Calling all Duke-Fuqua Applicants(2015 Intake) Class of 2017

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Congrats to all the EA admits. If you don't hear a decision today, don't lose hope. In the past, many people get accepted off of EA waitlist in the subsequent rounds.


I believe Russel is focused on East Asia recruiting. My guess is that he would be calling only the East Asian applicants.

i'll be there!

My scholarship notification was on the second page of the admission decision letter. Hope that helps!

This turned out to be an early sign!

already paying it forward. thats the team fuqua spirit right there!

Hi folks,

Sorry I am late for the party. I got the call Wednesday 10:30 ET. Here's my profile

- GMAT: 660 (Q49 V31)
- GPA: 3.45
- WE: 3 years (by time of matriculation) project engineer in top oil company

For those that got WL, keep your faith high there's always still a chance. Here's a link I've found that I think it's worth visiting. I couldn't share the link here, but just google "Forbes mba waitlist" and you should find it first

All The best to everyone. Hope to see the admitted applicants during the admitted students weekend

Congrats to all the EA admits! For those of you still in the application process, I would highly encourage you to make a visit to Fuqua so you can witness first hand what Team Fuqua is all about!

It also says that some one from R1 has been admitted. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on that, since people update their own status and that reflects there.

Also, some people from R1 might have done on-campus interviews, like me. Hence, you will see the status as Interviewed.

Are there any other people who have already interviewed by Invitation?

Nov. 20

The fact that schools move around so much in BW is a result of the fact that the scoring clusters the schools so close, that small changes in results can sway the rankings. In another word, instead of the linear appearance of 1, 2, 3 ranking, the schools are more grouped like 1, 1.01, 1.04, 1.045, 1.05, 2.02, 2.021... The usefulness of the ranking is to see the clustering within the rankings, since those schools are likely to have similar performance.

One thing I do like about BW is that it doesn’t tamper with the survey “noise”. Whereas I strongly believe USNews does. For example, for law school ranking, the same 14 schools are ALWAYS ranked in the top 14. It is hard for me to imagine that a #15 school (UT, UCLA, Vandy) has NEVER outperformed a #14 (Cornell, Georgetown) school in the history of USNews ranking. There have been many law school scandals, changes in regional economic prominence since the inception of USNews ranking. NEVER once is hard to imagine. Underdogs can get lucky once or twice, just look at all the Cinderella teams in March Madness.

For me, BW is like a startup. It’s trying to reflect the changing business school climate. USNews is like IBM, staying the conservative course -- “no one ever got fired for buying IBM.”

I know Harvard is more prestigious, and I'm not arguing that Duke is better than Harvard, I'm simply saying that being ranked #1 is a testament to the quality of program and reputation that Fuqua has built. You don't get ranked #1 or even top 5 accidentally. The school is doing things right.

For all those souls waiting eagerly for the interview shortlist, I made this countdown clock.
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If you are accepted at both Harvard and Duke, where would you go? More importantly, if a recruiter had a choice between two candidates with same abilities but one from Harvard and the other from Duke, who would s/he accept? I believe answer to these questions would help judge the rankings better.[/quote]

I know Harvard is more prestigious, and I'm not arguing that Duke is better than Harvard, I'm simply saying that being ranked #1 is a testament to the quality of program and reputation that Fuqua has built. You don't get ranked #1 or even top 5 accidentally. The school is doing things right.[/quote]

No Doubt the school is doing good...that is one of the reasons we all are applying here right?

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