Columbia 2012 Applicants' Discussion Thread New! Columbia GSB Admissions Team Answers Questions on GMAT Club https://images.forbes.com/media/lists/95/2009/columbia-business-school.jpg Also, please see: Columbia GSB MBA Guide Columbia Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Application Tracker Feed Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Columbia GSB to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List 2012 Roll Call (J-Term) Until the main roll call window hasn't added J Termers, I will manually update this. Please ping me to update your name and status here Even9net Tiggy - Accepted - 28th July, 2011 Submitted: 6/19, Review: , Invited to Interview: 7/12 Nimabi - Submitted: , Review: 6/1, Invited to Interview: 7/7 Miambaprosp - Accepted - 28th July, 2011 Submitted: 5/21, Review: 6/2 , Invited to Interview: 7/7 and Interviewed: 7/17 Mmbma - Submitted: 6/15, Review: , Invited to Interview: 7/20 Wishnuv - Submitted: 6/28, Review: , Invited to Interview: 7/19 NYYankees (R) - Submitted: 7/15, Review: 7/18, Invited to Interview: 7/28 (R) - Reapplicant Application Deadlines August 2012 Entry Early Decision: October 5, 2011 Merit Fellowship Consideration: January 4, 2012 Regular Decision: April 11, 2012 January 2012 Entry October 5, 2011 Essay Questions Applicants must complete one short answer question and three essays. Short Answer Question What is your post-MBA professional goal? (200 characters maximum) Essay 1 Considering your post-MBA and long term professional goals, why are you pursuing an MBA at this point in your career? Additionally, why is Columbia Business School a good fit for you? (750 words maximum) Essay 2 Describe a life experience that has shaped you. The goal of this essay is to get a sense of who you are, rather than what you have achieved professionally. (500 words maximum) Essay 3 For the third essay, please choose one of the following three options: Option A The annual A. Lorne Weil Outrageous Business Plan Competition is a student initiative managed and run by the Columbia Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO). The competition encourages Columbia MBA students to explore creative, entrepreneurial ideas that are sufficiently ambitious in scope and scale to be considered “outrageous.” Students explore these ideas while learning firsthand what goes into the development and presentation of a solid business proposal. Develop your own outrageous business idea. In essay form, compose your elevator pitch. (250 words maximum) Option B Columbia deeply values its vibrant student community, the building of which begins at orientation when admitted students are assigned to clusters of 65 to 70 fellow students who take most of the first-year core classes together. During the first weeks of school, each cluster selects a cluster chair. Further strengthening the student community are the more than 100 active student organizations at Columbia Business School, ranging from cultural to professional to community service–oriented. Leadership positions within clusters and clubs offer hands-on management and networking opportunities for students as they interact with fellow students, administrators, faculty members, alumni, and practitioners. You are running for either cluster chair or a club leadership position of your choosing. Compose your campaign speech. (250 words maximum) Option C Founded nearly three decades ago, the Executives in Residence Program at Columbia Business School integrates senior executives into the life of the School. Current executives in residence include more than a dozen experts in areas ranging from media and investment banking to private equity and management. A hallmark of the program is one-on-one counseling sessions in which executives advise students about their prospective career choices. Select one of the current executives in residence with whom you would like to meet during your time at Columbia. Explain your selection and tell us how you would best utilize your half hour one-on-one session. (250 words maximum) CLASS PROFILE (Official Figures) MBA Student Profile — Class Entering 2011 (January and August) Applications Received 6692 Applicants Accepted 1062 Acceptance Rate 16% Class Size 751, divided into 11 clusters GMAT Scores (middle 80%) 680–760 Undergraduate GPA (middle 80%) 3.1–3.8 Work Experience (middle 80%) 3–7 years At Least One Year of Work Experience 100% Average age 28 Women 35% International Citizens 38% - 48% of the incoming class came with a background in Financial Services (28%) and Consulting (20%); Lowest percentages from Non Profit (4%), Manufacturing (3%) and Energy (2%) - Highest percentage of incoming students, by undergrad major, is from Social Sciences (35%) followed by Business (26%) External review of the Columbia Business School https://poetsandquants.com/2010/12/09/columbia-business-school/ Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQzdr1MFVFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cD2mv8-_xA Admitted Students can join the facebook page set-up. https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/gr ... 096381155/

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@bh2011 & diggles14: it's such a short time from start reviewing to interview invitation!! Could you guys disclose your stats?

Thank you!

