Increase in applications

Question

So it's no secret that there is an increase number of applications.

Where do you think most of this increase comes from?

antapple · Answer

I think this issue was already discussed, don't remember in which thread tough...

gmatclb · Answer

Let's discuss it again. What else are you doing at work?

standard · Answer

Play basketball with thrash paper? LOL

OasisNYK · Answer

I think it comes from the mini baby boom all hitting ages 25-29 and being fed up with their place in the corporate world - deciding its time to go back to school and get a leg up on the competition.

gmatclb · Answer

I'm thinking the increase is from the increase of Indian applicants.

Ideas?

johnnyx9 · Answer

Not like the job market is horrendous right now. I've heard other people say similar things about an increase in foreign applicants because of the ease of applying online.

rhyme · Answer

I think it's because I'm applying to schools this year and I tend to bring bad luck to things.

Nsentra · Answer

record profits from wall street certainly don't help things

Xeo78 · Answer

Or people found out that you're applying this year and want to go to school with you?

agsfaltex · Answer

If only I had done better on the GMAT the first time around, I would have already applied last year.

gmatclb · Answer

When did schools start using the online apps?

antapple · Answer

You'll see that the yields will come down and that more waitlisted people will be accepted.
I believe that people are applying to more schools so really the # of people applying won't be that different from previous years, altough the # of applications has substantially increased.

dukes · Answer

I'd tend to agree with that theory. GMAT volume has been steady or slightly down, yet application volume is up a whole lot.

3underscore · Answer

I can't see wall street profits being any kind of a true correlation for so many reasons.

 rhyme wrote:

Xeo78 wrote: 
 

I doubt it. I emailed Chicago today to ding THEM because they accepted Rhyme.

rhyme · Answer

I just infected your PC with MS.Blaster/32/WRm.32 and ran FOO.BAT which transfers your application from Harvard to The University of Phoenix Online.

antapple · Answer

LOL

3underscore · Answer

Really?! Was my Harvard app any good? Chicago are just still ignoring me.

naturallight · Answer

antapple,

I sure hope you're right. I'm on two waitlists. I would love to get off either one.

rhyme · Answer

It was great until I stole your password with my PASCAL / COBOL WORM and executed L33TN3S W00TSUX0RS' hack file which executes the following core perl code in big endian little indian format:

open(F, "< harvardessays.doc");
@list=<F>;
close(F);
foreach(@list) { 
 s/leadership/stupidity
 s/teamwork/violence
 s/strategic/simple tactical 
 s/passionate/enraged
 s/excited/angry
 s/interested/pissed off about
}

Increase in applications

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