UrbanPrep
jbotero08
I got the Yale ding. We really need to lobby for schools not to see the ranking list. It helps them on draft day but it also has perverse incentives.
Implying that "only" reason why you were not admitted is because of rankings demeaning to those who have/will get into the school.......
I agree that the schools should not see rankings but also understand why they do. The consortium's customer is the member schools, not the applicants. We pay the application fee but the schools front a lot of money for the program and it benefits them to see the rankings.....
The best way to combat this is to do a lot of research on the front end to really narrow down your choices.....I was told that 3 schools was the sweet spot when it comes to applying through the consortium
At the end of the day, im sure you will end up at the program best suited for you. Don't let a ding from a program that wasn't one of your top choices hold you back!
I agree, wholeheartedly, with @UrbanPrep's assessment. I don't know that applying to more than 3 schools makes a difference, but I definitely think that more upfront research should be done to know what schools are best for an applicant.
And like I mentioned further up-forum, Yale sent out their interview invites a while ago. Competition was fierce, especially among minority candidates (many of whom didn't do their research for fit but know that Yale is an Ivy League business school on the come-up - NOT IMPLYING ANYONE ON THIS FORUM IS THAT TYPE OF CANDIDATE), so it was going to be tough to get in this year, no matter what.
That said, while the schools should NOT see the rankings (it is a terribly inefficient system), it does make a difference for yield, which affects the rankings, and the schools know that. So it always behooves an applicant to rank schools according to the ones they most want to attend. The rankings system is simply the price we pay in exchange for the opportunity to potentially go to school for free/nearly free.
26 Feb 2015, 08:28
