Hello to all this year Oxbridge applicants! Even though Oxford has not finalised the decisions for R4, the stages for 2010 admissions are already up. They seem to eliminate R4 and also moved the deadlines almost a month earlier – interesting. Cambridge have not changed their major admission schedule - they will have five rounds this year as well - but there is mentioning of introducing an online application system (similar to the Oxford one, I guess). Also, note that Cambridge did not give the deadlines for interview decisions - only the dates of the interview events. Good luck! Last year Oxbridge applicants thread Separating Oxford from Cambridge Oxford – Said Business School sbs.jpg Requirements : GMAT - average given for reference is 680 TOEFL 109 or IELTS 7.5 (note – this is compulsory, not reference!) Experience: usually 3+ years GPA: usually equivalent of no less than good UK 2.1 degree or 3.5 GPA 2009 Rankings : Financial Times – 20, Business Week non-US MBA - 10 Application cost : 125 GBP Official site: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/mba/ Admissions on Facebook Admissions on Twitter Our Oxford Said information thread R1 Application deadline 9 October 2009 Interview decision by 30 October 2009 Final decision by 11 December 2009 R2 Application deadline 15 January 2010 Interview decision by 5 February 2010 Final decision by 12 March 2010 R3 Application deadline 2 April 2010 Interview decision by 30 April 2010 Final decision by 28 May 2010 Cambridge – Judge Business School JBS.jpg Requirements: GMAT – average given for reference is 690 (balanced score is required) TOEFL 100 with min 25 in writing or IELTS 7.0 (don’t know if they will change this) Experience: usually 3+ years GPA: usually equivalent of no less than UK 2.1 degree or 3.3 GPA 2009 Rankings : Financial Times – 17 Application cost : 100 GBP Official site: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/mba/index.html Unofficial, but not uninteresting pages by their MBA Coordinator: Twitter , Blog . Note that the blog is mainly not about admissions, but about life in Cambridge. R1 Application deadline 12 Oct 2009 Interview day 23 or 30 Nov 2009 Decision 27 Nov or 4 Dec R2 Application deadline 23 Nov 2009 Interview day 18 or 25 Jan 2010 Decision 22 or 29 Jan 2010 R3 Application deadline 11 Jan 2010 Interview day 26 Feb or 1 or 8 Mar 2010 Decision 5 Mar or 12 Mar 2010 R4 Application deadline 8 Mar 2010 Interview day 23 or 26 Apr 2010 Decision 30 Apr 2010 R5 Application deadline 26 Apr 2010 Interview day 24 May 2010 Decision 28 May 2010

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Just received my Cambridge interview invite! (Note this is early notification as I requested an interview in my home country) - I understand that the automated mail is going out some time next week - so good luck to those who's still waiting

By the way, anyone heard from Oxford yet?

Cheers!

humblewinner

Alright..I have an interview invite from Oxford

I have a list of date options, and I will be mostly opting for an interview in SFO, as they have an info session and can schedule an interview then!

Congrats guys! ATB for interviews.

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futurembagrad, welcome to the thread !
Why dont you start by sharing your profile and goals.

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futurembagrad, welcome to the thread !
Why dont you start by sharing your profile and goals.

Thanks waiwai. Sure, here goes:
Male, 27, Indian
GMAT: 700
Background: IT Consulting (surprised?)
Colleges: Oxbridge(applying to Jan rounds), ISB (applied R1)
Post mba goals: Mgmt Consulting. I'm already from consulting background, so that helps. Already do strategies for projects involved in, but would like to go one level above in order to strategise before getting involved with projects.

I just started on my research for these two schools and have visited their websites for most of the information and worldmbatour.com, for comparison purposes. I haven't seen any major differences between the two yet, and am wondering how everybody is deciding/leaning towards one of the two. The one thing I did like about Cambridge was the 4 consulting projects during the academic year which would give real hands-on experience to students. Hoping to find out more from everybody here and contribute to it. Also, are you guys following any other forums for these schools?

