Calling all Tuck MBA Applicants: 2025 Intake Class of 2027

Fair to write off Tuck R2 by now, if we have not received invites yet? Or historically do invites keep rolling to the deadline?

I completed my interview, and it went really well. The interviewer was great, and the questions were quite standard—Why MBA? Why Tuck? Why now? I tried to connect a couple of questions in one of my answers, and it seemed to work, as the interviewer appeared impressed. After each of my responses, he gave positive feedback, which was encouraging.

There was one new question that caught me a bit off guard. He asked me to imagine that I got into Tuck, and it was my graduation day—what would I see as my greatest earning? I took a moment to gather my thoughts and replied:

"Throughout my current journey, both in my team and in life, people have looked up to me. They still do today. On my graduation day, I would want to see that I’ve built a similar reputation at Tuck—that the first-year students of that time look up to me the same way. - I have also connected some past examples of this thing"

I’m not sure if it was the perfect answer, but it felt like the best I could articulate in the moment. Given Tuck’s low interview conversation rate, I’m uncertain about the outcome, but overall, I left the interview feeling good.

Anyone else get a second interview? I did my guaranteed one in Dec but just got another invite from adcom. Normal?

Wen did you get this ?

yesterday

Okay!!
Is this common to get interviewed again ?

If you had got interviewed in guaranteed interview

idk I haven’t heard about it

just hope it’s not a bad thing

They might be just checking communication.

2nd round interview invitations are yet to be sent, and we still have a month for R2 decision deadline, I have completed my interview on 12th and it was for R3... Well I don't know how it came so early, it just took 4 days from my application submission, I am thinking to write to adcom and check if there is any possibility for my application to be considered in R2 instead of R3, that will give me more time for Visa if I get selected plus I will have more options for scholarship.. from this group I am looking for guidance of this will be a wise decision to send an email to adcom or it will be more like bothering them???

I would do it

It’s a valid request. You have already been interviewed.

I gave my interview on 29th Jan (R2 non- guaranteed) and haven’t heard back yet. Anyone else in the same boat? Any tentative timelines?

The next update will be 1-week before the March decision deadline where it will instruct you on how to access your decision.
And if admitted a call on the day-of the decision.

Is there any discrimination between guaranteed interview and invite only ?

Obviously there has to be! The school ’wants’ to interview you vs you want the school to interview you

But with a solid application Guaranteed Interview can be an advantage! Because you are telling them that Tuck is among your first choice schools

If you’re an overrepresented candidate.... (Straight Indian male engineer) I’m sure you’ll be accustomed to the word, "discrimination" to put up with it. Because if you weren’t putting up with it, something would have been done about it

To answer your question though, the guaranteed interview gives the school an additional opportunity to see if you have some X-factor and show them that Tuck happens to be your first choice without saying it in words.


If your application is good enough, you’ll do well in either of those. But ultimately, you still have to meet the bare minimum standards for Tuck (in case of Overrepresented pool, those standards are still pretty high)

A guaranteed interview is an excellent opportunity for applicants to showcase their strong commitment and reinforce Tuck as their top choice. While the school states that "all interviews are evaluated equally" , having a guaranteed interview combined with a competitive application that aligns well with Tuck’s values, could further strengthen your chances. Best of luck!

I don't agree there's any advantage to this. Tuck has always had an open interview policy in the past and IMO, the guaranteed interview is another version of that. They are incentivizing you for applying early. It can help push their application figures up and also give them a chance to interview more applicants - which fits with their motive of wanting to meet maximum applicants face to face.

How can this help applicants? 1. You have a sure shot chance of impressing the interviewer through a positive interview. 2. Worse comes to worse, if it doesn't work out, you still got an interview practice, which can help you prepare better for other interviews.

In the end, Tuck will still do a holistic evaluation of your application material and then grant you admission.

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