Fuqua (Duke) Class of 2016: Calling all applicants!

Hey Jokesta,

I think you misinterpreted my statement. May be I should have put it better. I said no school can tell you that you are not fit at ANY of the schools. What I meant to say was that a school reject doesn't indicate you are not fit at any of the schools. I had to say this because neosumit was doubting his fit for the next set of applications.

I visited and interviewed at Fuqua and it's just awesome. I clearly understand how much fit matters at Fuqua. I spent close to a week in Durham to explore the area. I must say I am hooked

Best,
Prodizy

That's good to hear, prodizy. I am hooked as well! waiting for that Early Action Deadline to come with an acceptance.

To applicants who were not invited for interview or plan to submit your application, I resonate Hailmary's comment on reaching out to people who have gone through the application process already. Chances are many of them already have made many mistakes (me included) and can help you avoid these mistakes in your application. We all want acceptance to the top schools and are competing with each other for the limited spots but I am sure many of us also feel good helping other applicants out as well.

I couldn't have put it better. How I wish Fuqua was not my first app. Did many mistakes. If only, I could go back and do it all over again I hope I will learn from my mistakes and do better in the next set of lucky apps

And guys, please feel free to reach out. I cannot tell you how to get into Fuqua. But I can tell you what not to do!

Best,
Prodizy

With reference to your previous posts, Jokesta, Hailmary & Prodizy

request you guyz to put up the mistakes that you committed in your application(s).

I'm gonna apply in R1, and hope to learn from them. It'll be helpful to all future applicants.

thanx!

Mistakes to avoid:

1. I overlooked the importance of recommendations. I was travelling in the US at that time and couldn't communicate my application theme to my supervisor. I think this is a big mistake and I have corrected this in my second app.
2. Double check your application before hand. Fill the application long before the deadline. Let someone else see your full app before submitting. Make sure all dates and figures entered are correct. If you fill it in the last minute, more often than not, you end up doing mistakes.
3. DO NOT edit your essays in the last minute.
4. Read the application instructions before hand to make sure there are no last minute surprises in the app. There could be short essays in the app about international exposure, how will I contribute etc.


Hope that helps!

Best,
Prodizy

Thanx Prodizy for coming up and sharing all these.. kudos for your spirit

My interview is on Saturday morning. I tried to schedule it at the last minute and everything was booked for the open interviews by the 15th. Sent one of staff an email and she squeezed me in :D I'm only a 3 hour drive away.

Fuqua posted the prelim employment report for class of 2013/2014. MBB hired 28 interns combined this year - pretty impressive. Banking recruiting looks pretty decent too.

https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/documents/mba ... _Final.pdf

Any one from India , specifically New Delhi, got their interview scheduled ?

How was the interview? Hope you enjoyed the experience.

Best,
Prodizy

Hey everyone, current Fuqua student here. More than happy to answer questions people might have on the app/essay/admissions process as the application deadline dates start to come and go. I can't believe I was in your shoes a year ago.

Despite the link name, it redirects you to the preliminary report

I had my interview in Seoul on Sunday with an alum and it was VERY casual. Almost more like an informative session than an interview. He said he had an advance copy of my resume so going over that was not too intensive. There is no trick, no magic responses. If you can talk about why you want an MBA at this point in your career/life, why you want to go to Fuqua, and what you hope to do with your MBA after school than you are fine. And if you can't answer those questions? How the hell did you get this far in the process to begin with?

Hi there, could anyone share the % of Fuqua MBA class taking up sales trading/ broker post MBA (institutional broker roles). Is it very tough to get a sales trading job placement for international students who require h1b sponsorship.

Guys,

I needed answers to some of these questions:

Firstly, Under the Education section, there is a requirement stating:
"Please list grades for all college level quantitative courses you have taken in the following subjects: The list consists of Calculus, Statistics, Finance, Accounting and Economics

(Be certain to provide transcripts in the section above for all courses referenced here.)"

Do I need to fill in this section if I have an undergraduate degree and have submitted my transcripts. I wasn't sure if this applies to applicants with or without a Bachelors Degree. If it does apply to applicants with a Bachelors degree, How should I report the grade? Since I'm a Finance and Accounting major, I have had to take several courses in Finance, Accounting and Economics and there's only a limited amount of information I can enter in the text box provided.

Secondly, I just wanted to confirm that I would need to enter my company name twice if I have switched departments, and twice if I have received a promotion.

Lastly, what kind of awards and recognition qualify to be put in here? The company I work for gave me a certificate for helping them their volunteer initiatives and i have some trophies I won at some speech club.

Thanks!

Another 10 days to go before we hear the decisions! For those who interviewed, have you received any feedback or online update after the interview or is it just a wait and watch until 30th October

IN for round 1.

That concludes my round 1 applications. I need a beer, haha.