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CGSM 1 here. Just got the admissions call from Haas!!!! Seeing as Berkeley was my #1 choice I am over the moon happy right now!!!! Go Bears! :lol:

Congrats!! So are your guys planning to apply for scholarships? The deadline is Friday and each of the scholarships requires an essay. I wish we had more time

Unfortunately I can't make Days at Haas because I already have another trip that's been planned for months. But good thing is I've visited Haas twice already so I have a good feel for the culture there. Are you going?
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Yeah I'm going to go because I live in the Bay so it's easy for me, but also because I'm just super excited to meet some of my new classmates! YAY!!!! And Yes, jay4den I'll also be to applying for some of the other scholarships. I know it's short notice with the first deadline being Friday for most of them but I'm just thankful to be in and have a shot at other scholarships at all. On the phone, Stephanie did say something about there being a 2nd pass for the scholarships in April so I think all CGSM's that are admitted with actually have a shot at them though. Best of luck everyone! For those of you going to Haas, PM me... I can't wait to meet you all! Cheers!
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CGSM 1 here. Just got the admissions call from Haas!!!! Seeing as Berkeley was my #1 choice I am over the moon happy right now!!!! Go Bears! :lol:

Congrats!! So are your guys planning to apply for scholarships? The deadline is Friday and each of the scholarships requires an essay. I wish we had more time

Yeah I'm going to go because I live in the Bay so it's easy for me, but also because I'm just super excited to meet some of my new classmates! YAY!!!! And Yes, jay4den I'll also be to applying for some of the other scholarships. I know it's short notice with the first deadline being Friday for most of them but I'm just thankful to be in and have a shot at other scholarships at all. On the phone, Stephanie did say something about there being a 2nd pass for the scholarships in April so I think all CGSM's that are admitted with actually have a shot at them though. Best of luck everyone! For those of you going to Haas, PM me... I can wait to meet you all! Cheers!
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Yes, someone else gave me heads-up yesterday that we can shoot for next deadline so I'll probably go with that. I am currently not sure whether I'll make it to Days at Haas but will try my best to be there.
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For NYU applicants, does anyone know their decision timeline?
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I interviewed on campus over 3 weeks ago and was told "2-3 weeks" - have not heard back yet. I chose not to attend the diversity weekend because of prior travel plans.
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Have any R2 UT Austin folks had trouble scheduling an interview with an alumn in the NYC area? I have emailed 5 ppl on the list of 'NYC interviewers' but no one has responded.
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Have any R2 UT Austin folks had trouble scheduling an interview with an alumn in the NYC area? I have emailed 5 ppl on the list of 'NYC interviewers' but no one has responded.
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If that's the case, I would email Shelley Clifford asap. I did a skype interview. Good luck!
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Hey - quick congrats to all of the CGSM Yale SOM admits! My roommate came home last night from the phonathon and was practically floating she'd had such good conversations with y'all. Ping me if you have any questions about SOM, and we hope to see you at Welcome Weekend! It's gonna be a doozy.
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Everyone should give a list ranking of the schools they got into and were dinged from so that next years class can look back at us for some confirmation of rank sensitivity?

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I'm not convinced that rank sensitivity is a factor on the Adcom side. NYU was my 1st choice and Yale was my 2nd. However I interviewed at Yale 1st because I wanted to attend NYU's Perspectives day on the 22nd.

I think rank has more to do with the applicant - the higher ranked the school is for you, the more time you dedicate to the application which results in a higher quality application.
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Everyone should give a list ranking of the schools they got into and were dinged from so that next years class can look back at us for some confirmation of rank sensitivity?

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I'm not convinced that rank sensitivity is a factor on the Adcom side. NYU was my 1st choice and Yale was my 2nd. However I interviewed at Yale 1st because I wanted to attend NYU's Perspectives day on the 22nd.

I think rank has more to do with the applicant - the higher ranked the school is for you, the more time you dedicate to the application which results in a higher quality application.
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I agree with @urarunner2, I don't think ranking factors into admission decisions (probably only affects fellowship decision). I got into all schools I applied to and , in particular, was accepted into my least ranked school first.(and I am sure the schools see the ranking order during the admissions process)
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Everyone should give a list ranking of the schools they got into and were dinged from so that next years class can look back at us for some confirmation of rank sensitivity?

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I'm not convinced that rank sensitivity is a factor on the Adcom side. NYU was my 1st choice and Yale was my 2nd. However I interviewed at Yale 1st because I wanted to attend NYU's Perspectives day on the 22nd.

I think rank has more to do with the applicant - the higher ranked the school is for you, the more time you dedicate to the application which results in a higher quality application.
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I ranked Yale: 4/5 and Cornell: 5/5...WL @ Cornell and dinged w/o interview @ Yale...Don't want to go into specifics on stats but feel as if I'd ranked them higher I would be admitted....But suppose, to your point, I also did not put as much effort into building relationships at Yale + Cornell as I did my top 3 ranked schools.
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Looking at the time gap from last year's Perspective Weekend to when people were getting accepted, looks like the wait will be between 1-3 weeks. It's rolling admissions, so it's hard to pinpoint an exact time frame.
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Everyone should give a list ranking of the schools they got into and were dinged from so that next years class can look back at us for some confirmation of rank sensitivity?

