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Ding - but why? Because they have already got enough Chinese male from R1?

College in China, 3.9/4, No.1 in class
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Strategy Consulting (Not MBB, but quite decent) in US, 2 yrs up to now
GMAT 760, Passed all CFA exams; Recommendations should be strong; essay should be fine

That is a lot to be proud of! How are you with displayed leadership, community involvement, effort to get to know people from Booth? I know Booth is strong on the right fit. Did you express that? You say your essay should be fine, but that was in your control to be great. Maybe some of these areas were lacking? If not, then I really don't know. Based on your previous accomplishments, it sounds like you will continue to be very successful anyhow.
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Thank you. I guess there might be some problems with the essay. I did spoke with the alumni and visited the campus... The Booth essay is quite unique this year, but I wrote it in the traditional way. Anyway, I don't regret investing time for the application, this is a very enriching process.
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Thank you for your reply. There must be something I didn't do well in the application package. However, it's a shame declined applicants will never have a chance to figure out where the problem is. Good luck with your application too.
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Of course always seek improvements, but don't ASSUME something was wrong. Assuming homogeneous stats (i.e. GMAT/GPA/Work/non-URM), the human element in the admissions process begins to play a greater factor. Candidates sparkle differently depending on the reader's biases.

Now, it's becoming more of the case that candidates with great stats should choose a "spray and pray" approach as in PHD admissions, whereas before -- let's say 5 years ago -- you could've walked into ANY program with your profile on stats alone.
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Got the ding at 4 pm CST. Ironically I was sitting in winter garden at the Harper center after concluding my campus visit today when the ding came!
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no update so far, what's wrong ?




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Got the ding at 4 pm CST. Ironically I was sitting in winter garden at the Harper center after concluding my campus visit today when the ding came!
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Thank you for your reply. There must be something I didn't do well in the application package. However, it's a shame declined applicants will never have a chance to figure out where the problem is. Good luck with your application too.
Of course always seek improvements, but don't ASSUME something was wrong. Assuming homogeneous stats (i.e. GMAT/GPA/Work/non-URM), the human element in the admissions process begins to play a greater factor. Candidates sparkle differently depending on the reader's biases.

Now, it's becoming more of the case that candidates with great stats should choose a "spray and pray" approach as in PHD admissions, whereas before -- let's say 5 years ago -- you could've walked into ANY program with your profile on stats alone.
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I second that. Also, do not forget, everyone applying to these top programs is pretty good when focusing on numbers only; what makes a difference now is those essays, your experience and leadership roles both professionally, but especially in the community. Anyone with enough time, can have perfect scores, and schools are aware of that. I your life is focused on scoring high, while not caring about real issues of real life, well, these top programs will not show any interest in you.
As they often say, they are looking for game changers, not just people who can solve equations and make a lot of money for themselves
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dinged here. its tough to swallow especially since I got dinged from 5 of 5 schools that I applied. Not a single one extended an invitation to interview. Is something systematically wrong with my profile or application?
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I second that. Also, do not forget, everyone applying to these top programs is pretty good when focusing on numbers only; what makes a difference now is those essays, your experience and leadership roles both professionally, but especially in the community. Anyone with enough time, can have perfect scores, and schools are aware of that. I your life is focused on scoring high, while not caring about real issues of real life, well, these top programs will not show any interest in you.
As they often say, they are looking for game changers, not just people who can solve equations and make a lot of money for themselves
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I agree that the subjective parts of the app make a difference. However, I think you're taking my point to the extreme and thinking in a way that admissions WANTS you to think matters (i.e. Caring about "real issues.") In reality, they reserve slots for general buckets, and you're competing against a micro-cohort of similar applicants based on scores and prestige, who are assumed to get the checkboxes for leadership and community.

Good luck!
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Looking at all the analysis above, hope spray n pray works..
Fingers crossed.. :)
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Hello nice people, congrats to the ones with the R2 interviews.

I am in a dilemma I wanted some suggestions on. I got my Booth R2 interview invite. Still they have not gotten back to me with the interviewer name (I come from Bangladesh). And the final decisions for R2 will be out by 17th March.

On the other hand, I have gotten a Deans Tuition scholarship (full ride) from Olin in R2. I am to accept the offer by 4th March. So, I dont really know if I should be accepting the offer and later on reject it if Booth makes me an offer I can not refuse (:P).
N:B: I do not want to sound rude or give a bad vibe about students from Bangladesh in general.

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just received an invite (1:31PM CT)
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Hey hwu! Congratulations on the Wharton admit! I'm curious - how do you feel on Wharton v. Booth?
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Hello nice people, congrats to the ones with the R2 interviews.

I am in a dilemma I wanted some suggestions on. I got my Booth R2 interview invite. Still they have not gotten back to me with the interviewer name (I come from Bangladesh). And the final decisions for R2 will be out by 17th March.

On the other hand, I have gotten a Deans Tuition scholarship (full ride) from Olin in R2. I am to accept the offer by 4th March. So, I dont really know if I should be accepting the offer and later on reject it if Booth makes me an offer I can not refuse (:P).
N:B: I do not want to sound rude or give a bad vibe about students from Bangladesh in general.

