Foster (UWashington) Class of 2016 - Calling all applicants!

15th, according to their site (https://www.foster.washington.edu/academ ... sions.aspx), but if it's like R1, you might hear a few days earlier. R1 had a Sunday "Receive Notification" date, but applicants started hearing on Thursday.

I asked Erin about it, she asked me to check emails often, as result may come earlier.

I've got an email that I am admitted to the program 30minutes ago!
good luck to everyone!

Got admitted 90 miniutes ago. Best luck to all the applicants.

Just wanted to let folks know - I was admitted in Rd 2 (got the call a few hours ago). I would be interested in meeting others who are pretty serious about attending Foster and are in the Seattle area! I am in tech consulting but interested in switching gears into operations and strategy consulting. I know it's early , but I want to get started on case interview prep, so if you're also thinking of this post school, I am looking for practice buddies
My name is Paras, btw. Good luck to all still waiting for responses or in the app process.

I just logged in to my application and it says "Application Status: Offer" but I didn't get a call or email yet. I was without cell service a few times the last couple days, but still find it odd there was no voicemail or anything. In any case, Woohoo!!

Hi crackHSW, thanks for your time in helping prospective Foster MBAs. I have been accepted and 95% will be attending unless i hear from other schools. Can you tell me different roles that are offered in the tech space? I hear that Product Management and Product Marketing are the predominant ones, but i am curious to know if any tech consulting (Deloitte etc) and tech strategy ( like Emerson has) figure in the scheme of things?

Also, if you can throw some light on TA/RA once i land up in Seattle. I have not been offered any scholarship so need to know if there are any avenues on campus to make some $$$.

Finally, can you tell me the full 2 year tuition? The website mentions the first year fees as 57K. Is it the same for the second year?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Hey,

Thanks for reaching out .

So here are the different roles in Tech companies :

Product Management
Product marketing manager
Business Planner
Product Planner

The roles vary according to the firm. For example MS will have something on the lines of

Product marketing manager
Business Planner
Product Planner

whereas AMZ would have Product management. Every tech firm has the definition of Product management somewhat twisted. In the tech powerhouses such as Google and Apple PM would be more technical roles than AMZ or MS.

Deloitte comes to Foster for its S&O role , so I am pretty sure a tech consulting should not be difficult. Recent Foster grads have had Deloitte S&O offers and tech consulting roles both. Emerson , I have not heard of it but i will check and get back to you.

For the first year the course load will kill you , so even though you might need $$$ , the time constraints are super heavy and when I say super heavy I mean stretch a day to 30 hours and you will still be in want of more hours. Having said that , after 2 quarters of grind you should have some avenues , such as the fellowships etc. TA/RA are typically available after the first quarter , but most of the students typically don't take it because from 2nd quarter students are pretty busy with internship hunt. The hunt is pretty time consuming.

The first year expense would be anywhere close to 55K (43K+living+books+case studies). Your two year fee would be 55K*2 , but hang on after the 3rd quarter of first year I have not seen many people putting money into the program. Typically people continue their summer internship part time, become TA/RA and earn enough to buy cars . So you should be fine in after 9-10 months of the MBA program.


Let me know if you have any more queries. Happy to help...

hi, are there any admitted international students who have been offered scholarship?

Anyone in the US receive interview invite yet for round 3? Thanks!

I literally received my interview invite 10 minutes ago. Very pumped. Now I need to decide whether to travel to Seattle or meet with the rep they are sending to DC. Any thoughts?

Have you been to Seattle yet? I decided to interview on campus (I'm an east coaster, as well) so I could have the opportunity to sit in on a class and meet up with an ambassador to get to know even more about the program. If you're able to schedule your interview toward the end of February you can have it coincide with a shadow day and if not, email the ambassador program and they should be able to set you up with a host (my interview did not coincide with any events so I sat in on a class about an hour, spent a half hour or so talking about the program with my host, had an hour break, and interviewed that same afternoon). There's something to be said about visiting the campus and the city. Visiting campus helped me with my interview.

Good luck!

Found out this morning via email that I have been invited to interview! Very excited! Bizschoolorbust, if you have never been out to UW I also highly recommend you interview on campus. I am a little biased because I went to UG there, but it truly is one of the most beautiful college campuses I have ever been on. The new Paccar building is also really impressive and all other things being equal, could tip the scales on your decision.

Good luck everyone!

I received one last Friday. Really excited!

Interview invite; Indian applicant.

I can see MANY Skype slots available - hang in there, guys and girls!

Updated the application status of most members from their posts in this thread! We should get a better perspective of the stats now.

Hi Paladin, I had my skype interview last night. They had my essays and resume with them. Most of the questions were sort of followup to my application.I didn't receive any unexpected/tricky questions at all.

Why now? Why Foster? Couple of questions on my undergraduate degree. How did I get to my current job? How did i get a particular internship? What do I do for fun? etc?

Good Luck