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Applied for Jan 4th deadline. Application status change to under review.

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Hello everyone ,

I am planning to apply to Olin by the R4 deadline . I would like to know if there are any chances of being awarded good scholarships at this stage. Also I have a bachelor's degree in engineering (BE) , so apart from the BE transcripts do I need to upload any other transcripts/marksheets?

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My guess is that there will be some scholarships in that round too. And yes, uploading BE transcripts will do.

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My guess is that there will be some scholarships in that round too. And yes, uploading BE transcripts will do.

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Hello GMATCLUB Members,

We are bringing a webinar with Q&A as well as chats with current students focused on the Waitlisted Applicants.
The first event of this series is Webinar conducted by Admissionado's Founder and HBS Alum Jon Frank. Jon will share his suggestions followed by a Q&A session. This is your opportunity to ask your specific questions. The webinar will take place on 31st January 2014, Friday, 9 AM PST.

We shall also be conducting chat sessions with some Current students from various schools who were successfully admitted from a waitlist so you can learn what to expect from the process, what worked for them, and what it takes. These chats shall take place in our Chat Room. We will release the times & Dates (all will be the first week of February)

Webinar Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/pjoin/531329318/105379349
EDIT: new link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/531329318
If you are on a waitlist - you do NOT want to miss these!

The webinar and chats are free. There will be a 30-minute Q&A session at the end of the Webinar on Friday Jan 31st at 9 AM PST - join to have your questions answered.

Thank You!

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I just got a call this afternoon saying I'd been accepted to Olin!!! Has anyone else from Round 2 heard yet? I can't believe the turnaround was so fast!

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I just got a call this afternoon saying I'd been accepted to Olin!!! Has anyone else from Round 2 heard yet? I can't believe the turnaround was so fast!

Wow. Congrats. When did you interview? My application status is still submitted! Can you share the interview experience?

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Waitlisted folks,

There's a last minute change in the webinar registration url. Use the following link to attend the webinar tomorrow. Also, the webinar is limited to 100 participants. So please reserve your seat asap.

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/531329318

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just got a call last night - accepted

pretty much one day after interview

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I just got a call this afternoon saying I'd been accepted to Olin!!! Has anyone else from Round 2 heard yet? I can't believe the turnaround was so fast!

Wow. Congrats. When did you interview? My application status is still submitted! Can you share the interview experience?

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Thanks Prodizy. To clarify my earlier post, I actually applied to round 3 for Olin (most other schools is round 2 at this time). I interviewed with them here in Boston on the 14th of Jan so it was a very quick turnaround.

The interview experience was great. It was very conversational and many of the questions were expected --strengths, weaknesses, examples of teamwork, how I handled issues in the workplace, what I do in my free time etc. It was very relaxed.

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I just got a call this afternoon saying I'd been accepted to Olin!!! Has anyone else from Round 2 heard yet? I can't believe the turnaround was so fast!

Wow. Congrats. When did you interview? My application status is still submitted! Can you share the interview experience?

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Thanks for sharing. I see lot of schools in your profile. All the best with them

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just got a call last night - accepted

pretty much one day after interview

Congrats Ashriel

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To all of the admitted students who will be joining Olin (Or have a high probability of doing so).

Please join the facebook group of "Olin Class of 2016"

https://www.facebook.com/groups/247808592063674/

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!	Join us for a chat with several current students who have been admitted from WL last year. When: Tue Feb 4th at 9 AM PST Where: GMAT Club Chat

The recording of the Getting off a Waitlist Webinar is now available on Youtube:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Lo8LAfOIQ[/youtube]

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Hi fellow applicants,

My application status right now is "In review with admission committee". I am not sure when it was changed. Anyway, if I were to get an interview invite, what's the timeline? How long it will take to get an interview call after status changed to review.

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Hey man, mine has been in the same status for several days now (maybe 2+ weeks.. IDK).
Let's keep our fingers crossed, shall we!

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Anyone received interview call for round 3...its been long long wait!!

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Anyone received interview call for round 3...its been long long wait!!

I received an interview invite last weekend. I was able to interview last week and heard back this week that I have been accepted. Very fast turnaround time!

Given how quickly they move after the interview I would expect there are still many more invites coming out this round.

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I have been getting similar queries from many applicants on PM... so I thought of just pasting a couple of most frequent answers directly on this thread so it could help everyone make an informed decision..

1. How is career placements in different areas:

Ans: Corporate strategy, leadership development programs, corporate finance, marketing -- Strong
IB --- Poor
Consulting -- Moderate (Number of companies- but not the topmost)

2. How is curriculum?

Ans: Curriculum is quite flexible.. so even though I have opted for consulting platform, I was able to tailor my second semester as per my needs. Although first semester had core courses in finance, marketing, operation, accounting, economics and strategy that one MUST take irrespective of platforms. In general, courses in strategy (General management & Consulting Platform) are great, in my opinion. There is a particular strategy professor this semester who is amazingly impressive. He worked with Mckinsey in their strategy division as subject matter expert for 9 yrs. Most of the classes are great, specially because of some excellent professors. I bet u could ask any student about first semester teachers like Prof Fields or Prof Chayet and u would get same response.. In addition this semester I am also doing a real life market strategy project for one of the biggest manufacturing companies in the world..

3. How do you find the career center and how are their services?

Ans: Career center is extremely helpful. now on this opinions would vary from person to person, but if u know how to use resources to ur best advantage u can get a lot out of it. I did. Career center organizes couple of career fairs pretty early in the fall semester where u get a chance to network with companies. Of course - u need to go out there and network! Apart from that, u could schedule meetings with career advisers from specific platforms for anything - career advice, mock interview, case practice etc. Most of them even go out of their way to help u.. Once again- u need to be proactive to use these services..

