Duke Fuqua 2012 - Calling All Applicants

Waitlisted without Interview!!

I have no clue right now what I should do. The email says that FAQ section is updated to answer questions on the waitlist process. Couldn't find that link on Duke's website.

Any suggestions on what to do next to possibly get an interview and to convert it to an admit

threestripes, would appreciate your thoughts on the following. I never came back to the Duke thread after I saw "Not invited" in the decision on the 17th/18th of December. I had applied in Rd 1. Last night I got this email from Duke saying "You may now access your decision online". For a moment, I thought this was a technical glitch or something. C'mon, how many times are you going to ding me? Then I said to myself, well, what do I have to lose?

So I checked and boom!
"The admissions committee at The Fuqua School of Business has reviewed your application for admission to The Duke MBA, and determined that an interview will be necessary in order to fully assess your candidacy. Your application has been placed on our waitlist to allow for the scheduling and completion of an evaluative interview."

So I accepted the waitlist decision. I thought I'd ask you (or anyone else who knows something about this)
- If I should do anything in the meantime other than wait to hear from them on the schedule? What I mean to say is should I or am I also supposed to send them any update etc. or is an update meant only for those who have been waitlisted after an interview?
- I thought "Not invited" meant a ding and not 'ding OR waitlist'. So is this a good sign that they found me not good enough to interview in Rd 1 but for yield management or for whatever else they have invited me to interview now?
- I guess GC is not a reperesentative sample of the many that apply to Duke, but anyone else here who got a "Not invited" decision in Round 1 but has been invited to interview in Round 2?

I would probably just call the admissions office and see if they need anything from you to schedule the interview. If you are flexible and can travel to Durham, might be worth mentioning. Good luck with the interview!

So how does the Calculus requirement work with the waitlist? I placed out of having to take it in college by doing well on my AP exam in high school, so I'm presuming I would need to take a class somehow (I have no idea how I would even do that by the way). But I'd really rather not waste my time taking it if I'm not going to get in off the waitlist. So would they not admit me in the summer if I hadn't taken it? It's pretty unclear to me how that would work.

Am in!!! Saw it at 4 in the morning (in India). Super relieved. Now to choose between Ross & Duke. This year it is going to be especially interesting (with no non US Cosigner loans at Ross).