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I'm not convinced that rank sensitivity is a factor on the Adcom side. NYU was my 1st choice and Yale was my 2nd. However I interviewed at Yale 1st because I wanted to attend NYU's Perspectives day on the 22nd.

I think rank has more to do with the applicant - the higher ranked the school is for you, the more time you dedicate to the application which results in a higher quality application.


I ranked Yale: 4/5 and Cornell: 5/5...WL @ Cornell and dinged w/o interview @ Yale...Don't want to go into specifics on stats but feel as if I'd ranked them higher I would be admitted....But suppose, to your point, I also did not put as much effort into building relationships at Yale + Cornell as I did my top 3 ranked schools.
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I ranked Yale 1/3 and got dinged with no interview--but I think that reflects much more on me than the rankings. I just don't think they saw me as a fit, so it didn't matter they were 1. Still waiting on Ross (2/3) and Cornell (3/3).
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I ranked Yale 3/4 and was dinged without interview. I was waitlisted last year when I ranked them 1/4. So in a way, the rankings do play a part in their decisions. It may not be the sole reason, but I'll argue that it sure has part to play. In my opinion, I was good enough to interview last year, and be placed on the waitlist, and mysteriously this year I wasn't even good enough to get an interview???

Either ways, congrats to ALL of you who have been admitted. You definitely deserved and earned it.
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I think last year's thread had some great discussions on this. Basically everyone seemed to kind of agree that certain schools are more sensitive to how you rank them. Berkeley, Dartmouth and NYU were a few in that group. Lower ranked schools were more ok with being ranked behind these top tiered schools, for example UNC, Mccombs, Olin. I cant say myself because Ive only been accepted to one school so far (my second rank), but just based on logic it should have some weight. Why would say Yale want to decrease their yield if you rank them behind say USC, and Texas knowing that you are perfectly qualified to get an offer from those two schools?
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I think last year's thread had some great discussions on this. Basically everyone seemed to kind of agree that certain schools are more sensitive to how you rank them. Berkeley, Dartmouth and NYU were a few in that group. Lower ranked schools were more ok with being ranked behind these top tiered schools, for example UNC, Mccombs, Olin. I cant say myself because Ive only been accepted to one school so far (my second rank), but just based on logic it should have some weight. Why would say Yale want to decrease their yield if you rank them behind say USC, and Texas knowing that you are perfectly qualified to get an offer from those two schools?
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Very good point
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Wait listed at Johnson. I didn't get an email, just checked randomly a few seconds ago. Come through for me, Ross! I'm going to go do some positive visualization now. The wait until March 15th is going to be brutal! :)
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CGSM 1 here. Just got the admissions call from Haas!!!! Seeing as Berkeley was my #1 choice I am over the moon happy right now!!!! Go Bears! :lol:

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Congrats to you both! I also received the call from the Executive Director of Admissions Stephanie Fujii. Her call was hands down the most personal acceptance call that I've received. She referenced particular pieces of my application that she enjoyed reading, making the entire essay process seem that much more rewarding. My hat goes off to Haas (students and admission staff) for going the extra mile in making applicants feel more like people and less like robots that write essays and fork over $200 application fees. Haas definitely earned major brownie points in my book! Hope to meet you both at upcoming Haas events!
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CGSM2 here...got in at Emory (Rank 2/3)....Yale was (3/3) for me

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I ranked Yale 3/4 and was dinged without interview. I was waitlisted last year when I ranked them 1/4. So in a way, the rankings do play a part in their decisions. It may not be the sole reason, but I'll argue that it sure has part to play. In my opinion, I was good enough to interview last year, and be placed on the waitlist, and mysteriously this year I wasn't even good enough to get an interview???

Either ways, congrats to ALL of you who have been admitted. You definitely deserved and earned it.
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Sure, your ranking could have had something to do with that, especially since in adcom's eyes they were your #1 choice last year and this year they dropped to #3. What leads them to believe that you'll accept their offer this year if you don't like the school as much anymore?

Beyond that, this also comes down to the applicant pool. I know Soojin at Ross has a blog post about this very topic, but getting WL-ed or accepted last year doesn't guarantee another WL or admit this year. Every year, the pool of people applying is different. Perhaps more people this year have a similar background to you or have similar goals to you.

There are a variety of factors that go into the decision-making process; from an applicant's point of view, you can't quite understand it (and in some ways, you think you've gone "backward" over the past year), but from the adcom pov, they're just trying to make the best class they can.

Best of luck with your other applications & congrats on your admits so far!
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Been watching this thread for a long time... Time I put in my two cents...

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Emory: Admitted
Yale: Waitlisted after interview
Cornell: Admitted, going to Leadership weekend on Mar 1st
NYU: Awaiting response, went to Diversity day
Darden: Awaiting response, interviewed about 3 weeks ago
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