Also to put career placements in perspective.... Some data from Poets & quants...

https://poetsandquants.com/2013/12/06/be ... acement/4/

4. How are the internship opportunities? Which consulting companies can someone at Olin target?

Ans: There are plenty of consulting companies that come to campus including boutique firms. However as I mentioned earlier MBB wont come to campus for grads, probably also because of very small class size.. MBB come to campus career fairs only for undergrads... On the other hand Deloitte, ATK, Booz come to campus every year for internship as well as full time...
Also a word of caution here - most of the boutique firms will not sponsor international students.. so i'm not sure how does that apply to u.. i mean it depends on whether u have work authorization..

Apart from consulting - there are tons of finance (JP Morgan, Chase bank, Wells Fargo, Citi), marketing (Nestle Purina, Amazon, Kimberly Clark, P&G, Pepsico), operations (Boeing, Emerson) and technology (Mastercard) internships too. These are few among the ones that have already been on campus this year for internship.. Most if not all of the listed ones are open for internationals..
Having said that- u still need to crack interviews.. there are 2-7 rounds of interviews in various companies even for internships.. but thats a usual practice in US..

Last year everyone had internships.. this year there's still 4 months to go and therefore official stats r not out yet...It is naturally easier for domestic students to get more/earlier offers because of work authorization status..

5. I got admit.. I have time.. what should i do? should i retake Gmat? Should I prepare for coursework?

Ans: Most of the colleges send a mandatory coursework in stats, accounting and finance before college begins.. so u dont need to worry about these... for other courses that u r going to study in college, there is no point in studying now.. you'll anyway be doing plenty of assignments during the course...
Regarding GMAT.. colleges look at that to award scholarships.. and companies (Only few consulting companies) for filtering... its ur call.. but it could be time consuming and depending upon where u r right now in the process may or may not be worth it..
Another thing.. very important.. connect with alumni in ur target companies.. if u r admitted to X school.. try to find any X alumni in those companies and network.. earlier the better.. Nothing works like networking for jobs in US...

Hope it helps u guys make a better decision..

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Hey Vips,

Thanks for the excellent post. Really helpful.

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I have been getting similar queries from many applicants on PM... so I thought of just pasting a couple of most frequent answers directly on this thread so it could help everyone make an informed decision..

1. How is career placements in different areas:

Ans: Corporate strategy, leadership development programs, corporate finance, marketing -- Strong
IB --- Poor
Consulting -- Moderate (Number of companies- but not the topmost)

2. How is curriculum?

Ans: Curriculum is quite flexible.. so even though I have opted for consulting platform, I was able to tailor my second semester as per my needs. Although first semester had core courses in finance, marketing, operation, accounting, economics and strategy that one MUST take irrespective of platforms. In general, courses in strategy (General management & Consulting Platform) are great, in my opinion. There is a particular strategy professor this semester who is amazingly impressive. He worked with Mckinsey in their strategy division as subject matter expert for 9 yrs. Most of the classes are great, specially because of some excellent professors. I bet u could ask any student about first semester teachers like Prof Fields or Prof Chayet and u would get same response.. In addition this semester I am also doing a real life market strategy project for one of the biggest manufacturing companies in the world..

3. How do you find the career center and how are their services?

Ans: Career center is extremely helpful. now on this opinions would vary from person to person, but if u know how to use resources to ur best advantage u can get a lot out of it. I did. Career center organizes couple of career fairs pretty early in the fall semester where u get a chance to network with companies. Of course - u need to go out there and network! Apart from that, u could schedule meetings with career advisers from specific platforms for anything - career advice, mock interview, case practice etc. Most of them even go out of their way to help u.. Once again- u need to be proactive to use these services..

4. How are the internship opportunities? Which consulting companies can someone at Olin target?

Ans: There are plenty of consulting companies that come to campus including boutique firms. However as I mentioned earlier MBB wont come to campus for grads, probably also because of very small class size.. MBB come to campus career fairs only for undergrads... On the other hand Deloitte, ATK, Booz come to campus every year for internship as well as full time...
Also a word of caution here - most of the boutique firms will not sponsor international students.. so i'm not sure how does that apply to u.. i mean it depends on whether u have work authorization..

Apart from consulting - there are tons of finance (JP Morgan, Chase bank, Wells Fargo, Citi), marketing (Nestle Purina, Amazon, Kimberly Clark, P&G, Pepsico), operations (Boeing, Emerson) and technology (Mastercard) internships too. These are few among the ones that have already been on campus this year for internship.. Most if not all of the listed ones are open for internationals..
Having said that- u still need to crack interviews.. there are 2-7 rounds of interviews in various companies even for internships.. but thats a usual practice in US..

Last year everyone had internships.. this year there's still 4 months to go and therefore official stats r not out yet...It is naturally easier for domestic students to get more/earlier offers because of work authorization status..

5. I got admit.. I have time.. what should i do? should i retake Gmat? Should I prepare for coursework?

Ans: Most of the colleges send a mandatory coursework in stats, accounting and finance before college begins.. so u dont need to worry about these... for other courses that u r going to study in college, there is no point in studying now.. you'll anyway be doing plenty of assignments during the course...
Regarding GMAT.. colleges look at that to award scholarships.. and companies (Only few consulting companies) for filtering... its ur call.. but it could be time consuming and depending upon where u r right now in the process may or may not be worth it..
Another thing.. very important.. connect with alumni in ur target companies.. if u r admitted to X school.. try to find any X alumni in those companies and network.. earlier the better.. Nothing works like networking for jobs in US...

Hope it helps u guys make a better decision..