JA21 wrote:
So I understand that there was a round of early admits for R2 that took place on 2/13/15.
Historically, has Anderson admitted applicants in multiple early waves during a given application round? In other words, is it typically either early admit or hear back on decision date or does history suggest there may be a possibility to hear some good news prior to decision release date of April 2nd?
In terms of my own metrics, I was invited to interview on 1/21 and interviewed on campus on 2/9. With an interview invite date of 1/21, this would be put me roughly 10 days behind all other early admits included on this discussion board. Congratulations by the way for those accepted early!.
I feel excellent about my interview, as well as my natural fit with the culture during my campus visit, but you never know with so many qualified applicants...
Historically each round has had 1-2
posted early invites on their blog. I believe there are 1-2 additional unposted ones as well (smaller, less formal). I believe, based on historical blog posts, that we should have one round of formal invites by the end of the month.
The 2/13 invite seemed to be mostly west-coast admits, so they can attend the 2/25 admit day events.
At least 2 of the 10 early admits on here are based in NYC and at least 1 is international, so I doubt it had anything to do the admit day event. It does looks like all 10 of us that were admitted early were given fellowships, which is the more likely driver. I think Anderson realizes that it needs to be competitive with its par schools in order to protect its yield. My acceptance came through a week before the Stern one and right before the R2 interview period started at Duke. I doubt that was a coincidence. If UCLA waited until 4/2 to notify all candidates it would be likely that many would already be committed to other schools.