https://kelley.iu.edu/mba/images/consortiumLogo.gif Q: What is the Consortium? A: The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management is the country’s preeminent organization for promoting diversity and inclusion in American business. Through an annual competition, The Consortium awards merit-based, full-tuition fellowships to America’s best and brightest candidates. In conjunction with our member schools, sponsoring companies, and our elite group of MBA students and alumni, The Consortium has built a forty year legacy of fostering inclusion and changing the ethnic and cultural face of American business. Q: How does the application process for the Consortium differ from a regular school application? A: Common Application - One application allows you to apply to up to six Consortium schools. (University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill requires that all applicants submit both The Consortium application and the UNC application) 2011-2012 Deadlines: R1: November 15, 2011 R2: January 5th, 2012 Related threads/links: 2011 thread: https://gmatclub.com/forum/calling-all-fall-2011-consortium-applicants-95473.html 2010 thread: https://gmatclub.com/forum/calling-all-fall-2010-consortium-applicants-merged-87799.html 2009 thread: https://gmatclub.com/forum/any-consortium-applicants-56951.html Real Time Roll Call for Consortium (separate from other discussions) Add Yourself to the Consortium Applicant List - Update Your Profile Real Time Stats for Each School Add Yourself to the Consortium Applicant List - Update Your Profile Member Schools: University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business University of California-Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Cornell University, The Johnson School Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business Emory University, Goizueta Business School Indiana University-Bloomington, Kelley School of Business University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School University of Rochester, Simon Graduate School of Business University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin School of Business Yale University, Yale School of Management Tiered Application Fee - Using The Consortium common application significantly reduces your application fee costs. You may apply to up to two member schools for $150, three schools for $200, four schools for $240, five for $275, and six for $300 (source: Official Consortium website) Essays - There are 2 common essays as part of the Consortium application. Additionally, each member school you are applying to requires at least 1 separate, school specific essay. Interviews - New for 2011 - 2012 Consortium interviews are NO LONGER required. Check with your Consortium school for their interview policy. Q: Can I apply even if I am not an under-represented minority? A: The Consortium seeks applicants who align themselves with its mission. Being a minority is not a prerequisite as long as the applicant has demonstrated a commitment to the Consortium's mission in his or her life. Official site: https://www.cgsm.org School 'Interview Captains': Please feel free to Private Message any Forum Members below for advice on interviews. If you've completed your interview and you wanted to be added as a resource, simply PM TheSenator or post on the Board to be added. Anderson - btsl84 Darden - JacksonCinco, TheSenator Goizueta - suchdaddy Haas - TheSenator Johnson - btsl84, mixedin86, TheSenator, encoredazzle31 Kelley - mixedin86, gablaze23, encoredazzle31 Kenan-Flager - Marshall - mixedin86 McCombs - btsl84 Olin - Rochester - BEnergy Ross - arzad Stern - Tepper - iamvolitant, mixedin86 Tuck - JacksonCinco, btsl84, TheSenator Wisconsin - Yale - JacksonCinco, TheSenator

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K86

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Schools: Consortium (A) LBS '14 (WL) Johnson '14 (A$) Fuqua '14 (WL) McCombs '14 (WA) Yale '14 (D) CBS '14 (D) Stern '14 (A$) Ross '14 (A$) Anderson FEMBA '15 (A$) Kellogg 1YR '13 (WL)

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Schools: Consortium (A) LBS '14 (WL) Johnson '14 (A$) Fuqua '14 (WL) McCombs '14 (WA) Yale '14 (D) CBS '14 (D) Stern '14 (A$) Ross '14 (A$) Anderson FEMBA '15 (A$) Kellogg 1YR '13 (WL)

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Do you all think that hope is lost for R1 Consortium to Berkley? It appears that many people have received invites to Haas already. I am actually interviewing with Ross in February and McCombs soon, so looking forward to that! I am non URM minority so it will be interesting to see how it turns out.

Good luck everyone!

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23 Jan 2012, 20:45

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K86, there may be invites still going out for Berkeley. Super Saturday is on Feb 4th this year so technically they still have time to invite folks. Good luck with your interviews at Ross and McCombs and I encourage you to join our roll call thru your profile.

Let us know how things go with your other interviews!

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23 Jan 2012, 21:19

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Are Haas invites going out for R2 folks as well?

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23 Jan 2012, 21:50

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Are Haas invites going out for R2 folks as well?

Not sure if they started yet, there is another Super Saturday in March as well (at least there has been in years past) and I'd imagine they may try to setup interviews in your area with alums. I'll have my interview this week and make sure I post relevant info to the board.

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23 Jan 2012, 22:21

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To lurkers out there, please register and post your interview invites, experiences and concerns

We need more R2 applicants in here!

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24 Jan 2012, 01:24

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I had my Emory interview today. It felt fine but I don't get nervous for interviews at all (i run my mouth for a living) so maybe my self-awareness is off. I flew in from Houston and interviewed on campus so hopefully that shows enough strong interest for them to "show me tha money". The interviewer mainly ran through my resume in chronological order... talked about my experiences and my development. Then my goals and why MBA and why Emory. My problem is I may have talked too much... brevity is definitely my weakness.

