Since the first inquiries are rolling in, perhaps it is time for a new thread for yet another year of Oxbridge applications. Oxford seems to have kept the stages for 2010-11 admissions similar to those last year. Cambridge has added a couple of interview dates for R3, stretching the interview process to a month-long, compared to the usual week-long process. They are probably expecting a big swell of applications in R3, which could perhaps reflect last year's high demand after R1 dings from other schools were out. This means also thar R4 and R5 dates are pushed forward with about a month. Below is a modified version of Greenoak's information package from last year's thread. Good luck! Last year's Oxbridge applicants thread Oxbridge applicants thread from two years ago Separating Oxford from Cambridge Oxford – Said Business School 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 – 16, 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 8 October 2010 Interview decision by 29 October 2010 Final decision by 10 December 2010 R2 Application deadline 14 January 20101 Interview decision by 4 February 2011 Final decision by 11 March 2011 R3 Application deadline 1 April 2011 Interview decision by 29 April 2011 Final decision by 27 May 2011 Cambridge – Judge Business School Requirements: GMAT – average given for reference is 690 (balanced score is required) TOEFL: *Requirements for entry in 2011:TOEFL 100 with min 25 in writing or IELTS 7.0 *Requirements for entry in 2012 onwards: TOEFL 110 with min 25 in each section or IELTS 7.5 with no element below 7.0 Experience: usually 3+ years GPA: usually equivalent of no less than UK 2.1 degree or 3.3 GPA One recommendation from a supervisor and one from a peer 2009 Rankings : Financial Times – 21, Business Week non-US MBA - second tier Application cost : 100 GBP Official site: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/mba/index.html Admissions on Facebook Unofficial informational tweets by an MBA Coordinator: Twitter Blog . Note that the blog is mainly not about admissions, but about life in Cambridge. R1 Application deadline 4 Oct 2010 Interview day 5 and 8 Nov 2010 Decision 11 Nov 2010 R2 Application deadline 6 Dec 2010 Interview day 14 and 17 Jan 2011 Decision 20 Jan 2011 R3 Application deadline 10 Jan 2011 Interview day 7 Feb, 14 Feb, 21 Feb, and 7 Mar 2011 Decision 24 Feb, 3 Mar or 10 Mar 2011 R4 Application deadline 14 Mar 2010 Interview day 29 or 16 May 2011 Decision 19 May 2011 R5 Application deadline 16 Apr 2011 Interview day 10 Jun and 13 Jun 2011 Decision 16 Jun 2011

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I just put in my Cambridge JBS app. for last round.

. Now the waiting game begins.

-- YM

All the best... I have a question.... Do the recommendations also need to go by 16th or they can be submitted at a later date ??

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I just put in my Cambridge JBS app. for last round.

. Now the waiting game begins.

-- YM

All the best... I have a question.... Do the recommendations also need to go by 16th or they can be submitted at a later date ??

Thank you. Need this badly

I think so. However, if you have a valid reason as why you could not have recommenders to submit recommendation on time, you can try writing to adcom requesting for extension. You might get lucky.

-- YM

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Does anyone know when the employment report for the 2010 be made available? The website still shows only 2008/2009.

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This thread is too quiet! Did anyone complete Oxford interviews earlier this week in NY/Oxford and care to share impressions/experience?

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I had my interview at SBS last week and it was quite fine and relaxed. I prepared for the interview by collecting the typical questions you can find all over the internet.

Why MBA?
Why Oxford?
What was your biggest failure?
What are the most important values for you?
When did you work in a team?
What can you contribute to the class?
How will your classmates describe your personality after one year working together?
What do you want me to ask you?
Any questions?

The interview took place in a very welcoming, nice and friendly atmosphere.

Good Luck to all of you.

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@chrsrook

We will be publishing data on the employment stats for the class who graduated in 2010 on our website sometime towards the end of next week. So check in then.

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Conrad Chua
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The Employment report for the Cambridge MBA class who graduated in 2010 is now available at

https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/mba/careers/report.html

You can also read a roundup of the applications for the class starting in September 2011 here :-

https://www.thecambridgembaadmissions.co ... r-mba2011/

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Hello Folks on this forum or the Cambridge MBA team,
I just submitted my JBS application. Can someone please shed some light on interview notification timeframes - is there a hard date on which all invites go out or do the invites trickle through as and when the application is reviewed?
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Everyone who submitted their applications by the deadline will be informed by the end of this week.

