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I was waitlisted this evening but I don't see anything about an action plan in the letter. Where did you see this?

It's not stated in the WL portal update but it's on their website. Google 'Cornell Johnson MBA Waitlist' and the first result should be the school's own page regarding it, and it says to email them an action plan. I haven't done this yet even though I received my WL decision about a month ago since I am balancing work and an infant son, and I am working on extra cirriculars but I don't want to send anything to Cornell until I've made some concrete progress. Also, they have a webinar for waitlistees on January 7th which I will attend first before writing the action plan.

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Hi,

I was waitlisted this week for the two year program at Johnson and would appreciate any tips on how I can improve my chances of receiving an acceptance.

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I am in the same boat, the letter didn’t give much other than to attend the Waitlist webinar and identify areas of weakness. In my case I know I need to retake the GMAT. Does anyone know if they look at waitlist applicants during each round?

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Thank you! I have updated the first post of the thread with the WL instructions from
https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/program ... ion-guide/

If anyone has any other resources or tips, please let me know and i will update the first post.
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I was waitlisted this evening but I don't see anything about an action plan in the letter. Where did you see this?

It's not stated in the WL portal update but it's on their website. Google 'Cornell Johnson MBA Waitlist' and the first result should be the school's own page regarding it, and it says to email them an action plan. I haven't done this yet even though I received my WL decision about a month ago since I am balancing work and an infant son, and I am working on extra cirriculars but I don't want to send anything to Cornell until I've made some concrete progress. Also, they have a webinar for waitlistees on January 7th which I will attend first before writing the action plan.

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Anyone hear from Cornell since their waitlist decision?
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Did anyone receive an email today from Cornell confirming whether remaining on the waitlist was of interest? I replied to the email but wasn't sure if I had to send it to waitlistcornell instead.
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Does anyone have a ballpark figure of how many candidates Cornell waitlists?

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Does anyone have a ballpark figure of how many candidates Cornell waitlists?

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Not sure about ball park figure for waitlist candidates. Only thing I've seen is historically they have accepted around 10-12% of waitlist candidates. Has anyone heard anything since getting waitlisted?
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Hi! I got WL second round, so far nothing. I hope April we may hear something. Would love to know if someone got in from WL!

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Hi All,

I wanted to know whether cornell tech mba is good for me being from MANUFACTURING R&D background? I see people from SOFTWARE SIDE.

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Hi All,

I wanted to know whether cornell tech mba is good for me being from MANUFACTURING R&D background? I see people from SOFTWARE SIDE.

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Wrong topic bro! Maybe look for Tech MBA one!
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Was anyone else on the Johnson Waitlist webinar two weeks ago? There were supposedly over 90 applicants in that waitlist - is that a lot? Do they accept a lot of people off the waitlist?
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Hi All,

I wanted to know whether cornell tech mba is good for me being from MANUFACTURING R&D background? I see people from SOFTWARE SIDE.

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Post your question here https://gmatclub.com/forum/cornell-tech ... 04880.html

Also, if you want to get your profile evaluated, post your profile here https://gmatclub.com/forum/my-chances-i ... 07833.html
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Thanks Workout!!!

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I just got waitlisted at Cornell today. Looks like getting waitlisted is the story of my life! For anyone from the January round who got waitlisted, there's a Waitlist webinar on April 14.
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Hi all,

any movement on the waitlist? or should we expect after they finished the r4 evaluation?
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