The London Business School 2009 thread

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!

Best of Luck MJ!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 ?

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

We are taking over !!!! muhuhahhaha

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?

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.

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!!