Darden 2012 - Calling All Applicants

I can't speak for other schools, but I know Darden will wait until the day before decision release date.

Hi all,

I am new in this thread, and I am sure this question was already asked somewhere, but if you haven't made it to the interview you will be notified only on the decision date, or would they inform you prior to that? (R2 applicant)

Got an interview invite yesterday. I had submitted a day before the deadline.

You applied in R2?

Posted from my mobile device

Are you interviewing on campus or off?

Darden's application portal is down. I called the office and they said that they're working on it and hoping to have it back up soon. I hope it doesn't complicate anyone's 10 business day window in which to schedule an interview.

They are working on it indeed.
Thanks for everyone who came to Day@Darden today! It was an amazing day and great fun to meet you all. I hope you enjoyed learning about Darden from faculty, staff and the students.

Today, is another day

Any one from India received interview invite ?

any invites today?starting to lose hope slowly..past the 1 month mark now..

The way I see it, its only half of February, still another half to go
Keep the faith, my friend! Many of us are in the same boat too.

Definitely keep the hopes up. You still have time to receive an interview! I know the wait is painful, but just hang in there.

I did my interview yesterday on the Darden campus. I flew down on Sunday, stayed in the Darden inn, and then did the class visit, interview lunch etc. all day Monday. The interview was exactly as described here and on various wikis. We walked in, did a little small talk, then she asked me "I want to learn more about you, tell me your story." And I launched into my monologue telling my life story, starting with where I grew up and ending with why Darden. It actually didn't end up being a monologue at all, more of a discussion, because she jumped in frequently with questions and comments. My interviewer was on the admissions committee, which I was happy for. All in all I think the interview went really well.

I visited a class early in the morning before my interview, and that was a very interesting experience. After being walked over to the classroom by a current student, she says "Oh yeah and by the way, this section likes to greet prospective students in an interesting way, good luck!" With that the class looks at me, and asks me to stand up and introduce myself. So I do that, describe where I'm from and what I do. Then a guy says "Ok we have a question for you, if you were stranded in the Massachusetts wilderness, and had to eat only what you could kill, what is the biggest animal you could kill with your bare hands?" My response was coyote. Cuz I could totally take a coyote, but after that the only real choice is deer, wolf or bear, and I didn't want to be the douschebag who claims he can kill a bear with his bare hands.

I was blown away by Darden in every way. I really hope I get good news in March.

I definitely want to echo everything spacecurves said. It was such a great experience just getting to visit. BTW, my class visit "ice breaker" was that I had 30 seconds to pick a random person in the section and draw him/her on the chalkboard. Everyone had to guess who I drew. Great way to introduce my lack of art skills to the class of 2013.

Hahaha oh that is great! Wow I'm glad I just had to rank my hand to hand combat skills, my artistic ability stops at stick figures!

I was also there. I had to draw, which is good because I'm pretty sure the largest creature I could kill with my bare hands is a bunny rabbit.

I want Darden to be my valentine.