to do, my career goals, and his experiences at Columbia. He was very enthusiastic about the school, and overall was a really wonderful ambassador for the program.

Plus he submitted my feedback the same afternoon as I interviewed. I'm glad that I managed to get my thank-you email in before he got his feedback in.

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Have you heard back?

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When is the application cutoff? Could I still apply? The website is not really clear on the final possible submission date?

The site says April. There should be an exact date in the application system.

It says April 10th - https://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/mba/admissions/applynow

Good catch!

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Have you heard back?

I actually just interviewed yesterday, so not quite.

My interviewer noted that the admissions office was trying out some new stuff this year (might also explain why the interview instructions were different for different people) and might be a bit slow. But that I should hear back in one to two weeks.