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21 Mar 2018, 22:52
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redalertmba
I hear you and trust me I am with you since I also got a waiver. But like many others have stated it already, an interview waver makes the process exactly similar to other colleges. If the profile will be worthy, one would be called for an interview later on. If we are to question the transparency and honesty of the Kellogg, we should do it for others as well. I understand your disappointment. I am a great interviewer and I might not look that impressive on paper but I thought an interview will help me make some extra points and give me a better shot at Kellogg. Din't happen. But having applied to other colleges as well, I have wrapped my had around the fact that these colleges are tough to crack and having a great on-paper profile really helps your cause.
Its a matter of simple statistics from hereon. A small subset of applicants is here and hence the numbers are quite skewed. I hope things could turn around for me but we all know that it is just wishful thinking.
FuturePM91
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Concentration: Strategy, Social Entrepreneurship
Schools: HBS '20 (D) Kellogg '20 (M$) Haas '20 (D) Yale '20 (D) WP Carey" 20 (A$) McCombs '20 (A$) Tepper '20 (A) Ross '20 (A) Wharton '20 (D) Anderson '20 (WD)
GMAT 1: 740 Q48 V44
Schools: HBS '20 (D) Kellogg '20 (M$) Haas '20 (D) Yale '20 (D) WP Carey" 20 (A$) McCombs '20 (A$) Tepper '20 (A) Ross '20 (A) Wharton '20 (D) Anderson '20 (WD)
GMAT 1: 740 Q48 V44
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21 Mar 2018, 22:54
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redalertmba
I try not to enforce arguments here but
- other schools do nothing but funnel through interviews, so it's 100% clear that you won't get accepted without getting invited to interview
- Kellogg doesn't do that (on paper), so they interview almost everyone except those given a waiver
- And then they still don't admit that post-waiver things are the same with other schools -- Skype interview works as a funnel[/quote]
Well. I’m not sure where the miscommunication occurred between you and Kellogg but it’s pretty common knowledge that candidates aren’t admitted to mba programs without an interview.
The likely reason they didn’t “admit it” to you in the email is because it is 7 days before decision day and doing so would likely violate their policy against giving decisions before decision day.
I’m pretty confident if you would have asked in an info session or some other way such that their answer would not have specific implications on your individual application you would’ve gotten a more straight answer. I attended an info session where someone asked about the waiver process and whether an interview was required for admission and the adcom just came out and said yes.
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22 Mar 2018, 08:20
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Friends who received an admit in R1, did any of you receive an admit without being interview???
Please reply. This will help in settling the ongoing debate...
Please reply. This will help in settling the ongoing debate...
22 Mar 2018, 08:31
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Sorry, I do not think so. As stated by FuturePM91 and based on the info webinars, you need to be interviewed to get an admit. And FuturePM91 is one of the admit to the program as well.
