Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth- Class of 2014 Applicants Tuck Business School Guide Home Page: https://tuck.dartmouth.edu https://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/uploads/banners/2009AG12436.jpg Add Your Name to the List Dartmouth (Tuck) Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake (Class of 2013) Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Tuck to your profile) GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Fall 2012 Application Instructions Application Deadline Early Action round 10/12/11 November round 11/9/11 January round 1/4/12 April round 4/2/12 November Consortium 11/15/11 January Consortium 1/5/12 Interview Deadline Early Action round 10/31/11 November round 11/9/11 January round 1/31/12 April round 4/2/12 Admissions Decision Early Action round 12/16/11 November round 2/10/12 January round 3/16/12 April round 5/11/12 November Consortium 2/10/12 January Consortium 3/16/12 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 responses. 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. Describe a circumstance in your life in which you faced adversity, failure, or setback. What actions did you take as a result and what did you learn from this experience? 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. Follow Tuck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tuckschool Twitter: https://twitter.com/tuckschool YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TuckSchoolofBusiness Admissions Blog: https://tuckschool.blogspot.com/ Prior Year Applicant Thread calling-all-fall-2011-dartmouth-tuck-applicants-96226.html

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gamer7

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06 Feb 2012, 23:47

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gunnertv

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And now the excruciatingly long wait begins. :roll:

It has now come to a point where I don't care if I get in or not. I just want them to put me out of my misery.

Haha I know what you mean... seriously i have even started dreaming abt it lol

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07 Feb 2012, 10:01

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Hi All, quick question: interviews conducted by 2nd year students - are they blind? In the sense do they have only our resume or do they also have access to our entire application. Thanks in advance.

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Hi All, quick question: interviews conducted by 2nd year students - are they blind? In the sense do they have only our resume or do they also have access to our entire application. Thanks in advance.

Mine only had my resume. But I did interview before I submitted my app so I can't speak to those interviewing after submitting.

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07 Feb 2012, 10:12

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Hi All, quick question: interviews conducted by 2nd year students - are they blind? In the sense do they have only our resume or do they also have access to our entire application. Thanks in advance.

Resume only

sjthack

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07 Feb 2012, 11:34

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For those yet to apply or still researching, Tuck has a booth at The Economist's "Which MBA" virtual fair:

https://mbaevent.whichmba.com/?id=10438

shorttheworld

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07 Feb 2012, 11:44

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im in the riviera maya right now to dodge the waiting haha are there calsl going out early or we all find otu friday

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07 Feb 2012, 15:28

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Looks like the first call was reported last year on: Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:46 pm... Things started heating up for internationals Thursday morning, then by afternoon all hell broke loose in the US. The next 72 hours are going to be so long.

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07 Feb 2012, 20:27

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TheSenator

Looking forward to congratulating you, Senator

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07 Feb 2012, 21:42

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TheSenator

I was about to post the same. 72 hours to go. All the best to all Nov round applicants.

thevillageMBA

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08 Feb 2012, 01:36

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Hi All, quick question: interviews conducted by 2nd year students - are they blind? In the sense do they have only our resume or do they also have access to our entire application. Thanks in advance.

Resume only

Thanks Tuck2013 & tfincham86.

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08 Feb 2012, 09:01

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Jan round applicant - done with skype intv.

long wait until 16 mar...

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08 Feb 2012, 09:54

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I'm guessing all these calls and emails are for people awaiting interviews (both international and domestic) and not for applicants that have already done the self-initiated interview?

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08 Feb 2012, 12:45

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I'm guessing all these calls and emails are for people awaiting interviews (both international and domestic) and not for applicants that have already done the self-initiated interview?

Calls go out to the admitted students. Best of luck to all applicants!!!

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Finished my skype interview last night with a second year student. No tough questions at all. Basically went like this

- Walk me through your resume
- What do you want to do post MBA? Why will a MBA help you get there?
- Why a Tuck MBA?
- What does "community" mean to you? (I mentioned the Tuck community as one of my key reasons for choosing the school)
- How has your int'l exp. shaped your approach to teamwork and leadership?
- What are some of your key strengths and weaknesses?

Then just a few small follow up questions on my profile. We spent the last 15 minutes chatting about his background and experiences at the school. Total time about 40 minutes. Was very friendly and conversational, which I think almost everyone reports. Therefore it's almost impossible for me to glean any further info on the experience. I feel I answered the questions pretty well and got across all the key points I wanted to express about my "fit" with the school. Now time to wait for a month, and probably hit the gym a bit more to burn off that stress!

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09 Feb 2012, 03:39

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xzeppelin

Same here. Very friendly interviewer. Standard questions. Here they are:

35 mins
- Walk me through your resume.
- Why Business school? Why Tuck?
- Tell me about a time when you resloved a conflict in a team setting.
- What is it that you are most proud of?
- How would your colleagues and/or friends describe you?
- How do you spend your time outside of work? I had worked my extra-curricular experiences as well as my community involvement into my answers to a couple of the above questions. So she said that "Well I have an idea of the things that you like to do outside work...why don't you tell me some of the things that you would be most excited about getting involved in at Tuck?"
10 mins
- Questions for the interviewer and discussion about our shared passion for a) the role of sports in fostering leadership and b) education as a career.

I'd say that I did fine. My only concern is that to the question "What are you most proud of" I had a very personal answer and I also stated that this situation has not allowed me to visit Tuck. I only hope that if they like me overall, they don't hold this against me thinking "Oh he couldn't visit for this reason he said...how will he manage the situation when he is away for two years?"

To sum up, it was easy-going and very conversational. But that's also how my Ross interview went and I was waitlisted; so I can never tell. Fingers crossed; the game that I hate to play the most now begins - the waiting game.

MBAPangs

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09 Feb 2012, 06:04

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has anyone who applied in the jan round heard from tuck yet? when is their last date for releasing invites?

gunnertv

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09 Feb 2012, 06:09

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has anyone who applied in the jan round heard from tuck yet? when is their last date for releasing invites?

There is no last date. Interview invites for Nov round were sent about a month after submission.

TheSenator

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09 Feb 2012, 07:15

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Good luck to everyone today and tomorrow!

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Feel free to join us in chat, if you are waiting!

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09 Feb 2012, 14:20

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crickets.....

talk about anticipation, assuming none on here have received calls I'm assuming (read: hoping) that due to apps tracking down from last year that adcoms are able to make all the calls on decision day. Thoughts?? Either way, I'm heading down to Miami to work off some of this stress. If they call, hopefully they use the cell. Good luck to all tomorrow, it's gonna be one of those days. I'll be posted up by the pool hovering over my phone.