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Was told by HBS that they should be finishing up their decisions by May 27th and want their class finalized. Still have not heard anything though...... For Duke, have not heard of any WL updates, thinking maybe we will after the deposits are due on 5/27?? pure speculation though.
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A for Duke the deposit deadline for R3 is May 20th....Hopefully there might be some movement soon. Who knows...
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Calling All Duke (Fuqua) 2011 Applicants 18 May 2011, 08:54
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For those with specific questions who did not attend the waitlist chats...

Waitlist chat Feb. 24th 2011 transcript :
https://www.fuquaworld.duke.edu/chat/archive?name=142

Waitlist chat April,13th 2011 trascript:
https://www.fuquaworld.duke.edu/chat/archive?name=155

...been around for a while now!
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While I was waiting, I went to Fuqua and sat down with an admissions officer. I called in advance, and they said that they welcome walk-in candidates, and that an admissions officer would be happy to sit down with me for 10 minutes. On that note, I made sure to make other appointments with students to make it seem like I had other business - in your case, it may be a good idea to reach out to a faculty member, and meet for a few minutes too (can't hurt as something new to write about).

I will say that the admissions member was very unhelpful and didn't answer many questions - she simply recited the FAQs and answered questions regarding the program, in general. I'm guessing it helped though - at least in my case.
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Calling All Duke (Fuqua) 2011 Applicants 18 May 2011, 09:35
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[/quote]@mbahubby: I believe the R3 deposit deadline is Friday, May 20th. Therefore, there's a possibility that people will be admitted off the WL as early as Monday, May 23rd. Also, based on your profile, I think I might have met your husband when I interviewed on campus in April.[/quote]

My husband went on his interview at Duke on 4/11. Are you on the WL as well?

I am getting all these dates mixed up!! I am looking at all areas of potential schools so we can make a spilt second decision on moving, etc (not to mention I will need a new job!). I have this weird feeling my husband will have to take off before me to get to any orientations in time and I will have to finish up things back at our current home before meeting him wherever that may be. I think he was saying he would have to be at Duke by mid July if accepted...? On a postitive note, he just called me to inform me that one of the schools he has already gotten accepted at has offered him many grants and other options that would put our out of pocket cost for his MBA at $0. Pretty amazing, but we are turning it down because it was last on our list and he has been accepted to better schools which we hope pay off in the long run!!
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Calling All Duke (Fuqua) 2011 Applicants 18 May 2011, 10:01
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Technically, he wouldn't have to be at Duke until August 1st. If he's planning on a concentration in the Health Sector Management program or Entrepreneurship he would need to be there earlier, but I think actually can do those requirements prior to his second year.

I believe the calendar is on the website.
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For those on the waitlist, what's the email address you used to send in updates?
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Technically, he wouldn't have to be at Duke until August 1st. If he's planning on a concentration in the Health Sector Management program or Entrepreneurship he would need to be there earlier, but I think actually can do those requirements prior to his second year.

I believe the calendar is on the website.
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Yep, his concentration would be in Health Sector Management.

For WL email updates the email address is: mbawaitlist@fuqua.duke.edu
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Yeah - I think it's a requirement for HSM people to do the pre-course classes, but he can do those prior to his 2nd year, I believe, if admitted after the date this year.
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@mbahubby: I believe the R3 deposit deadline is Friday, May 20th. Therefore, there's a possibility that people will be admitted off the WL as early as Monday, May 23rd. Also, based on your profile, I think I might have met your husband when I interviewed on campus in April.[/quote]

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My husband went on his interview at Duke on 4/11. Are you on the WL as well?

I am getting all these dates mixed up!! I am looking at all areas of potential schools so we can make a spilt second decision on moving, etc (not to mention I will need a new job!). I have this weird feeling my husband will have to take off before me to get to any orientations in time and I will have to finish up things back at our current home before meeting him wherever that may be. I think he was saying he would have to be at Duke by mid July if accepted...? On a postitive note, he just called me to inform me that one of the schools he has already gotten accepted at has offered him many grants and other options that would put our out of pocket cost for his MBA at $0. Pretty amazing, but we are turning it down because it was last on our list and he has been accepted to better schools which we hope pay off in the long run!!

I interviewed on the same day, so I am fairly certain that I met him. Yes, I am on the WL as well.

I do not have access to the numbers but I have been told by somebody, who has got connections, that very few people were interviewed and then admitted/WLed in R3. However, it doesn't matter if only 5 (random small number here so please take this with a grain of salt) people were WLed from R3 if none of those people get accepted at the end of the day.

