The Application Process

The wait is definitely a period of anxiousness for most would-be business school students. For myself, I didn't have too much of a problem because I kept myself busy and occupied with other activities - before I knew it I had heard back from two schools.

My first rejection was from LBS, which was a reach school all along. Still, that didn't take away from the pain of being rejected. I'm expecting Columbia to also be a rejection...stilllll waiting..

Anyone else waiting for news? How have you taken rejections? What about waitlists?

which news in your case came first?
good news or bad one?

LBS rejection was the first. Then some good news from UCLA (interview invite).

I am waiting for LBS, LSE and HEC... all for masters in management... no reply yet. I recently heard that some people are getting invites. I'll start to get annoyed in about a week

Got rejection from Wharton ... still waiting on others - Does anyone in the HBS round 2 pool know whats the fate for those who have not received emails on Feb 9th -- does it mean unofficially, its denied.

California4jx wrote:Got rejection from Wharton ... still waiting on others - Does anyone in the HBS round 2 pool know whats the fate for those who have not received emails on Feb 9th -- does it mean unofficially, its denied.

I'm not sure what Feb 9th was, but if that was the cutoff for interview deadlines then yes that's unofficially a ding.

I didn't get an interview from Columbia after several months and what do you know - got my ding email last weekend.

How many days after your application deadline did u receive an interview call from Anderson ?

I applied in round 2 there (Jan 08) - but have not yet heard anything - seems like a ding there as well. May be my GMAT = 650 - was not good enough. UCLA blog says they are still forming a class .... not sure what that exactly means.

It took a few months - I believe it was somewhere around 2 months.

Just FYI, my waitlist at Ross was without interview. I thought for sure that I was going to get a ding.

ejh25 wrote:Just FYI, my waitlist at Ross was without interview. I thought for sure that I was going to get a ding.

WL is better than a ding that's for sure. I didn't get an interview with Columbia and then I got dinged - a WL would have been nice. =P