Fuqua (Duke) Class of 2016: Calling all applicants!

What's up bud. U submitted ur package yet? I was in such a hurry last week and plan to submit it today. LOL hopefully this time we'll have a better result.

Yes, I had to repeat my pitch three times, but I think that's what made my interview stronger. Just nail the "why duke" and "what will you bring" down and you will be fine. My interviewer was reading questions from the sheet, questions I believe Adcom wants every interviewer to ask, for the sake of consistency. Interviewer also takes lots of notes, so don't feel awkward if there is minimal eye contact.

Also, Duke matches you up with someone with similar background. Mines was identical.

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I had my interview last Saturday with Jaclyn. Absolutely amazing person and I'm sure anyone that has an opportunity to meet her during this open-interview period will be astounded by how engaged and charismatic she is. Plus she's a Cowboys fan! Good luck to all.

I recently interviewed at Fuqua as well - I had a great experience, and really sunk myself into "Team Fuqua". I'll be doing a full debrief on my blog soon, but for now, I wanted to say thank you to the great students I met down there - rgupta83, threestripes, and several others!

Yes, I was an EA applicant last year and everyone receives that email. I think the adcom wants to reiterate the point that applying EA means that any acceptance decision on their part for your application binds you to matriculating. I would argue that certain conditions (eg. Life) may change your ability to matriculate but those conditions do not include an applicant applying EA to Fuqua and then accepting a R1 acceptance to another school. The adcom world is small and they all talk. You don't want to be in that conversation!

I am attracted to Duke as the school's experiential programs fit with what I need in my MBA experience. Three aspects particularly caught my attention in my research while building my application.

1) Team Fuqua (the school is big on this front) .. The entire MBA program is based on this philosophy. A lot of b-schools talk about learning teams, but at Fuqua learning teams are integrated into the program. Even the classes that you attend will be with your teams.

2) FCCP - Amazing opportunities for folks aspiring for a career in consulting. Fuqua is one of the b-schools that allows even 1st year students to participate in live consulting engagements.

3) FSBC - Consulting engagements for small businesses in Durham. Again this is student-run and so an amazing platform to improve leadership and team-based skills.

Disclaimer: These are my POVs .. You may agree or disagree totally up to you.

On another note: The interview invites will come in a few hours.. Keeping my fingers crossed to get selected...

Guys some unsolicited advice. Please bear with me:

I am sorry to hear that some of you are not invited to the interviews. Look at the positive - you have got to enough time to make it work for Round 2 and even Round 1 at some of the schools. You can take a hard look at your application and see what's wrong.

Look at my case. I travelled all the way to Fuqua and gave the interview in the open interview period. Now I have to WAIT till October 30th. I have an application to submit tomorrow and I just cannot focus And god forbid, If I am not accepted, it might be too late to do something about the application. Sorry, if am sounding selfish. All the best your applications to other schools.

Congrats to all those who are invited for interviews.

Best,
Prodizy

Thanks mate. Totally appreciate your words.
However the point is with a GMAT of 750 and a solid work experience, I expected an interview invite even
if I did not make it post the interview.
I assume that there are several others who have a very decent profile but did not get the invite.

What happens when you get rejected without an interview is that you start doubting your essays, your recommenders and your 'fit' even for the next set of applications.

All the best to everyone who is invited. May the force be with you.

Mistakes to avoid:

1. I overlooked the importance of recommendations. I was travelling in the US at that time and couldn't communicate my application theme to my supervisor. I think this is a big mistake and I have corrected this in my second app.
2. Double check your application before hand. Fill the application long before the deadline. Let someone else see your full app before submitting. Make sure all dates and figures entered are correct. If you fill it in the last minute, more often than not, you end up doing mistakes.
3. DO NOT edit your essays in the last minute.
4. Read the application instructions before hand to make sure there are no last minute surprises in the app. There could be short essays in the app about international exposure, how will I contribute etc.


Hope that helps!

Best,
Prodizy

Fuqua posted the prelim employment report for class of 2013/2014. MBB hired 28 interns combined this year - pretty impressive. Banking recruiting looks pretty decent too.

https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/documents/mba ... _Final.pdf

I had my interview in Seoul on Sunday with an alum and it was VERY casual. Almost more like an informative session than an interview. He said he had an advance copy of my resume so going over that was not too intensive. There is no trick, no magic responses. If you can talk about why you want an MBA at this point in your career/life, why you want to go to Fuqua, and what you hope to do with your MBA after school than you are fine. And if you can't answer those questions? How the hell did you get this far in the process to begin with?

I think he meant off of people who have reported their statuses on gmatclub. I haven't so I am not in the population.

When I talked to an admissions person at Duke, he said that they receive ~400 applications in EA and admit close to 115 people. Most of those 115 people are not on GmatClub.

I had my fair share of wait lists last yr. Keep sending updates. Its pretty early in the game.

No, no, don't sat that @neosumit.

I know an Indian IT Consulting male who is now a second year at Booth. All the very best with the rest of your apps, and expect to get in because you should.

- Former Indian IT Consulting female who also worked for banks in India and Hong Kong

Hey everyone, current FY student here. If you have any questions shoot me a private message.
Also, my background is European (Balkans) so if anyone has any specific questions regarding transition to US feel free to ask.

Hello there,I think the interview invites would come on Nov, 20th. I think fuqua sends all the invites in a single wave. However, this is based on my recollection from two years back.

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I hear you. I am doing one by one and trying to make my withdrawal letters personal. Must say that regardless of how daunting the process was, I am missing all the anxiety and the uncertainty that comes with it.