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Congrats rgupta! When did you get the call? I should update my activity too--had my interview on Wednesday. Here's my complete timeline:

Submit 10/2
Under Review 10/3
Interview Invite 10/4
Interview 10/12
Interview Complete 10/13

Now just waiting...

No call yet, just went complete today. Hoping I get the call. In for ED was in reference to the question J-term or ED

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17 Oct 2011, 17:40

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No call yet, just went complete today. Hoping I get the call. In for ED was in reference to the question J-term or ED

Ahh gotcha. Sorry about that. Well here's to a call soon anyway!

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First post here.

Mine just went "complete" today/over the weekend.

Good luck everyone!

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17 Oct 2011, 19:52

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Just went complete. Now the waiting for the call begins. Here's to getting the call tomorrow! haha :lol:

Are you applying for J-term as well? Man did that email freak me out!

I am in for ED.

Good luck to everyone waiting. I know people get in and people get rejected, but I really hope everyone on the board gets in and the rejects are given to those unfortunate to not know about this forum. I feel like I already know some of you just through interactions on these threads

i thought u meant u were in as ain accepted for ed on the same day haha

went complete today too finally, lets hope for the next week some magic magic

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17 Oct 2011, 20:50

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Do they send you an email when it goes complete?

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Nah, when I log in it says if not available within a week contact them... however been like that for a month.. I think it's just not updated yet until ED probably ends

Just got my UNI yesterday, almost a month after my deposit was acknowledged. When I emailed the admissions office, they mentioned that due to the number of people getting accepted across the entire CU population, the UNI can sometimes take a while (UNI is CU-wide, whereas lifetime ID is GSB specific, from what I gather)

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17 Oct 2011, 23:08

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Anyone else feel relieved when they don't get an e-mail from CBS? Maybe I'm just being a bit pessimistic...

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18 Oct 2011, 04:26

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Nah, when I log in it says if not available within a week contact them... however been like that for a month.. I think it's just not updated yet until ED probably ends

What is a UNI?

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What is a UNI?

Its your university account (Uni Network ID). You should get that plus your @gsb.columbia.edu address.

Hey Moss or any current CU/GSB student, what do they use the UNI for? I'm curious too

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guys what is the difference between the following status:

-Interview Complete

-The Admissions Committee has received your interview report; the interview process is complete.

I got the first status "Interview Complete" after my interviewer uploaded his report. I was under the assumption that this was the final complete. I recently got my status changed to the later.. what does it mean?!?!

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Whoa! Nice catch! I was on my columbia app site only a few days ago, and then it said "Interview Complete". When I read your post, I began (I think I'm nearing fudgeycakes or losttraveler levels now?? (no offense

) worrying a bit, and logged on... To find this...:

"The Admissions Committee has received your interview report; the interview process is complete."

Maybe they just changed the lingo?

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) worrying a bit, and logged on... To find this...:

"The Admissions Committee has received your interview report; the interview process is complete."

Maybe they just changed the lingo?

I'm offended by "fudgeycakes". Its BROWNIE, dude. Brownie>cake :lol:

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) worrying a bit, and logged on... To find this...:

"The Admissions Committee has received your interview report; the interview process is complete."

Maybe they just changed the lingo?

glad to know that i am not alone with this change.. it appears to be just a change of text.. not completely sure..

any other completes... can you please check...

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) worrying a bit, and logged on... To find this...:

"The Admissions Committee has received your interview report; the interview process is complete."

Maybe they just changed the lingo?

glad to know that i am not alone with this change.. it appears to be just a change of text.. not completely sure..

any other completes... can you please check...

Being that I did not receive an email from CBS stating that my status had changed, I think it's just a change of text. I am happy with that; if I had received an email and then seen that change, I would've lost hope

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) worrying a bit, and logged on... To find this...:

"The Admissions Committee has received your interview report; the interview process is complete."

Maybe they just changed the lingo?

I'm offended by "fudgeycakes". Its BROWNIE, dude. Brownie>cake :lol:

Sorry fudgecakes!

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sigh.. you were right... fudgeycakes it is

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My status has the long status as well. With that being said, I went complete yesterday and am not sure if it was the same or it updated. Anyways, probably just new verbiage. There were probably applicants getting confused with the use of Complete thinking the review was complete and calling admissions for decision updates.

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Hi guys, I just submitted my app yesterday and the status changed to "Your application is now being printed and prepared for review" today, but one of my recommenders has not submitted their rec yet...should I be worried they'll review with out it?