pranovreddy wrote:
Hey.. I understand how difficult it is. I am waitlisted too.
Admissions for Indians is a different ball game - luck plays a big factor.
A couple of adcoms of Top 25 schools mentioned to me that over 1000 Indians applied to them. I assume that’s the case with most good schools.
Around 30 Indians are eventually enrolled and even considering yeild rate of 50 p. Only 6 percent get admits.
Probably they would have picked only Couple of Indians from each -finance, strategy, tech backgrounds.
Bottom line : Admisssion is based on applicant pool as well.
A couple of applicants from same background might have had better exp or something extraordinarily good. Adcoms might have optimised diversity in Indians being admitted.
Luck plays factor because my story might be interesting for one adcom and might not sound great to other person. I presume lot of Indians would have applied with strong scores- after certain level possibly 330 they might go for good stories.
i completely empathise. but i’ll say this - i am a reapplicant, last year i applied to 7 schools, dinged everywhere. this year - no increase in score, but applied and got interviewed in all the schools + received an admit with scholarship at fuqua. all i mean to say is - dont read too much into these results and dont take them to heart. just keep chipping away. its a black box, and no one knows what works exactly. All the best to everyone going through this. i know just how horrible it can feel.