Simon 2012 - Calling all Applicants

based on this year's and last year's thread, it usually took about 3-4 weeks.

I haven't yet, but they said that I should expect the decision within a week from yesterday.

As a current student I will second the comment about the Early Leaders with a caveat, if you come in with no work experience expecting to land a traditional MBA internship then you're going about your process the wrong way. While there are a few companies who look specifically for candidates with <2 years of experience, for the most part you're looking at a crop of internships different than what your peers are looking at. For example, we have a number of Early Leaders who have landed into the Analyst program for some of the top IBs because the MBA puts them well above their competition.

Also academics at Simon really is the highlight of the school. The FT ranked us top 10 in Finance, Econ, and Accounting this year and that reputation is reflected in the intelligence and interest the faculty show for the student body.

I'm in for round 1, thanks for creating this thread!

Hi all,

I have been invited to interview for Simon. Could applicants who have been interviewed by Simon for the Fall 2012 program, share their experiences ?

Current students, your assistance here would be highly appreciated ! Thanks !

This post is in continuation to my previous post, mentioned above. If candidates who have been interviewed by Simon could post their interview experiences, it would be really helpful. Or, if any current students wish to share some insights or proivde pointers about the interview process, that would be great too. Many thanks !

applied for r2.
i had an interview during the open house (which was before i submitted the application), and the interview was solely based on my resume.
one of the alumni conducted the interview. i guess there's a set of questions they need to ask the interviewee, and the questions were pretty much standard questions without any surprises.

good luck to all of you guys.

Anybody who applied for R2 got any decisions yet? I know the notification deadline is Feb 15, but I heard you might get the results back sooner...

I applied in R2 and received interview invite from SIMON. I'll have my interview in first week of January. Best of luck to you.

Also, I'll appreciate if someone, who has already interviewed with SIMON, can share his/ her experience. And how many applicants (%) are invited for interviews.


Thanks,
Varun Jaswal

I had an interview before I submitted the application during Open House. I'm not sure how many are invited for the interviews, but I requested my interview (you could do that for Open House, not sure if that's still possible).

The interview was with an alum, solely based on the resume. It took me about half an hour. Standard questions. Go through the resume, strengths, weaknesses, all that stuff.

this thread seems awfully quiet compared to last year's... updates on the status anyone?

Applied in R3. Does anyone know when will the school send interview invites?

ROUND 2 APPLICANTS!

it's almost been 9 weeks since I submitted my application.
Any R2 applicants received results yet???

Hey shady14,

I too applied in R2 and received interview invite after 3-4 weeks. Interviewed with Director of admissions through skype video. It's been 2 weeks since interview. Getting restive.


Is there anyone R2 applicant who received Simon admit ?

Thanks,
Varun Jaswal

Guys, I have received the following ranking stats from Simon

Financial Times of London (January 2011)
• No. 5 in the world – Economics
• No. 6 in the world – Finance
• No. 26 among U.S. business schools

Bloomberg BusinessWeek (December 2010 & January 2011)
• No. 1 for Return on Investment (ROI) among U.S. private business schools
• No. 3 for Teamwork
• No. 5 for Analytical Skills
• No. 8 for Innovative Curriculum among U.S. business schools

Can anybody give me a reference to verify this information?

Thanks for the useful information. Did you hear this from the school directly?

yes, they have a chat with Simon Admission Officer,who told me about that yesterday. I would encourage you to pose any questions to them https://www.simon.rochester.edu/programs ... index.aspx