It was funny to see how many people erred on the side of caution with the dress code. I stuck to business casual (a dress), but I would say about 75% of folks wore suits. The other 25% wore shirt/tie/slacks, jacket/shirt/pants (or skirt) or dresses.

The interviewers all were wearing business casual.

This entirely depends on what you want to do, where you want to be, and who you want to go to school with. Everyone has their own biases for and against any school.

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Both schools are pretty different (in my opinion), so it will come down to where you feel the most comfortable. Did you get into both?

I got into both . I am in finance and though Cornell could be a better fit, Duke is great as well. And, I am influenced by the area and like NC better.
It is a tough call. When I visited Ithaca everyone at the school were amazing and I got a really good vibe.

Congrats! Mind if I ask your stats?

I checked out Cornell when I was doing an MBA tour about a year ago. My thoughts compared to Duke:

1) I genuinely liked the folks at Cornell slightly better than at Duke during my brief visit. I wonder if this is because Cornell has a bit younger student body, and as a younger applicant myself, I connected with those students better. Duke has a great people too, but I think I would have applied to Cornell had it not been for reason #2.

2) I was very turned off by Cornell's career services. I remember walking up to one of the top floors to the career services office...there was a posting outside the door listing where all the 2nd years were headed after graduation. I was disappointed by the names on that list for a few reasons. First, the company names were so similar to those that recruited at my undergrad (state school, good rep). Also, there was such a lack of variety, especially compared to Duke's career report (http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/documents/mba ... 011-12.pdf).

People here tell you that it depends - and it totally does. My negative comments are largely based on what I am hoping to get out of bschool and what I am trying to avoid. Maybe you want to head to a company that already recruits at Cornell? Or are planning to start your own venture or perhaps return to your current firm?

After attending Blue Devil Weekend earlier this month, I will say that no amount of research can really show you what the experience is like more than attending a welcome weekend (looking back, I wish schools had such a welcome weekend for prospective students!). So I'd encourage you to attend both welcome weekends and figure out what you're trying to get out of business school.

Also, don't get caught up in how people perceive the rankings. I get frustrated reading comments such as "there is no way X school is ranked there", when in reality those people have no real experience at each business school...unless they attended each program for the full 2 years! People who say such things are likely basing their opinions off of what other or past rankings are reporting rather than any special knowledge. Check out the rankings and focus more on the specifics rather than the general rank (http://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 ... ls-ranking).

Figure out what you're trying to achieve for the next 2 years, attend both welcome weekends, and hopefully you'll have more clarity.

Congratulations and best of luck!

For those of you going through ReVera right now can you please post if both of your recommenders were contacted, so far it's been just one for me. Also has any Round 1 admit received confirmation that their verification is complete? Its been over 2 weeks since I submitted the form.

What exactly does ReVera ask in their form and do they contact all of the jobs, recommenders, extracurricular, etc'?

Hey, thx. It is not a concern. It is the final step in the process... makes sense to learn all you can about it. Also, I would like to give the people who are contacted a heads up so they know what its about. I am sure it will be fine.

Any idea how long ago they contacted your recommenders or your HR? One early admit here had this process take only a week from start to finish.