There's no thread for this so I decided to create one. Who's heading to London ? Who's apping early ? Any reapplicants from last year ? I may offer my essays from last year to people who contribute well to this thread. https://london.edu/assets/images/Backgrounds/newbackground.jpg Here is some further info on the school : MBA home page : https://www.london.edu/mba.html Employment report : https://www.london.edu/mba/careerimpact.html Social Clubs : https://www.london.edu/ourcommunity/stu ... ities.html Mckinsey recruiting at LBS - https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/lbs/home.aspx Ranked #1 school in the WORLD by FT in 2009. Link - https://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolr ... a-rankings Essays analysis : https://blog.clearadmit.com/2008/09/lon ... 2008-2009/ My essay tips : post546986.html#p546986 LBS 2008 thread can be found here : 106-t54115 Another thread on LBS selectivity can be found here : 106-t72080 Good luck all. ========================================== LBS Pre R1: Class of 2011 Tally: Admits: 2 bsd_lover: ACCEPTED trump: ACCEPTED LBS R1: 13 applicants Tally: Admits: 6 Dings: 6 Waitlist: 1 Dewy: ACCEPTED prashok/teutonic9: ACCEPTED AdamH83: ACCEPTED UTdub: ACCEPTED getmeouttahere: ACCEPTED Sept09: ACCEPTED vmh : WAITLIST aviroop: Ding* buffdaddy: Ding bschoolguy: Ding dagrobo: Ding mbavacation: Ding graffiti: Ding *encouraged to apply in a few years LBS R2: 22 applicants Tally: Admits: 4 Dings: ? Waitlist: 2 rosav: ACCEPTED jrl3: ACCEPTED Paradosso: ACCEPTED sumitshah: ACCEPTED lauraumn: WAITLIST sset009: WAITLIST bscracker: Submitted oliviajoules: Submitted BSchoolorBust: Submitted IvyStallion : Submitted paegain: ?? botirvoy: ?? walker: Ding/w int gamecode: Ding arshia22: Ding omnizone: Ding yaazol: Ding abhaypratapsingh: Ding Legend: Ding zimzamzum: Ding fugo: Ding sumidi: Ding LBS R3: ? applicants Elderas: WAITLIST asadkiz: WAITLIST OhThatMBA: Preparing LBS R4: ? applicants nink: Interview Invite bokke : Interview Invite tarek99: ?? LBS MiM : ? applicants unlasheddeer: ACCEPTED milkrate: ACCEPTED hofimax: ACCEPTED nyalah: ACCEPTED MJ2009: ACCEPTED caleoptera: Invite to interview ps. Let me know if there is any change in your status or if I have mentioned you in a category incorrectly.

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Congrats to all my fellow classmates!!!! Cant wait to meet you guys in London!!!!

The MBA students have an admits weekend right? Will we also have? I hope so, just gives me a reason to visit the School

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I still haven't seen the awesome place (or should i say palace)!

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Haha dont get your hopes up. The palace is just a facade. The real school campus is not that fancy apparently

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I still haven't seen the awesome place (or should i say palace)!

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this is just so wrong and annoying... all of you guys in the round 3 of MiM have got your decisions and I am still due to have my interview this week!!!! Just in case someone is interested in whats the reason for the delay: LBS couldn't locate a alum in the whole of Saudi Arabia to interview me... I said "anywhere, anyone in Saudi!" and the reply came,"we are still trying to locate someone!!!" Anyway they have found this guy in the Eastern Region, and guess what.. he's in the country for a week to do some consultancy and he has somehow agreed to fit me in for an interview... In the mean time LBS has admitted ppl in the MiM like its the end of the world... the last thing I want now is that they say we have run out of seats.. sorry...nice try... better luck next year... This will definitely be a tight finish or a real anti-climax (if I get dinged)!

Someone wish me luck, please!

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Best of Luck MJ!

sure u will make it, just get ur interview done quickly

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If it makes you feel any better there is no cutoff for the size of the class. If you do well, you'll probably make it.

Good luck.

