Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!!

Ha ha, amen to that!

Definitely! I'm very fortunate to have got in at three dream schools. At the end of the day, I can only attend one so two other people will get to attend an amazing school which I think is great.

I don't think it's unethical, personally. If you were in an early-decision/early-action thing, absolutely. But the schools know about the timing that decisions are released--if you think about it, Booth's 1st deposit date is before nearly all R2 decisions are released--by your logic anyone who's admitted to Booth in R1 shouldn't apply to any school in R2, which I don't think anyone would say that's what they agreed to. I think Booth has two deposits to kind of gauge their yield from R1 before they have to release R2 decisions.

Wow. It seems like a lot of people hit the waitlist. It must be a very competitive year. Good luck guys.

Hi, anybody from India planning to attend the Admit Weekend in Feb? I am, and it'll be great if we can get in touch..thanks

@mandy -- i think most of the indians got WLed..else it wud ve been great meeting the future classmates ...

Mandy,

Indian Applicant. Planning on attending the admit weekend in Feb. We should plan a gmat clubbers outing

Any washington DC / Virginia / Maryland admits?

I think there was 1. There were several DC area WLs. Myself included.

That sucks. I wonder if I interviewed any of the DC/MD/VA WL/admits.

I went to campus and have a 2nd year.

Based on a thread in the admitted students Google Group, there appears to be a good number of DC admits.

I'm based out of DC, but I'm currently abroad and interviewed in Chicago.

I second that full-on whole heartedly!!

I wouldn't consider it unfair - it happens more than enough I am sure. What you may want to do is simply call them nearer the time and let them understand your situation. I think you will probably be clear on things in a few months, but I reckon they would allow you a small extension at a push. If they offer money, hell if they even admit you, they would like you to attend. So long as your reasoning is perfectly sensible it ought not to pose an issue.

You know I started the first admitted student google group for Booth in 2007? Those thieves in admissions took the idea and used it every year thereafter without so much as a 'hey good idea'! Punks!

I'll be at an admit reception in Jan in DC and intend to get very drunk.

Oh, I never thought it to be unfair. I think it's reasonable that these schools should not really have to tailor their schedules to other schools. Asking for an extension probably is reasonable if I haven't made up my mind in the next month or two. I was just realizing that I needed to make a decision sooner than I thought I had to which brought on some anxiety.

I'm definitely not looking forward to declining a school's offer. I have a lot emotionally invested in each school and while I know this process is for my future development, you can't help but form relationships along the way with alumni, adcom, and students who all hope you join them. I guess I'm a people pleaser and I don't like the idea of disappointing anyone.