Duke (Fuqua) 2013 - Calling All Applicants

Perhaps an aread that we can contribute to & improve upon as future student.

R2 applicants, I received an update yesterday that my application is complete. Eagerly waiting for Feb7th now! Has that time machine been invented yet?

Nah, just more or less messing with you


Not being argumentative, but I got no call, no invite to facebook groups, no anything, not even a personalized email when I was volunteering to sacrifice $300,000 and four of the prime years of my life to hit med school. Many of my friends got absolutely nothing personal from their residency match, just 'see you on July 1st, wear scrubs'. So, yeah, it's pretty much a matter of expectations, and maybe I'm just pretty damn callous

From the early admit folks, it seems like you will have a great avenue of contact with your interviewer and Fuqua buddy once the route is opened. I have gotten many 'one-off' contacts from various folks at my admits, but nothing long-going like it seems with Fuqua. Maybe some of them are just slow starters? (Also, funny that you mention Yale, as Yale has blown me away by their contact and kindness through multiple years and application processes to various programs. They really seem sincerely awesome.)

At any rate, congrats on the acceptance and hopefully they get to you soon. If you choose to shun Fuqua, kindly send the acceptance my way

Definitely a matter of expectations -- and for me, other bschools have set the bar high already. Beyond that though, I think there's a huge difference in expectation between med school and bschool (and especially undergrad). I didn't expect anything when being accepted to undergrad, and the occasional call I did get for that, was well above and beyond anything I could have imagined. I imagine it's similar for med school as most people apply to many many schools and end up going wherever they are accepted since an MD is necessary to become a doctor. In the grand scheme of things, an MBA is not a degree that is required for someone to work in business or start their own company. You could choose to forgo the degree entirely and still create a successful career for yourself.


Side note: If I just receive Duke's admit package, it will put Duke miles ahead of a school-that-will-not-be-named from which I never received their information last year. My experiences with this have run the gamut but back to alis' initial point, I expected more from Team Fuqua. Though, I've also thought of Team Fuqua for too long and I've probably put it on an impossibly high pedestal too.

Getting off my soap box now.

Not receiving calls is not cool but i say we waited for so long to hear about admission decisions, why cant we wait for just about 1week for phone calls? I am pretty sure latest by Monday we will start hearing from them.

Got the call for scholarship $. Now this makes the decision between Kellogg and Duke even more difficult.

Just to add my two cents to the call debate. Getting the admission call from Kellogg was the best moment in my life, hands down. Nothin can replace that feeling. My Admission contact point, who had inititaed the contact with the congratulatory e-mail on the 1st day, remained in contact with me till the admit package was dispatched and my initial questions about financial aid were answered by the financial aid team. My K-Buddy, however, took 10 days to establish contact. I also recieved hand written greeting card from IESE even before the decision.

At Duke, I can certainly understand the underwhelming feeling especically by those who haven't recieved scholarship calls. I think every school should have a call system in place, preferably on the same day. Nothing can replace that 2-3 minute call.

This was the one thing that frustrated me last year as well. It took over two weeks for the admit packet to arrive, and it didn't even have the fancy binders, pens, flash drives, etc. that other schools sent with theirs. On top of that, the welcome receptions in various cities were poorly planned compared to the ones the other schools organized. I remember Ross and Johnson completely blowing me away with the number of people who reached out to me trying to get me to commit. Johnson even had an MD from Bain call me and make himself available to me for pretty much anything. This all changed after BDW. Not only will you eventually get all the freebies that the admit packet lacks, but the community, both the student population and alumni base, will give you the warm and fuzzies. Just be patient, and Duke will make it worth it.

Also, just to put this debate in perspective, this is the first time that Fuqua has released decisions immediately after the holidays. Last year, I believe the R1 decisions came out in February. Granted AdCom should have anticipated the potential delays and prepared for these better. However, this is something that they are doing differently and that they will eventually get better at. Would you rather have waited another month for the results just so you could get a call from your Fuqua Buddy a few days quicker?

I didn't interact with Megan too much during my time at Fuqua. As an alumnus, she has the drive and empathy to improve Fuqua. And I’ve heard great things about her. Not to name names, I’m not sure other senior member of the AdCom has the same drive for Fuqua admission to do better and be better. After the e-mail notification, admit package (very underwhelming), and interviewer call, I did not hear anything from admissions except for BDW, which was student organized.

The issue of not closing the deal isn’t anything new and has been brought up to many times in different forums to the school. There are a high level of interest from the student body to reach out on a volunteer basis, but as highhopes said, the students’ hands are tied, and frankly, I believe there is strong entrenched interest in AdCom to keep control. Hopefully, as Megan gain more experience on the job, things will change for the better.

I know all of Fuqua students/alum would agree that having a strong student body is one of the most important aspects of Team Fuqua. Having interacted with several great admits who turned down the offer because of the distaste in the admit experience, I am deeply disappointed at the admission’s performance.

Luckily, the experience as a student has no correlation with the admit experience.

How do interview invites work with Fuqua? Will they come out on a rolling basis as they review applications or are they all released on a certain day like I've heard some schools are doing? Anyone know more or less when to start expecting invites for round 2 applicants?

For all rounds, the interview invites are sent on a pre-determined date (Feb 7th for Round 2).

Just curious how much is the typical range for a merit scholarship per year?

Very excited - received a call from Fuqua with $!! Now I have to decide what to do... I don't know if it is enough $ to turn down Booth...

They are busy making those rounds this morning!

Hi Asimov, how was your experience with the career management center at Fuqua? I know that CMC and admissions are not correlated, but the callousness of adcom make me doubt the entire Fuqua administration.

ahhhhghghgh... someone from admissions just called with some "additional information" and I missed it!!!! Calling back now and crossing fingers!!

Has anyone received the email with information on how to log into the admitted students website?

yes i got it last night, subj line "Incoming Student Website Invitation"

Not sure how I missed that email...turns out I got that too and didn't notice it.

Thanks