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Unfortunately, in some ways I do fall under the over represented portion since I am a male Indian Engineer. I am American-born, but I am not sure whether that puts me in a different pool. A few years ago, I moved into a capital analyst role in my company, which is the exact opposite of what I did in engineering. I am hoping that helps differentiate me from the traditional Indian engineer at Duke. My extracurricular is pretty solid, but I can always improve if necessary. I will be visiting Duke on April 27th to attend a class, tour the campus, and meet with a ad com; however, I am somewhat skeptical whether the meeting with the ad com is going to help me understand what I need to do from now until fall to improve my chances.

IMHO it does NOT put you into the category of internationals.. If you are born in America, you are American, no matter what your ethnicity is. I think you would compete with every other American male candidate of varying ethnicity.
I know I open a sensitive topic here, but I cannot see business schools sub-classifying Americans based on ethnicity and clubbing them into the applicant pool with internationals of the same ethnicity.
Even permanent residents apparently(?) hold some distinction from internationals who have no affiliation to the US. It could boil down to employ-ability of the candidate in the American market in this economy.

Aah well. Tis' what it is. Still makes an American education worthwhile! Back to the books!

And good luck! I see you being decently competitive with a 700+ score, even if it is your 5th try, but I suggest KILLING it (730+) with some retrospection on the psychology of test-day which seems to be your weakness.

I completely agree that a 700+ score on the 5th try is better than a 660 on the 1st try, but it won't be easy for me to accomplish that. One of the things that is killing me on the exam is wasting my time on quant questions trying to process some of the questions and understanding what the question is actually asking me. I feel like that on the gmat prep and Knewton exams, there are enough "easy" questions to help make up for the lost time, but that's just my opinion. I'll try to take the exam before the format change, so I will not have to waste my time for the next 2 months becoming familiar with a new section. Hopefully I will be able to come through and improve my candidacy.

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I recall some of the guys have already received their financial aid responses from AdCom. Have any of you received the supplementing pack of docs? I'm referring to R2 applicants

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I recall some of the guys have already received their financial aid responses from AdCom. Have any of you received the supplementing pack of docs? I'm referring to R2 applicants

When a member of the AdCom called me last week to give me the heads-up on financial aid I was receiving, he mentioned that the packets would be mailed out on the front end of this week. So, I'd expect to receive the supplemental welcome documents in the next few days. Hope this helps!

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I just missed a call from my interviewer and she left me a voicemail congratulating me on R2 admission. Is this the call where they communicate scholarship information or is that a separate call from Adcom?

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I received my scholarship information from the AdCom directly; I think your interviewer just calls to welcome you to Fuqua and encourage you to attend BDW.

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I received my scholarship information from the AdCom directly; I think your interviewer just calls to welcome you to Fuqua and encourage you to attend BDW.

Yes, it's a separate call from the Financial Aid Office.

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Any idea when Interview invites will be sent out for R3? Are all invites sent out on Mar 30th as the Fuqua website suggests or they send it in batches?

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Any idea when Interview invites will be sent out for R3? Are all invites sent out on Mar 30th as the Fuqua website suggests or they send it in batches?

Duke releases all updates on the dates published on the website. That goes for interview invites and for final decisions.

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Anyone here going to BDW? Also- anyone looked into housing? I heard that Station 9 has got a massive waitlist going and I'm debating about filling out an application prior to finding a roommate (which I hope to do at BDW).

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Yes, I'll be at BDW. I am one on the waitlist for Station 9. In speaking with the leasing manager, you have a better chance off of the waitlist if you say that your preference os to move is in July as opposed to August (something to consider).

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Does anybody know when you would need to get on the waitlist by to get into Station 9? I'm still deciding between Stern and Fuqua, but if I do end up at Duke I certainly want to live there

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Does anybody know when you would need to get on the waitlist by to get into Station 9? I'm still deciding between Stern and Fuqua, but if I do end up at Duke I certainly want to live there

I don't have a specific date, but I would say ASAP once you make your decision. They begin working the waitlist on a first come first serve basis two months in advance of move in dates (i.e. July move-in date waitlist is contacted in May; August move-in date waitlist is contacted in June, etc.).

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Any idea when Interview invites will be sent out for R3? Are all invites sent out on Mar 30th as the Fuqua website suggests or they send it in batches?

Duke releases all updates on the dates published on the website. That goes for interview invites and for final decisions.

thanks for the info rgupta83

in which round did you apply?

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Hey guys, you might want to consider go to the Duke Class of 2014 Facebook group page to discuss any housing/roomate related things. There will be a lot more people with insights there and we should probably leave this forum exclusively for admissions purpose. Just a suggestion :-D

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thanks for the info rgupta83

in which round did you apply?

I'm pretty sure rgupta83 applied EA round. He/she is one of the most active people on Fuqua thread and had provided us lots of insights during this process :-D

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goooooo for the lofts at lakeview... theyre closer and nicer than station nine and the same price!!!!

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thanks for the info rgupta83

in which round did you apply?

I'm pretty sure rgupta83 applied EA round. He/she is one of the most active people on Fuqua thread and had provided us lots of insights during this process :-D

I applied R1 but I was also a re-app so I had a little insight from my time applying R3 last year. And I am a guy in case you want to just use he in the future

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goooooo for the lofts at lakeview... theyre closer and nicer than station nine and the same price!!!!

short works for the Lofts!

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I recall some of the guys have already received their financial aid responses from AdCom. Have any of you received the supplementing pack of docs? I'm referring to R2 applicants

Thank you. I think you can now change your username to: "FinallyMBA2014"

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I'm thrilled that I was admitted to Duke in R2 but haven't heard anything regarding scholarship $. Without any there's no way I will be able to attend. I really hope that more of us hear from Adcom soon. I'd like to make plans for BDW but without a scholarship it would just be a big tease, haha.