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Dinged. I RSVPed to a UChicago panel tonight... should I even bother if I am thinking of applying next year?
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Got the official ding. A short mail saying my application status had changed. Its a bit hard considering that approx. 50% of the apps get to interview - Oh well!
All the best to those who made it to the interview!

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Dinged.
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guys sorry to hear about your dings... I hope things go well with your other schools (or reapps in the future). Keep your head up and good things will happen!
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Ding for me as well.
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i thought i was 'man enough' for dings. nah, i am 'chick'en. but here is one for the roll call.
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DING! Good thing I drowned the disappointment in beer and drank it last night in anticipation of this outcome!
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It's a really sad day on here today. I am so sorry to hear about the dings. Good luck with the rest of your apps. A ding from Chicago is just a tiny blip in the grand scheme of things.

For a bit of perspective, here's a story: a 28-yr old acqaintance died of cancer two weeks ago and I am sure he would have gladly traded a ding from Chicago for that.
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fells great to receive the ding email when you are less than two blocks from the school. oh well, good luck to those still in the running.

feels even better to receive a reminder for booth live 2 hours later.
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Sorry to hear about all the dings, everyone. It's honestly difficult to page through here right now. Y'all have really strong profiles and I'm sure your ding is the school's loss. Know that you can achieve your potential with or without a Chicago acceptance.
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Anyone going to the open house this Friday?

I'm flying in from NYC that morning.
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I've certainly had my share of dings w/o interview (first 3 schools I ever applied to). It sucks, but it does not in any way mean that you were not qualified. If you're going to apply to more schools in the future, think about how you can continue to improve your messaging. My class of 2011 Sloan R2 application was horrible (really, really horrible) in comparison to my 2012 R1 H/W applications which were in turn horrible in comparison to my 2012 R2 applications. Good luck to everyone on the rest of their apps and in the future.
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For a bit of perspective, here's a story: a 28-yr old acqaintance died of cancer two weeks ago and I am sure he would have gladly traded a ding from Chicago for that.

So true...
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yep, its a ding without interview for me... c'mon booth i would've made you proud!! best of luck to my fellow gmat clubbers who are interviewing...
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ding here too. Not sure how else I could have improved my app. Would love to sit down with the "3 review members" and see what is running in their minds while reading my app. Wouldn't everyone love to do that? :)
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Got dinged by Chicago ... surprising considering I got interview invites from Wharton, Stanford and LBS ... And my Chicago application was strong and I felt I had a strong candidacy. I just think Chicago talks too much about the transparency of their process, but I don't see it from where I come.
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