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levenbreechvor
Joined: 07 Dec 2016
Last visit: 09 Feb 2017
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Location: United States (CA)
Schools: CBS '19 (D) Sloan '19 (WL)
GMAT 1: 760 Q48 V47
GPA: 3.76
Updated on: 07 Dec 2016, 17:56
Originally posted by levenbreechvor on 07 Dec 2016, 17:21.
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Was recently notified that I've been waitlisted at Columbia. Curious whether anyone else has experience with that. Also, any ideas as to why?
GMAT: 760
GPA: Duke 3.8
Work Experience: Middle-market M&A IB (4 years)
Any advice appreciated! I'm most interested in a value investing career, so CBS is a top choice for me. Thanks!
GMAT: 760
GPA: Duke 3.8
Work Experience: Middle-market M&A IB (4 years)
Any advice appreciated! I'm most interested in a value investing career, so CBS is a top choice for me. Thanks!
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07 Dec 2016, 17:36
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levenbreechvor
Don't want to sound harsh but it's definitely not the latter. Look at some of the dings and you'll see that lots are coming from finance and most have 740+ with solid GPAs. Columbia also tends to really like years of experience and a clear vision as to why an MBA, why now and why at CBS. You're in an extremely competitive group. My guess is that they are waiting to compare you with other banking guys, keep in mind we're just into their full attention on RD. If you're really set on Columbia I'd definitely stay on it cause i've heard of people getting accepted so it's not that uncommon. Best of luck man, hope to see you in August.
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07 Dec 2016, 20:15
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Your stats are really good and I have gotten a number of people in this year already with worse stats / professional background. Do you do anything outside of work? I would have to look at your application to determine if it was something in the app. I see you removed part of the post, but don't worry about it. This is something that does happen from time to time, but it is generally because there isn't enough interest shown through the application.
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