Columbia面试

atongmu

From BW forum


I wanna give some tips to those who don't get any call from the office. I heard from a girl who graduated CBS last year and used to take    part in the admission process. she told me the evaluation for the second round candidates has started already and some people were admitted and received ding letter without an    interview. if their other candidacy is not so way below the average, those who    were dinged     wrote poor essays. She meant essays are a real big deal...     Moreover, They doesn't count on the interview too much.     I don't know how admission process is going but I think you guys don't have to worry. you are gonna get an vanilla envelope sometime soon.     Good luck..

zhongqhc

俺是27号interview的,昨天被通知拒了,郁闷中

atongmu

	The following paste is very detailed and accurate according to my own experice.     I think it's helpful to all Columbia applicants who haven't got interview.
	I just thought I would post the timing of    the status changes on my    application, and a description of how my interview went with an amazing Columbia alumni "Ambassadir" Submitted and "In Process" --    1/5 "Pending Decision" -- 1/10     "Invited to interview" -- 2/16 Interviewed today -- 2/20 From what the alumni "Ambassador" told me, I expect my application to go complete in about a week, and then receive a final decision in approximately 2-4 weeks after that.     He also told me that he is pretty sure that the scholarships/fellowships aren't even considered until most of    the final admits are made, and then the AdCom delivers the stack of admits to the fellowship committee, who in turn decides which lucky few get this free money. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT YET INTERVIEWED, I thought I would share my experience to allay some of the fears and questions that you might have about this process.     When I was invited, I was given a choice of 3    alumni "Ambassadors" to call and schedule appointments.     Although the AdCom letter said    to call all 3 and go with the earliest time, I was lucky to call a '98 grad and schedule with him right away. The alumni rep and I mutually agreed on a time to meet -- 11:00 AM this morning in a local coffee shop    convenient    for him.     He was incredibly personable and friendly on the phone, but he told me to email    my resume and confirm the appointment date in Columbia's online system so he could get the    appropriate forms (he did happen to get the forms at the same instant that I confirmed the date on the system--it is an automatic process, so DON'T FORGET TO DO THIS RIGHT AWAY WHEN YOU SCHEDULE A TIME).     We both arrived at the    shop    at 10:30 AM---and    we    concluded our discussion at 2:00 PM.     Not 12:00 PM,    but 2:00 PM--when I looked at my watch, I    was amazed to see that we spent almost 3 1/2 hours talking.        In all my years of i-banking around the world, I never felt more comfortable in an interview setting with anybody.        He was extremely polite, courteous, engaging, and was    VERY VERY excited and enthusiastic about Columbia.     Although he did ask the basic    "why MBA" "why now" and "why columbia",    it did not feel like an interview at all.     All these questions were just addressed in the conversation.     We discussed a wide variety of topics, ranging from the specifics of deals that I worked on to places we traveled in different parts of the world.     I felt as if the interview    at Columbia is really intended to be a two sided process--he wanted to get to know me AS A PERSON better, and also wanted to sell me on virtually every aspect of the Columbia MBA experience.     I do think that my preparation for the interview--visiting the school, attending a class, and talking to a lot of current students--really helped our conversation.     He knew I was truly interested in what Columbia had to offer, and that I was just not another HBS or Stanford hopeful who is looking at CBS as a back-up. Other than doing the appropriate research about the program, I think it is VERY IMPORTANT to show your genuine interest in the program, above and beyond the standard "it has a great reputation and location".     For me, the most difficult aspect of our discussion was centered aroung the "which other schools did you apply to, and if you got in all, where would you go?" question.     I was completely honest in my answer, and I think he appreciated that.     From what I have seen and from what he told me about the school, PERSONAL QUALITIES are very important for CBS.     While CBS offers amazing resources for a student's professional advancement, there was one constant that I noticed about all the students (and alumni) I met from CBS -- they are all very personable, fun people who work hard, and play hard.     The only other school that I experienced this same level of enthusiasm was at Wharton.     CBS has come a long way, and I highly recommend anyone who can visit the school to do so. Best of luck to all CBS applicants.     If anybody has any further questions about my truly amazing and inspiring interview experience, please let me know.

From BW forum

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kiki1

预先恭喜亡命徒马到成功！

atongmu

今天早晨收到一封哥大的email。第一感觉就是不妙，因为好消息不应该那么快。果然看到status的第一个单词就是Although。。。

terp

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siebel

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bloomingtree

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