khan27m wrote:
Hey all! Quick question. I have finished my interview for the MMM program a couple of weeks ago, and am waiting for a response. Does anyone know if Kellogg desponds by the decision date of March 28 or only ON the date itself? Asking because I have to commit to another program by then and I really don't want to without hearing back from Kellogg.
Hey
khan27m 90% sure they called me on December 13th, which was the decision date for Round 1, but might have been the day before (it's kind of a haze now but pretty sure it was the morning of). Wasn't following the forums enough to see if they maybe called international students the day before. For schools that aren't rolling admissions/notification (Kellogg is not), the earliest I've seen schools call in advance is Ross calling US admits two days in advance. I imagine you need to commit to the other program earlier than that though. From reading these forums it seems that the top schools pretty much never give acceptances/rejection notifications early and conflicts with deposit deadlines are pretty common. You may have better luck asking the other program for an extension on making a deposit. Most of the time though people end up making the deposit and then if they get into the other school they end up just losing the first deposit since it's small compared to the price you're paying for your MBA and hopefully the ROI for a school like Kellogg (but I know in the moment that the $1,000-$2,000 is a big deal and it would be hard for me myself to do that). Not sure if someone else has stronger thoughts on whether still asking Kellogg would hurt your candidacy or not, but deposit extensions seem far more common from this forum than top schools notifying a candidate early (even in circumstances that might be considered more special or extreme than a deposit deadline).