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Does anyone know if Tuck strictly releases decision on the decision day, or is it possible to hear back sooner? I am an EA applicant
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Hi. I would like to know your opinion on Tuck x LBS. Which is better?

I am asking because I heard that from the top 10 schools, these are the easiest ones to get into. After visiting Tuck and getting to know the people, I left with the feeling that Tuck offers a better program, but is not well known outside the U.S. (particularly in South America).

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Tuck is getting particularly strong in South America, and the school has made it a point to focus in the region as a diferentiation factor. There is presence from almost every latin american country there (there were more than 10 brazilians in first year alone when I was there last November!).

I wouldn´t say it is the easiest top 10 school to get into, though.
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Yeah, I agree, not the easiest top 10 to get into. And at least personally, I'd be more concerned about LBS's global reputation outside of Europe than Tuck's outside of the US...
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I read somewhere that 14 students have deferred from last year, but that should not affect this year's intake. May be slightly larger group for 2013 too.

Deferrals were closer to 50.

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Thanks RF.. worrying ... :shock: :roll: Means close to 200 seats available only for this intake with 4 rounds...
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Thanks RF.. worrying ... :shock: :roll: Means close to 200 seats available only for this intake with 4 rounds...
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Not entirely that simple cpandya. You should take into account the %matriculating for the program which is roughly 60% of offered admits (this % may be obsolete by now, so, please correct me if i'm wrong).

And we wouldn't know what the 50 deferrals would do this year. Not all may join.

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I'm applying to both schools. It seems like with LBS you could leverage the schools name/reputation across the globe (don't forget, we're dealing with people in the know for the most part). With Tuck, you'll be able to leverage the strong alumni network. If I matriculated to LBS, I wouldn't go in thinking that I'll have a strong alumni network to pull on. That's my take of course.
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Thanks RF.. worrying ... :shock: :roll: Means close to 200 seats available only for this intake with 4 rounds...
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My personal guess (for some obvious and not so obvious reasons) is that the class size for 2013 will be on par with 2012 (~280). So it makes a little more seats available...
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I brought up the deferred student issues with the admission when I visited. They said people always get deferred offers but the applicants don't really know about it. Last year was particularly large but it should have minimal impact on our admission.
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I brought up the deferred student issues with the admission when I visited. They said people always get deferred offers but the applicants don't really know about it. Last year was particularly large but it should have minimal impact on our admission.
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I personally made this question to the AdCom and she said there will a minimum impact. Many who were defferred had been accepted on other schools later.

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Invited for an interview with current student!!! :)
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Many who were defferred had been accepted on other schools later.

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This doesn't make a ton of sense to me for a few reasons-

1. Per their own policy, Tuck doesn't accept deferrals unless students submit a deposit and then request a deferral (see the website- I can't post the link). So, these 50 students essentially chose to attend Tuck and submitted a deposit before attempting to defer. It should seem like they have at least some commitment to Tuck/actually want to go there.
2. If you look at last year's forum, Tuck didn't start offering incentives to defer until June or so. By then, it seems like 99% of acceptances at other schools would have already been granted. Sure, maybe a student or two deferred at Tuck, got off of a late summer waitlist somewhere and opted to go elsewhere, but that doesn't seem likely for very many applicants.
3. If students who deferred decided to apply again this year, they wouldn't know about admissions results yet and most likely won't renege on their Tuck offer without an offer somewhere else. Therefore, Tuck probably won't know for sure that deferrals aren't coming until at least the R1 results come out at other schools.

I just have a hard time seeing how 50 deferrals (combined with the biggest pool of EA apps ever!) doesn't impact chances this year- both in 50 spots in the class already being reserved and that Tuck most likely wants to avoid this situation in the future. I would guess we'll see a lower # of admits and a higher # of waitlisters (and acceptances off of the waitlist) to help them manage the yield.
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Thanks you all for the input.

I guess that South America will catch up with a more fair/real rating of Tuck in no time.

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Thanks RF.. worrying ... :shock: :roll: Means close to 200 seats available only for this intake with 4 rounds...
My personal guess (for some obvious and not so obvious reasons) is that the class size for 2013 will be on par with 2012 (~280). So it makes a little more seats available...
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Kinokosarada, I would love to know your reasons why admissions would aim for a higher target class size. Your class barely fits into the facilities. For example, I heard they were forced to build more lockers to fit everyone and the dorms were oversubscribed. With two classes over the target they wouldn't they have similar problems next year. I'm not saying your wrong, I just don't see how a second large class works logistically.
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Thanks RF.. worrying ... :shock: :roll: Means close to 200 seats available only for this intake with 4 rounds...
My personal guess (for some obvious and not so obvious reasons) is that the class size for 2013 will be on par with 2012 (~280). So it makes a little more seats available...

Kinokosarada, I would love to know your reasons why admissions would aim for a higher target class size. Your class barely fits into the facilities. For example, I heard they were forced to build more lockers to fit everyone and the dorms were oversubscribed. With two classes over the target they wouldn't they have similar problems next year. I'm not saying your wrong, I just don't see how a second large class works logistically.
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I can confirm this- Tuck has publically noted this during my visit that they were a bit overstretched in # of students...
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To the above discussion about Admissions over-enrolling again this year:

They will not plan to over-enroll. In fact, they've never planned to over-enroll. They have a yield they expect based on past cycles, and thus extend offers based on that information.

I.e., Tuck plans to enroll 240 people, and their overall yield is around 50-60%, so they may extend a bit over 400 offers in total to get to their target size. Keep in mind that their early yield is much higher than the other rounds, and they know this and that's why they say early action applicants have the best shot because they're unsure as to the quality of the apps in later rounds.

If anything, I would have thought that the AdCom would be more conservative this year with offers to ensure that they don't over-enroll. But, speaking with Christie St-John, Dawna Clarke, and Karen Marks, all three have confirmed that last year is considered a fluke and that they'll admit as normal this year - so, not aiming for 280 or 220, but the regular 240.
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Got an interview invitation from Tuck with a current student!! Profile is 25/ m/ india / 730/ WE - 4 yrs in sales and entrepreneurship....
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I just have a hard time seeing how 50 deferrals (combined with the biggest pool of EA apps ever!) doesn't impact chances this year- both in 50 spots in the class already being reserved and that Tuck most likely wants to avoid this situation in the future. I would guess we'll see a lower # of admits and a higher # of waitlisters (and acceptances off of the waitlist) to help them manage the yield.
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I would agree with this assessment of the situation. My understanding is that admissions expects most of the 50 deferred students to attend next year (90%+).

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If anything, I would have thought that the AdCom would be more conservative this year with offers to ensure that they don't over-enroll. But, speaking with Christie St-John, Dawna Clarke, and Karen Marks, all three have confirmed that last year is considered a fluke and that they'll admit as normal this year - so, not aiming for 280 or 220, but the regular 240.
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So, if they're aiming for a class of 240 and 50 seats are already taken, would that mean they're aiming to admit about 190?
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If anything, I would have thought that the AdCom would be more conservative this year with offers to ensure that they don't over-enroll. But, speaking with Christie St-John, Dawna Clarke, and Karen Marks, all three have confirmed that last year is considered a fluke and that they'll admit as normal this year - so, not aiming for 280 or 220, but the regular 240.

So, if they're aiming for a class of 240 and 50 seats are already taken, would that mean they're aiming to admit about 190?
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They may just defer 20-30 students. Who knows? But I know that this isn't gonna stop me from applying to the school.
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