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Congrats on your admission Dave! Sure looks like you have a difficult decision to make. Have you tried requesting an extension for the 1st installment (never hurts to try)?
It's great you have plenty of choices from other schools and significant financial aid possibilities. Good luck and let us know what you decided!


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Thanks, Andre! That's good advice; I will definitely ask them for an extension since I have nothing to lose. And forgive me if I ranted a bit :) I guess I was just surprised by the short response period and it had me kind of panicked yesterday. Did you (and others on the forum) have a similar turnaround time to submit your first installment? I can kind of see their logic, because Bocconi is a small and unique school and I think most people who apply there are specifically aiming for Bocconi. Therefore most people, once they're admitted, will not have a problem signing up and getting started. But for people like me who are casting the net a little bit wider, that's a very short time to decide!

In any case, again congratulations to all who have been admitted - that's a great accomplishment in itself. I'll keep you posted on my decision-making process.

I had 10 days as well. I was admitted to another program previously (the other b-school gave me about 5 weeks for the first installment, which was about half of Bocconi's) but I definitely wanted to go to Bocconi.
Hope everything works out for the best Dave!


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Hi All

Got accepted last Week! A little bit about myself; I'm 29 yrs old, from Colombia with Italian roots, and 6 years of experience in Sales in IT (IBM, Oracle and currently SAP). I will be sending the paperwork this week and hope to be an official candidate soon! Congrats to everyone: Akash, James, Andre and Dxtinz!

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Congratulations Pablo! Look forward to meeting you.

Congrats Dxtinz and Pablo! It's great to see the group starts growing. Everyone has interesting backgrounds and experiences that will enrich our class. Keep in touch guys!


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Congrats, Pablo!

Quick update on my situation: they agreed to extend my deadline by 3 weeks (to March 17th), which will allow another round of scholarship consideration.
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Congrats, Pablo!

Quick update on my situation: they agreed to extend my deadline by 3 weeks (to March 17th), which will allow another round of scholarship consideration.

Great to know that! Now the ball is on your court, handle it well! keep us posted Dave!
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Hi All,

I am Arpit from India. I have a query related to SDA admission chances. I have submitted my complete application on 18th Dec and was invited for Interview on 9th Jan. My iterview didnt go very well and my interviewer was of view that I dont need MBA to reach my aspirations but at the same time he said, overall decisions is not based only on interview. I have comfirmed via email to Adcom on Jan14th that i have completed my interview part and received a email confirmation on 30th Jan stating I will be informed based on decisons made. Ever since then I havent recieved any updates from university/adcom.

I have read that it takes approx 8 to 12 weeks for a decision. Will it be wise to have a positive hope for the admission or should I start preparing for GMAT again and try to get better score. I scored 680 Q49 V33.

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Hi All,

I am Arpit from India. I have a query related to SDA admission chances. I have submitted my complete application on 18th Dec and was invited for Interview on 9th Jan. My iterview didnt go very well and my interviewer was of view that I dont need MBA to reach my aspirations but at the same time he said, overall decisions is not based only on interview. I have comfirmed via email to Adcom on Jan14th that i have completed my interview part and received a email confirmation on 30th Jan stating I will be informed based on decisons made. Ever since then I havent recieved any updates from university/adcom.

I have read that it takes approx 8 to 12 weeks for a decision. Will it be wise to have a positive hope for the admission or should I start preparing for GMAT again and try to get better score. I scored 680 Q49 V33.

Thank and Regards,
Arpit.

Hi Arpit,

From what I have been able to gather during the process, the usual response time is 4 weeks after the interview date. For Bocconi, your GMAT score is considered above average. It is worth checking your email spam folder as they send the communications via a special email service.

Wish you all the best.
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I am Arpit from India. I have a query related to SDA admission chances. I have submitted my complete application on 18th Dec and was invited for Interview on 9th Jan. My iterview didnt go very well and my interviewer was of view that I dont need MBA to reach my aspirations but at the same time he said, overall decisions is not based only on interview. I have comfirmed via email to Adcom on Jan14th that i have completed my interview part and received a email confirmation on 30th Jan stating I will be informed based on decisons made. Ever since then I havent recieved any updates from university/adcom.

I have read that it takes approx 8 to 12 weeks for a decision. Will it be wise to have a positive hope for the admission or should I start preparing for GMAT again and try to get better score. I scored 680 Q49 V33.

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Hi Arpit,

From what I have been able to gather during the process, the usual response time is 4 weeks after the interview date. For Bocconi, your GMAT score is considered above average. It is worth checking your email spam folder as they send the communications via a special email service.

Wish you all the best.

Thanks a lot for your reply.
I have checked my mailbox and unfortunately havent recieved any communication regarding my application.

