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Hello everyone..

This is my first post. I couldn't help sharing the good news: i am an ADMITT!!!!!

I was completely heartbroken yesterday when I didn't get the call. Refreshing gmatclub every 5 sec didn't help either as i read people in Asia had received their golden tickets.

At midnight, I was totally devastated. I decided to go sleep with a hope that I will wake up with a miscall on my cell phone. But there was no call until 7AM here (7PM EST). Today is the worst day in the last few years of my life...

But tonight, the dream finally comes true!

Hope to see you in Chicago this fall. Special thanks to latammc and sapphireka for their generous interview advices.

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Hello everyone..

This is my first post. I couldn't help sharing the good news: i am an ADMITT!!!!!

I was completely heartbroken yesterday when I didn't get the call. Refreshing gmatclub every 5 sec didn't help either as i read people in Asia had received their golden tickets.

At midnight, I was totally devastated. I decided to go sleep with a hope that I will wake up with a miscall on my cell phone. But there was no call until 7AM here (7PM EST). Today is the worst day in the last few years of my life...

But tonight, the dream finally comes true!

Hope to see you in Chicago this fall. Special thanks to latammc and sapphireka for their generous interview advices.

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I totally hear you on that! I was soooo bummed yesterday ... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Denied R2.
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where are my manners? forgive me guys, im bschool frazzled.

UNPLUGGED and GKUMAR (and everyone else who got dinged), im sorry to hear that. adcoms definitely dont always get it right.

congrats PUDGETHEFISH and to everyone else probably heading for admit weekend.

and thank you RHYME. great advice as usual. you do the booth reputation proud.

good fight and good luck to all.
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Dinged. sigh.
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hard luck dude. Same result here.

Good luck for your other apps
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thanks for the post rhyme! i gave up all hope yday... now it looks i also have pudgethefish's 1% chance! whew...
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Waitlisted.

740 gmat, 3.5 undergrad, 3.8 grad (both @ Ivy) in Engineering. Indian, male, 27yrs old. 5 year WE in high tech.

Good luck to all!
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One more waitlisted as well. Seems like there are quite few of us in this category. What are some of the factors that could get us off of the waitlist? Poor quality of round 3 candidates? Low yield rate from round 2?
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is it just me, or are there quite a bit fewer admits than in the past?! :shock:

admits, there's a separate thread just for you: admitted-to-chicago-booth-class-of-2012-full-time-mba-thread-88122.html
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Round 1 waitlist, still on the waitlist . . .

Can someone that was admitted off the waitlist give me some advice on what you think put you over the top?

Did anyone on the waitlist get dinged, or does everyone that didn't get admitted stay on the waitlist?
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where are my manners? forgive me guys, im bschool frazzled.

UNPLUGGED and GKUMAR (and everyone else who got dinged), im sorry to hear that. adcoms definitely dont always get it right.

congrats PUDGETHEFISH and to everyone else probably heading for admit weekend.

and thank you RHYME. great advice as usual. you do the booth reputation proud.

good fight and good luck to all.
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ditto!

@ quantjock, fingers crossed for all of wl's (me included)!
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Congratulations to everyone who had a pleasant surprise this morning (or night, for those who are in Asia). I just learned that I was Wait Listed.
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Congratulations to all the surprise admits! Like shana22, I too had hoped that there would be more of you this morning, but nonetheless I'm very glad for you!

For everyone on the waitlist, hang in there. I agree with rhyme that Booth was probably conservative about its admits this year because of over-enrollment last year, so there may well be movement on the list in the months to come. Stay focused. I am crossing my fingers for you.

For folks who got dinged, don't lose heart. There are very very few people on these boards who have not been or will not be rejected from at least one school they wanted to attend. I will be. Admissions committees don't always get it right, or they're forced to make difficult decisions, and it's their loss - and in a sense ours, too, those of us who have been admitted. If you made it this far, you scored an interview. You had recommenders who praised you. You had a compelling profile. You had an advocate on the admissions committee. Good work!

Now, you too, stay motivated if you can, if this is what you really want. Another school this year or Booth next year or taking on more responsibilities at your current job -- wherever you end up, use this rejection as a motivation to do so well that in fifteen years Adcoms all over the country will be kicking themselves for not recruiting you with mad love and dollars.
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After all the dings or waitlists and bruising, has anyone actually decided to NOT go to business school, not get an MBA, save their 180K, and work in their career without the 2-year-vacation?

This is a serious consideration of mine. I know we all have to be gung-ho motivated chirpy happy little applications, but life is real too.
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Those of you that remember last year may know that Booth had a higher than expected yield, resulting in an intake well over their usual target. This created some real problems,from logistical (how to fit the extra students into lead), to even structural (e.g. not enough lockers). As such, it wouldn't come as a surprise to me if this year they are playing the numbers a little closer to the chest. One class thats "too big" is one thing -- two classes that are too big would yield some serious challenges.

Thus, don't be overly discouraged by a waitlist -- even if it does kind of sting.

My advice? The people who tend to get off the waitlist are the people who bother to keep in touch. This means sending more than a single update letter now and then just sitting back and waiting until the end of time.

If you intend to stay on the waitlist, send a statement to that effect to the school. Put a little thought into it - re-iterate your interest - and close with your continued enthusiasm. If you intend to go somewhere else, do the right thing and take yourself off the list. Too many people stay on just "too see" in some kind of half-hearted effort to collect admits like they are some kind of badge of honor (as you'll soon see, no one gives a crap where you got admitted).
My hats off to the one guy who already said he'd pull himself. Good on you.

Now assuming that you ARE staying on the list, my advice would be to continue to send updates every 2 to 3 months. Feel free to send in whatever you think might be of value to the admissions committee, but try to add something new to your application if you can. Absolutely send updates involving promotions, material change in responsibilities, etc. If you have no idea what to say, consider reaching out to alumni or current students and discuss how your conversation with those people either reinforced something you already knew or perhaps introduced you to a new aspect about Booth that interests you. Visiting again (assuming youv'e visited) won't do you much good. Visit if you want to, or if it costs you next to nothing, but don't go out of your way to do so. There isn't a secret checkbox that says "Visited more than once" on the application.

Thats my five hundred and fourty second allotment timer dinging at me.
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Thanks for the advice, Rhyme. Should we also try to send additional recommendations?

Would it be okay to give my interviewer a call to get her advice?
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i have decided not to go full-time after this ding
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waitlisted... now waiting on Darden.

any lurking gmatcluber ADMIT/WAITLIST from Africa?
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Did any R1 waitlisted applicants get dinged?
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Waitlisted.

While I am a bit disappointed that the painful waiting will continue, I am relieved/grateful to still be in the running. I now plan to do whatever I can (w/o being obnoxious to the admissions office) to help my case and show that Booth is and always has been my number 1 choice.

I was thinking of sending an email for now to just thank the committe and say that I will be sending additional materials to support my candidacy over the coming weeks. Do people think thats alright to do? I dont want to write a long/thoughtful email just yet as I want to put time into it but at the same time, I would like to reach out in some way soon to show the committee that I am definately engaged.

Any thoughts?
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For roll call purposes - ding.
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