NYCFinanceGuy wrote:
Same here. DING. I honestly don't know what more i could have done. I thought for sure I would get in, much less remain on the waitlist.
I updated ADCOM on a promotion at work, additional international responsibilities at work etc. I met more SOM students, reached out to the ones I'd previously met and even reached out to clubs I previously mentioned I was interested in. I even attended the Yale Philanthropy Conference at the suggestion of a current Net Impact member where I had a wonderful experience and had the pleasure of meeting Professors Nalebuff, Sheldon and Kolditz, all of whom I had meaningful conversations with. I attempted to help a current SOM student with his internship interview which just happened to be at my current company (all of this was on my Update Letter). I truly don't know what more I could have done.
wow, that was one impressive effort. Sorry about the ding, but looking at this forum, it seems like lot of other people got dinged also. I am thinking that they had higher than expected yield and had to ding R1 WLers. Also, from what I have heard that after R2, if someone gets in from waitlist, its usually the R2 WLer.
Also, I think you might have ticked someone off in the adcom by doing all these things. I know sending updates is helpful, but I also think overdoing it hurt your candidacy more than it helps. I have heard couple adcom saying that if a school sense desperation in an applicant, they usually rejects him/her. The reason being, once you get into a b-school, you still face lots of waitlists/rejections during the recruiting process, so schools want to make sure that the applicant they are admitting is emotionally strong enough to let it go. Obviously, you did the best you could, but there were candidates who were lot more qualified than you were. I know it's a hard reality, but there is nothing we can change about it (As you can tell, I am on zero admit list). I will keep the head high and hope for other schools.
I disagree. NYCfinanceguy made a great effort and did all the right things. If a member of adcom thinks he is trying too hard, they need to get off their high horse and shove it. Think about it, everything they tell you to do is "talk to current students, come to our events, network with our staff". He did exactly that. Its all hoops and mazes they want you to jump through while they figure out who their most profitable class is. They just like letting you feel engaged while they piece together their class. This isnt Yale specific, all schools operate the same.
Ding for me as well yesterday from Yale, so maybe Im just a little bitter at the moment. I honestly did nothing to try and get myself off the waitlist. The whole process is messy and just kind of sucks. But thats the competitive world of business. Only the strong survive.