Main Page
From ClearAdmitWiki
Clear Admit MBA Admissions Wiki
This wiki is intended to serve as a repository of information learned by applicants as they progress through the MBA admissions process. Users can share their insights into recent developments in the top schools' admissions processes.
For each school listed, we’ve included five pages where content can be posted. The Interview pages are for applicants and students to share their experiences with admissions interviews. The Visit pages are for applicants to share their visit experience. The Application pages are for applicants and students to share their thoughts on the admissions process (essay topics, strategy, etc). The Experience pages are for current students to share news from their MBA experience. The Blogs pages list all the current bloggers for each school. We have also included a Current State section (below) to reflect the latest admissions news at each school (updated weekly).
It's free to sign up and contribute - just click here to create an account or you can e-mail your contribution to wiki@clearadmit.com.
BERKELEY / HAAS [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: It seems that a few interview invitations have rolled out for Round 1, but most applicants are not expecting to hear from the adcom til mid-December regarding interviews. The Round 2 application deadline is just a few weeks away on December 9th.
Clear Admit's Haas Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussion: Haas Rd 1, UC Berkeley Haas, Haas MBA Taking Questions
CARNEGIE MELLON / TEPPER [ Interview ][ Visit ] [ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Interview invitations are rolling out to Round 1 applicants. The Round 2 deadline is set for January 5th.
Clear Admit's Tepper Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions
BW Discussion: CMU Tepper R1, CMU Tepper R1 2009
CHICAGO / BOOTH [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: All "mid-decision" interview invites were distributed as of last week. The Round 2 deadline is in a couple of months on January 7th.
Clear Admit's Chicago Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Chicago Discussion Forums | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: Chicago PPT, Chicago R1 2009, Chicago GSB Interview Invitation Rate
COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Final decision notifications and interview invitations are currently being distributed to J-Term and Early Decision applicants on a rolling basis. Some applicants are still anxiously waiting their decision notifications, as decisions can arrive a full 10 weeks after the deadline (approximately mid-December).
Clear Admit's Columbia Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: Ask Columbia Business School Admissions, Columbia Early Decision 2009, Columbia January 2009, International Students: Beware of Columbia!, CBS Requires Co-signers for International Students?, CBS Interviews
CORNELL / JOHNSON [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: It seems that interview invitations are still being distributed to Round 1 candidates. The Round 2 deadline just passed this week.
Clear Admit's Cornell Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide
BW Discussions: Cornell R1 2009, Cornell R2, Ask the Johnson School Admissions Office, Your Life Story - Cornell Essay
DARTMOUTH / TUCK [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: The November Round application and interview deadlines just passed last week. The January Round deadline has been set for January 7th.
Clear Admit's Tuck Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: Tuck R1 2009, Scholarship essay at Tuck, Tuck Application Tips Videos Working?
DUKE / FUQUA [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Decisions for Early Action applicants rolled out last week. The Round 2 deadline is set for January 7th.
Clear Admit's Duke Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: Duke Fall 09, Problem with Duke R1 Submission, Duke Early Action Round Interviews, Duke for Finance, Calling all Duke admits
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: While HBS released a majority of their Round 1 interview invitations last week, a few may still roll out prior to the Round 1 final decision date in January. The Round 2 deadline is on January 6th, 2009.
Clear Admit's HBS Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: HBS Round 1, Any questions for a current HBS student?, International Students and HBS Interview, HBS Interviews in Asia?, Harvard Interviews, HBS Interview Method
MICHIGAN / ROSS [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: The adcom is in the midst of distributing interview invites to Round 1 applicants. The Round 2 deadline is set for January 2nd.
Clear Admit's Ross Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussion: Ross R1 2009
MIT / SLOAN [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Round 1 applicants are anxiously awaiting interview invitations, but they expect some relief in early December. Sloan's Round 2 - and final - deadline is January 13th.
Clear Admit's MIT Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussion: MIT Sloan R1 2009
NEW YORK / STERN [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Stern's Round 1 deadline for matriculation in Fall 2009 passed last week.
Clear Admit's Stern Essay Analysis | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: NYU Stern R1 2009, NYU Stern Part-time?, Stern Re-applicant Essay, NYU 2011
NORTHWESTERN / KELLOGG [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: As the Round 1 deadline for on-campus interview requests as well as Part I and Part II materials has already passed, applicants are receiving interview invites.
Clear Admit's Kellogg Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: Kellogg Fall 2009 MBA, Kellogg R1 2009
PENNSYLVANIA / WHARTON [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Interview invitations are rolling out to Round 1 candidates and will continue to do so until the "mid-release" deadline of today, November 13th. The deadline for Round 2 is January 7th, 2009.
Clear Admit's Wharton Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Wharton student2student Message Boards | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: Wharton MBA 2009, Wharton R1, Got Wharton Interview Invitation?
STANFORD GSB [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: There has been a small ripple in the Round 1 interview pool, as some report receiving interview invitations from Stanford. The Round 2 deadline falls on the popular date of January 7th.
Clear Admit's Stanford Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussion: Stanford Rd1
UCLA / ANDERSON [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Round 1 candidates are beginning to receive interview decisions. The Round 2 deadline is a few months away on January 8th, 2009.
Clear Admit's UCLA Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide
BW Discussion: UCLA Anderson 2009
UNC / KENAN FLAGLER [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Kenan-Flagler's adcom are busy conducting interviews with Round 1 candidates. The Round 2 deadline is December 5th.
Clear Admit's UNC Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions
BW Discussion: UNC Kenan-Flagler
VIRGINIA / DARDEN [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Round 1 candidates are currently waiting for interview decisions and will be interviewed between December 5th-19th and January 5th-9th.
Clear Admit's Darden Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide
BW Discussions: Darden R1 2009, Urgent: Darden Application, Darden Application
YALE SOM [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Yale SOM is currently distributing interview invitations to Round 1 applicants. The Round 2 deadline has been set for January 7th, 2009.
Clear Admit's Yale Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: Yale SOM Dean Leaving for Apple, Yale SOM Round 1
INSEAD [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Interview decisions for Round 1 September intake applicants rolled out a few weeks ago. The Round 2 September intake deadline is coming up next week on November 26th.
Clear Admit's INSEAD Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussions: INSEAD Jan 09, INSEAD Jan 09 Waitlist, INSEAD Sept 09
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL [ Interview ][ Visit ] [ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Selected Round 1 applicants received interview invitations last week while others have been receiving final decisions this week. The Round 2 deadline has been set for January 6th.
Clear Admit's LBS Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions | Clear Admit School Guide | Clear Admit Interview Guide
BW Discussion: London Business School 2009 R1
OXFORD / SAID [ Interview ][ Visit ][ Application ][ Experience ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: Interview notifications for Round 1 applicants rolled out last week. The Round 2 deadline is January 16th.
Clear Admit's Oxford Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions
BW Discussion: Oxford Full-Time MBA 2009
IESE, Spain [ Interview ][ Visit ] [ Application ][ Blogs ]
Current State: 11/19/2008: IESE's Round 1 deadline for the 2008-2009 admissions season has passed; the Round 2 deadline follows on December 8th.
Clear Admit IESE Essay Tips | Most Recent Blog Mentions
BW Discussion: Instituto de Empresa