Cheers.

EDIT: waiwai, just read your gmat post. Have you applied to ISB yet? Curious why you aren't applying to Oxford, it's a 1 year course too.

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I have had more time to get acquainted with Judge, as that application deadline comes first. I think the Venture Project sounds really interesting, and working with Cambridge- or vicinity based ventures would be good hands-on experience.

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futurembagrad

EDIT: waiwai, just read your gmat post. Have you applied to ISB yet? Curious why you aren't applying to Oxford, it's a 1 year course too.

I will be applying in R2 for Oxford.

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JBS applicants,

1. referees: one from line supervisor and one from peer.
Did anyone provide otherwise??

2. Upload of degree transcripts.
where can we upload them??

thanks!!

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JBS applicants,

1. referees: one from line supervisor and one from peer.
Did anyone provide otherwise??

2. Upload of degree transcripts.
where can we upload them??

thanks!!

I asked about the recommendations. I had not told my coworkers about my plans, only my boss knew. I got this response from admissions office:

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Cambridge MBA applicants are required to provide
two references, a peer and a supervisor. The supervisor should be from a
line mananger and the peer should be from a professional colleague or team
member with whom you have worked with. We are also willing to accept a
reference from a customer, supplier or adviser with whom you work on a
professional basis. It is preferred that the referees are provided from
your current employer, however, if this is not possible please ensure that
they are from employment held up to 2 years previously.

So in the end I decided to ask a colleague from the same team to write me a recommendation.

The degree transcripts can be uploaded under Academic Information and the first education institution they ask about.

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Alright guys, I have news for those waiting Cambridge results for Round 1. I attended a webinar this morning, and the admissions manager mentioned that Round 1 interview calls will be announced today or monday. Lets keep our fingers crossed !!

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I asked about the recommendations. I had not told my coworkers about my plans, only my boss knew. I got this response from admissions office:

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Thanks annae for your advice!

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I asked about the recommendations. I had not told my coworkers about my plans, only my boss knew. I got this response from admissions office:

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hmmmm.. may be I have done a mistake here or time will tell.. my peer recommender is from a non-profit I have been volunteering for. It does not seem to fit the description given here. another day to go..

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I think it does. They obviously wants someone who works with you on the same level, not above or below. I don't think it matters whether you get paid or not. What matters is that the person knows how you work and what you stand for, and is able to view you from a peer perspective.

By the way, first rounders, how long did your essays get? I don't recall seeing a limit anywhere. How much is too little and how much is too much?

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Any interview calls for R1 yet ?

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By the way, first rounders, how long did your essays get? I don't recall seeing a limit anywhere. How much is too little and how much is too much?

First essay is 400 word limit, second is 400 word and third is 300...

Sadly in my job, I do not have a peer... and i dont think jbs wants a junior guy to be a referee....

R2 applicants... less than 2 weeks to go...

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First essay is 400 word limit, second is 400 word and third is 300...

The three last essays are without limits - what to do with them?

Too bad you have trouble with finding a referee. How about looking at their other suggestions? Supplier, co-worker, customer, adviser... anyone who is not in a direct power/rank-relationship with you.

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Just got a reject from Cambridge. No reasons offered.

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humblewinner

Just got a reject from Cambridge. No reasons offered.

Oh no.... my sympathies! I read your thread at another forum and it seems like they've only dealt out rejections to the members of these forums - so far.
Please let us know if you decide to ask for a comment on your rejection, and what you got to hear.

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me too got a reject. no reasons offered to me as well. The ding season has started for me....

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First essay is 400 word limit, second is 400 word and third is 300...

hi annae.. which qus are u referring to? Please PM me coz i'm done with most questions (either character or word limit) except the 3 main essays..

I probably get my former project teammate from my previous employment which is slightly more than 2 years ago...