Jun, 13, 2024
The most important thing I can tell you about gaining admission to Columbia Business School‘s Class of 2027, aside from my essay analysis below, is to apply in Round 1 (Deadline September 10, 2024). Based on what occurred with CBS applications for August 2024 entry- Hard but normal for admission in R1 and terrible in […]
May, 22, 2024
Columbia Business School has just announced the deadlines and essay questions for the J-term Class of 2026 admission. As they have not stated the deadlines for August 2025 (Class of 2027) admission, I am going to make a second post for this purpose instead of one unified post. BIG CHANGE for J-term: The final deadline […]
Aug, 09, 2023
My clients frequently ask me how much time they have to invest in learning about the MBA programs they will be applying to. That is, how many live or online information sessions, how many alumni and/or current students do they need to contact, and how much do they need to master the school’s curriculum and […]
May, 22, 2023
Columbia Business School has, as they do every year, modified their MBA application essay set for 2024 admission to the January term Class of 2025 and the August term Class of 2026. This year they have removed their song/book/movie question (see my post from last year if you are interested in this for some reason) […]
Nov, 30, 2022
When looking at average GMAT scores at top MBA programs (see https://poetsandquants.com/2022/11/25/average-gmat-scores-at-the-top-u-s-mba-programs/2/) there are a number of factors for applicants to consider: 1. For applicants worried about not meeting the GMAT minimum: Average is just that. It does not mean minimum. You should look at the GMAT range for admits to get a full sense […]
May, 26, 2022
Columbia Business School has, as they do every year, modified their MBA application essay set for 2023 admission to the January term Class of 2024 and the August term Class of 2025. The good news is that got rid of a hard question, increased the length and slightly altered the wording for the why CBS […]
Jun, 08, 2021
Columbia Business School has, as they do every year, modified their MBA application essay set for 2022 admission to the January term Class of 2023 and the August term Class of 2024. Given Columbia’s overall rank as well as the unique nature of both January (J-Term) and Early Decision for August (ED), it has been […]
May, 30, 2020
Columbia Business School has, as they do every year, modified their MBA application essay set for 2021 admission to the January term Class of 2022 and the regular August term Class of 2023. Given Columbia’s overall rank as well as the unique nature of both January (J-Term) and Early Decision for August (ED), it has […]
Mar, 17, 2020
In a further sign of uncertain times, Columbia Business School has extended its final deadline for August 2020 from April to June 1st. Assistant Dean of Admissions, Amanda Carlson, is being completely transparent about this decision: “Columbia Business School has decided to extend its application deadline for the August 2020 incoming class until June 1, […]
Oct, 21, 2019
The following post is based on a workshop I did in Tokyo in September 2019. I needed to analyze and explain the essays for the M7 (HBS, Stanford, Booth, Columbia Business School, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT Sloan) in 3 hours. To do so, I structured key teaching points related to each school, which are often applicable […]
