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I just sent the Round 3 and waitlist decisions to the Associate Dean for her signoff. The team and I spent quite a bit of time focusing on rounding out the class based on the students who have told us they’re … Read More

The last month has been a whirlwind in the Admissions office. We finalized Round 2 decisions, scattered to various parts of the country to host admitted student events, prepared for and hosted our on-campus admitted … Read More

I met with the Associate Dean for Graduate programs today to discuss Round 2 decisions. We’re still contemplating final decisions on a few applicants. I also met with my team this afternoon to give them a final … Read More

Reflections on the group interview exercise We completed three pilot group interview exercises over the last month – one in Beijing, one in Shanghai and one in Ann Arbor. I couldn’t have been more pleased … Read More

We’ve been getting many questions and hearing misperceptions about the pilot group interview process so I thought I’d clear some things up. The primary purpose of the group interview is not to gauge … Read More

Happy new year! It’s definitely a happy one for us as we got Round 1 decisions and calls out before the holidays, and we can start the new year focused on Round 2. The first wave of Round 2 interview invitations … Read More

Judging from the spikes in pageviews of my blog today, I’m guessing that Round 1 applicants are wondering whether I’ll be sharing when the admit calls will go out. I spent the morning debating this with my … Read More

We’re two weeks away from releasing Round 1 decisions and the Associate Directors (ADs) have seen more of their computer monitors than anything else these last couple weeks. They are in the throes of selection … Read More

Wave 2 interview invitations went out yesterday. The first wave of interviews will wrap up this Friday. Here’s a tip coming out of those interviews: It’s a good idea to do homework on our program (or any … Read More

What’s in a Visit? A couple weeks ago, we hosted UpClose, one of our on-campus diversity events. Here’s survey feedback from some attendees: “The classroom sessions were awesome! [They] really gave me a … Read More

Our 2012-13 on-campus interviewers have been selected. Tomorrow, I’ll train 75 MBA2s on how to conduct Ross interviews and what to look for. Let me pass on some tips to applicants based on my interviewer training … Read More

Since my last post (a month ago…sorry for the delay), I’ve traveled to meet candidates and alums in Buenos Aires and Santiago (I should’ve met folks in Sao Paulo too but Delta couldn’t get me … Read More

We’re a little over a week away from formally welcoming the incoming class to Ross. Over 200 of them are currently on MTreks around the world – from Croatia to Iceland to Tanzania and everything in between – … Read More

I am frequently asked by my friends if I enjoy taking my summer off since Admissions doesn’t really do much when the University is out of session. Hardly! We do get the opportunity for some R&R, but there’s still … Read More