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I know all of you are thorough so I figure most will have it taken care of, but remember to file you FAFSA soon. I know deadlines for some programs come in the next two weeks depending on when you applied. For instance R1 Consortium applicants to Tuck have a dealine of 3/3 for their FAFSA. Just a quick reminder while it was on my mind.

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18 Feb 2015, 11:43

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wait, what if you haven't filed your tax return...do you know the deadline for R2?

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wait, what if you haven't filed your tax return...do you know the deadline for R2?

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I believe there is an option to submit it with a flag that you have not filed your taxes for last year. It will be flagged for later review but at least you will have me the deadlines. You will have to come back later and enter the accurate data. The round 2 deadline is 3/20 for Tuck. I think it may vary from school to school. Also depending on where you live and where you plan to attend filing sooner is better as some states hand out funding on a first come first served basis. My state is not one of those. I filed a week and a half ago it is a really quick process. I did it right after I did my taxes.

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wait, what if you haven't filed your tax return...do you know the deadline for R2?

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You can still complete the FAFSA, you would just have to update your information once you get the tax return.

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18 Feb 2015, 12:17

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We have to wait until we are accepted to apply for fasfa right?

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We have to wait until we are accepted to apply for fasfa right?

No definitely not

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18 Feb 2015, 12:37

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We have to wait until we are accepted to apply for fasfa right?

No, you can apply now. It takes about 20-30 minutes...you can add up to 10 schools.

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I've done mine. Make sure you're doing your FAFSA through FAFSA.gov and no other website. You should not be paying a fee to process your FAFSA- it should be free.

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18 Feb 2015, 20:09

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LazyBoy8

Got my first invite to interview and it is from my top choice Tuck. I was balding and graying from stress...hopefully that slows the process some.

Tuck first choice? I think you have potential for much more! even in the area: says, HBS, MIT..... even Kellogg, Booth, etc... I wouldn't recommend Tuck based on some CGSM peeps who visited during winter :/ Anyway, good luck Lazyboy!!!!!

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Got my first invite to interview and it is from my top choice Tuck. I was balding and graying from stress...hopefully that slows the process some.

This comment comes across as a bit dismissive. Tuck is a phenomenal program. I talked to an alum who picked Tuck over GSB. For that matter I talked to someone who picked Tepper over GSB and MIT. Prestige or ranking can't possibly be the most important factor in assessing if a MBA program will help you realize your maximum potential or provide the best MBA experience for you. Even if you want to take a more tangible metric like ROI or average career salary of graduates, it would be dependent on your career goals and industry.

The comment about CGSM peeps is also ambiguous.

Massive achievement getting an interview invite from your top choice.

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18 Feb 2015, 20:36

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Got my first invite to interview and it is from my top choice Tuck. I was balding and graying from stress...hopefully that slows the process some.

To each his/her own I suppose. The whole "fit" concept really resonates with me. Tuck has far more intimate of a setting than any top quality school and it has a solid focus on personal development and being a teaching program. The professors are top notch it's case study based and has a ton going for it. Why did you opt to apply to Tuck? Have you since changed your mind? Why? I have also applied to MIT outside the consortium which is a fantastic school hell bent on being innovative and disruptive which I think is awesome. Wharton didn't work out but that may have been for the better. Each school I applied to was for a particular good reason. We will see where the chips fall. I'd be very fortunate to land at any of the schools I applied to honestly. In the mean time the stress will continue. Thanks for the feedback.

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18 Feb 2015, 21:02

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The anticipation is killing me. So what is next? CGSM decisions are released mid-March, so March 11th maybe?

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The anticipation is killing me. So what is next? CGSM decisions are released mid-March, so March 11th maybe?

Based on prior years' timeline that seems like the exact day that they should start notifying post "draft". Not sure if things changed because of this abnormally harsh winter for some schools.

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it would be nice if Yale acknowledged my application before we get to that.

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The anticipation is killing me. So what is next? CGSM decisions are released mid-March, so March 11th maybe?

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The anticipation is killing me. So what is next? CGSM decisions are released mid-March, so March 11th maybe?

March 11?! That means in 3 weeks
We will all have our decisions! Doesn't seem like there's much time left for many more invites to go out. Does anyone know when invites stopped coming in last year round2?

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The anticipation is killing me. So what is next? CGSM decisions are released mid-March, so March 11th maybe?

Around this time last year the thread went completely dead. There is no indication of hardly any activity. It went from crickets chirping to a bunch of people getting invites starting with Johnson. Still nothing from Yale for me :cry:

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I know certain schools have really gotten hammered in the northeast with the snow. My brother is a professor in Mass. and they have had 4 school closings in the last month.

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Just checked previous year. You are right. It was crickets until February 25 when Johnson released their admission decisions. Thats next week! Hopefully the terrible weather in the north has some of these programs a bit delayed.

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The anticipation is killing me. So what is next? CGSM decisions are released mid-March, so March 11th maybe?

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I know certain schools have really gotten hammered in the northeast with the snow. My brother is a professor in Mass. and they have had 4 school closings in the last month.

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19 Feb 2015, 07:26

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yea, i'm thinking yale is a ding for me too. I would have said nobody got an invite or acknowledgement but I think there is one person a couple of pages back who said he was R2 and interviewed...so either those of us on the boards are not very attractive to Yale...or they just don't like CGSM that much.

If they sent invites now, people would literally have a week or two to schedule and their non-cgsm deadline is march 27.

seems like schools must have a good idea of who they want before the invites - some of the interviews are quite close to decision date...ie Sterns diversity date is 2 wks before march 15!.

anyway... i can't wait till we all know where we are going!

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Yale can push it to the wire because 1) They have already seen you on video with their mandatory questions we have all (hopefully) completed 2) They do Skype interviews. I am still holding out hope for Yale. I feel my profile matches very much what they are looking for. I hope that would warrant at least an interview. Also, remember the number of applicants is waaay up this year so they may not have been staffed for it. That coupled with school closings would be difficult to manage.

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Don't lose hope! But I do know of one person on this forum that said he/she received an invite and two of my associates also received their invites from Yale through CGSM. But someone earlier on this thread mentioned that Yale is still going through applications so keep hope alive!

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