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You wont know about your final Booth's decision till 17th March anyhow. So the best case forward will be for you to pay the deposit and secure your spot at Olin. Lets say you do get in to Booth on March 17th, you will get to lose the deposit that you submitted at Olin (full ride aside). If you think that loans will be a big burden for you, then Olin's full ride will be difficult to be matched but Booth's prestige is right up there with the top schools. Booth will give an excellent exposure to whatever field you want to pursue. Olin is a good school but unfortunately it does not come close to Booth's reputation.

Booth has given some aid to R1 admits but how much will be a decision for March 16th for you. So, if you are fine without Booth's admit without aid (worst case scenario), then I would say pay the deposit at Olin to secure your spot.
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I second that. Also, do not forget, everyone applying to these top programs is pretty good when focusing on numbers only; what makes a difference now is those essays, your experience and leadership roles both professionally, but especially in the community. Anyone with enough time, can have perfect scores, and schools are aware of that. I your life is focused on scoring high, while not caring about real issues of real life, well, these top programs will not show any interest in you.
As they often say, they are looking for game changers, not just people who can solve equations and make a lot of money for themselves
I agree that the subjective parts of the app make a difference. However, I think you're taking my point to the extreme and thinking in a way that admissions WANTS you to think matters (i.e. Caring about "real issues.") In reality, they reserve slots for general buckets, and you're competing against a micro-cohort of similar applicants based on scores and prestige, who are assumed to get the checkboxes for leadership and community.

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Agree with this. I come from the overly represented Indian male engineers pool and most of us have great GPAs , excellent GMAT scores etc. So lets say they have 50 slots for this pool and admissions found excellent applications in R1 and admitted 30 in this pool/bucket. So for R2 and R3, obviously you will be competing against people with similar profiles and for lesser slots. The numbers get stacked against you. It is not just the application materials or GPAs and GMATs, the admission committee also needs to select a 'diverse' class for the obvious reasons. Herein comes the 'personal' bias as mentioned by another poster above. You can not or should not rule this element out. I have seen 1 applicant who applied to 7 top 10 schools and got dinged without interview at all but got admitted to HBS. Entire application process is a combination of many different aspects out of which some are in your control while others are not.

If you did get an interview, good luck with your interview and final decision. If not, move on and work on another application or in my case matriculate at Kellogg :-D
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With the completion of R2 interview invitations, refer below for the timeline for interview invites.

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dinged here. its tough to swallow especially since I got dinged from 5 of 5 schools that I applied. Not a single one extended an invitation to interview. Is something systematically wrong with my profile or application?
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I was in your shoes last year! Granted, I haven't gotten IN anywhere yet, so I'm not exactly a success story, but there is hope for reapplicants. I wasn't able to beat my 700 and still have a low GPA, so the luck this year is all in how I presented myself. Again, I haven't gotten in anywhere yet, but I'm doing incrementally better than last year and I only need one to like me!

PM me if you'd like reapplicant tips. Trust me, I know it's hard not to take it to heart, but you've got to believe in yourself and keep going if you know this is what you want. But first, I would suggest taking 1-2 months to completely forget about the process and take a breather before thinking about R1
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Got an invite on the 28! Didnt have a chance to post as i came down with a bad case of flu.
Canadian, 99% gmat,cfa, IM experience.
so happy i got the invite, went to Chicago twice this year, including a campus visit, love the city, the school, the people, so excited! Got an outright ding at cbs - whatever, cant aford manhattan anyway.
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If the timeline above with the number of invites are to be believed, there were significantly less invites in R2 (47 invites) than R1 (76 invites). Is this because not all the invitees have updated their profiles here or did Booth decide to fill the majority of their 2018 class from R1? Considering historically most applicants are in R2, this would be an odd thing. Maybe we're seeing a shift of more applicants deciding to apply in R1 to have a better chance. It'd be interesting to see the statistics on applicant behavior this cycle.
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If the timeline above with the number of invites are to be believed, there were significantly less invites in R2 (47 invites) than R1 (76 invites). Is this because not all the invitees have updated their profiles here or did Booth decide to fill the majority of their 2018 class from R1? Considering historically most applicants are in R2, this would be an odd thing. Maybe we're seeing a shift of more applicants deciding to apply in R1 to have a better chance. It'd be interesting to see the statistics on applicant behavior this cycle.
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It could very well be that Booth already filled a few slots in R1 itself based on 'diversity/bucketing'. But it could very well be that people on GMATCLUB have not updated their profiles. Based on last year's division, % of people getting invites was relatively similar. So it all depends on whether Booth went aggressive this time around with the invites. No one would know the real reason unless you work with the adcoms.
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Does anyone know what percentage of those interviewed are accepted?

Just had my off-campus interview on Friday. I thought it went well. It was a very conversational interview. Some questions I remember:

Tell me about yourself/take me through your resume
How would your friends describe you?
Tell me about a significant leadership experience you've had.
Tell me about a time you disagreed with someone in a group setting.
Why Booth?
Why now?
Why the industry I'm in now
What do you think you add to the class at Booth?

After my interview, I think Booth is one of my top choices if not number one. Good luck to everyone.
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