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Following Up after your application

gmatpapa

Senior Manager

Joined: 31 Oct 2010

Status:Up again.

Posts: 418

Concentration: Strategy, Operations

Schools: Ivey '16 (A) Carlson '17 (A) McCombs '17 (A) W.P. Carey '17 (M$)

GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V42

GMAT 2: 710 Q48 V40

Following Up after your application [#permalink]

19 Oct 2011, 04:08

I was wondering whether it will be beneficial/ harmful to call the adcom to follow up after I've submitted my application, not to ask about my application or candidacy/ chances etc but to know more about the school.

I know I'm supposed to find out about the school before applying but one cannot find out everything right. So when I call up the adcom (if, of course, he/ she agrees to speak with me) I speak a little something about the things I already know and why I decided to apply to that school and also ask her some more questions.. like, how has your experience been, how much of a role does diversity play in the collective development of a class etc etc..

I know some students visit the school after submitting the application but I cant do that. The school is 10,000 miles away

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jko

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Joined: 17 Mar 2011

Posts: 412

Location: United States (DC)

Concentration: General Management, Technology

Schools: Duke '15 (WL) Kellogg '15 (D) Darden '15 (M) Ross '15 (WL)

GMAT 1: 760 Q49 V45

GPA: 3.37

WE:Information Technology (Consulting)

Re: Following Up after your application [#permalink]

19 Oct 2011, 05:00

gmatpapa wrote:

I was wondering whether it will be beneficial/ harmful to call the adcom to follow up after I've submitted my application, not to ask about my application or candidacy/ chances etc but to know more about the school.

I know I'm supposed to find out about the school before applying but one cannot find out everything right. So when I call up the adcom (if, of course, he/ she agrees to speak with me) I speak a little something about the things I already know and why I decided to apply to that school and also ask her some more questions.. like, how has your experience been, how much of a role does diversity play in the collective development of a class etc etc..

I know some students visit the school after submitting the application but I cant do that. The school is 10,000 miles away

Honestly, I don't think it's a good idea.

1) Given that it's just a call, they're probably going to wonder why you didn't call before submitting your application.
2) If one of the deadlines just passed, it means that the admissions committee is going to be crazy busy reviewing applications and might not be as interested in chatting, particularly when the purpose of the call is unclear.

losttraveler

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Joined: 07 May 2011

Affiliations: CBS Class of 2014

Posts: 390

Concentration: Finance

Schools: CBS '14 (M)

Re: Following Up after your application [#permalink]

19 Oct 2011, 05:51

+1 JKO, I agree. Don't call the admission committee for anything man unless it's to schedule a tour/visit prior to submission

cheetarah1980

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Joined: 24 Aug 2010

Status:Current Student

Posts: 1332

Location: United States

Schools: Kellogg '14 (A) Wharton '14 (A) Stanford '14 (D) Booth '14 (M)

GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V40

WE:Sales (Consumer Products)

Re: Following Up after your application [#permalink]

19 Oct 2011, 05:58

You can contact a current student to ask those questions. They would be the best people to provide those insights anyways. Almost all schools have student ambassadors who are available to speak to prospective students. Check the school's website to find them. That's what I did for both Ross and Kellogg, two schools I will be unable to visit before submitting my application. I found the conversations to be very helpful.