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London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants

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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2016, 00:48
endysng wrote:
The last page of reference form asks to rate the candidate.
As per the example given on that page 1 = Low. However, against each quality 1 is written as high.
So, which represents high 1 or 5 ?

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Please rate the applicant, comparing them with other members of his or her peer group, on the qualities listed below using the following scoring system:

1 = Low 3 = Average 5 = High



Intellectual or academic ability
1 (High) 2 3 4 5 (Low) Not observed


Quantitative skills
1 (High) 2 3 4 5 (Low) Not observed


It's terribly confusing. It's the one thing so far in the application that you can honestly say is an amateur mistake. They mention a scale of 1=low 5=high to rate at individual characteristics but then overall recommendation is 1=highly recommended, 5=not recommended.
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2016, 12:00
Aren't we expected to hear something tomorrow?
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2016, 12:03
Did anyone send any additional materials? I didnt have anything substntial to update the school on so I haven't sent anything. I hope that isn't seen negatively.
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2016, 14:52
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ohhhh, so today I took the gmat again only to lower my score... and i had to send an email to the adcom stating my result (since they asked me to).
well, frog the gmat, frog the mba and frog lbs, I quit this.

Good luck to everyone.


Sorry to hear about that! I'm not sure how many times you've done GMAT but it's not something to take lightly, particularly if you are not used to that type of examination. Don't lose hope.
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2016, 14:56
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Aren't we expected to hear something tomorrow?


Yes, tomorrow is the first deadline for R1 WL. If it's not tomorrow then I'll feel hopeless as the next deadline will be in May and I have better things to do than just sit and wait (not that I'm doing that now anyway).
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2016, 03:03
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Did anyone send any additional materials? I didnt have anything substntial to update the school on so I haven't sent anything. I hope that isn't seen negatively.


I had a meeting with Adcom, wrote a follow up letter and had alumni write recommendation letters. Pretty much ran out of ammo there.
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2016, 08:24
Yeah, I guess that's what needs to be done. I know other people as well who have done this. Hope me not doing this doesn't hurt me.

Good luck to you!

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MBAApplicant1 wrote:
Did anyone send any additional materials? I didnt have anything substntial to update the school on so I haven't sent anything. I hope that isn't seen negatively.


I had a meeting with Adcom, wrote a follow up letter and had alumni write recommendation letters. Pretty much ran out of ammo there.
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2016, 08:24
Thanks! Did anyone hear anything?

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MBAApplicant1 wrote:
Aren't we expected to hear something tomorrow?


Yes, tomorrow is the first deadline for R1 WL. If it's not tomorrow then I'll feel hopeless as the next deadline will be in May and I have better things to do than just sit and wait (not that I'm doing that now anyway).
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2016, 08:31
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Thanks! Did anyone hear anything?

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MBAApplicant1 wrote:
Aren't we expected to hear something tomorrow?


Yes, tomorrow is the first deadline for R1 WL. If it's not tomorrow then I'll feel hopeless as the next deadline will be in May and I have better things to do than just sit and wait (not that I'm doing that now anyway).


All quiet on the western front
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2016, 08:34
Same here in Asia

I think I won't be waiting till May now and take Haas
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2016, 08:36
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Same here in Asia

I think I won't be waiting till May now and take Haas


Makes sense
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Agree, May is too long a wait
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2016, 09:54
Still on WL
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2016, 10:36
Still on WL as well. I wonder if anyone got through
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   11 Feb 2016, 02:56
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Still on WL as well. I wonder if anyone got through


On waitlist as well. They didnt move me up based on the 10th Feb discussions. Any idea how many people move from WL to an admit?
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   11 Feb 2016, 11:35
You can browse the last few year's threads but I don't think there are a lot

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MBAApplicant1 wrote:
Still on WL as well. I wonder if anyone got through


On waitlist as well. They didnt move me up based on the 10th Feb discussions. Any idea how many people move from WL to an admit?
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   11 Feb 2016, 13:12
parthvatsal wrote:
MBAApplicant1 wrote:
Still on WL as well. I wonder if anyone got through


On waitlist as well. They didnt move me up based on the 10th Feb discussions. Any idea how many people move from WL to an admit?


It's likely that there won't be movement till R2 decisions are out in March as they probably wish to compare WL applications with the R2 applications.
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   13 Feb 2016, 05:40
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parthvatsal wrote:
MBAApplicant1 wrote:
Still on WL as well. I wonder if anyone got through


On waitlist as well. They didnt move me up based on the 10th Feb discussions. Any idea how many people move from WL to an admit?


It's likely that there won't be movement till R2 decisions are out in March as they probably wish to compare WL applications with the R2 applications.


I'd say more like June or July. I met with the School and they were pretty straightforward in saying that they wait till summer. My suspicion is that the WL is used to manipulate de yield (not that other schools don't do it). Even though LBS yield is not public I think it's an input for some of the MBA rankings.
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2016, 03:51
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Anyone knows what percentage of waitlisted applicants are admitted to the program, on average? From the wording in the email, it sounds to me as LBS takes more applicants from the waitlist compared to other business schools.
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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   24 Mar 2016, 06:02
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Anyone knows what percentage of waitlisted applicants are admitted to the program, on average? From the wording in the email, it sounds to me as LBS takes more applicants from the waitlist compared to other business schools.


I'd say 10-20%

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Re: London LBS Class of 2018 - Calling all Waitlisted Applicants [#permalink] New post   28 Mar 2016, 17:39
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Does anyone have the link using which LBS Alumni/current students can write in a recommendation for an applicant? I couldn't find it on the LBS website

PlastMan - Which form did your alumni use for submitting their recommendations?

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