helpmehelpme wrote:
eggsnham wrote:
I am an in-state applicant to Kenan-Flagler who applied via the Consortium. I recently received admission with a full-tuition fellowship. I assume this is not Consortium-based, since it didn't mention anything about the Consortium in the letter. What effect does this have on my chances for a Consortium fellowship from other schools, and from UNC (since the Consortium fellowship likely goes hand-in-hand with membership to the Consortium and its famous networking opportunities...making a Consortium fellowship preferable to a UNC fellowship). UNC was my highest-ranked Consortium school.
I also received a McCombs admit, and am much more interested in attending McCombs (though this is highly dependent on receiving a Consortium fellowship to it). Is there anything I can do at this point to improve my odds at McCombs (based on the news from UNC)? I ranked McCombs below UNC on the Consortium application.
a good way to indicate this would have been to put them above UNC
but now UNC can say hey well claim you for consortium since theyre higher.. and then the discussion would come down to you trying to convince UT to give you the same even though you didnt rank them above.
I would have ranked MCombs the highest, but I never thought I would get in to any business school, period! I ranked UNC highest because I figured that as an in-state applicant my [low] chances would be high[est] there. To my surprise, I was admitted to both!
Back to my original question, should I indicate my infatuation for McCombs to them before the Consortium draft in March? If I receive a Consortium fellowship to McCombs, I will go -- 100% sure. There is still a 15-20% chance I will go to McCombs paying sticker (and turn down the UNC fellowship). At this stage in the game, is it worth mentioning to McCombs that I have received funding to UNC, but that McCombs, my dream school, is my #1 choice contingent on the fellowship? Or should I just keep quiet and hope for a fellowship at McCombs?