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Just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of you on this forum! I'm thankful for having a place to share the joys and frustrations of this whole MBA application process. Good luck to all that still have interviews coming up and let's pray that we all get a good decision on Dec 17th!!!

Hope everyone has a good thanksgiving. I had my interview recently and it was very conversational. The adcom member was very friendly and very knowledgable. Standard questions started the interview (walk through resume, why Mba?, why now?, why Johnson?). Then we talked a lot about my my professional experiences, decisions I've made, difficulties I've overcome, examples of leadership, and what I valued most about the work I do. One question threw me off a bit, "is there anything that you want me to ask you?" Simple right? I wasn't expecting it though. I told her I wanted to make sure she understood my motives for staying in my industry post mba. In case anyone is curious, the admissions office said they would be sending notifications via email or online portal, no calls on dev 17. Posted from my mobile device

according to last year's thread, some of the interviewers will have both resume and review committee's notes at hand during the interview. is it the same this year? do they specifically mention that they have a review note from the adcom?

The adcom member said she had notes from my application but didn't review my app.

I am traveling to Ithaca next week. What is a good place to stay there?

You can actually stay right on campus at the Statler, however it can be pricey. There's also a Best Western not far away from campus and then there's a few places in downtown including a Hilton. The most budget friendly however I think is the Super 8 near the Wegmans however it's a little ways from campus and it'd probably be best if you had a car. I'd say try for the Hilton because it's downtown and very close to the commons and so you can walk around and check out that area while you're in town. It'll probably give you a good glimpse of life in Ithaca.

In for R2. The Table of Content essay is gonna be one fun nut to crack Edit : spelling

I actually did AirBnb, which was cheaper and much nicer than any of the hotel/motel options in the area. I highly recommend

Good Luck! I thought that essay was a fun and unique essay compared to a lot of the other "typical" b-school essays. It also gave me a great opportunity to showcase who I really am and let me be more creative. I actually found the character limit just right on that one and the others for the Johnson application. Let us know how it goes!