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GMATclubbers in the class of 2010: Tally = 14 RiverRipper https://gmatclub.com/forum/p381183#p381183 mba2010 https://gmatclub.com/forum/p381825#p381825 faceman https://gmatclub.com/forum/p386304#p386304 ApolloLuna https://gmatclub.com/forum/p416484#p416484 CfaMiami steel https://gmatclub.com/forum/p421433#p421433 MGOBLUE2 SkiC https://gmatclub.com/forum/p432651#p432651 futuredukemba ghgirl https://gmatclub.com/forum/p438384#p438384 nervousgmat https://gmatclub.com/forum/p382350#p382350 bee186 jenjen lebcar Kellogg R1: 29 applicants Tally: Admits: 11 Dings: 13 Waitlist: 5 GMATclubbers in the class of 2010: 10 RiverRipper: ACCEPTED and Matriculating mba2010: ACCEPTED and Matriculating faceman: ACCEPTED and Matriculating ApolloLuna: ACCEPTED and Matriculating CfaMiami: ACCEPTED and Matriculating steel: ACCEPTED and Matriculating MGOBLUE2: ACCEPTED and Matriculating nervousgmat: ACCEPTED and Matriculating jenjen: ACCEPTED and Matriculating lebcar: ACCEPTED and Matriculating BCC145: ACCEPTED Withdrawn for Wharton forcefeed: Waitlisted Dinged burger2001: Waitlisted g.matter: Waitlisted Irishfan: Waitlisted JJGooden: Waitlisted KingKreep: Dinged grad_mba: Dinged toDoorNot: Dinged shmegs: Dinged Vij101: Dinged svrider: Dinged tsaditya: Dinged R.E.D.: Dinged murali83: Dinged red_s4: Dinged duuuma: Dinged tauslu: Dinged 1Y ut710: Dinged MMM ============================================ Kellogg R2: 34 applicants Tally: Admits: 9 Dings: 17 Waitlist: 4 unknown: 3 GMATclubbers in the class of 2010: 4 SkiC: ACCEPTED and Matriculating futuredukemba: ACCEPTED and Matriculating ghgirl: ACCEPTED and Matriculating bee186: ACCEPTED and Matriculating TJ: ACCEPTED Withdrawn for Sloan businessdocn08: ACCEPTED Withdrawn for Columbia ujjib: ACCEPTED Withdrawn for GSB kryzak: ACCEPTED Withdrew for Haas terry12: ACCEPTED Withdrew for Stanford mst: Waitlisted zmfatla: Waitlisted bewakoof: Waitlisted livehard: Waitlisted branson: Dinged pandeyrav: Dinged westcoastMBA: Dinged ryguy904: Dinged sperinko: Dinged nupurgupt: Dinged echelon: Dinged bkk145: Dinged malumier: Dinged majosan: Dinged JDMBA: Dinged trojan812: Dinged dosa_don: Dinged kalia2480: Dinged togafoot: Dinged Octane: Dinged CerealsMBA: Dinged Angel652001: Dinged aceman626: ??? gmat2gmat: ??? mantymooney: ???

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I was cleaning out my desk and came across a highlighted chat from Kellogg this fall, here are a few interesting tidbits. The second one could be helpful to internationals who haven’t submitted their app yet as a reason you like Kellogg.

When asked about career changers competing for IB jobs…

Leigh Nagy Frasher (career services)

Kellogg is very unique in that almost all of the students going into ibanking are career changers, so you’ll be in good company. The alumni at the banks coming to Kellogg to recruit are very aware that students are career changers. There will be networking events starting in October, but I think the one thing that sets Kellogg apart at these events is that students are very collegial to each other and it is not a cutthroat atmosphere. Also, the clubs, second years, our workshops and your classes will prepare you to be able to speak the language of consulting and banking

Asked about internationals competing for jobs (may make for a good little thing to show some real knowledge of the school and fit)

Leigh Nagy Frasher (career services)

Last year our international students did well. We actually instituted a new program this year for our international students that occurs the 3 weeks prior to classes called ACE. During this session we cover some language/accent classes, how to network in the US, how to get up to speed on US pop culture, dining etiquette, etc. It was a great pilot program and will be doing it again this year.

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10 Jan 2008, 13:31

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Hey,

Does aybody know when exacly is the cut off for round 2 ? Is it 1/11 at 23:59 (not that I am that late, but I was caught at work today and I am contemplating re-reading my essays again tomorrow, just in case I missed a typo or something)

Thanks a lot, and thanks river for this last minute advice !