Will you and your husband choose to go to any of the other schools that have accepted your husband if none of HBS, Yale and Fuqua can offer you a spot in this year's class?
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Just got my acceptance to Booth yesterday so I will be withdrawing my offer from Duke. Hopefully that'll free up a space for the WLers out there - don't give up hope!
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threestripes.... small world

We will be going to Carnegie Mellon if none of our WL's work out. However, we are still holding onto some hope that we will get in. Personally, Duke is my favorite location as I want to move more south (not super excited about moving to Pittsburgh but CMU still is a great school).... And being that my husband is wanting to go into Health Management, Duke has the best program. Wish we had put applications in earlier and had a better shot. But, only on our honeymoon this past October did we discuss what would be our next steps in life and getting his MBA was on the top of the list. Got home from our honeymoon and he immeditely enrolled into GMAT prep courses and took the GMAT a few months later when ready..... by then R3 was the only choice. Don't want to wait another year.

Do you have schools to fall back on as well?
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Just got my acceptance to Booth yesterday so I will be withdrawing my offer from Duke. Hopefully that'll free up a space for the WLers out there - don't give up hope!
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Congrats and thanks for opening up another space!! :-D Best of luck to you at Booth
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Just got my acceptance to Booth yesterday so I will be withdrawing my offer from Duke. Hopefully that'll free up a space for the WLers out there - don't give up hope!
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congrats youngn! Wherever we all end up, it will be for a good reason.
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threestripes.... small world

We will be going to Carnegie Mellon if none of our WL's work out. However, we are still holding onto some hope that we will get in. Personally, Duke is my favorite location as I want to move more south (not super excited about moving to Pittsburgh but CMU still is a great school).... And being that my husband is wanting to go into Health Management, Duke has the best program. Wish we had put applications in earlier and had a better shot. But, only on our honeymoon this past October did we discuss what would be our next steps in life and getting his MBA was on the top of the list. Got home from our honeymoon and he immeditely enrolled into GMAT prep courses and took the GMAT a few months later when ready..... by then R3 was the only choice. Don't want to wait another year.

Do you have schools to fall back on as well?
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Same here. I had a couple of big trips that I had planned last year, so I never got around to deciding that I was ready for my MBA until around September. I took the GMAT and decided on the schools in December, which would not have given my recommenders enough time to send in the recommendation letters for R2.

I am in the sports industry, which is why Duke is my first choice. I have received an offer from Georgetown, which is a very good option for me because of their extensive network in the industry and the great attention that they give to inviting sports executives to speak and to actively getting the students placed in sports business case competitions. But Duke is by far my first choice... so I might wait another year since I don't hate my job anyway.

Congrats, youngn! I know everybody's probably thinking it but I'm not afraid to say that I hope I get your vacated spot. :)
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threestripes.... small world

We will be going to Carnegie Mellon if none of our WL's work out. However, we are still holding onto some hope that we will get in. Personally, Duke is my favorite location as I want to move more south (not super excited about moving to Pittsburgh but CMU still is a great school).... And being that my husband is wanting to go into Health Management, Duke has the best program. Wish we had put applications in earlier and had a better shot. But, only on our honeymoon this past October did we discuss what would be our next steps in life and getting his MBA was on the top of the list. Got home from our honeymoon and he immeditely enrolled into GMAT prep courses and took the GMAT a few months later when ready..... by then R3 was the only choice. Don't want to wait another year.

Do you have schools to fall back on as well?

Same here. I had a couple of big trips that I had planned last year, so I never got around to deciding that I was ready for my MBA until around September. I took the GMAT and decided on the schools in December, which would not have given my recommenders enough time to send in the recommendation letters for R2.

I am in the sports industry, which is why Duke is my first choice. I have received an offer from Georgetown, which is a very good option for me because of their extensive network in the industry and the great attention that they give to inviting sports executives to speak and to actively getting the students placed in sports business case competitions. But Duke is by far my first choice... so I might wait another year since I don't hate my job anyway.

Congrats, youngn! I know everybody's probably thinking it but I'm not afraid to say that I hope I get your vacated spot. :)
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Thanks! As a diehard Cameron Crazie who has tented out all four years, I wish you all the best with Duke!
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Just got my acceptance to Booth yesterday so I will be withdrawing my offer from Duke. Hopefully that'll free up a space for the WLers out there - don't give up hope!
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Thanks and congratulations! My friend went to Booth and loved it, best of luck.
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So... I guess from this week onwards we start hearing from Duke?
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The last email I got said that those of us still on the waitlist would be assigned admission counselors to assist throughout the summer. Has anyone seen this happen?
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The last email I got said that those of us still on the waitlist would be assigned admission counselors to assist throughout the summer. Has anyone seen this happen?
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Hey bschoolbound2011,
When did you get this email?
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There was an email titled "What can you do while waiting?" that went out about a month ago
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