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jmtomaz
Got put on waitlist for term program last Monday, 10/17.
Waitlisters, you guys come accross any useful waitlist strategies? I updated adcom info about changes in my job role.
Thx
Keep hanging. Waitlisted is much better than direct reject.
For improving your profile, I would employ "focus-and-attack" strategy. You identify your most weak issue in your profile (you should know what it is), and try to improve that weakness as much as possible. For instance, if your GMAT score was not outstanding, you may retake the test. If I were you, I may even focus on one of the two sections of the test, depending which one (quant or verbal) was less than outstanding in my current score. This works, because your test score is obviously good enough to be waitlisted, but if one of the sections was weaker than your max capacity, you can now put your full energy to improve that.
BTW, I'm a bit curious to know, if CBS waitlist people after interview, or without one? Have you been waitlisted after interview?
J. M. Tomaz,
Welcome to the purgatory. I have been in the waitlist for a while, and would like to share what I've learned.
1) Most people tell you to send additional material. I too have done so.
2) CBS says you shouldn't:
https://www.forbes.com/2009/05/14/busine ... -list.html(Yes, Linda has left, but I believe this new orientation stands)
3) The question that is killing me is also "How many spots are left?". In spite of rumors that the class would be reduced, I still believe J-terms has an intake of 180 (3 x 60) students every year (I think I saw this in the application instructions or something). The facebook of supposedly approved J-termers has 82 members, but I am not sure if these people were actually accepted (I mean, how can the admin verify?). And even so, have all approved students adhered to the group? So, well, it's inconclusive.
https://www.facebook.com/gettingstarted. ... 6131775578Anyways, there are plenty of intl students (like myself), who need to take their visa, that have been waitlisted or haven't heard from admissions yet, maybe that tells us something (if you figure out please let me know, lol).
4) Related to #3, this is an interesting article on waitlist. This is what I believe, especially if you consider that CBS faces no competition for top students in J-Term (it is the only IVY/M7 program to offer this option), so they probably will take their time reviewing ALL applications that came in until the Oct 6th deadline before taking their decision.
https://www.whitefieldconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=3200Hope this helps getting you more anxious
25 Oct 2010, 13:35
