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My background:
- Ethnicity: Asian male
- GMAT: 700 (Q49, V35)
- School: Non-target undergraduate business school in the US
- Major: Management Information Systems with a minor in Finance
- GPA: 4.0/4.0
- Time: End of senior year in college. I applied in August 2019.
- Post-graduation job: A client-serving role with a focus on IT at a Big 4 office in the US.

For recommendations, I chose 2 different people who could speak to my separate strengths: hard skills and soft skills. For each of them, I had a conversation with them to discuss the overall message of my application, why MBA, what Darden looked for, and specific areas that I'd like them to highlight:
- My supervisor from an on-campus job who worked with me for 3 years in a people-focused job. She knew a lot about my soft skills, resilience, desire to help people, proactiveness, organized working style, relationship development, active listening, and professionalism.
- A business professor who coached my team during a national consulting case competition that I won 2nd place. She observed and evaluated my leadership, teamwork abilities, analytical thinking, business problem solving, intellectual curiosity, and public speaking.

I suggest that you find recommenders who could speak to separate types of strengths that you want to highlight in your application. Also, remember to provide your recommenders with the context of your overall message in the application. In that way, they can help you craft more cohesive points to make your application stronger.
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Can anyone shed some light on the timeline after we have submitted the application and are done with the interview?
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I received admission decision about 4 weeks after my interview.
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Any applicants from the June 1 deadline hear back about interviews (or anything?) yet? My application was complete just before the deadline, if that matters.
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What drew you most to Darden? Did you go and check out the campus before applying?
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I attended a few admission events in my city and then applied. I didn't visit Charlottesville before I applied though. What drew me to Darden?
- Students: I really enjoyed the friendly and down-to-earth vibe of Darden students. Before my interview, I connected with a few Darden alum and the conversations helped me gauge my fit with the school.
- Teaching method: I like the case method.
- Culture: Darden provides an empowering environment where students have a say in many activities and decisions within the school.
- Location: I have been living in a city all my life so I want to go to a school that is NOT in a city.
- Career: My goal after MBA is consulting, which is Darden's strength.
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I attended a few admission events in my city and then applied. I didn't visit Charlottesville before I applied though. What drew me to Darden?
- Students: I really enjoyed the friendly and down-to-earth vibe of Darden students. Before my interview, I connected with a few Darden alum and the conversations helped me gauge my fit with the school.
- Teaching method: I like the case method.
- Culture: Darden provides an empowering environment where students have a say in many activities and decisions within the school.
- Location: I have been living in a city all my life so I want to go to a school that is NOT in a city.
- Career: My goal after MBA is consulting, which is Darden's strength.

Great to hear! As my username suggests I'm based in Australia, hence, even pre-COVID I would not have been able to visit the campus. Everything that you mentioned is what I have found too.

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Thank you Nate for starting this chain! Darden Future Years 2020 admit here, and I will be super happy to answer any questions that people have on the admissions process or anything related :)

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Thank you Nate for starting this chain! Darden Future Years 2020 admit here, and I will be super happy to answer any questions that people have on the admissions process or anything related :)

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Did you choose Darden over Booth only due to the Scholarship money?
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Haha no, I didn't choose Darden over Booth, obviously.

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Thank you Nate for starting this chain! Darden Future Years 2020 admit here, and I will be super happy to answer any questions that people have on the admissions process or anything related :)

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When did you apply, and when was the interview ?
I applied in April, haven't heard back from them.
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Hey npham

How important do you think are test scores? I took the GRE and it translates into a GMAT of 700, my quant is equal to a 50 on the GMAT but my verbal is a 33 which is an obvious applicant weakness. How do you think I can help the adcoms overlook that verbal flaw? My writing was in the 80th percentile btw for the GRE, not sure if that helps.
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Does anyone apply by June 1st hear back the decision?
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Did you interview? Stats?
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Did you interview? Stats?
I interviewed in mid May and is WL by June 24.
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jenonds so you were waitlisted by June, did they telll you why they waitlisted you?
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jenonds so you were waitlisted by June, did they telll you why they waitlisted you?
They want to confirm my gre.
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