Simon 2012 - Calling all Applicants

What's you profile? I think I have messed up with the interview, I expected a larger scholarship with my numbers and resume

i never seen anyone received full coverage from simon

Hey navra. If you currently have 25k scholarship make sure you go to scholarship weekend and do well. I had 20k initially offered, then took the time to go to scholarship weekend. We had case competitions and had to write another essay but a week later I was offered a full tuition fellowship. Well worth the effort if your stats are good.

This was the sole reason I didn't bother trying to apply at Simon. I actually wound up interviewing without taking the GMAT and told my interviewer that I wasn't sure if I was ready to go to an MBA program right away. The Early Leaders option is nice for those with no other alternatives, and with the way the job market is going, is probably not the worst decision in the world. However, for those looking for the "full"/traditional MBA experience, you should probably build a couple of years of work experience first.

Navra,

Here's my profile:
1) Asian American, Male
2) 3 years of Internal Audit work experience at a large governmental organization (one promotion)
3) 730 (40V, 49Q)
4) UC Berkeley, 3.50, Economics major w/ Accounting minor
5) Some volunteer and university clubs activities
6) CPA (in California)
7) Post-MBA goal is career change into Asset/Investment Management

I am R3 applicant and I was interviewed on Feb 18th. Is it too early to expect a decision from adcom?

It really depends on your profile I gather. I know a person who waited for months, and I know a guy who was interviewed on Friday and received an answer on Tuesday of next week, so it took the AdCom just one business day to decide the matter.

Thank you for the details. I would go to the scholarship weekend and would certainly PM you if I have any questions.

I'm in!! Just got the admit

u sound quite happy. my congrats

Hello all,

I've received an interview invite today from Simon. I am yet to schedule the interview. I submitted my app on Jan5th.However, one of my recommenders could not submit the recommendation on time. He submitted it on Jan 17th.On Jan 18th, I,ve received an email from Simon stating that my app was complete and fwded to the adcom for review. Since then it has been a long wait and all of a sudden today I received the interview invite from Simon school.

May I request ou guys to share your interview experiences which could help me in preparing for the interview.

BTW, I have few more interviews scheduled in the month of March. Oxford university scheduled on March 12th. Georgia tech on March 16th. Received interview invites for Boston University & McCombs school of business( Yet to schedule ). Now, Simon is also added to this list.

Regards
Sravan

Are you going to visit any school or would you interview with all of them via skype? I'm very excited to hear that you are interviewing with Oxford.

I interviewed with Stefanie Bascom, admissions director, via skype. The interview lasted about 35 minutes. The question I didn't quite expect to hear was how I'm going to finance my studies. For some reason she asked what was the population of the city I live in and the region in which that city is located. There were many follow-up questions. How have you heard about Simon and why Simon. Career goals. Tell me about yourself. If you are coming from unusual profession, I noticed, the starting question would be tell me about yourself, rather than walk me through your resume. There was a question like why should we take you, though formulated in a gentle form. From what I learnt, if you have a strong profile, a bad interview performance, be that poor english communications skills or bad home work, while wouldn't get you dinged, may substantially reduce the amount of financial aid. The school is sometimes very fast to reply after the interview. I didn't encounter any difficult or unusual questions. But if you are going to touch upon such areas as finance or accounting you would rather be better prepared to talk in details.

Dear navra,
thanks for your input.
I am going to have an in-person interview at Delhi for Oxford university. Oxford university will conduct in-person interviews at Oxford UK, New york USA, Sanfransisco USA, Mumbai & Delhi india on some specific dates. All those applicants who couldn't make it to any of these locations can attend the interviews via skype. My application has been shortlisted for the interview and I chose to have an in-person interview. With all other US universities, I will have a skype interview.

I've received an invite from Simon school to attend the MBA/MS panel discussion and information reception held in Mumabi on March 3rd 2012. Although registered myself for it, I couldn't make it due to short notice and some unavoidable circumstances. That could have been a better oppertunity for me to know more about the school.

The thread is very quiet this year. Are there more people out here who applied and not talking?

Applying for the final round for International applicants, on March 15th. What could my chances be?

Hi all,

I had my skype interview with Tanya Harvey today. Interview took about 45 min although the given time slot was only for about 30 min. It was a good and pleasent experience for me . Interviewer is good and nice. Apart from normal questions such as Why MBA? Why now? Why Simon Business school ?, She asked me some specific questions on my profile and some questions based on my resume. She also asked me what are my strengths and my weaknesses and how did I overcome my weakness. All in all I am satisfied with my interview and now waiting for the final outcome.

I'm an applicant for R4 and had my interview last week. Does anyone know how many students they admit for R4? Thanks!