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shravansridhar
Joined: 10 Sep 2016
Last visit: 09 Jul 2017
Posts: 6
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Location: India
Schools: Kellogg '19 (WL)
GMAT 1: 730 Q50 V39
GPA: 3.6
13 Mar 2017, 07:16
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Has anyone received a response to updates sent in post the waitlist decision?
AnoN64
Joined: 30 Dec 2015
Last visit: 23 Feb 2019
Posts: 34
Given Kudos: 9
Schools: Kellogg JD"20 (M) Yale '19 (D)
GMAT 1: 740 Q45 V47
GMAT 2: 750 Q48 V45
GPA: 3.49
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22 Mar 2017, 13:13
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I'm in off the waitlist!
Here's what worked for me. You can never really know for sure why you're waitlisted, but I assumed it was because of my weak quant background as a liberal arts major and lowish GMAT quant of 45. The very first thing I did was finish the mbamath.com certification that I had neglected to finish before applying and send in the transcript. The course was easy and took less than a week. I would only really recommend it if you're in a situation like I was. I also registered to retake the GMAT in February and registered for the HBX CORe program which I wouldn't have even started by the R2 deadline but I hoped would show how seriously I was taking things. A lot of people thought I was kind of crazy to bother with the GMAT again after getting a 740 the first time around but I couldn't shake the feeling that my 45 was holding me back after comparing it to admitted students.
I sent in my first update letter a couple days after officially registering my interest to stay on the waitlist back in January. This "letter" was 801 words and structured as an essay covering the following: how Northwestern was still my program of choice, the areas I suspected the adcom may have seen as my potential weak spots and how I was addressing them, and professional updates (including a promotion).
A month later I retook the GMAT and managed to bump my quant score up to a 48 for a total of 750. Sweet.
Based on advice from current students, I also got my assigned adcom officer's email address from the admissions office early and sent a short note saying hello and that NW was my top choice. From this point on I managed to find a reason to call the admissions office about once a week for the following five weeks for one reason or another, confirming they had received this or that document or asking for their opinion on shoring up a weak quant background. Mostly just noise to be honest. My adcom officer finally responded when I sent her another short note (at the admissions office's suggestion) regarding an upcoming professional deadline. The tone was exceptionally friendly and she encouraged me to keep sending updates. I sent another three emails over the next month leading up to the R2 deadline detailing some of the more interesting work I was doing for a major military training exercise. I never got (nor asked for) direct feedback on my application but her replies showed she was interested in what I had going on. When she called with the good news on the R2 deadline she mentioned that she had really appreciated the attention I had paid Northwestern throughout the process. I think this persistence really made all the difference.
Here's what worked for me. You can never really know for sure why you're waitlisted, but I assumed it was because of my weak quant background as a liberal arts major and lowish GMAT quant of 45. The very first thing I did was finish the mbamath.com certification that I had neglected to finish before applying and send in the transcript. The course was easy and took less than a week. I would only really recommend it if you're in a situation like I was. I also registered to retake the GMAT in February and registered for the HBX CORe program which I wouldn't have even started by the R2 deadline but I hoped would show how seriously I was taking things. A lot of people thought I was kind of crazy to bother with the GMAT again after getting a 740 the first time around but I couldn't shake the feeling that my 45 was holding me back after comparing it to admitted students.
I sent in my first update letter a couple days after officially registering my interest to stay on the waitlist back in January. This "letter" was 801 words and structured as an essay covering the following: how Northwestern was still my program of choice, the areas I suspected the adcom may have seen as my potential weak spots and how I was addressing them, and professional updates (including a promotion).
A month later I retook the GMAT and managed to bump my quant score up to a 48 for a total of 750. Sweet.
Based on advice from current students, I also got my assigned adcom officer's email address from the admissions office early and sent a short note saying hello and that NW was my top choice. From this point on I managed to find a reason to call the admissions office about once a week for the following five weeks for one reason or another, confirming they had received this or that document or asking for their opinion on shoring up a weak quant background. Mostly just noise to be honest. My adcom officer finally responded when I sent her another short note (at the admissions office's suggestion) regarding an upcoming professional deadline. The tone was exceptionally friendly and she encouraged me to keep sending updates. I sent another three emails over the next month leading up to the R2 deadline detailing some of the more interesting work I was doing for a major military training exercise. I never got (nor asked for) direct feedback on my application but her replies showed she was interested in what I had going on. When she called with the good news on the R2 deadline she mentioned that she had really appreciated the attention I had paid Northwestern throughout the process. I think this persistence really made all the difference.
jerrygmat
Joined: 18 Jun 2015
Last visit: 07 Aug 2017
Posts: 8
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Location: Hong Kong
Schools: Ross '19 (A) Anderson '19 (A$)
26 Mar 2017, 19:45
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Has anyone received the email for confirming to stay on the waitlist yet?