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Hi All,

I am Arpit from India. I have a query related to SDA admission chances. I have submitted my complete application on 18th Dec and was invited for Interview on 9th Jan. My iterview didnt go very well and my interviewer was of view that I dont need MBA to reach my aspirations but at the same time he said, overall decisions is not based only on interview. I have comfirmed via email to Adcom on Jan14th that i have completed my interview part and received a email confirmation on 30th Jan stating I will be informed based on decisons made. Ever since then I havent recieved any updates from university/adcom.

I have read that it takes approx 8 to 12 weeks for a decision. Will it be wise to have a positive hope for the admission or should I start preparing for GMAT again and try to get better score. I scored 680 Q49 V33.

Thank and Regards,
Arpit.

Hi Arpit,

From what I have been able to gather during the process, the usual response time is 4 weeks after the interview date. For Bocconi, your GMAT score is considered above average. It is worth checking your email spam folder as they send the communications via a special email service.

Wish you all the best.

Thanks a lot for your reply.
I have checked my mailbox and unfortunately havent recieved any communication regarding my application.

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Hi Arpit

It took about a month in my case, gave my interview on 13th of October , got my admit on the 9th of November.

I would give them 4-5 weeks for the decision. Also do keep checking your junk folder too, because I actually found my admission email in spam !

Good luck !
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Also if any body would like to get in touch with me for any type of help or just information, you can email me on aakashnayak90@gmail.com or add me on Skype too : Akash.nayak626.
Good luck to all applicants and congrats Pablo, Dave and Dominic !

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Update from me:
They emailed me on Mar. 15th offering a 70% tuition waiver. That's a great thing, but I'm still weighing it against full tuition offers at US schools. Biggest downside for me is salary coming out - it's just much higher in the US. I already have ~$25k of student debt, and moving the family (wife and 3yo boy) to Europe would be expensive - more debt. So as cool as it would be to work in Italy, I don't know if it makes financial sense.
Not complaining, since it's a great decision to have to make :) They've given me until Mar. 22 to put down the initial fee (still 10k euro), so I'll update when I've decided. Wish me luck.
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In the end I've decided to go to school here in the US, and so I have to pass on Bocconi. Hopefully the 70% tuition waiver is passed on to someone else who needs it! (the one for undergrad degree in humanities/sciences). Again congratulations and best of luck to everyone who will be going to Milan this fall. I'm sure it will be a life-changing experience.
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In the end I've decided to go to school here in the US, and so I have to pass on Bocconi. Hopefully the 70% tuition waiver is passed on to someone else who needs it! (the one for undergrad degree in humanities/sciences). Again congratulations and best of luck to everyone who will be going to Milan this fall. I'm sure it will be a life-changing experience.

Congrats on making your decision and likewise, best of luck in your MBA in the US.


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Hi guys!!! This is Jaikrishnaa Rao (Jai or JK for short) from India... I confirmed my place in the SDA Bocconi family today... I'm really excited to start the MBA journey and meeting all of you!!! I've already read about a few interesting profiles and I think everyone will bring interesting experiences and perspectives to the class... Looking forward to it

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Hi guys!!! This is Jaikrishnaa Rao (Jai or JK for short) from India... I confirmed my place in the SDA Bocconi family today... I'm really excited to start the MBA journey and meeting all of you!!! I've already read about a few interesting profiles and I think everyone will bring interesting experiences and perspectives to the class... Looking forward to it

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Congratulations on your admit ! You must be very excited !
Can you let us know a little bit about your background and experience so that we can know you better ?
Looking forward to meeting you soon in Milan
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Hi Akash... I am very excited and can't wait to start in Milan... About me, well I am an Indian Engineer and have been an Airline Pilot with Jet Airways since 2010... Other than flying I've worked as a consultant in the Indian aviation industry... Gmat score of 740... I love flying, and all things related to transport (some more than others)... Looking forward to contributing my bit and learning from everyone in Milan

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Hi Akash... I am very excited and can't wait to start in Milan... About me, well I am an Indian Engineer and have been an Airline Pilot with Jet Airways since 2010... Other than flying I've worked as a consultant in the Indian aviation industry... Gmat score of 740... I love flying, and all things related to transport (some more than others)... Looking forward to contributing my bit and learning from everyone in Milan

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Hey JK

That's a really interesting profile ! I am quite sure you have one of the most interesting profiles and congrats on a truly stellar GMAT score ! I'm honoured to be in the same class as you.

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Well according to me everyone here has interesting profiles... I'm sure it will be a great cohort and an awesome experience... To me the GMAT score doesn't matter a lot, really great minds can have a low score and vice versa... Do we have a FB or a WhatsApp group for MBA 43?

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