TO ALL PROSPECTIVE TUCK APPLICANTS:
NEVER EVER APPLY IN THE FINAL ROUND, IT'S A COMPLETE WASTE OF YOUR APPLICATION FEE AND TIME! THE HARD WORK, TIME AND THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO PREPARING A STRONG APPLICATION IS JUST FUTILE!
IN FACT, YOU'LL BE LUCKY IF YOU GOT IN THE 3RD ROUND. JUST LOOK AT ALL THESE WAITLISTERS HERE BOTH ON THIS FORUM AND THE ONE ON "Calling All Fall 2011 Dartmouth Tuck WAITLISTERS".I HOPE THEY HAD A BACKUP PLAN AND GOT ACCEPTED AT SOME OTHER MBA PROGRAM.
FOR AS SMALL AS A CLASS SIZE TUCK IS, TUCK SHOULD SERIOUSLY HAVE ONLY 2 ROUNDS, THE EARLY ACTION AND THE NOVEMBER ROUND AND TO STOP KEEPING HOPES UP OF WAITLISTERS OR HAVING THEM TO DEFER FOR A YEAR. BOTTOM LINE IS THE ADMISSIONS ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN YOUR $225 APP. FEE!!!!!
IT'S VERY SAD AND PATHETIC THE WAY THE ADMISSIONS IS RUN THERE. COMPLETELY DISORGANIZED! SOME SUPREME AUTHORITY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STEP IN AND FIX THIS MESS, BECAUSE QUIET HONESTLY, DAWNA CLARKE AND THE REST OF THE ADMISSIONS TEAM ARE DOING A PRETTY CRAPPY, POOR JOB, AND THEY OUGHT TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. THESE PEOPLE ARE AN INSULT TO AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL OF THIS STATURE.