Calling All Duke Fall 2010 Applicants! (MERGED)

hehe, we surely like to freak out... and freaking out all together helps easing down the stress a bit
4 days and we'll know!

Or we get a mob mentality and all have a collective super-freak out...

I received the e-mail as well, and it's nice to know I'm not the only one freaking out!

The GMATClub admins should create a few graphs that match forum posts/volume with certain events. Any little thing happens and these forums explode!

For those of you EA who were accepted and got the gold bars, did you check the box in the app that said you wanted gold bars? I forgot to do that. Should I call adcom or send an email?

hilarious..

I just marked the email as Unread to ease out freaking feelings

Awww... since I'm foreigner... no bars of gold-pressed latinum for me... I lost my honorary Ferengi status, sigh...

got notice today that my application is complete for r1. yay. so the wait officially begins for an interview invite

lol, got the email too. Since I have already interviewed I am fine with it and I guess its good to know that my application is complete (not that I was expecting anything else but..).

got to say it seemed like a rather strange email to send.. if i get in of course my opinion changes to- "the email was a great idea and the admissions office should be applauded for being so proactive in relieving the stress of applicants."

Eteusch1, you can use the NetJets pass that came in my admissions packet to just fly in to Durham and tell the adcom in person.

Also, sorry mjjking, but the gold bars were only for EA admits. I've heard that R1 admits might get silver bars though!

And to everyone freaking out about the complete email, don't. They're just verifying they have everything for you (you could have gotten one saying they were missing something you might get bumped to the next round). We EAers got it too. And from what happened last round, interview invites went out on the actual last day they said they would send them, so in this case, I would guess they'll come on the 8th. Good luck!

haha...If only...

thanks ElleBee that info helps - "Bee" your best! ..... I guess the next freak show would be on 8th then

For R1 applicants: one more day folks, and interview invites will be out! Soo nervous!!

I heard from that Duke will interview around 75% of the applicants...
so interview invite from duke may not mean anything big.. am i not right?

Is there different rate in difference region?
for example, in US, the interview rate is above 75%, but in other internationla region like China/India, the figure is super below 75%

Am I right?

Who did you hear that from?

Well in my opinion that would imply that interview has a lot of weight. That's why they want to interview 75% applicants before making final decisions. If interview were not a big deal then they would have easily filtered out a lot of candidates without interview itself.

Regards
D

The data is from businessweek.

Interview invitation is 75% and offer 30%
Thus, basically, one out of two interviewees will be admitted.

I think he means that one invited for interview doesn't mean you have strong profile and essays becuase many people will be invited. Am I right?

My question is: in other region rather than US, the data is still 75%? it is too high.