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($) “What’s the latest I can submit to Columbia Regular Decision and still have a shot?”

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It’s now middle of January. The de facto Round 2 deadline for Columbia — what they call their “Fellowship deadline” –was January 3rd, which was unfortunately one of the very earliest of the January deadlines and which is now officially . If you did not submit by then, you’re not being considered for free money....

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($) Just In Time MBA App Prep: What if you JUST decided to apply to bschool? Like, NOW?

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Most of the advice here on the blahg is about “DON’T DO IT!!” – meaning, a last-round app to bschool is very very challenging and has much less probability of success than it does in the first two rounds of the admissions season. There are many factors and reasons for this and we discuss them...

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($) “Uh-oh” or “YAY!”: Are Round 2 apps in your future? What we can predict and what you should expect

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If you didn’t bother to go through our wonky decision tree recently, then we’ll offer a recap for you now (we can’t call it a tl;dr since all of our posts are tl, even the summary stuff, but you knew that already). This is for those of you in that special pocket of h3ll called...

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($) “I did 4 schools in Rd 1. Should I really be thinking about Rd 2?”

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We are reblahgging this from 2012 because it’s timely! And those of you who read our “Rd 2?!?” decision tree on Friday can check this out if you got all the way down to Q6 and the “ALMOST-YAY!” verdict! -ES About this time in the Round 1 cycle one long-ago year, we got an email...

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($) “If all my other Rd 1 apps are crap shouldn’t I go ahead with Columbia ED anyway?”

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We know you know what we think about using Columbia Early Decision as an insurance policy. If Columbia is not your first choice school, then don’t apply Early Decision. If you’re also applying to schools like Harvard and Stanford and Wharton, then it’s borderline unethical to also try for Columbia ED since you’re clearly focused...

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($) “What about moving School X to Round 2?”

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As we started yesterday, in the category of “Oh crap! How did this happen?!??” aka Yes, Round 1 is here! Here’s the thing: Regardless of how awesome your profile may be, you should still have a balanced strategy if you’re committed to sitting in a bschool classroom next Fall. That means including a less-competitive school...

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($) “I’m not ready. Should I just push this stuff off till Round 2?”

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We know some of you are seriously stressing out right now. You had every intention of making Round 1 happen, and yet Real Life conspired, and now you’re not where you had planned to be. Should you just plan to take advantage of Round 2 instead? This is a legit question!! And it completely depends...

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Our annual reminder: Ethics matter. (aka: Early Decision at Columbia and Duke are binding)

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Some of you may have guessed what we were alluding to in yesterday’s “What’s wrong with this picture?” post, but if not, here you go. That person sounded like they were definitely headed to Booth, right? Based on how they related the results? Did you examine where else they applied and what their outcomes were? […]

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($) Should you apply Early Action / Early Decision?

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We’re reblahgging this from the ‘snarchives since it’s an important topic!! You can see some comments below from BSers who’ve gone before, asking about their own strategies — feel free to post your own such questions too if you have them!   Should you apply Early Action? (Note: Not to be confused with MIT Sloan’s...

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