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Gies iMBA 2021 Applicants anyone?

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MiaS

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13 Jan 2021, 13:26

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Hi Y'all, I finished my interview yesterday and wish I can hear back soon! It's awesome to see we got a forum here!!

Hi how's it going with the interview? I haven't received the interview notice. How long did you get the message after applying?

I think 2 days after my last recommender submitted her recommendation letter. It was pretty fast.

The interview is pretty straight forward, I think it last 20 mins and most of the questions are around why you want an MBA, what's your strength etc

Hope you can hear back really soon!!

That's cool. Thank you, and I hope you succeed with the interview. Keep in touch.

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Just got the admission email today! I guess I'm officially in!

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Thanks everyone for your posts and information shared.

I am thinking of applying for fall 2021, possibly PAT route, mainly as I am not sure of time commitment.
For PAT approach, do we still need to go through standard application process? essay, letters of reco etc., ?

Also how can I find what the questions are for recommenders, so I can prepare letters for them before hand?

Thanks much in advance
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28 Jan 2021, 16:30

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Just got the admission email today! I guess I'm officially in!

Congrats! I also got the admission letter today. So we are the classmates now! Keep in touch.

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Hi Srini,

I highly recommend you to sign up for the live sessions hold by Gies College of Business every other week. There are admission officers answering questions via zoom. Also, you can email online@business.illinois.edu. They usually respond to your email within one week.

These help me to get the accurate information I want. I hope they are hopeful to you.

Best luck.

Mia

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Anyone joining Mar2021?

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Can anyone please share insights about this essay prompt:

For international students seeking employment in the United States, realizing that the US job market is extremely competitive and challenging, if unable to secure employment in the US, what are your alternative plan(s)?

Thanks

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Hi All,

Congrats to everyone who's in the program already. I'll have my interview on Friday. Those, who already had the interview, could you advise on what to expect?

Thanks and I hope we will be classmates.

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Hey,

Just wanted to help contribute since I found this forum very helpful. I was accepted into the Summer '21 iMBA program yesterday (yay).

I submitted my application 2/21
I was missing a recommendation letter only 2/3 at time of submission.
2/22- Illinois emailed me to let me know that my application was missing a recommendation and to let them know when I got it so the application would continue.
2/22- A couple hours later I received an invitation to interview scheduled it for 3/2 (first available)
3/2- Had a 20 min zoom interview, 3 mins were spent waiting or having connection issues.
1.) What are your goals during and after the iMBA program and how will the program help you achieve those goals?
2.) Tell me how you lead a team.
3.) What do you bring to the program?
Time for me to ask my own questions, I asked 3.
Completed the interview with what happens next. I will be informed of their decision by Friday night (3/5/21).
3/5 - Received admission to Gies.

Hope this helps someone, thanks for all of your posts.

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I have applied few weeks back and have an interview scheduled end of March. If everything goes well, I will be summer student.
Thanks!

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Hi everyone, Summer 2021 student here.

3/9 - Application submitted
3/19 - Final Letter of Recommendation submitted
3/20 - Invited to interview
3/26 - Interviewed*
4/1 - Received "Congrats! You're an Illini!" e-mail (hopefully not an April Fools joke)

* Interview questions were generally the same as everyone else in this thread (whose responses I used to prep for the interview, so very much appreciated!):
1) Why Gies?
2) What do you expect to gain from the program?
3) What is your experience working on remote teams?
4) How much time do you expect to commit to the program?

Good luck to everyone still applying, and looking forward to connecting with fellow students!

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Hello! i have my admission interview scheduled for April 16. Any ideas, what are the most asked question or what should I be expecting?

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Hi My name is Leo. I just received email confirmation about my acceptance to Spring 2021 cohort.
I would like to find my future classmates here (at least in application right now). We can share with each other about your thoughts or status.
Let me know under this thread!!

Is anyone planning to start earlier?
How many years do you plan to compete your degree?

Hi, Congrats. I am waiting. I applied a day ago.

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Hi all. Just applied last week. Great work experience including Big 4 consulting, 11 YOE, but low GPA (2.5). We shall see. For people posting in the future, hope you can provide your work experience and GPA along with your admit decision to help other applicants see who's getting in. Cheers

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Looking at some suggestions from current students or an alumni, when you started iMBA program, did you start with 2 courses?

If so, which ones? Planning to start slow and want to do good

Thanks for any tips and suggestions.

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Hi Everyone,

I got invited for an interview, any idea about what are questions could be asked?

Additionally, I am curious if does everyone normally receives an interview invitation once completely submitted the application or do they apply screening before sending an invite?

Thank you