Round 1 applications is now closed-what next ? Verifying the applications

The stroke of midnight on 31st December officially closes Round 1 application. If you missed this date & time, your application will be considered for Round 2. And for our Round 1 applicants (and those in Round 2 too) , I share your excitement to get admitted first to this new 12 month MBA program.
For us here in the Admissions Team, it means the start of the selection journey -from the assessments and then selection for interview.

Round 1 is batch mode. This means we assess all the applications submitted by the deadline of this application round. For those who submitted and completed their application earlier, it also meant your asssessment has been completed earlier. After completing the assessment of the entire batch of applications received during the round, selection for the interview begins. (there will be exceptions of course)

For those of you who have submitted applications, we are checking on the completeness of such applications.

A complete application consist of :
1) on line application form
2) all required supporting documents (including referees' reports)

As many of you  would be asking or anxious if you have submitted complete applications (referees reports are sent by referees) , please bear with us as we complete the checking, which will take some time depending on the number of applications received (typically no more than 2 weeks from the deadline, 31 Dec 2012).
So no need to send us e-mail asking on this aspect - we will use up our time more to check on the completeness of your applications  rather than reply to the e-mail queries, ok?

We will advise by e-mail  and contact ONLY those that have missing/lacking supporting documents. Or maybe we have not received them yet (especially referees report). The e-mail notification will commence from 4 January for you to follow up submission, and completion of your application. You will be given time to complete the application  so we can complete the assessmentand you must complete so within the deadline stipulated in the e-mail.

If  you do not receive an e-mail from us during the period of checking , it means your application is complete and is being processed. So just sit tight and wait for the announcements for interview if you are selected. Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.

So from now till end January,  we will be busy doing the assessments. During this time, some of you will be called for the interview!  Watch for that e-mail.