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orientshop

我有个问题:

我的材料递交后发现application package里有4到5处spelling error,尽管不影响意思表达。是在emplyment history部分，不是essay里。不知道问题大吗？需要向学校申请更正吗？

谢谢！

御风行

以下是引用orientshop在2006-10-14 13:57:00的发言：

我有个问题:

我的材料递交后发现application package里有4到5处spelling error,尽管不影响意思表达。是在emplyment history部分，不是essay里。不知道问题大吗？需要向学校申请更正吗？

谢谢！

这个不用担心．你不说学校说不定还发现不了呢．就不要专门发邮件强调自己的错误了．：）

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以下是引用luckyll在2006-10-10 15:30:00的发言：

想问问是否哥大的essay第二题还是可以写之前那个version的题目“challenge to your value”？

好像有人在businessweek上说了可以，但总觉得不够官方。谢谢了！

我personally觉得两个没有什么区别．

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以下是引用G2007在2006-10-10 19:03:00的发言：

would you introduce the critiria for winning scholarship? What are the common backgrounds for the winners? And how much they get? Thanks!

What Suncola said is true. Given that you understand what she said, here's something more about scholarships (NOT ADMISSION):

1. Criteria. GMAT does matter. So does GPA.

2. As for backgrounds, 2 of the scholarship recipients I know worked in finance, 1 worked in non-traditional. These scholarships are usually only given to students from mainland and HK. Therefore, your main competitors are your peer applicants.

3. Amount - should be around 11K to 12K. You can keep the scholarship if you maintain a certain level of GPA in your first yera.

Hope it helps!

御风行

Thank you Suncola for the input!

Just a reminder. Some of the areas where Columbia has advantages in are not so friendly to international job-seekers. I am not saying that you can't find a job if you focus in those areas, but it might be harder to find such a job in US even if you own a MBA degree from Ivy league. This applies to international students from all b-schools, not just Columbia.

经Suncola提醒, 这里强调一下哥大对国际学生是很友好的，国际学生所占比例在全美各商学院中名列前茅。这两年尤其对中国学生进行了扩招，2002年中国学生只招了2个大陆直接过去的，2006年则招了9个。我开学之后一次和Adcom的Ben聊天的时候，他特别提到哥大很重视中国，希望多招一些中国学生的。

以下是引用suncola在2006-10-12 2:00:00的发言：

Entrepreneurship: 很多课程可以选择，club的活动也很多，今年是学校大佬Dean Hubbard同学主讲Entrepreneurial Finance。特别一点的是Lang Fund专门出资资助学生的自办企业，可到网站上查找。

Real Estate: 有房地产concentration的top b school不大多。我注意到了Wharton, Kellogg, MIT Sloan and Columbia. Columbia的特点是房地产和金融结合，不大重开发管理和建筑设计，更多在房地产融资和资本市场创新。此外纽约有很多房地产方面的协会和活动，有不少值得一去。real estate association几项固定的活动搞得很不错：Breakfast series with real estate executives，定期和纽约城里面房地产界人士吃早饭，这个活动因为每次限制人数，就不会有掉到一堆人里面说不上话的感觉；real estate supercharger，主要是行业基本知识培训，对于入门人士有帮助；site tours，每年都会在美国各地找楼看，现场体验；domenstic and international trip，主要是针对某一地域访问当地公司，了解各地房地产发展，international trip目前已经去过欧洲和中国，下一个应该是南美或者印度；比较频繁的career panel和alumni networking events。在club里面人比较少，又有共同的职业兴趣，交流起来更有效率。

Marketing：哥大的marketing的课程感觉有一定的时尚感。除了传统的课程外，这学期我比较感兴趣的有marketing & Internet （如何在internet上面marketing，并结合传统媒体）and marketing for art culture and education。此外guest speaker也给我一定的新鲜感。有个core class的老师专门请marketing professional来做guest speaker，那群人的风格很不同于我熟悉的大公司marketing，除了每天说的几C几P之外，更讲求技巧和美感。

Media and Entertainment: 这个我就不说了，哥大的传统强项加上地理优势，选这个concentration估计不但能学到东西而且还玩的很开心。有个老师非常好，下学期拼了我所有的银子也要选到一门他的课。

我比较有概念的就这么几个了。。别的可以再到网站上去看看。

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-10-16 13:08:03编辑过]

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以下是引用yingtao在2006-10-11 17:05:00的发言：

请教关于shcolarship和interview，谢谢！

1. 我9月底已经提交了哥大ED的online application，请问哥大的面试一般是什么情况（要等多久？我在北京，会是chinese alumni面试还是admission office的人过来？）面试中应该注意那些问题？（我的口语算不上牛，所以很担心表达不清楚我认为自己distinctive的东西）
2. 另外关于scholarship，是要等到学校同意录取我之后才申请吗？（如果不是，那我现在需要做什么呢？）

You can look at the timelines of last year's admits. I waited for about a month before I got my interview. Usually the interviews are conducted by alumni.

If you have checked the box (I want to be considered for scholarship) and uploaded your resume for scholarship consideration when you filled out your applicatoin, you are fine. You don't have to do anything else now.

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以下是引用vanessav在2006-10-13 0:56:00的发言：

我没有申请early Decision的，我想赶在申请第一轮的。但是cbs是1月份的，是不是要到那个时候才开始review？ 比如说我11月中旬寄出资料，那么adcom也是1月之后才开始review吧？

Yes they will start review process in January. However, if you submitted your application early in the regular round pool, your application will be reviewed first (which usually means that the process will finish first, giving you more chance to grab the remaining spots)

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以下是引用ColumbiaMBA在2006-10-13 1:18:00的发言：

哥大是rolling base吧， 你早交应该可以早review。不过这个没人敢打包票，因为admission office是封闭review的，我们也没法知道啊。

This kind of rolling you mentioned should only apply to ED applicants...

Anyway, people who are interested in this problem should better ask the admission office directly. Our personal opinions are only for reference.

G2007

以下是引用御风行在2006-10-14 23:28:00的发言：

What Suncola said is true. Given that you understand what she said, here's something more about scholarships (NOT ADMISSION):

1. Criteria. GMAT does matter. So does GPA.

2. As for backgrounds, 2 of the scholarship recipients I know worked in finance, 1 worked in non-traditional. These scholarships are usually only given to students from mainland and HK. Therefore, your main competitors are your peer applicants.

3. Amount - should be around 11K to 12K. You can keep the scholarship if you maintain a certain level of GPA in your first yera.

Hope it helps!

Many thanks for so detailed infirmation!

Can I know that scholarships are only given to Round 1 applicants or Round 2 still has chances?

suncola

以下是引用G2007在2006-10-14 23:44:00的发言：

Many thanks for so detailed infirmation!

Can I know that scholarships are only given to Round 1 applicants or Round 2 still has chances?

Please check the website. There is a deadline for consideration of scholarship or fellowship, as CBS doesn't have round 1 or round 2, only rolling basis.