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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chessmaster

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18 Nov 2011, 21:14

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Ding w/o interview. Submitted - 4th Oct.

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18 Nov 2011, 23:42

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FYI to all Regular Decision Applications: I spoke to the admissions office today, and they stated that they began to review regular decision applications yesterday. Hopefully we'll start noticing some updates in our statuses within the next 2 weeks.

wow - starting to get nervous / anxious...hopefully i can hear back before second rounds are due

Me too. Been under review for over 6 weeks

tess11

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19 Nov 2011, 01:12

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pnshetty

Just got an invite after 7 weeks! Please do not lose hope - I think they just take longer to review the apps.

Congrats pnshetty! Would you mind sharing your profile with us?
thanks

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19 Nov 2011, 08:15

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pnshetty

Just got an invite after 7 weeks! Please do not lose hope - I think they just take longer to review the apps.

Congrats pnshetty! Would you mind sharing your profile with us?
thanks

tess11

pnshetty

Just got an invite after 7 weeks! Please do not lose hope - I think they just take longer to review the apps.

Congrats pnshetty! Would you mind sharing your profile with us?
thanks

Age: 27 years
Work experience: ~5 years in healthcare strategy consulting
Education: B. Tech (India), GPA 3.9; Masters in Biotech (UPenn), GPA 3.75
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mappleby

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19 Nov 2011, 10:30

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Really? Have people seen a change in status on the website? I tried to contact them a week or 2 ago and was told they definitely would not start reviewing regular decision apps until December at the earliest. I submitted my RD app on 3 Oct so I would imagine it should be one of the first reviewed when they start reviewing RD applications. Status online still says "will go under review in December."

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19 Nov 2011, 11:17

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I submitted my app on 9/29, and haven't seen a change either. I called the other day to see about changing some contact info and casually asked the woman on the phone. She just stated that "We literally just started reviewing regular decision". I have talked to some people that submitted RD back in August, so I suspect we would still have a little while left. One or two people have probably finished reviewing all of their early decision applicants, and have started on RD earlier than the rest. Atleast we have something to look forward to. Good luck!

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19 Nov 2011, 14:02

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Good luck to the RDs! Just submitted mine today.

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19 Nov 2011, 20:16

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Do you guys think the timing of interview matters？ My preferred interviewer contacted me back with the proposed date on Dec 5th, which is more than two weeks from now, and the other local alumni (he got his master in my Alma mater) also contacted me today offering an interview next Monday. I am concerned that Adcom may defer my decision due to the timing if I choose to interview in Dec....What do you guys think?

Many Thanks!

I would say the earlier the better. Adcom prefers you to get it done within two weeks. Think of it this way: the longer you take with your interview, the longer you may have to wait for your decision.

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19 Nov 2011, 20:57

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Got the call yesterday:

Applied 9/30
Review 10/4
Invite 10/18
Interview 11/1
Complete 11/4
Accepted 11/18

mauro

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20 Nov 2011, 13:10

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Columbia uses a rolling admissions, which means that each day are less seats available... I strongly recommend to have your interview as soon as possible, unless you feel that the guy who can interview you next monday is not good.

mauro

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20 Nov 2011, 13:12

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bauman19

Got the call yesterday:

Applied 9/30
Review 10/4
Invite 10/18
Interview 11/1
Complete 11/4
Accepted 11/18

Congratulations. My application is complete since 11/8, so based on your timing, this week could be a good week!

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20 Nov 2011, 15:19

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Less seats or fewer seats, Mauro?

I had a dreadful flashback to the GMAT when I read that

8-)

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20 Nov 2011, 16:49

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I think that if you complete your interview on the 5th you would be fine. The Columbia site specifically states that the timing of the interviews has no bearing on your acceptance. If that wasn't the case, I don't think they would have stated it.

Clearly you are an ED applicant which means that MOST of the spots for the class are still open. There isn't a rush. They are going to give as much time and focus to your decision as they do mine (I interviewed last week) and the people that they accepted a month ago. The adcom has been doing this a long time and thus they know that when they invite people to interview near the holidays, they are going to get some apps going "complete" pretty close to the deadline.

americanInAsia

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21 Nov 2011, 04:33

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so...I've come to the conclusion that it has taken me so long to get a decision because adcomm wanted to wait until thanksgiving to make the moment that more special. Yea - that must be it.

Hopefully those of us waiting get the call before Wednesday so we don't have to sit through a long holiday weekend without knowing.

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21 Nov 2011, 08:38

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Seems the board is suffering a bit of fatigue...for those under review, you are not alone!

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21 Nov 2011, 10:02

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So according to Page 1 of this thread, we have so far 24 people denied, 41 "interviewed", and 20 admitted.
Am I missing something, or is the interview/accepted rate way too high? Seems like the 2011 post had a similar trend (more accepted than denied).
Or should we assume that most people who don't update their status are denied?

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21 Nov 2011, 10:21

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The waiting is finally over. Admitted Early Decision this morning!
Thanks to everyone on this thread for keeping me sane the last few weeks!

AmericaninAsia- You're next, keep the faith!

Timeline-
Submit: 10/5
Interview Invite: 10/13
Interview: 10/31
Interview Complete: 11/2
Admitted ED: 11/21

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Congratulations! You'll have a perfect long holiday weekend!

I'm still waiting to hear back as well - I'm hoping they make a decision either way before the holiday...a long weekend would be a good opportunity to crank out more round 2 apps if necessary. I have a feeling they'll wait till after the holidays to ding people though.

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21 Nov 2011, 11:09

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Deckard22

Congratulations!

johnnymac

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My status just changed to printed and prepared for review. I'm a Regular Decision man, just submitted on Nov 18. I guess this status message is old news for most of you?