Darden released their essay questions today. While it's not the highest ranked school I'm applying to, it might be the one I'm most excited about. Essays: ( https://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/sta ... d=4&id=577 ) Deadlines: ( https://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/sta ... d=4&id=579 ) Last year's thread: calling-all-darden-fall-2009-applicants-67730.html Round 1 Total Applicants: 34 Interview Invites: 18 Admitted: 18 adude (ADMITTED 1/27) number41 (ADMITTED 1/27) thais (ADMITTED 1/27) BSchoolHelp (ADMITTED 1/27) cletuscassidy (ADMITTED 1/27) TheDream (ADMITTED 1/27) ACNguy (ADMITTED 1/27) smadge37 (ADMITTED 1/27) hserfoj (ADMITTED 1/27) jeffmou (ADMITTED 1/27) dr2005 (ADMITTED 1/27) pochcc (ADMITTED 1/27) vaete (ADMITTED 1/27) theoutlawfades (ADMITTED 1/27) averma43 (ADMITTED 1/27) Neochronic (ADMITTED 1/27) gtg450g (ADMITTED 1/27) DuckPond (ADMITTED 1/27) ( WITHDRAWN FOR DUKE) WL: Dinged: 3 usmbaquest madbubbles anandnesan Unknown: themagiccarpet (Invited for Interview 12/2/2009) sc (Invited for Interview 12/2/2009) 24 (Invited for Interview 12/2/2009) MeowKat (Invited for Interview 12/2/2009) tobey03 (Invited for Interview 12/2/2009) capsfan (Invited for Interview 12/2/2009) somrc (Invited for Interview 12/3/2009) RF224455 (Invited for Interview 12/7/2009) Providencia (Invited for Interview, 12/15/2009) pmk157 goose fugo vnbui eminent niraja varunprabh hsm78 theenlivened rajiv182 sonicdc Crashing aabbccddee asimov (Withdrew) kidd38s (Withdrew) Round 2 Total Applicants: 22 Interview Invites: Admitted: WL: Dinged: mba12tech lakai777 RonMexico Augustus avatar17 theoutlawfades AspiringSloanie kevintay vanilla 0rionMBA djkvakin grv ntenzer thewearykind mdlindsa bigdre eteusch1 ezekiel2517 hogann culesrule uscgrad05 mbaseek12 vishnupr Round 3 Total Applicants: Interview Invites: Admitted: WL: Dinged: Applying (Undecided about which round) pm4553

Hopeless day at work today....My manager expecting a discussion today in the other office and me staring at my phone and refreshing the gmatclub forum.....and also day dreaming about how will the evening be like after a call...I don't think I'll get anything done today in the office

As long as we are wasting time here, is anyone else upset that the last video blog didn't reference R3 and last week they didn't even do one?

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who does things like this.

Question for everyone. Obviously, Rd three is the toughest round to get into and so the odds are high that many of of will get dinged. My question is - for those of us who are waitlisted or dinged - do you think we will have a better than average shot for next year if we apply in one of the first two rounds?

Well that depends. There was someone this year that was waitlisted until august last year, and applied again this year and was still dinged. I think if you figure out/find out what part of your application the admissions committee did not like and improve that portion of your application then you will have better odds of getting in. I don't think applying again without improving your weak points will give you any advantage over anyone else.

It's 2:30... Everything still silent? I've got nothin' thus far.

nothing here too.....2.5 hours to go in the day

Nada here too. But, how long does it take to make 10 phone calls. I'm expecting sometime around 3 or 4pm.

I just spoke to admissions. They basically said, "look we try to call people who get in before the deadline but in the past we haven't gotten to everybody. So be prepared for anything." Seems like no one has heard anything today so I'm guessing they just aren't as focused on this round. Maybe we'll just have to wait until midnight. No # updates on the facebook group either which backs up our experience thus far today.