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kidA got accepted off the waitlist and he dinged Fuqua a few days ago. I wonder if anyone was offered his spot?

westcoastapp also got accepted off of the Booth WL this week. Therefore, there should at least be two spots to fill right now.

There is probably a grace period of a week after a deposit deadline passes. The R3 deadline was on Friday, May 20th, but they did not make any offers on the week of May 23rd. They called the new admits up on Tuesday, May 31st, and gave them two days to make a decision. Therefore, with the last deposit deadline being Thursday, June 2nd, I don't anticipate them making any offers until next week (week of June 13th). I hope I am wrong because I would love to hear from them this week... but I guess I would rather get good news next week/month than receive bad news tomorrow.


Is westcoastpp going to Booth for sure? I've read of another waitlister getting in but not on this forum.

Yes, westcoastapp is going to Booth. So did that waitlister decide to go to Fuqua?[/quote]


Yep. He was an EA applicant and got in May 30th I think.
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I just received an email from my so-called Waitlist Counselor. Here is the text:

Dear (Smoodigger),
Hello from Fuqua! My name is (Waitlist Guy) and I will be your Waitlist Counselor as we move into the summer months. On behalf of the entire Admissions team, I want to thank you for your continued interest in The Duke MBA.

We understand that maintaining your spot on the waitlist requires a certain level of patience and living with ambiguity, and it is my hope that I will be able to make the process a little easier for you as we move into the summer months. As your Waitlist Counselor, I will be your primary point of contact with the Office of Admissions. Please consider me a resource to help you update your application file with new materials, answering questions you may have, and keeping you informed of any important announcements. I can be reached via email at (wlguy@duke.edu). I would appreciate it if you would also copy mbawaitlist@fuqua.duke.edu on any correspondence to me to ensure that your file is concurrently updated.

Once again, thank you for your continued interest, we appreciate your positive attitude and continued communication with our office. I look forward to working with you.
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Anyone else receive similar?

I got nothin'. Maybe international WL'rs are all gonna get dinged.
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I just received an email from my so-called Waitlist Counselor. Here is the text:

Dear (Smoodigger),
Hello from Fuqua! My name is (Waitlist Guy) and I will be your Waitlist Counselor as we move into the summer months. On behalf of the entire Admissions team, I want to thank you for your continued interest in The Duke MBA.

We understand that maintaining your spot on the waitlist requires a certain level of patience and living with ambiguity, and it is my hope that I will be able to make the process a little easier for you as we move into the summer months. As your Waitlist Counselor, I will be your primary point of contact with the Office of Admissions. Please consider me a resource to help you update your application file with new materials, answering questions you may have, and keeping you informed of any important announcements. I can be reached via email at (wlguy@duke.edu). I would appreciate it if you would also copy mbawaitlist@fuqua.duke.edu on any correspondence to me to ensure that your file is concurrently updated.

Once again, thank you for your continued interest, we appreciate your positive attitude and continued communication with our office. I look forward to working with you.
Regards,
(Waitlist)

Anyone else receive similar?

I got nothin'. Maybe international WL'rs are all gonna get dinged.

I am not an international applicant, and I have not received anything either. Maybe some Waitlist Counselors are just faster than the others.
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I am also not an international applicant, and I haven't received any correspondence from Fuqua on waitlist counselor assignment. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.


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I just received an email from my so-called Waitlist Counselor. Here is the text:

Dear (Smoodigger),
Hello from Fuqua! My name is (Waitlist Guy) and I will be your Waitlist Counselor as we move into the summer months. On behalf of the entire Admissions team, I want to thank you for your continued interest in The Duke MBA.

We understand that maintaining your spot on the waitlist requires a certain level of patience and living with ambiguity, and it is my hope that I will be able to make the process a little easier for you as we move into the summer months. As your Waitlist Counselor, I will be your primary point of contact with the Office of Admissions. Please consider me a resource to help you update your application file with new materials, answering questions you may have, and keeping you informed of any important announcements. I can be reached via email at (wlguy@duke.edu). I would appreciate it if you would also copy mbawaitlist@fuqua.duke.edu on any correspondence to me to ensure that your file is concurrently updated.

Once again, thank you for your continued interest, we appreciate your positive attitude and continued communication with our office. I look forward to working with you.
Regards,
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Anyone else receive similar?

I got nothin'. Maybe international WL'rs are all gonna get dinged.

