EssaySnark

  • about
  • contact
  • help
  • sign up
  • login
CLICK FOR MORE!
  • Essay Questions
    • Harvard
    • Stanford
    • Wharton
    • Chicago Booth
    • Kellogg
    • MIT Sloan
    • Tuck
    • NYU Stern
    • Columbia
    • Yale SOM
    • Berkeley Haas
    • UVA Darden
    • Duke Fuqua
    • Michigan Ross
    • UCLA Anderson
    • Cornell
  • Strategy Guides
    • MBA Reapplicant Guide
    • Pitching Entrepreneurship as Your Post-MBA Career
    • Applying to European Business Schools
    • School-Specific MBA Application Guides
      • Harvard 2022 MBA Strategy Guide
      • Stanford 2022 MBA Strategy Guide
      • Wharton 2022 MBA Strategy Guide
      • Kellogg 2022 MBA Strategy Guide
      • Chicago Booth 2022 MBA Strategy Guide
      • Columbia 2022 MBA Strategy Guide
      • *MORE SCHOOL-SPECIFIC GUIDES HERE*
  • MBA Consulting
  • My SnarkCenter
    • My Strategy Guides
    • My Favorite Posts

($) Which top bschools interviewed lots of applicants in Round 1?

January 16, 2018 by EssaySnark - Discusses Michigan Ross, Wharton, Columbia, MIT Sloan Leave a Comment

Multiple Choice:

When an adcom issues interviews to lots of their candidates in Round 1, that means:

1. They’re being nice
2. They have a lot of uncertainty in how the season will play out
3. Lots of applicants were disappointed on decision day

 
 

If you answered #2 and #2 both, then you would be correct!

So, which schools seemed to be very liberal in issuing interview invites in Round 1?

From our dataset, these ones did:

1. MIT
2. Wharton
3. Columbia Early Decision

The school that seemed to issue fewer invites in Round 1 than they traditionally have was Chicago Booth. Booth seems to always issue lots of invites, but the past two years they’ve been cutting them back somewhat.

Which is actually good.

If a school is going to reject you, you would far rather have them reject you early in the season.

That’s for two reasons:

1. If they reject you after the interview, it hurts WAY more. Few people expect to be rejected if they make it to the interview stage. It also often feels more like they’re rejecting YOU PERSONALLY. After all, they MET you – or at least, someone in their community did. It wasn’t like they were only rejecting your GMAT score or the essays that you had doubts about. They actually met you, and then they said, no thanks. Ouch.

2. In Round 1 at least, getting rejected at the mid-cycle release is way better, since it lets you regroup and figure out a game plan for Round 2. For Round 2, it doesn’t really matter if you get rejected earlier or later since Round 3 is a non-starter at this caliber of school anyway (at least, in most cases it is).

We don’t expect Columbia to be quite as liberal in issuing interview invites for Regular Decision. For Early Decision, we did hear of them interviewing candidates that we were somewhat surprised at (no offense if you were in this category!!) though that doesn’t mean that those people went on to an admit (though in some cases they did — woohoo congrats!!). For Regular Decision, we have no reason to believe that it’ll be any less competitive at Columbia than it always is.

Pro Tip: If you have not yet submitted your Columbia Regular Decision application, DO IT NOW!! As in, the next few days!! Really truly, it’s massively important to get that application in as soon as you possibly can. Every day matters at this stage!!

Which school seemed stingier in issuing interview invitations in Round 1 than we’ve typically seen?

Michigan Ross

No idea if these patterns will continue in Round 2 though we suspect that MIT will again be generous in invites, and less so in admits, and Wharton likely to follow that pattern too.

We’ll have to see.

Good luck to all of you who have thrown your hat in at these and all other schools!!!

Please keep us posted on your progress — anyone with an account here can update your status in the School Targets in My SnarkCenter.

Filed Under: application rounds, interviewing Bschools: Michigan Ross, Wharton, Columbia, MIT Sloan

« Previous: CLASS OF 2021 CANDIDATES: EVERYBODY GETS IN
Next: Radcom of the Year Award »

So who the heck is EssaySnark, anyway?!

We're the snarky experts in MBA admissions!

Sometimes amused and often appalled by what candidates write in their MBA applications to top bschools, EssaySnark created this little blahg to share common mistakes. Learn from them and avoid making admissions directors laugh (or want to hurl) when they read your essays. If you are hoping to have your essay reviewed anonymously on the blahg for free, submit it for consideration.

Want EssaySnark's personal assistance with your MBA applications? Start with our menu of consulting services and please read the Help FAQ to learn how we operate. Still have questions after doing all that? Email Team EssaySnark at gethelpnow at essaysnark dot com.

Good luck on your apps, Brave Supplicant!

Tell us what you think. Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

UPCOMING MBA APP DEADLINES

  • INSEAD Jan '24 Intake Rd 3
    in 2 weeks
  • INSEAD Jan '24 Intake Rd 4
    in 2 months, 0 weeks
  • Harvard Round 1: Sept. 6
    in 2 months, 3 weeks
  • Harvard Round 1: Sept. 6
    in 2 months, 3 weeks
  • Stanford Rd 1: Sept. 12
    in 3 months, 0 weeks
  • Columbia J-Term: Sept 13
    in 3 months, 0 weeks
  • Wharton Round 2
    in 6 months, 3 weeks
  • Harvard Round 2 (FINAL HBS RD!)
    in 6 months, 3 weeks
  • Stanford Round 2
    in 6 months, 3 weeks
   
   

CLASS OF 2025 MBA APPLICATION STRATEGY GUIDES

From a former BSer:
"love the guide books!"




    The 2022 Stanford MBA Application Guide - for "what matters most" in your MBA application!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Stanford GSB for the Class of 2025
   
    The 2022 Harvard MBA Application Guide - updated for the Class of 2025!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Harvard Business School!
   
  The 2022 Wharton MBA Application Guide - even more advice on how to get to a win with those essays!
SnarkStrategies Guide for The Wharton School - with clear guidance for the 2022 essays!
   
  The 2022-2023 Columbia MBA Application Guide
SnarkStrategies Guide for Columbia Business School for 2022-2023 applications
   
    The 2022 MIT Essay Guide covers the org chart, the cover letter and 'introduce yourself' video, plus the new optional short-answer question on "the world you come from" -- and everything else you need to know!
SnarkStrategies Guide for MIT Sloan MBA - totally revised for the Class of 2025!
   
    The 2022 Kellogg Essay Guide - with a full methodology to identify your 'lasting impact' and your 'values'
SnarkStrategies Guide for Kellogg MBA - revised for 2022!
   
    The 2022 UVA Darden MBA Application Guide gives insights on the essays, Early Action, the possibility of a test waiver, and everything else going on here!
SnarkStrategies Guide for the Darden MBA - updated for the Class of 2025 requirements!
   
   
The Yale SOM MBA Application Guide for Class of 2025 candidates!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Yale SOM - updated for 2022
   
    The 2022 Berkeley-Haas MBA Application Guide - updated for the Class of 2025 application!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Berkeley Haas - refreshed and updated, with brainstorming exercises and structured maps to help you focus your stories!
   
    The 2022-2023 NYU Stern MBA Application Guide that covers the essays, the EQ Endorsement and test strategies!
SnarkStrategies Guide for NYU - discusses your requirements for the Class of 2025 essays!
       
   

EssaySnark® is a registered trademark. All content copyright © 2010–2023 Snarkolicious Press · Privacy Policy