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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pnshetty

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Is there a date by when CBS sends out all the ED interview invites? I submitted my ED app on 09/28 and am still waiting

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Did you interview yet Happyface?

Not yet. Next week. Good luck to me

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submitted - Oct 5th,
ding - Nov 16th.

International applicant.

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16 Nov 2011, 13:22

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Same here.

Submitted on 10/5
Under Review 10/12
Dinged w/o interview 11/16.

Good luck to all the folks who are still waiting.

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16 Nov 2011, 13:34

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Ding!!!
Submitted - 10/5
Under Review - 10/10
Ding W/O interview - 11/16 : 3:00 PM EST

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16 Nov 2011, 14:05

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Yiikes - sorry guys. Good luck on the rest of your apps.
I was stupid enough to miss the Stern deadline yesterday, and now I have all my MBA eggs in the CBS basket.

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16 Nov 2011, 14:09

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Sorry to hear about the dings, best of luck on the rest of your apps

RichieRichthaMosse

Maybe they are saving up for a good news Friday?

here's to hoping you're right, RichieRich

kannyg

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Yiikes - sorry guys. Good luck on the rest of your apps.
I was stupid enough to miss the Stern deadline yesterday, and now I have all my MBA eggs in the CBS basket.

I hear you. I applied to Stern yesterday and got done with my R1 apps. Just when I was ready to take a break, I get the ding from CBS. Now I am looking at R2 deadlines and thinking about applying to more schools.

jt9000

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16 Nov 2011, 14:21

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Sorry guys, that is a bummer. Best of luck with the other apps.

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Been lurking on this forum for a while. Good luck to all of you who are playing the waiting game! Quick question for some of you more experienced applicants - my recommender told me today that he's concerned about the appropriate length of the rec letter. Does anyone know if Columbia gives any guidance on this, meaning should the answers be ~1 paragraph per question, vs 1 page per question (and therefore more detailed)? Hoping to submit for RD in the next few days...

Thanks!

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there is something like 9 or 10 questions (they are available on the CBS admissions page and I think you can download the form once you start your app online). Each question has a 2000 character limit. The honest answer is, it's up to your reviewer how in-depth they want to go. Some questions, I would imagine it to be hard to write a "strong" recommendation with only one paragraph, while for others, a few sentences could work (hopefully they aren't writing 2000 characters about your weakness! unless, of course, they are REALLY good at turning that into a strength).

I have not seen any of my letters and waived the right to see mine - so I have no idea how much/little they wrote per question. I do know, however, that one recommender complained that, even when using less than the 2000 character limit, some sentences were cut off on the PDF report that is generated from the questions asked. So I would just make sure to tell your reviewer to make sure he/she reads the final PDF to make sure all of their words make it onto the actual report that is generated and delivered to adcomm.

good luck!

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Looks like they're sending out more dings today. Good luck guys!

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Sorry to hear about the dings, everyone.

For everyone else, try to stay positive (I keep telling myself that!)

No news is good news, until you hear otherwise!!!!

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Finally, the inevitable.

Submitted on 10/5
Under Review 10/12
Dinged w/o interview 11/16.

Good luck to those who are still waiting.

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Does anyone have the same problem I encountered regarding to set up an interview? Unfortunately that all my interviewers either don’t have time for interview or don’t reply to my email. As two weeks deadline approaching soon, shall I contact admission office to request an on campus interview?

Many thanks!

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email [email protected] and ask them for their advice and explain your situation. They are pretty quick to respond and will offer the best advice.

And don't worry about the 2 weeks - that is more to keep the process moving. You won't get penalized if you can't schedule it within that time frame - especially with the problem you've been having.

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Sorry to hear the dings folks, keep your head up and good luck on your other applications!

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Thanks americanInAsia, I think they can reset my interviewer list and I will give a try again !

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I had the same question but when I attended an information session with Mary Miller (one of the top decision makers in the adcom and a person who reads apps) she told me that it was up to the person giving the recommendation BUT she didn't see any reason that a recommendation should be longer than 2 pages. As she put it, the adcom wants to know about an applicants strongest attributes or those that the applicant needs to work on. Therefore, the person writing your rec should be able to hone in on a few attributes rather than write a bio on who you are.

Put it this way, if you are reading 50 apps per week and 95% of the apps have recommendation letters of 2 pages or less, then it is not going to reflect well if you drop one in that is 2.5 pages.

I wanted to stand out in content but not in length.

That's my humble two cents.

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Thanks americanInAsia, I think they can reset my interviewer list and I will give a try again !

Are you only emailing the 3 people that popped up on your initial log in to the system?

The system will allow you to cycle through a total of 9 interviewers. I had the same problem but re-read the instructions on the pages when you first sign-in to the CBS interview pages. I re-inputed my area and slightly expanded my radius and was able to get new people. After failing to hear from the first 3 people, I re-emailed my first 3 prospective interviewer and emailed my next 3 all at once (separate emails of course). I heard back from 2 people the next day and selected the one that I wanted to interview with. I also emailed the alum that I did not select and told her that I appreciated her response but a prior interviewer had just contacted me and scheduled a time. She told me to call her if I had any questions and to email her about my impression from the interview - which I did.

If you have gone through all 9 of your interviewers then I am really sorry that you are having that difficulty. Hopefully CBS will be able to help. I would be concerned that they would make you interview with a student via Skype. Maybe that would be better for some applicants but I would be anxious doing a phone interview.