I am not an international applicant, and I have not received anything either. Maybe some Waitlist Counselors are just faster than the others.
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Just got my Waitlist Coordinator email. I guess international WLrs are still being considered. Not sure exactlñy what purpose the coordinator serves. Anyone in the forum have experience on this?
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I was wondering that myself. What value does the waitlist coordinator bring? Will they actually answer any of the real questions or provide individual feedback?

Anyone asked them a question yet?
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Got my waitlist counselor email also. <sigh>
Haven't asked any questions yet.
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I got one today too. I don't really have any questions except "are you going to accept me?".
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Ha, that's funny! That is really the only question we all have right? I love all the encouragement for meaningless dialogue in this process. Talk with current students about the program, talk with alumni, talk with the admissions officers, talk with your waitlist coordinator…. Does anyone actually have that many questions???

Anyway I am just writing in to let you guys know that I officially declined my acceptance off the waitlist this morning. I saw that there has been some discussion about it. I really hope that my spot gets filled by one of you guys! Good Luck!!!!!
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Replied to the email with a thank you and an update on one project I had mentioned in my application which had since been completed. I also asked if he had any specific suggestions. Here is his reply:

Thanks for the note. And yes, that is exactly the kind of success and prof dev update we are looking for, so thanks for sending. And congratulations on that great success, btw!

We value successes and achievements, as well as demonstrated personal growth, both inside and outside the work place. So keep them coming as you have them.

And please continue to stay in touch with us during this period. It is very helpful and it also demonstrates your continued interest in the Duke MBA. Please send any updates to me and cc the mbawaitlist@fuqua.duke.edu.
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Hmmm... my waitlist counselor is taking their time getting in touch with me because I have yet to receive an email from them. The longer I wait for it, the more nervous I get about my application status.

I wonder how many WLers are left... Anybody care to make an estimate?
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I also have not heard back from Duke about a waitlist counselor. Maybe we're getting some good news this week : )
Just some wishful thinking. This waiting is brutal.
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No news from a WL counselor here either...
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I asked my counselor for a feedback and asked her for any potential weakness in my app that I need to address to get off the WL. She replied back saying it was against admissions process to provide individual feedback.

I wonder what's the use of an adcom counselor when most of the WL candidates are much aware of the admissions process by now. Most of the WL guys here have specific questions such as "how many folks are there in WL? When can I hear back? Can you give me a feedback?" And the counselor has no answers to these questions. If they are going to answer only generic questions, don't we already have the fuqua WL chat transcripts?
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I asked my counselor for a feedback and asked her for any potential weakness in my app that I need to address to get off the WL. She replied back saying it was against admissions process to provide individual feedback.

I wonder what's the use of an adcom counselor when most of the WL candidates are much aware of the admissions process by now. Most of the WL guys here have specific questions such as "how many folks are there in WL? When can I hear back? Can you give me a feedback?" And the counselor has no answers to these questions. If they are going to answer only generic questions, don't we already have the fuqua WL chat transcripts?

As stated in my previous posts, I haven't heard from my Waitlist Counselor yet. However, I spoke with an Admissions Counselor three weeks ago and actually got some feedback. I did not specifically ask for commentary on every component of my application, but the counselor asked me about my GMAT score, GPA, work experience and extracurricular activities. I gave all the necessary information and then enumerated all the other updates that I have sent since being notified of my waitlist status. Not only did the counselor tell me how competitive each aspect of my application is, but they also told me that my overall profile is "strong". In addition to that, I was informed that I have been doing all the right things, updating the AdCom on how my profile has improved since submitting my application.

After getting such good feedback, it became difficult to manage my expectations. Three weeks since, at least one known wave of admits has already passed, but I am still waiting. Furthermore, having still not received an email from my counselor, it makes me wonder if I am at the end of the waitlist and should be expecting a ding notice soon. That said, I can understand why the counselors prefer not to give any feedback. At least the lack of feedback would not encourage the waitlisted applicants to hang on to the counselors' every word and be overconfident/paranoid.
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It has nothing to do with the strength of your profile at this point, I think. If you weren't a strong candidate, you wouldn't have been waitlisted - not to mention you haven't been released from the waitlist. They probably just had someone (or several someones) with your same or similar background who was stronger in a few areas, and are waiting to see if any of those people choose not to matriculate. I think the only update that matters is "I've done xyz since I've applied that shows I'm not slacking off, and oh by the way I'll definitely attend if you admit me".
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threestripes, mbahubby, raerae15: do let us know when you hear back from Fuqua. Thanks!
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