Hey guys! Realized that there wasn't a thread for the 2021 intake for the full-time Ivey MBA program. Submitted my application on the 5th of January 2020. R1 Deadline was Jan 6th. Sharing future deadlines for the others: Application Round Deadline Round 1 January 6, 2020 Round 2 April 6, 2020 Round 3 July 13, 2020 Round 4* September 21, 2020 Round 5 November 9, 2020 Round 6 January 4, 2021 Sharing my feedback on the application process: Video Essay - Pretty straightforward. You have unlimited attempts at the practice questions. You get 2 questions randomly out of a pool of about 150 questions. My questions were - "What is the one thing about yourself that you haven't shared with us in the application" and "What would you do if a team member stopped responding to your calls? How would you respond to that?" The written essays seemed simple but it is a challenge to crisp this out to 250 words. You'll really know how little 250 words is, when you're writing this. If you've done your schooling and under graduation in English - PLEASE WRITE THE ELPT NOTE. I've seen many folks writing IELTS Academic/TOEFL for this. You don't have to if you can convince them that English has been your mode of communication during both academia and professional journies. Would love to hear about interview invites/dates etc from the others applying for this intake.

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Congrats on the admit DealMakerOne

The slack link is sent to you by the adcom team once you have accepted the admission. In case you haven't received the link within a week of your admission you could check with your admission POC.

Congrats again and looking forward to connect over slack!

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Hey,

Congrats everyone on the admits! Same story here.

Would love connecting on Slack, as I've heard it exists

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Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted! Any idea how many applicants have already been offered a place in the class?

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Hi, I am looking for a second mba. Please evaluate my profile.
My profile-
Indian , Age- 26
BTech -70.5 % Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Delhi
MBA -2.97/4.33 Indian Institute of Foreign
Trade, Delhi
Workex- 3.5 years by matriculation- Banking- International and Institutional Banking role in a Private sector Bank in India, Leader ship role
Extra curricular- senior editor of the Finance magazine of IIFT which has readership across all top colleges in India,1 year Volunteering experience , State Level Table tennis
GMAT score- 740
Reason for second mba- looking for a globally recognised mba to get a career jump. Want to work in consulting/financial services post mba.

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Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted! Any idea how many applicants have already been offered a place in the class?

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There should be about 60 odd folks by now in the cohort with accepted offers.

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Hey Khanna!

GMAT - Great!
Age - Fits well into the average bucket at Ivey.
2nd MBA - Not sure how many people have that in the current or past cohort, but you'll have to have a very compelling reason for this. Career Jump might not be the most convincing reason for that. You might have to think through this aspect a tad bit more.

Overall, the profile looks awesome. You might need to stitch a story together for why consulting and why a 2nd MBA now. Also - Leadership is not managerial at Ivey, but more on initiatives and other pieces that you've driven. Just a thought here!

Do DM me if incase you'd have any other pressing questions. Happy to help!

Cheers.

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Hi Everyone,

I have now received an email from the CMT regarding the interview slots but the next available slot is for Aug 25 !!!! :/

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Hi Everyone,

I have now received an email from the CMT regarding the interview slots but the next available slot is for Aug 25 !!!! :/

Same!! I just received it as well and the earliest slot is Aug 25th.
I guess they have a lot of interviews scheduled in the next 4 weeks.

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Same here, but only later, the latest slot available to me is 31st August. Though, I saw 3 options available there MBA6, MBA7 & MBA8. Presumably, a random pick for us to choose out interviewer. What options did you guys get, to pick from?

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Hi Everyone,

I have now received an email from the CMT regarding the interview slots but the next available slot is for Aug 25 !!!! :/

Same!! I just received it as well and the earliest slot is Aug 25th.
I guess they have a lot of interviews scheduled in the next 4 weeks.

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Hi Everyone,

I have now received an email from the CMT regarding the interview slots but the next available slot is for Aug 25 !!!! :/

Same!! I just received it as well and the earliest slot is Aug 25th.
I guess they have a lot of interviews scheduled in the next 4 weeks.

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Same options, I booked it for Aug 31.

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Hello Everyone,

Anybody looking to apply in Round-5 and yet to take the GMAT.
Also, what are the chances of getting an admission if applying in R-5 looking at the huge pool of applicants this year.

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Hello Everyone,

Anybody looking to apply in Round-5 and yet to take the GMAT.
Also, what are the chances of getting an admission if applying in R-5 looking at the huge pool of applicants this year.

Hi Utsav, Ivey technically has no definitive rounds. They evaluate applications on a rolling basis.
R5 deadline is critical for International students to give them enough time to apply and receive their study visa.

In terms of chances, Ivey usually says that an applicant is considered equally for admission and scholarships in each round.
However, I do resonate with your opinion of a huge pool of applications this year. Not sure if I can give you an estimate but others in this forum might be able to help!
Good luck with your application

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Hey all, quick question.

I'm looking to submit my application tonight, but the downside is my boss is currently on holidays and wont be back for 3 weeks. I know Ivey wants 'completed references must be received within two weeks of your application submission date.', but how hard are they on this rule? I really don't want to wait as I know this is year is more competitive than most, want to get my application in ASAP. I have yet to ask my other reference, but I know he'll be able to get it in before the two-week deadline.

Thanks!

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Hey!

Do let your Ad-Com SPOC know about the situation. They'll go through all the processes as it would. The dates for the interviews are at least 3 weeks away (Mine was 20 days, and that was in January). So this can come in after the interview too - but do let them know and keep them posted on this.

Hope this helps?

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With the large pool of applications now, R5 from India especially might be tricky. Would suggest you try making Round 4 happen. Is the GMAT waiver extended? If yes, you could apply and finish the processes and give the GMAT at a later date.

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Anybody looking to apply in Round-5 and yet to take the GMAT.
Also, what are the chances of getting an admission if applying in R-5 looking at the huge pool of applicants this year.

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Hello Everyone,

Anybody looking to apply in Round-5 and yet to take the GMAT.
Also, what are the chances of getting an admission if applying in R-5 looking at the huge pool of applicants this year.

Hi, I can confirm that the waiver is not extended.
I attended an info session ~2 weeks ago on July15th in which they confirmed that applications post R3 require a GMAT score.

Not sure if it has changed since. Hope this helps!

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Applied today. Now fingers crossed

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Hey Russthemann

Ivey is generally flexible with requirements as long as you keep them updated. Hence would suggest that you write to them explaining your situation prior to submitting the application and wait for their inputs.

Though on a personal note will recommend that you submit the application when it gets complete in all aspects or you have certainty of it being completed in couple of days. Just so that you present a complete picture to the Adcom.

Hope this helps.

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Does it makes sense to apply in ROUND 4. Are their enough seat left to consider an application. Or it is going to be very tough to be considered. Last date is 18 Aug 2020, yet to start working on application.

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Hey zs2,

Generally there is no downside to applying to Ivey in 4th round. They have rolling apps - and their scholarships also work pretty similarly in all rounds.
But, this year there have been a lot of competitive profiles and Ivey, like any other school, has seen a huge uptick in the applications. This situation might make it a bit more competitive to get into Ivey.

I would however suggest- talk to the Adcom. Reach out to them and get on a call and ask relevant questions around fit and applying in 4th round. If there is something in your profile that stands out, and if they haven't already seen a zs2 previously in this class, they will take you nonetheless.

Also, I cannot see where you belong to in your profile. If you are in the US/ Canada, it would not be a problem to apply in Round 4 at all, in terms of the seats left in the class. If you are from any other international country, you could still interact with the adcom and get a sense of whether you have a good chance this year.

Hope this helps.
All the best!

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