Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth- Class of 2013 Applicants https://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/10/1005_dschools/image/dartmouth.jpg Total Application Stats: Total Applicants: 188 Admitted: 48 WL: 45 Dinged: 31 Unknown: 64 APPLICATION DEADLINES Early Action round: 10/13/10 (12/17/10 Decision Deadline) November round: 11/10/2010 (2/4/11 Decision Deadline) January round: 1/3/2011 (3/18/11 Decision Deadline) April round: 4/1/2011 (5/13/11 Decision Deadline) https://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissio ... index.html Essays: Please respond fully but concisely to the following essay questions. Compose each of your answers offline in separate document files and upload them individually in the appropriate spaces below. Although there is no restriction on the length of your response, most applicants use, on average, 500 words for each essay. There are no right or wrong answers. Please double-space your response. 1) Why is an MBA a critical next step toward your short- and long-term career goals? Why is Tuck the best MBA program for you? (If you are applying for a joint or dual degree, please explain how the additional degree will contribute to those goals.) 2) Discuss your most meaningful leadership experience. What did you learn about your own individual strengths and weaknesses through this experience? 3) What is the greatest challenge or hurdle you have overcome, either personally or professionally, and how did you manage to do so? 4) Tuck seeks candidates of various backgrounds who can bring new perspectives to our community. How will your unique personal history, values, and/or life experiences contribute to the culture at Tuck? 5) (Optional) Please provide any additional insight or information that you have not addressed elsewhere that may be helpful in reviewing your application (e.g., unusual choice of evaluators, weaknesses in academic performance, unexplained job gaps or changes, etc.). Complete this question only if you feel your candidacy is not fully represented by this application. 6) (To be completed by all reapplicants) How have you strengthened your candidacy since you last applied? Please reflect on how you have grown personally and professionally. Early Action Round - Total Applicants: 74 Anandzz Nick2010 madeinafrica 2011 argodan malbec coffeeaddict Paros (reapplicant) alobar00 rahulsar SalarymanJ InPursuit chaitu69 cpandya14 kotz whylivelife jmcd2127 - self-initiated interview sacirema - self-initiated interview , MBA/MALD mba2011app - self-initiated interview ahs - self-initiated interview serhio - invited for interview! almostfamous - invited for interview! sophieP - invited for interview! purpleberret - invited for interview! xiao85yu - invited for interview! Admitted: stationc sniperardex ppop spdubs CMC251 abfob kevintay bschoolhopeful MGC dchicago sr222300 anshumanbhatia madmax Nick2010 estreet ani123 hemantsood bostongirl1818 pulandasu lunasea29 fatmba2013 WL: phillymba2012 lagsantiago Mukaam nhadpc futureconsultant rkn summitbid chireapplicant mba2013 sparkles279 inTuna ekalil SalarymanJ mbaaspirations rafilla442000 gopalansai Square mikebrady sexonthebeach150 mikebrady vampireking Dinged: bakfed mbahopeful2012 bschoolq2 widerangeinput TMS2012 knewton27 shakeweight R1 - November Round - Total Applicants: 48 mbaTime trv999 dc3828102 OrientalPrinzess whylivelife DUDERINO gkumar chostein LetsGetDinged cwhs - self-initiated interview tranceparent - self-initiated interview pianoman - self-initiated interview Nikita2011 - self-initiated interview amb2512 - invited for interview! aspirantpun - invited for interview! Admitted: yj123 gdsenator Shasta17 rafromero EBSIFounder agustinsrr CAK cwhs maridadi BurkinA TuckHopeful13 gmatchaser istan sb2011 WL: mks1984 Leafs12 Shalva twobeersameer shruga atul12345 carpediem0008 inlivingcolors biochemist Dinged: dc3828102 outdoorgearexchange MBADAWG13 freroht bennika atomic927 hamsandwich kegewe ATLapplicant Silvers R2 - January Round - Total Applicants: 61 widerangeinput tyemaishu thewaves21 ballubalraj 5pm vnbui Sidhant alpeshvc sivaavis theExpat abhishekg82 missjj walich123 suppati buckleberry VictoryMBA - Consortium nyxjf - self-initiated interview vixer - self-initiated interview mbadream2011 - self-initiated interview letmein - self-initiated interview nxanand - invited for interview! DexterStJacques - invited for interview! (Consortium) manojgro - invited for interview! indianmba - invited for interview! 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I did one, from what I was told they are very important

I was working with a consultant that used to work on the Tuck Adcom - according to her, not completing a self-initiated interview is considered "a slap in the face". At the time, I was extremely busy at work and was hoping to just meet with an alumnus in town. Needless to say, I ended up going up there.

