Cornell - Johnson Graduate School of Management - Class of 2015 (Matriculating 2013) Ask Johnson's Admissions Team - Johnson's Admissions Team Joins GMAT Club forums to answer questions about the application process & MBA Program https://www.bschooladmissionsformula.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/be2c9_johnson-school_erik-jaeger1.jpg Cornell Johnson Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2014) Application Tracker Feed Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Cornell Johnson to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Deadlines: Round 1: October 17, 2012 Round 2: November 28, 2012 Round 3: January 30, 2013 Round 4: March 27, 2013 Decision by: Round 1: December 19, 2012 Round 2: February 20, 2013 Round 3: April 3, 2013 Round 4: April 24, 2013 Rankings (2012 GMAT Club Rankings Table) US News 2011 #18 BusinessWeek 2008 #11 Historical GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2012 - Calling All Cornell (Johnson) Applicants Fall 2011 - Calling All Cornell (Johnson) Applicants Fall 2010 - Calling All Cornell (Johnson) Applicants Fall 2009 - Calling All Cornell (Johnson) Applicants Fall 2008 - Calling All Cornell (Johnson) Applicants Fall 2007 - Calling All Cornell (Johnson) Applicants Popular Links Programs Offered at Cornell (Johnson) Cornell (Johnson) Employment Reports Notable Alumni Essays: The questions are divided into three parts: Part I: Career Choice Essay (300 word maximum) How would you characterize your career since college? This is not your job description or complete history of your work since graduating (we already ask for that in the online portion and can see this on your resume). You need to choose the most important elements that show your initiative, contribution, leadership and results achieved. Part II: Career Goal Essay (400 word maximum) Tell us about your short and long term career goals. Please show you have a clear direction for your goal post-MBA. Good essays will emphasize what an applicant wants to do while at Johnson and how you will use this experience to accomplish your goal. Part III: Character Essay (400 word maximum for chosen question), please choose one of the following to write about: a. You are the author for the book of Your Life Story. Please write the table of contents for the book. Note: Approach this essay with your unique style. We value creativity and authenticity. b. Describe a situation taken from your personal or professional life where you failed and tell us what you learned. c. What does diversity mean to you and how will you contribute to the diversity of our community at Johnson? Class Profile, Employment Report, and History: https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Two-Yea ... Facts.aspx

e Many pages in this forum are not filled with decision notifications but discussion about what food to eat in Ithaca, what car to drive & so on! So don't judge by the number of pages. BTW, when did Cornell admissions process become rolling!! For R2 deadline was 20th feb. they just overshot it by a week or so in your case. When schools have set dates to announce results, there is usually a spike of activity around those dates & then it remains quiet. It should be the opposite for a 'rolling' admissions process, isn't it? Anyways, there is no denying that Johnson is way behind schedule & activity here is pretty low especially after R1.

Here's an interview Accepted.com did with a current Johnson student https://blog.accepted.com/2013/03/08/cornell-johnson-mba-interview-with-david-schuette/ Also, it looks like money9111 is video blogging for mba.com https://money9111.blogspot.com/#!/2013/03/mbacom-video-blog.html Congrats!

Any R3 US applicants get an interview yet (2 year, not AMBA)?

Nobody has posted so far. Only the international students have received invites.

Anyone else surprised at David's final two choices of HBS and Johnson? One would think that perhaps a school such as Tuck would be factored into his list if he were solely looking at professional and personal fit, especially a school with a tight-knit community. Speaking of reaching out to alums, I have had at least 3 phone calls with Johnson alumnis in the past several weeks and they have all been extremely helpful, available, and also very honest about Johnson and Ithaca. I don't know how difficult / atypical it is at other schools but I have experienced first-hand what David was alluding to when he wrote: "It was a huge draw to hear that at any point in time, even after graduation, I would be able to reach out to a Johnson alum and they would make time to talk with me." He also mentioned marketing as a strength for Cornell - this is not the first time I've heard this which is very encouraging to hear. Nevertheless, it is a bit disappointing (as subjective as rankings may be) to not see Johnson ranked in U.S. News's Top 11 for Marketing.

Eh, I wouldn't put any stock at all in specialty rankings. Although it would have been nice to see Johnson jump up a few spots overall, I think they belong in that 10-16 group one way or another (with stern, ross, fuqua, yale, anderson, and darden). I agree, HBS and Johnson seems odd, I would expect Tuck to be on there as well... I mean, I applied to both schools for similar reasons. Either way, it's nice to see such enthusiasm about Johnson, and a reconfirmation about their strength in marketing.

So i just got to thinking about the lack of interview invite reports going out and I've concluded that it is probably a good thing. On any normal day throughout application season the adcom has to split their time between interviews and reading new applications. As much as I'd love to think that they can easily switch between the two sides there is considerable mental drain that occurs when you are constantly switching between tasks. By taking the time to focus on reading all applications now (supposing this is what they are doing) and then sending out invitations in batches, later, they will more objectively consider this round of applicants. Well, at least thats my thought for today.