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Does anyone know if Fuqua will begin calling accepted candidates the day before or the day of the decision notification?
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Does anyone know if Fuqua will begin calling accepted candidates the day before or the day of the decision notification?

Looking upthread, it appears that they start calling the morning of decision day. At least for the earlier rounds. Seemingly starts international, east coast US, west coast US. Presumably will follow this trend, but I suppose there are no guarantees until the calls start rolling in.

FWIW, portal was updated at 5:15pm during R1.
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no gmat club for 3 days for me. I am getting anxious,nervous and iritated. cant handle a rejection from fuqua. its been a long wait for me. i just hope i get in!
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Really enjoyed this -

Some tips from a Duke MBA - https://poetsandquants.com/2014/03/11/du ... s-weenies/

Also, to everyone who is waiting anxiously - good luck for the results. It all works out in the end. Keep faith. And breathe.
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Sooo.... Results this week.

I know how slim the odds are, particularly after bombing my interview, but that small little hope inside me just won't die. It's going to be pretty crushing if/when the denial comes. Has anyone come up with a good strategy for coping?

Why do you think you bombed your interview?

Because I full-on panicked deer-in-headlights style at even the most basic questions (i.e. where do you want to live post-MBA?) It was so terrible. I'm not sure what happened exactly, other than a combination of a lack of sleep and caffeine. I'm so embarrassed. I interviewed during one of the diversity weekends and the program only allowed for about 5 hours of sleep the night before. Definitely not my best.

Hopefully everyone else did much better!

Seriously, calm down. You're overthinking everything... Your anxiety is bleeding through the screen. Many decisions and outcomes that you will encounter as a leader in your post-MBA career will be much more stressful than this one.

You'll find out in a few days. Best of luck.
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Seriously, calm down. You're overthinking everything... Your anxiety is bleeding through the screen. Many decisions and outcomes that you will encounter as a leader in your post-MBA career will be much more stressful than this one.

You'll find out in a few days. Best of luck.[/quote]

Good luck to you, too!
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After experiencing b-school, and sitting on the other side of elite MBA recruiting, I take rankings with a grain of salt.

However, Fuqua got crushed on the new US News ranking. What happened?
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After experiencing b-school, and sitting on the other side of elite MBA recruiting, I take rankings with a grain of salt.

However, Fuqua got crushed on the new US News ranking. What happened?

What happened? You left.

In all seriousness, we all know that rankings are somewhat subjective. But even so, if you dig through US News' data, Fuqua should be at #13 ahead of Yale. Worse student selectivity (25%), but higher placement success (35%). Qualitiy assessment is about the same (40%). If you do the numbers that US News provides, you'll see USNews is a liar.
(Details: Duke loses about 3/4 of a point on student selectivity, gains about 1.4 points on placement success, loses about .1 points on quality assessment. In total, Duke is about 0.55 ahead of Yale.)

Disclaimer: I may be bitter about Yale not sending me an interview invite. :evil:
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After experiencing b-school, and sitting on the other side of elite MBA recruiting, I take rankings with a grain of salt.

However, Fuqua got crushed on the new US News ranking. What happened?



Edit: Looking at the raw data now, their job placement was bad too, in addition to GMAT/GPA. Without giving away any proprietary information, Duke is ranked the below in each category:


GMAT: 16th
GPA: 14th
Accept Rate: 15th
Average Pay: 10th
Job at Grad: 19th
Jobs Later: 23rd!
Peers: 10th
Recruiters: 10th
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After experiencing b-school, and sitting on the other side of elite MBA recruiting, I take rankings with a grain of salt.

However, Fuqua got crushed on the new US News ranking. What happened?

What happened? You left.

In all seriousness, we all know that rankings are somewhat subjective. But even so, if you dig through US News' data, Fuqua should be at #13 ahead of Yale. Worse student selectivity (25%), but higher placement success (35%). Qualitiy assessment is about the same (40%). If you do the numbers that US News provides, you'll see USNews is a liar.
(Details: Duke loses about 3/4 of a point on student selectivity, gains about 1.4 points on placement success, loses about .1 points on quality assessment. In total, Duke is about 0.55 ahead of Yale.)

Disclaimer: I may be bitter about Yale not sending me an interview invite. :evil:

Could be a significant figure issue (e.g. peer ranking is actually 4.06 not 4.1), that wouldn't really explain the ties though.
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After experiencing b-school, and sitting on the other side of elite MBA recruiting, I take rankings with a grain of salt.

However, Fuqua got crushed on the new US News ranking. What happened?



Edit: Looking at the raw data now, their job placement was bad too, in addition to GMAT/GPA. Without giving away any proprietary information, Duke is ranked the below in each category:


GMAT: 16th
GPA: 14th
Accept Rate: 15th
Average Pay: 10th
Job at Grad: 19th
Jobs Later: 23rd!
Peers: 10th
Recruiters: 10th

A lot of these shouldn't have shifted that much though from previous years due to the fact that it's based on historic classes (theoretically adding in 1 class and throwing 1 class out) though that's simply how I assume it works. The question is where are the big drops in those categories above.
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After experiencing b-school, and sitting on the other side of elite MBA recruiting, I take rankings with a grain of salt.