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Conrad,Thank you for the response

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26 May 2011, 09:35

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Oxford - interview invite
Cambridge - rejection without interview invite

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received my Cambridge interview invitee today morning.. excited at crossing the first hurdle...looking forward to the actual interview now..

Best of luck to all who are awaiting decision....

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received my Cambridge interview invitee today morning.. excited at crossing the first hurdle...looking forward to the actual interview now..

Best of luck to all who are awaiting decision....

All the best :-)

Can you please let me know more about your profile? and where else you applied? Did you checked all those programs in Cambridge marketing form?

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ddu

received my Cambridge interview invitee today morning.. excited at crossing the first hurdle...looking forward to the actual interview now..

Best of luck to all who are awaiting decision....

All the best :-)

Can you please let me know more about your profile? and where else you applied? Did you checked all those programs in Cambridge marketing form?

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YM

Hello YM,

My brief profile details - An Indian with 9 yrs exp(spread between India, U.S and very briefly U.K) with an MNC in the I.T. Consulting space .. focus area has business intelligence/business information management catering to companies in the financial services domain....

I have applied to Cambridge , Oxford and HEC (interview invitees from all) and considering applying to IMD and INSEAD.. really looking forward to my Cambridge interview though because of the university's larger than life brand recognition across the world and the strength of the program in strategy consulting...

Not sure about the Cambridge marketing forum... I was pretty clear about the university's recognition across the world and especially in India even before considering an MBA ..... And then , I researched about the program on the school's website and found the program to meet my career needs..

How about yourself?

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ddu,

My profile is similar. Indian/male/9 years in IT of which 5 years in USA.

My question about marketing form: while filling the Cambridge application form, the last but one form has questions about where else you are applying. Did you select the "Oxford" and "HEC" there? or you left them blank?

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ddu

received my Cambridge interview invitee today morning.. excited at crossing the first hurdle...looking forward to the actual interview now..

Best of luck to all who are awaiting decision....

All the best :-)

Can you please let me know more about your profile? and where else you applied? Did you checked all those programs in Cambridge marketing form?

regards
YM

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Frankly I don't remember.. But I would like to believe that I had correctly ticked the check boxes..If not, I would like to correct that during my interview or later in the process .

Does that worry you though ? :-D

.. I think admission committee members from all schools pretty much know that applicants apply to multiple schools ..so communicating that shouldnt be an issue

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From what I gather from previous threads, many good profiles got rejected by Cambridge without interview. The kind of people who ended up in LBS/INSEAD!!! So, I am just wondering as why I got rejected. Either my profile is too good (which I want believe

, but my conscience does not allow me) or I just got lucky with Oxford interview invite. Either way, I will come to know more tomorrow. LBS interview invite decisions are coming out tomorrow.

One quick question: Do you think Cambridge is more known in India than Oxford? I have grown seeing Oxford dictionary, not other way around. Just curious.

BTW, when is your interview? All the very best for your interview.

-- YM

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.. I think admission committee members from all schools pretty much know that applicants apply to multiple schools ..so communicating that shouldnt be an issue

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.. I think admission committee members from all schools pretty much know that applicants apply to multiple schools ..so communicating that shouldnt be an issue

I think both the Cambridge and the Oxford brands have no parallels... Its just like Harvard in U.S.. Its about its tradition, its history.. Personally, they are more than mere universities..I prefer to call them the "mecca" of education...

I agree with your point about Oxford Dictionary and Webster's dictionary.. On the other hand you have leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi et all - all studied under the Cambridge banner ... So yeah... no doubt the "Cambridge" brand recognition is phenomenal in India ....

I was interested in a program which had a strong core curriculum, focus on strategies in context of emerging markets , special tie-ups and focus on India , would teach me more about social responsibility in context of private sector's focus in emerging markets - the Cambridge program exceeded my expectations on all fronts

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Hi Guys!

This is my first post here. I applied to both Cambridge and Oxford. I was denied at Cambridge without interview. About Oxford I applied during this last stage whose deadline is now the 10th of June and I did not receive any answer yet. There is few information about this exceptional deadline so I have some doubts. If we get rejected, do they say something? Is anybody in the same situation?

My profile
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Healthcare industry

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When did you apply to Oxford? I got my response in 2 weeks time. You can give or take few days to it. Even I applied for extended 10th June dead line. But, I applied 2 weeks ago.

-- YM

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