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10 Jan 2008, 13:32

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I believe it is 1/11 at 11.59CST. The way my essays are going, I might need to take the day off tomorrow and even then might only be able to submit at 11.58CST

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10 Jan 2008, 13:37

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I believe it is 1/11 at 11.59CST. The way my essays are going, I might need to take the day off tomorrow and even then might only be able to submit at 11.58CST

Good luck to you my friend, I am to a certain extent in the same boat... I told my client that I may not be there tomorrow at the office for more than a couple of hours...

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10 Jan 2008, 15:53

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Did anyone have difficulty uploading their scanned transcript into the Kellog online application? I have jpeg file that is about 124Kb and I keep receiving errors when attempting to upload

The only difficulty I had was scanning it and fitting it within the size limit of the file, while keeping it legible. Mine also was 4 pages long.

Whereas my school lost the transcripts for my first 2 years, and didn`t record my grades for the last year, so just gave me an average grade in everything (I know full well i aced some topics and did dismally in others)

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Guys, concerning the resume we need to submit for Kellogg, can it be the same one you would submit to a potential employer? or should I remove education from it?

I believe that it will be provided to the interviewer, but does the interviewer look at the application?

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I was cleaning out my desk and came across a highlighted chat from Kellogg this fall, here are a few interesting tidbits. The second one could be helpful to internationals who haven’t submitted their app yet as a reason you like Kellogg.

When asked about career changers competing for IB jobs…

Leigh Nagy Frasher (career services)

Kellogg is very unique in that almost all of the students going into ibanking are career changers, so you’ll be in good company. The alumni at the banks coming to Kellogg to recruit are very aware that students are career changers. There will be networking events starting in October, but I think the one thing that sets Kellogg apart at these events is that students are very collegial to each other and it is not a cutthroat atmosphere. Also, the clubs, second years, our workshops and your classes will prepare you to be able to speak the language of consulting and banking

Asked about internationals competing for jobs (may make for a good little thing to show some real knowledge of the school and fit)

Leigh Nagy Frasher (career services)

Last year our international students did well. We actually instituted a new program this year for our international students that occurs the 3 weeks prior to classes called ACE. During this session we cover some language/accent classes, how to network in the US, how to get up to speed on US pop culture, dining etiquette, etc. It was a great pilot program and will be doing it again this year.

Thank you river. On the other hand, Kellogg is one of the few schools that explicitly warns international students that the job market within the US will be tough for them. (of course that statement doesnt say whether the internationals did good in the US or abroad)

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I think that Kellogg was just being honest when they stated that. Its not like its any different for any other school. The visas are by company and generally the people who recruit at Kellogg recruit at all the ultra elites. So I actually give them credit for being the only school that is upfront about it.

Is today deadline day?

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11 Jan 2008, 06:24

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Yes. Did anyone else just pull an all-nighter?

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Yes. Did anyone else just pull an all-nighter?

3.5 hours of sleep... I just don't know how it happens, but I am always a last minute type of person...

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Roll call since today is the deadline so the list should be finalized. Add or update yourself.

Kellogg R2:
kryzak: Submitted & Interviewed
branson: Submitted & Interviewed
togafoot: Submitted
trojan812: Submitted
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11 Jan 2008, 07:03

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Will turn it in tonight (probably very late)... had to spend two bloody hours last night trying to get my scanned transcripts down to size, wasting precious essay-revising time. Oh well

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Will turn it in tonight (probably very late)... had to spend two bloody hours last night trying to get my scanned transcripts down to size, wasting precious essay-revising time. Oh well

Tell me about it. The scanning process is very frustrating since Kellogg wants "one inch margin on top" for everything that has to be uploaded. I had to resized my transcripts to do that...and it took me about 2 hours as well.

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Cant you just paste the scanned image on a word document and upload it? I have done that for all my other schools.

I was even lazy to scan- just used my camera and was able to get a better resolution I think.

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Cant you just paste the scanned image on a word document and upload it? I have done that for all my other schools.

I was even lazy to scan- just used my camera and was able to get a better resolution I think.

That makes sense. Naturally, I was too dumb to think of it :-D

I'd used the self-reporting Excel templates for my prior apps, so this was my first experience trying to scan 'em.

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I had to paste mine in a word file which I converted to a PDF to make it fit. Ya the self reported ones are far better, especially since they all seem to use the same format so you can pretty much copy and paste.

Good luck getting them in on time guys.

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Cant you just paste the scanned image on a word document and upload it? I have done that for all my other schools.

I was even lazy to scan- just used my camera and was able to get a better resolution I think.

Yea I did the same thing. Scanned and pasted on word doc. But I resized for smaller file size and the 1" margin on top requirement.

What River suggested is a great idea though. Converting to PDF will eliminate the huge picture file size. Thanks River.

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