Calling All Consortium 2013 Applicants

I have read that Yale and Tuck both like to be ranked either 1 or 2. NYU is a common safety school for people who want to go to Columbia or Wharton. Hence, they are very rank conscious. They want to admit people who will attend. I know for a fact that Emory accepts candidates even when the candidates rank them # 6. Schools like Cornell, Darden, Ross, Tepper, dont really mind being ranked less than 1 or 2 because most people rank Tuck, Yale, Hass, or NYU 1 or 2.

Yea...seems like a bit of a Catch22. Even if Tepper's deposit is due before fellowships are announced, its still worth losing a few G's for if you end up getting a 100k fellowship at another program.

no idea on haas tho? womp

and if youre applying to tuck haas yale tuck does that effectively nix you out of the running for half of them ?! ;\ or at least one?

i (personally) applied to my top picks via their own app and then other top ones via consortium. (yale and haas directly to the school and stern, darden, and tuck via consortium). this was before I knew about the ranking visibility... I mainly jsut wanted to do as complete an application as possible for some of the schools with smaller programs that are really concerned about fit. BUT I haven't been accepted anywhere yet... sooooo...

I too was also admitted into Darden. Excited to get my first acceptance and congrats to everyone else who was admitted! Just one question, did anyone get a scholarship? I am wondering if we have wait until the fellowship draft, or if Darden sometimes provides merit based fellowships beforehand. Or is scholarship information in the official "mail letter" that we will receive by January 5. Any insights would be appreciated!

Happy Holidays everyone. I look forward to meeting some of you this year in New Orleans OP!

My guy.. congratulobia!!! You deserve it. Cheers!

So here is my take to your last question (based on my experience from last year - I got in but didn't get funding, so had to do it all over) - If you do not get admitted by your top 2 schools but you get admitted by your third choice, then yes the 3rd choice school will have the chance to offer you fellowship. However, you should keep in mind that there are other candidates who ranked your 3rd choice school as their 1st and 2nd choices. What that means is that though they are now YOUR first choice by default, you are not THEIR first choice - they will give funding first to those folks and IF there is any money left, you will be considered.

My two cents - rank them exactly according to how you prefer those schools. Forget the whole game theory - at the end of the day, ask yourself the question which business school is most likely to help me accomplish my future goals, which is next,....., it always ends up taking care of itself.

This is a really good question - there are different spins on it, but here is my opinion:
I think it is a good idea to apply to all 6 schools. Scenario - really interested in Berkeley, Yale and Stern in that order. I'll apply to Tuck, Anderson and Ross additionally. Stern seeing you ranked it 3 out of 6 looks far better than 3 out of 3. And so also is 2 out of 6 (or 5) better than 2 out of 3. The downside to this approach is if you didn't get in the year you applied and you have to do it all over again, then you hopefully didn't "burn bridges".

This approach is what I'll do in an ideal world where time and resources are infinite, but as you can imagine that is not the case. So what I did, and will encourage anyone to do, is apply only to the schools you see yourself attending!

Did any CGSM Darden accepted folks receive their acceptance packet yet? I am located in the NYC area. Very curious about scholarships. If anyone did receive the packet, could you let us know and whether or not you received a scholarship?

Invited to interview at USC, still no word from UCLA or NYU or TUCK. USC says they will notify in mid-feb.

For those applying to Tuck, whats's the word limit you followed for your essays? Tuck website says 500 but the consortium gives you 4000 characters.

Please explain why Tuck is the best school for you, and what would you contribute to the community.

I was invited to Super Saturday at Haas and wondering if there's anyone who is also attending and is willing to split a hotel room to mitigate costs. Please feel free to PM me

I am confused on the word count for HAAS. It says 250 words on the HAAS website (https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions ... rtium.html) but the Consortium text box where we paste the essay allows 2500 characters (which is about 500 words).

Consortium office is closed till Friday, Jan 4th. CAN ANYONE WHO APPLIED ASSIST? Thank you!!

I called the Consortium folks about the word count discrepancy for Haas, and they told me I should go by the guidelines on the Consortium application since the schools themselves select the character counts.

As a note - I followed the Consortium's guidance for my Rd 1 submission, which included Haas, and I was invited to Super Saturday.

i would stick to the 250 word limit on berkeley's site despite the character limit on the consortium app. i did and was invited for interview.

Hey guys, I didn't get an invite to Super Saturday - does that mean it's a ding for me? Out of curiosity, when is Super Saturday?