Calling All 2011 Booth Applicants!!

So essentially they've taken the waitlist and are treating it like a deferred decision situation. Now it's Dec 15 all over again. Excellent.

Except it's like November 10 all over again, because we could get cut on the mid-decision date and then again on March 16th. I think I'm getting an ulcer.

Yeah, I think it's more like November 10th with the reject or waitlist. From what I've heard (from Booth chat/emails), admits aren't happening.

So NO admits at all? Best case scenario is to be able to remain on the list with a greater chance of being admitted mid-March?

That's how I read the emails.

I'm going to be in Chicago next weekend for my Kellogg interview, think it's a bad idea to drop by the Harper Center? I know it's admit weekend so there's probably a lot going on, but not sure I'd be welcome.

Fabulous! I am so excited, I cannot wait. Grr... why the hell didn't they just WL a reasonable number of people? Basically, they got greedy, WLed the whole damn world and now they're finding it a pain in the neck to handle so they're offloading those languishing at the bottom of their list at a random time under the guise of doing people a favour when in fact, it makes absolutely no difference because Round 2 deadlines are over.

I know it's frustrating, but earlycareermba did an excellent analysis earlier in this thread of the waitlist stats, and based on last year's data we're in a pretty good position. The percentage of people waitlisted this year is lower (based on gmatclub stats), and about half of the people on the waitlist last year ended up getting admitted. The waiting game is awful, but at least we're in a much better position than people on the Harvard or Stanford waitlists.

You are right. Our chances might be good relative to other schools but I feel like Booth is being slimy and not honouring the concept of a waitlist. They're treating it like a deferred decision, which is totally different. Making up the rules as you go along is not cool, regardless of the outcome.

I'm stilling wondering where all the applicants for R2 are and when they'll come out of the woodwork. R1 at 166 applicants vs. R2 at 59 applicants? Historically R2 is the largest pool, but maybe this year is different.

All school's waitlists in R1 are have a deferred decision component. When they make R1 waitlist decisions, they still have two unknowns:
1) How strong R2 will be (this might be diminished slightly by schools whose R1 decisions are released after the R2 deadline)
2) What the yield of accepted applicants will eventually be

#1 above refers to your idea of a decision deferral. They want to compare the R1 waitlist with R2 applications. #2 is a pure waitlist idea. Schools need to to plan for the two unknowns above, and the waitlist is how they do it. If you are waitlisted, then you are qualified. At the end of the day, schools need to see how many spots are available, and that isn't clear after R1. Given this, I don't believe Booth is behaving any differently than any other school.

In R2, the waitlist is less of #1 above (a decision deferral) and more of #2 (waiting to see who matriculates or not).

Waitlists aren't fun, but kudos to Booth for releasing some decisions early. I don't think the mid-decision date is necessarily an indication that Booth is abusing the waitlist, if there is such thing as abusing the waitlist. Schools don't want waitlists to be any larger than they have to be because they have to keep track of that many more potential applicants and process updates from a larger pool of people.

Best of luck to those on the waitlist!

In my application, the recommendations have been verified by the office, but I have not received an interview invitation yet. Can I understand this fact as my applications was already read and I will not get an invitation?

Unless someone else has picked up where I left off, this might have something to do with the fact that I was meticulous in keeping the spreadsheet rollcall updated based on people's posts in the thread during R1 but I haven't done the same for R2 - there may be people who've identified themselves on the thread but not added their names to the spreadsheet.. also expect a lot of people to show up when admits get announced.

Yeah I'm R2 but haven't added name to SS yet or anything. Perhaps it's best for me to head to bed. but it's only short 3.5 hours till 9:05!

Anyone got an invitation today?

yeah - where was that deluge we were expecting?

I suppose that the batches come out every morning at 9:05 from applications they reviewed the day before... since they missed the last few days due to the weather, its not really surprising that there aren't any invites that went out this morning.

I'm still waiting and hoping myself...

Best of luck to all.