I enjoyed the visit. Program has more to offer than I originally thought and the Consortium community there seems to be very strong. The girl who gave me a tour was helpful and friendly and told me that Emory was ranked 6th on her Consortium list and still got the fully scholly. Plus, I realized a few new things. I realized I can't do the small college town at this point in my life...and to not judge a school by its alumni distribution when the school is located in a great city. Seems like people that come from elsewhere, not looking to go into finance, go to Emory then decide to stay in atlanta. I can image schools like Berkeley, McCombs, etc. may have the same outcome on occasion.

Another thing was all the 1st years I met already had an internship sewed up and didn't seem like they were dying from the mba experience. One of my homeboys from McCombs only sends five word emails to me now and acts like he's too busy to wipe his butt after he gets off the toilet, and my other friend at Rice acts as if the weight of business school of crushing his skull and anxiety pills are right around the corner......So, Emory is now a place I would be happy to go to, and not "just accepting" to get away from my current setting.

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Been lurking for a bit but got my first interview invite yesterday (1/23/12) at 11:41 HST from Johnson.

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Submitted: 1/5/12
Released to Schools: 1/12/12

First correspondence from Johnson, though I did get my log-in information from Stern on 1/13/12. Nothing from Anderson.

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24 Jan 2012, 07:42

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Yessssssssss, congrats!

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24 Jan 2012, 08:49

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Note to everyone: Don't rank NYU as your #5 school and expect anything good to happen. DING!

Hope interviews and visits and all that are going well. Hang in there!

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24 Jan 2012, 08:51

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Note to everyone: Don't rank NYU as your #5 school and expect anything good to happen. DING!

Hope interviews and visits and all that are going well. Hang in there!

Celebrate the DINGs and the DONGs, that's what I do! Dually noted tho: NYU doesn't like to be lower than 1 or 2.

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24 Jan 2012, 09:04

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Note to everyone: Don't rank NYU as your #5 school and expect anything good to happen. DING!

Hope interviews and visits and all that are going well. Hang in there!

We're you Round 1, I was and still haven't heard anything

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24 Jan 2012, 09:08

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Yes, I was Round 1 and just got a "Check Status" email this morning. Man it would be nice to get a green name on that list, it's looking pretty burnt right now. Interviewing at Yale Thursday (fingers crossed).

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24 Jan 2012, 09:52

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Attention: Anyone who submitted your consortium application on 12/22/2011.

So get this, my application was just released to the schools on 1/19/2012. I submitted it on 12/22/2011. Denise (the consortium application processor) called me and explained that for some reason on 12/22/2011, anybody that submitted their application was "lost in the system"!! Can you believe that?!?! I hope this doesn't hurt the chances of me or anybody else who submitted it on that day getting admitted.

Trey, did you initiate contact with the Consortium to find out what happened to your application or did Denise initiate contact with you? Did she say if this happened only to 12/22 applicants?

Yes I did. I sent several emails and called several times. She mentioned that date in particular but I don't know if their system has had issues on any other days. If you haven't recieved an email confirming that your application has been forwarded to the schools (double check your spam or bulk email folder) then I would definitely get in touch with Denise as soon as possible.

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24 Jan 2012, 10:55

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Note to everyone: Don't rank NYU as your #5 school and expect anything good to happen. DING!

Hope interviews and visits and all that are going well. Hang in there!

I thought schools don't see the rankings until after they admit you and it comes time to award the fellowships?

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24 Jan 2012, 10:59

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Note to everyone: Don't rank NYU as your #5 school and expect anything good to happen. DING!

Hope interviews and visits and all that are going well. Hang in there!

I thought schools don't see the rankings until after they admit you and it comes time to award the fellowships?

Your rankings come with the rest of your application

They see it

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24 Jan 2012, 11:00

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Note to everyone: Don't rank NYU as your #5 school and expect anything good to happen. DING!

Hope interviews and visits and all that are going well. Hang in there!

I thought schools don't see the rankings until after they admit you and it comes time to award the fellowships?

Nope, they can see it as soon as they get your app.

Jackson, Good luck with Yale, FWIW I'm sure you'll get several admits soon, you have an awesome profile.

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24 Jan 2012, 11:04

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Are Haas invites going out for R2 folks as well?

I am R2 and got the email saying my application was complete and ready for review from Haas late last night.

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24 Jan 2012, 11:26

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Note to everyone: Don't rank NYU as your #5 school and expect anything good to happen. DING!

Hope interviews and visits and all that are going well. Hang in there!

Sorry to hear about NYU. Do you think that ranking them at #5 was the sole reason for the ding? I know that schools are concerned with yield, but it might be presumptuous to assume that the result would have been different if you had ranked them higher. Maybe you could ask for feedback to determine their reasoning.

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No, I have no way of knowing what resulted in the ding. Just suspect that couldn't have helped. To be fair, I did not do some of the things I did for my higher ranked choices (most notably take an official visit, sit in on class). But not even receiving an interview invite after having some success (interview invite and waitlist) at Wharton, Yale, Darden, just seemed to point to the #5 ranking.

Thanks for the encouragement guys, just slogging along. I'll post if I learn anything good while at Yale.

But you are certainly right, there are tons of factors involved...