However, Fuqua got crushed on the new US News ranking. What happened?



Edit: Looking at the raw data now, their job placement was bad too, in addition to GMAT/GPA. Without giving away any proprietary information, Duke is ranked the below in each category:


GMAT: 16th
GPA: 14th
Accept Rate: 15th
Average Pay: 10th
Job at Grad: 19th
Jobs Later: 23rd!
Peers: 10th
Recruiters: 10th

A lot of these shouldn't have shifted that much though from previous years due to the fact that it's based on historic classes (theoretically adding in 1 class and throwing 1 class out) though that's simply how I assume it works. The question is where are the big drops in those categories above.


I don't have the previous years data, but I believe its the job placement that dropped. Can anyone verify?
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Big day is coming! Good luck to everyone waiting! :-D
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Big day is coming! Good luck to everyone waiting! :-D

Does anyone know what time they post the decision?
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Big day is coming! Good luck to everyone waiting! :-D

Does anyone know what time they post the decision?

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Does anyone know if Fuqua will begin calling accepted candidates the day before or the day of the decision notification?

Looking upthread, it appears that they start calling the morning of decision day. At least that was the case for the earlier rounds. Seemingly starts international, east coast US, west coast US. Presumably will follow this trend, but I suppose there are no guarantees until the calls start rolling in.

FWIW, portal was updated at 5:15pm during R1.

International calls seemed to start going out c. 7am EST; East coast 9am EST - 1pm EST; West Coast 10am-1pm EST with some stragglers I'm sure. That's just from looking at the R1 posts earlier in this thread though.
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Big day is coming! Good luck to everyone waiting! :-D

Does anyone know what time they post the decision?

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Does anyone know if Fuqua will begin calling accepted candidates the day before or the day of the decision notification?

Looking upthread, it appears that they start calling the morning of decision day. At least that was the case for the earlier rounds. Seemingly starts international, east coast US, west coast US. Presumably will follow this trend, but I suppose there are no guarantees until the calls start rolling in.

FWIW, portal was updated at 5:15pm during R1.

International calls seemed to start going out c. 7am EST; East coast 9am EST - 1pm EST; West Coast 10am-1pm EST with some stragglers I'm sure. That's just from looking at the R1 posts earlier in this thread though.

Thanks so much!
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FROM Fuqua Current Student Blogs: Preparing for a Career in Corporate Strategy
I can’t believe I am less than two terms, or 12 weeks, away from graduation. Not surprisingly, I find myself reflecting on my time at school and what I have accomplished.

I came to Fuqua with a depth of experience in executing operations at a research and analytics company. As I began the program, one of the abilities I wished to develop at school was the horsepower for thinking strategically and analytically about issues surrounding businesses and their stakeholders. At first, I thought of achieving this through a concentration in Strategy. However, once at school, I realized that there are multiple avenues available at Fuqua to develop well-rounded skills to appreciate and learn strategy.

Concentration & Coursework: Like I mentioned, the path that seemed logical to pursue a career in corporate strategy was to pursue a concentration in Strategy at Fuqua. Earning this concentration requires at least six electives that are a mix of advanced strategy and analytical courses. While at Fuqua, I have taken ten such courses and have learned a great deal through the process.


Ankit Khanna posing with FCCP teammates and client.

Practical Training: In addition to the coursework, I also took the opportunity to participate in Fuqua’s Client Consulting Practicum (FCCP). FCCP is a hands-on program that lets student teams (comprising 5-6 people) develop business skills by working on actual problems at real companies. My team’s project was a 12-week study to formulate the growth strategy for an artisan cheese company in Hillsborough, NC. The entire experience was a great platform to apply content learned in class in a meaningful way… and eat some great cheese!

Engaging Faculty: Another great resources that exists at Fuqua is the faculty. My core and elective strategy professors have not just been great professors but have also doubled as great sounding boards when I needed industry insight or career advice. In fact, on a couple of occasions I requested to speak with professors ahead of interviews to gain from their perspective, and they were always more than willing to schedule time to discuss issues and insights at length with me.


This is from my internship at Urban Planet. This picture has two other Fuqua students who were interning at Urban Planet with me – Kyungho Kim (third from right) and Irina Kudryashova (centre/sixth from left).

Summer Internship: Summers are a great way to transition into a role or opportunity you want to pursue full-time. It gives you an opportunity to try out an industry, function, and role for a period of 8-12 weeks. While most companies in the U.S. have great corporate strategy roles and internships, a lot of them don’t recruit international students without U.S. work authorization. I was adamant about working in a corporate strategy role and kept looking. As a result, I ended up with an internship at an education technology startup called Urban Planet and helped the company with their funding strategy.

While these resources have been most useful to me, there are several others that have helped me and my classmates. These include hearing from guest speakers in the industry, participating in regional and national case competitions, assisting professors as teaching assistants, and developing cases for classroom discussion with professors, among others.

It remains to be seen how I will actually do in the real world after I graduate, but I do think that I have been able to do some solid groundwork during my time at Fuqua, preparing me for the career of my choice.

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