That's not the case for international applicants. One is not expected to fly to US just to self-initiate an interview.

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I did one, from what I was told they are very important

That's not the case for international applicants. One is not expected to fly to US just to self-initiate an interview.

For international students, it's an advantage to fly to tuck but not as important as for domestic applicants. International students will get an phone or skype request from adcom if that person cannot make it.

Bottom line, every accepted applicant is interviewed either in person or by phone or by skype.

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31 Jan 2011, 09:59

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I did one, from what I was told they are very important

That's not the case for international applicants. One is not expected to fly to US just to self-initiate an interview.

Sorry, should have clarified. Her comments only applied to those candidates who could reasonably be expected to make the trip. I live in New York - not visiting campus or self-initiating the interview given my relative proximity to the school could be viewed as a lack of interest. This obviously might not be the case for internationals.

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I think something that's interesting to bring up re: Tuck interview is that those who you are competing against... ARE interviewing. So if you're in admissions and all of these people made the effort to interview, you're going to remember them more and have more "data" points to pull from involving their candidacy. They can learn a lot from someone from an interview so if one doesn't have that in their file in support of their candidacy it's that much more difficult to get a 360 view of that person. It's very important at a school where they REALLY want to know every single individual.

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Guys, who have been admitted, I would really appreciate your pm regarding services of what admission consultants did you use.

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It was said Feb 4th is the deadline for all campus interview. True?

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It was said Feb 4th is the deadline for all campus interview. True?

true. of course assuming spots are still available.

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Bottom line, every accepted applicant is interviewed either in person or by phone or by skype.

Agreed. If no interview by now, waitlist or ding.

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Refurb, or any other current students,

Can you tell us what to expect this week as Nov. Round decisions are released? I think we all know that Tuck calls admitted students before the decision deadline at 5 p.m. on Friday. From what I can tell, calls usually begin a day or two before the deadline, but they could really begin at any time. Applicants who are WL or dinged learn of their fate online at 5:00 p.m. this Friday.

Can you tell us who makes the calls, the order of the calls, what time the calls begin and how late they're made, etc.? Also, given the size of the EA pool and the admitted applicants who deferred from last cycle, is it safe to assume that a WL is akin to a ding?

Thanks in advance for any insights you can share with us.

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31 Jan 2011, 21:04

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Any Egyptians applying to Tuck?

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Hello, I just got back from Hanover. It's super freezing. Interview with 2nd year student, general questions (goals, why MBA, why Tuck, significant achievement, failure, leadership style...etc.)
Did everyone interview with a current student there? The interviewer was nice and cool! The interview was so casual (than formerly expected!).
I think I did it quite well. This was my first time for admission interview at US school. Am I too worried that i think it was quite easy?
Thank you everyone for such good information from this thread.

Good luck!

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This is correct.

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Can you tell us who makes the calls, the order of the calls, what time the calls begin and how late they're made, etc.? Also, given the size of the EA pool and the admitted applicants who deferred from last cycle, is it safe to assume that a WL is akin to a ding?

Thanks in advance for any insights you can share with us.

Someone from the admissions office makes the call. No idea on order probably alphabetic, but could be completely random. Everyone pretty much goes home by 5-6pm, so unlikely any calls after that. WL is not an automatic ding, not even close.

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Thanks for the insight refurb! Seems like calls have started no earlier then wednesday in the past.

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Add me into the list of people waiting for that 603 call.

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Thanks for the info Refurb. It's nice of you to remain active on this board after matriculating at Tuck.

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Don't worry. First, I think the interviews are meant to be casual and conversational. Second, I'm sure you did a good job and that is why it felt easy.

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Don't worry. First, I think the interviews are meant to be casual and conversational. Second, I'm sure you did a good job and that is why it felt easy.

Thank you sooo muchh again and again for your support ATLapplicant. I'm sure you literally are an applicant that all school want!
Congratulationsss about Duke. It's a very good school. And good luck for the rest. :-D

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Don't worry. First, I think the interviews are meant to be casual and conversational. Second, I'm sure you did a good job and that is why it felt easy.

Thanks 5pm. Not sure what I did to deserve your praise, but it's nice nonetheless. Like most applicants, I've got my strengths and I've got my weaknesses. Hopefully the former will outshine the latter for the Tuck AdCom.

Good luck to you too.