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I have started getting a feel of things but one information that still eludes me is what kind of profile do these colleges want... I know that these colleges always look at the 'complete package' rather than just one aspect of it but somehow my gut feeling is that the decision criteria is generally based on your acads & recommendation....which is what discourages me from applying. Not that I have bad acads but was not a merit ranker or something nor I have a backing of some LBS or Harvard alumni. Do we have someone in this forum who's got an admit but doesn't agree to the same?

I concur with bsd_lover on this. My recommendations were pretty standard -- both of my recommenders had never heard of LBS previously, and I don't know any alums or current students. Furthermore, my academics were subpar (GPA barely above 3.00), though I think my GMAT counteracted that.

Thus, I do believe that work experience and essays can play a major factor in your candidacy -- especially if it can compensate for other areas. As mentioned, LBS has been known to invite candidates to retake the GMAT if the rest of their profile was impressive -- so it sounds like they really will evaluate the "complete package."

This site has been very inspiring & am really motivated to give the entire application my best shot without an iota of pessimism.

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way to go zuperman!
btw, ru applying for 2010 intake?

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I am....But still haven't taken my GMAT date or anything. Will be drawing a timeline soon to chart out what needs to be done by when based on the college cut-off dates.

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what is the class size for the MBA prog? tried to search, but could not get info...

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Hi last year the class size was appx 330, but they have increased the class size to about 390 this year.

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what is the class size for the MBA prog? tried to search, but could not get info...

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today received the interview invite for r3. any tipps for the interview prep?

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Good stuff Elderas. Take it easy during the interview. If possible, schedule it with an alum in your home city / country. Try to make it into a conversation and not a formal interview and just be yourself.

Good luck.

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today received the interview invite for r3. any tipps for the interview prep?

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Is anyone applying in the last round for LBS ??

Was thinking about it. I've suddenly gotten keen on a UK MBA...

Emailed the adcom and they said candidates have an equal chance of being accepted in every round. I'm sure that is utter crap, but I figure I might as well send in an app and find out.

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Hi Bokke - what they've told you is probably all hogwash. Especially since they've made a LOT of offers already.
Having said that, its not over yet. The very best of luck. We'd love to have another gmatclubber on board. When do they release interviews for R4 ?

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Is anyone applying in the last round for LBS ??

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.....and finally after the longest admission process among all my grad-school applications LBS has agreed to admit me... Thanks for the support LBS thread ppl... and BSD_lover (deserves a special mention)

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around what time of the year did LBS release the essay questions in 2008 ?

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We are taking over !!!! muhuhahhaha :twisted:

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i know, i know, its quite early for this question BUT, where do the students usually live?
bsd_lover you have been to the campus, any idea?

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Haha contrary to popular belief - I've never been to campus. But, most students tend to flat in the neighboring suburbs of Maida Vale, St. Johns Wood etc. Have a look in the Accommodation offered / wanted forums in the portal and do a bit of Google mapping to get a rough idea of the suburbs and the types of houses you are likely to find. There is also an extremely well written "survival guide" for london written by former LBS students. This document is available on the portal, read it well.

Good luck.

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i know, i know, its quite early for this question BUT, where do the students usually live?
bsd_lover you have been to the campus, any idea?

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MAJOR Problem!! I just got my USB and when I inserted it.. it gave me two options: run pics.exe or open files... I clicked on "run pics.exe" and the the dvd-drive popped out.. I tried it again and that same thing keeps happening and no pics open !!!! ... I opened the USB drive to view the files and I can see 4 folder and 1 "autorun" file which if u double click opens as notepad with some coding on it... the other 4 folders are "DOCUMENTS", "PICS", "MIM 2010_OFFER PACK" and "FUN"... if i try to open any of them the same DVD-DRIVE popping out circus happens... only the "MIM 2010_OFFER PACK" has .pdf files in it which I can open ... WHAT DO I DO?!?! HELP... how do i see the "documents", the "pics" and the "fun"?!?!?!?! Its sunday today and LBS is closed, which is why I am desperately asking for help here!!