Hi all, I've created this thread for all waitlisters for the INSEAD September 2012 intake, a place where we can share insights and thoughts as the waitlist hopefully sees some movement in the future.

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24 Jan 2012, 10:47

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Hi all
I am a W/L candidate as well.
Anyone received an admit post 20 Jan?
Thanks!

Hi,
Still waiting.
I hope we'll be kept posted by those waitlisted who receive feedback from INSEAD

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24 Jan 2012, 11:16

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I think you should definitely ask for deadline extension -European schools usually accomodate such requests.
Good luck!

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Thank you inseadspirant2012. That's very nice of you and encouraging. Did you apply to other schools too?

I think my biggest dilemma is that Oxford requires nonrefundable deposit by Jan 20 (and not a trivial amount, around 5600 pounds, or something like $8800 US dollars). Yikes! Will have to talk it over with friends and family and think about what I will do.

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25 Jan 2012, 02:38

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I just asked the total number of people on mbaconnect at the moment: 198
This seems quite high, almost 200 for round 1 only is a lot and I’m not sure they will need people from the waitlist…
Not feeling confident right now…

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25 Jan 2012, 03:06

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Thanks for the update. Hard to say, I'm not sure it is that many for round 1 (compared to historical numbers)- it will be very interesting to see if anyone from the WL get the admit call in the coming days....hopefully some of us should expect to hear something next week.

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25 Jan 2012, 03:34

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I remember having read at one topic here (I need to recheck), that the number on mbaconnect for a first round decreased to something around 180. I do not remeber whether it was just after the deposit deadline or sometime later.
I do not expect many rejections from those who asked for an extension, since first round notifications of most schools are known and people are probably just need time to make transfers. This 6 people decrease is very bad news I am afraid. Still, we have nothing to do but to wait as before

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25 Jan 2012, 03:51

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I agree with you Brahms: 180 was also the number I had in mind. However 180 was also very high according to me because 180*3=540
So 198 is quite high too.
The only question I have is whether mbaconnect represents at the moment the reality of people who paid the fees or asked for an extension: maybe some guys declined the offer and are still on mbaconnect?? dunno and won’t know.

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25 Jan 2012, 04:09

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200 does not seem that high, assuming that fewer places are reserved for 3rd round candidates (which I have no idea if it's true but would seem logical). For example, regarding INSEAD scholarships, 20% of funds are kept for Round 3 candidates - if this proportion applies to seats, it should be something like ~200 (R1) + 200 (R2) + 100 (R3).

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25 Jan 2012, 04:48

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Hi,

Thanks for updating important numbers and sharing your thoughts.

Here I would like to address one thing. Though the number around 200 seems quite high, what seems to be quite wierd is the number of admitted indian, american, canadian, french, and chinese doesnt seem to be that bigger than previous year. Then, does it mean that more people from other countries rather than countries listed above were selected than other years? As counting total number is totally different from counting the admitted number of each country, think we need more info. than just total admitted number.

And didn't INSEAD say that it will increase the size of their class? As far as I know, it's about 980 now but I wonder if anybody here knows their target size of the class. If it's growing, the number 200 could be reasonable for R1.

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25 Jan 2012, 06:16

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I've just read the sept 2011 waitlist thread (last year). Here are my thoughts according to the stats I gathered on the thread:
Payment deadline: 21st Jan 2011
What I observed is that the total number of people on mbaco decreased between the 27th and the 29th (by 8%) compared to the 22nd (173 people on the 29th vs 188 on the 22nd right after the payment deadline); so the current numbers for this year may drop as well between now and Sunday and will raise again from next Monday until end of next week due to the acceptance of waitlisted candidates.
The stabilized number at mid-february was about 190 so maybe we can expect that number as well.
Hope this helps

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25 Jan 2012, 06:19

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Cheers chouky! That's most valuable information.

This proves there is also value in posting our current situation: it'll be useful for next year's waitlisted

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25 Jan 2012, 07:50

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Wow,

It's been a while since this thread has been so active. Thank you for all the information, this really helps.

The posts from the last couple of days got me excited..

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27 Jan 2012, 01:56

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Anyone got any news? Good luck!!

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27 Jan 2012, 02:35

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no news yet ... maybe next week assuming that they postponed the deadline of 1 week for some?

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27 Jan 2012, 03:14

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At least the MBA connect numbers keep decreasing (slowly, but still...). Down to 196 this morning

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27 Jan 2012, 06:32

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196 is not a huge drop ...

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At least the MBA connect numbers keep decreasing (slowly, but still...). Down to 196 this morning

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27 Jan 2012, 10:46

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Yep, I sure hope we'll be more on the line of last year's drop you mentioned (-15 after 1 week past the payment deadline) than just -2 :S

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196 is not a huge drop ...

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At least the MBA connect numbers keep decreasing (slowly, but still...). Down to 196 this morning

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28 Jan 2012, 07:35

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interesting. Is there noone got the call yet? How should we interprete this situation? No admit from waitlist or not finished extension process?

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Hello all fellow WL'ers,

If I've read the previous WL threas correctly this is the week some of us will hopefully get some good news, best of luck to all!

Does anyone have any updated MBAConnect numbers?

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Actually, If I read correctly, any news following the first installment deadline should have been received by last friday. I would assume that if we do not hear anything by the end of this week, the next milestone would be around the 24th of February, where the final decisions on R2 are published.