Folks, how about we use this thread to discuss the strategy to respond to the waitlist situation. Only a portion of the application is active on this forum, if we get organized, we have a better chance of having a good response. So far here are the list of Admits, Dings, and Waitlist (Will update this list as we move along). Admit: packet82 (R1) 710 GMAT 3.1 GPA Undegrad, 3.97 Grad. For those that asked, grad school was NYU. 8 years work experience, 2 in IT, 6 in tech consulting. Based in the Seattle, but my job is 100% travel. kavinmba (R1) Asian , IT guy more into Management now, 10+ yrs experience. Worked for 3 huge MNC's. ferrarifan2905 (R1) Indian/male/5.5 years work ex, Lead a finance/analytics team,Located in Bay Area nairb86 (R1) GRE 1: 1520 Q800 V720 WE: Law (Energy and Utilities) rajcooper (R1) 700 GMAT, 3.4 GPA undergrad, 3.9 grad. 4+ years in semiconductor, male, bay area emagic (R1) Chinese/female/Software Engineer+4 years,Bay Area Rollemba (R2) Male, 6 years of WE in software engineering. Leading projects but no direct reports. GMAT - 690 undergrad GPA - 3.35 grad GPA - 3.7 ZonedMBA (R2) 4 years WE in accounting. GMAT - 720. HCITGAL (R2) GMAT 710 7WE in Public Accounting, Corp Dev & Finance, currently in manager level w/o direct report in HCIT BA in Economics 3.6 MA in Finance 3.7 CFA Level I Ojizzel13 (R2) lydia1204 (R2) Haas undergrad, 5 years in public accounting/consulting, 680 GMAT. testuser1122 (R2) GMAT: 750 (50Q, 41V), Indian Male, 29, Product Management, Telecom Industry. spedstar (R2) 680 GRE equivalent 3.3 GPA 4 years WE in consulting / healthcare Bay area resident yaank216 (R2) GMAT: 700 (Q47, V 39), 8 WE in Finance, GPA 3.4, Bay Area Resident. emomento (R2) Nyx303 (R2) jinj (R2) GMAT 690 / Undergrad 3.2 / Grad 3.7 / ~6 years in tech industry haaspire (R2) gmat - 730(50/39) 6+ yrs exp in high tech (2 yrs as engg. manager) ungrad gpa - 8.8/10 riskall (R2) Male/Indian 8 years W/E including last few in one of the top 3-4 tech companies as an Engineer. I did have a formal team leadership role for a short period of time in a previous gig. Have had top reviews throughout my career along with promotions. GMAT is 720. Alsolacol (R2) GMAT 700. BS. Chem Eng. 2.96. 5 years WE. Bbhatia (R1 WL, R2 Admit) 680 GMAT, 8 yrs experience in multiple industries, corporate finance throughout. Masters in economics with a 3.7 gpa from SUNY yembeeaye (R1 WL, R2 Admit) Indian Male; 670 GMAT + 163Q/158V GRE (Equivalent to GMAT 680)! Yeah gave them both!; Tech Consulting and Account Management background; 13 yrs WE;3.3 UG GPA (Engineering) pinchharmonic (R1 WL, R2 Admit) chinese male, age 30, engineering, gmat 750 49q 44v Average UC undergrand / gpa 3.35 / computer science + engineering 4 years in software engineering, 4 years in lead / management role Ding: divinity911 GMAT: 710 GPA: 3.3 Top UC Engineering Program Worked as software engineering for 5 years suchivuk 1ch1ban MPeace Waitlist: calculas GMAT 650, Indian Hardware Engineer Male, 5+ years exp, 2 years lead, Project Manager now dvoraky GMAT 680 (Converted from GRE). 6 Yr R/D in a Research Institute gruntling kayjay2012 670 GMAT (Q48,V34), Indian,10+ years exp, Product Manager in Healthcare industry. GPA 3.5 Undergrad, 3.52 - Grad Kenny0929 Asian, Male GMAT: 710, Computer Hardware Industry, 5+ years Work Exp. - As a Team Lead for the last year or so. Bay Area. MBACLASS2013 29 year Senior Software Developer from Silicon Valley with 5 years of experience in leading technology firm. Prior to this I have a M.S. from top US school with some research experience and papers. My GMAT is 660 (48/34) and my GPA has been around 3.5 in both my undergrad and grad schools. NateM GMAT: 710 (46q 41v) Computer Science undergrad, Male, 30 years old 7.5 years WE in software Seattle area speedingdaemon GMAT: 700 30/M/Indian/Software Engineer/6 years work-exp in a high-tech company in bay area

Their website does say that if you are waitlisted without an interview, then you are supposed to get in touch with them to schedule an interview with them...

I think it only means that calsteve is considered as a 2nd round applicant (and so are the rest of us who are waitlisted) and is being sent out an interview invite along with R2 applicants.

I don't know about helping you on the waitlist, but it certainly helped me on my application and my interviewer asked if I had attended a class.

There are 43 people on the wait list chat today. 4 are adcoms. so roughly 40 people got waitlisted. On this thread, currently 11 people registered as waitlisted. So we are having a very good sample here.

Well, there were 40 people that were able to show up for the chat. All you really know is there are at least 40 people on the list. Try not to over think this. There are many variables that you don't know about and it's fairly impossible to tell what your chances are. Posted from my mobile device

hi packet82... just sent you a pm...

pretty discouraging article... https://collegeapps.about.com/od/thearto ... st_faq.htm

The chances might just be very slim... The college infact was ready to let the waitlisted candidates go... They asked us if we wanted to be on the WL. Had we said no, that would have been the end of story... Which means, they were ok with losing us... So that just means that they got a lot of applicants like me... And they are ok to let me go... Pretty discouraging... But Haas is my #1 choice school!!! ;(

The above article is very generic. The story might be true for fulltime MBA programs where there are lot of national and international applications ready to take over your seat. Part-time MBA programs should be altogether different story. The applicant pool is small. Just my guess. Based on today's chat session, the Adcom was very clear that R1 waitlist = R2 applicant. So I will say keep your hopes high like I have