If you have Columbia Business School on your list of school targets this season, you may be wondering: When exactly do I need to submit my application in order to have the greatest chances of success? For any other school that you’re planning to try for, it’s not that complicated: Round 2 deadlines are coming […]
Continue reading...($) One of the downsides of submitting an application too early
There are some hot-to-trot types who get those apps in super-duper early, which often can work out well. But sometimes it creates a rockier road to acceptance than might otherwise be necessary. Premium content starts here… If you’re reading this in email, click through to get the full ‘Snark! ———– ———– Premium content ends. […]
Continue reading...If you’re just joining us: Why applying to Columbia now is not the best idea… But if you’re going to do it, do it NOW!
Every year around this time, we take it upon ourselves to educate you BSers about when is ideal — and when is especially not recommended — to apply to Columbia. The biggest warning we have is, don’t get sucked in by that alluring final Regular Decision Columbia MBA deadline in April. (April 8th this year,...
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What “rolling admissions” means right now
Please don’t get caught up in misdirected hype around “rolling admissions” in the coronavirus era. The rolling round that many schools have implemented is totally unlike the standard deployment of “rolling admissions” from schools like Columbia operating in a normal year. (What does “normal” even mean anymore? Will we ever go back to “normal”? Is […]
Continue reading...($) Coronavirus and the MBA: International applicants and admits
On April 21, 2020, the President announced that a 60-day freeze will be placed on immigration to the U.S. We have no idea how that’s going to affect international students coming to the U.S. for their MBAs. 🙁 If you’ve been admitted to bschool, do you go? If you’ve been planning to apply, do you […]
Continue reading...($) “What’s the latest I can submit to Columbia Regular Decision and still have a shot?”
It’s now middle of January. The de facto Round 2 deadline for Columbia — what they call their “Fellowship deadline” –was January 3rd, which was unfortunately one of the very earliest of the January deadlines and which is now officially . If you did not submit by then, you’re not being considered for free money. […]
Continue reading...Columbia MBA early decision deadline & acceptance rate
Now that Columbia has officially released its 2018 MBA essays and application, and the essay questions are, as usual, focusing on career goals and “why Columbia?” with the second one asking about being at the center…. So given the focus on an “early” application that we often see at this time, we wanted to dig […]
Continue reading...What do you do if you missed Round 2 AND YOU STILL WANT TO APPLY SOMEWHERE NOW?
Hey BSers! We’re reblahgging this from 2015 because dang, that was three years ago, and this info is timely for where some of you are at today!!! Recently we gave a whole assortment of ideas for what to do if you didn’t apply to bschool yet this season. [2015 post] And yes, we realize […]
Continue reading...($) Columbia MBA: Early Decision, rolling admissions, when to apply
Columbia does things differently. For one, as you may have noticed, they open their application earlier than a lot of their peer schools. Because of the unique processes and options, between the Columbia Early Decision and the J-Term Accelerated MBA, and how all of their admissions is rolling, it can be a little confusing. So...
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($) If you’re aiming at Columbia Regular Decision… when to submit?
With Columbia's rolling admissions for their MBA applications, when is the best time to apply to Regular Decision? Do you need to apply really early? Is January a good time to submit? There is a sweet spot for most people to send in their Columbia application and it's not when many believe it to be.
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