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Calling Darden 2008 Applicants 15 Aug 2007, 12:26
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Summary for R1: 8 applicants; 3 admits, 3 dings; 2 unknown

R1:
VirtualM - accepted
lanter1- submitted and interview set for 1/14; accepted
Iwannabe - submitted and interviewed; accepted
sperinko - Pending adcom decision (to decide if I should be interviewed); dinged
gmat_march - submitted and still stuck on 'pending'/no interview, and loosing patience! dinged
kingKREEP - application definitely used as toilet paper and no, no interview; dinged
MiamiMBA - submitted before R1 deadline, but 2nd recommender was a few weeks after (no interview invite yet)
spideyeclipse27 - submitted by R1 deadline but recommender was late by 2 weeks; no invite yet

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nervousgmat - submitted 12/29
thunderdogg - submitted 1/1
tsaditya - submitted 1/3
strategery - submitted 1/3
svrider - submitted 1/3
rrajiv - submitted 1/3
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Calling Darden 2008 Applicants 15 Aug 2007, 13:52
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Me too. Any word on when the application will be up? I was a little disapointed to see that they did away with the old interview policy.
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Calling Darden 2008 Applicants 16 Aug 2007, 08:58
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I am applying for R1

Waiting for the Open House Schedule to plan my trip!
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Calling Darden 2008 Applicants 16 Aug 2007, 11:30
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I'm in for R1 too.
Good thing about their policy change is that Darden's aiming to increase its intake of international students. That should be good news for many of us here.
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I was surpised that no one started the thread for Darden. GMATclubbers have no love for Darden??? :shock: :-D

Who is applying?

I am in for R1
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This GMATClubber's got some love for Darden :kiss Round-1!
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Calling Darden 2008 Applicants 16 Aug 2007, 23:42
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so do I :wink:
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Hey Everyone,

I am a first year at Darden and remember being in your position last year. Things here will be busy but if you have any questions or come for a visit feel free to reach out to me and I will do my best to help. There are a few others from GMAT Club who are here as well so there should be plenty of resources. Best of luck.

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Hey Everyone,

I am a first year at Darden and remember being in your position last year. Things here will be busy but if you have any questions or come for a visit feel free to reach out to me and I will do my best to help. There are a few others from GMAT Club who are here as well so there should be plenty of resources. Best of luck.

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Good to see you back ....
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Calling Darden 2008 Applicants 21 Aug 2007, 11:02
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I posted the 2008 essays for Darden's application on the 2008 Application Information thread. Good luck to everybody!
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Calling Darden 2008 Applicants 21 Aug 2007, 20:41
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Man! The Darden essay word limits are brutal!
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Calling Darden 2008 Applicants 21 Aug 2007, 22:29
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One more for Darden. :-D
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as brutal as 250 words for accomplishment essays? ;)
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I got a silly question about the first essay
What matters to you most, both personally and professionally, and how does an MBA relate to these priorities?
Do we write about only one thing that matters to us most in the whole world or
one thing that matters most personally and one thing that matters most professionally? :oops:

I am already starting to experience analysis paralysis. :?
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Vikramjit, I am in the same boat as you. Though I have not yet started on my Darden essays, but the first thought that came to my mind was whether I should write about separate values or something that encompasses both aspects of my life.

But I think it should not matter if we follow either path as long as we can connect them/it to a Darden MBA. Any other opinions ??
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as brutal as 250 words for accomplishment essays? ;)
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There is one 500 word and a couple of 300 word essays this time.
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those are pretty brutal word limits...

I suggest his thread for "what matters most"

https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=50898
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Hey Everyone,

I am a first year at Darden and remember being in your position last year. Things here will be busy but if you have any questions or come for a visit feel free to reach out to me and I will do my best to help. There are a few others from GMAT Club who are here as well so there should be plenty of resources. Best of luck.

Oasis

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Good to see you as well - how is everything going?

Darden's 1st week was a lot of fun - the work load was pretty tough but the experience thus far has been awesome.
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Calling Darden 2008 Applicants 24 Aug 2007, 22:43
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I got a silly question about the first essay
What matters to you most, both personally and professionally, and how does an MBA relate to these priorities?
Do we write about only one thing that matters to us most in the whole world or
one thing that matters most personally and one thing that matters most professionally? :oops:

I am already starting to experience analysis paralysis. :?
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I guess the most straightforward answer I can give you is: "Write about something that is really close to your heart". I truly feel that whatever we do professionally is in someway linked to what matters to us personally. Everything we do (professionally and personally) is a reflection of who we are as a person. Also, you'll sound a lot more 'honest' when you talk about something personal.
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Thanks kripalkavi :) That's good advice. Yes this is what I will do.
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Hi,
Anyone planning on attending any of the following?

09/20/07 - Darden Reception
09/21/07 - Fall Open House
10/01/07 - Fall Open House
10/29/07 - Fall Open House
11/12/07 - Fall Open House
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