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neosumit
Joined: 07 May 2010
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Concentration: Finance, General Management
Schools: Mendoza '22 (A$)
GMAT 1: 750 Q50 V41
09 Oct 2013, 05:36
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Can we expect Duke to throw some more light on what a pending decision means for EA applicants?
Does Duke want to see more applicants from R1/R2 before deciding on the candidature?
Those who are not invited are still being considered by the admissions committee by reviewing the applicant's file in details?
I presume 8 days is not enough time for a thorough review of the application since most of the applicants submit their applications just before the deadline date.
Will asking the admissions office help here?
09 Oct 2013, 07:09
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- Pending decision means getting waitlisted, which essentially means that you were a border line applicant and Duke wants to see more R1/R2 applications before making a decision. Usually a wait listed applicant gets invited for an interview in the first go. In few cases, someone who was not interviewed might still get wait listed and then get invited later in the cycle.
- Those who are not invited will be considered when all interviews are completed. So if interview results are not what adcom were expecting, they will try to interview some more people from the "not invited" pool - Unlikely, but not impossible.
- At this point, you should not keep your hopes very high and focus on other applications. With that said, you can still get invited in later rounds.
- One last point. a 750 and high GPA doesn't mean that you should at least get an interview. There are numerous people on GC with high scores, but limited success. On contrary, there are many people with low scores, but many admits. I think you should really look into your essays and run it by someone who has gone through the process. I am happy to take a look, if you feel comfortable.
Jokesta
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Concentration: Strategy
Schools: Duke '16 (M)
GMAT 1: 700 Q48 V38
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09 Oct 2013, 11:38
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Or may be your application is too strong or they felt you applied to them as a safety school. Who knows? I think it really depends on the school you are applying to. Duke, more than other, is HUGE on the fit of the student to their program and anyone who has been on campus or has interviewed can tell you that. They have several distinct characteristics which attract a certain type of applicant. If they think that you will not mesh well with their philosophy then there is no reason for them to invite/accept you to their program. In other schools, the fit is not as important as the hard metrics like GMAT, GPA etc.
