HI! I applied to 9 schools all in the 13-25th ranking. I submitted all my applications in R1 already except for UNC. These schools include: kelley, olin, emory, ross, mccombs, cornell, tepper, and darden. I have only gotten two interview invites-Kelley and Olin. Should I be worried about my chances at other schools? I've looked at real time stats and some schools have already begun sending out some interview invites. ::nervous wreck:: any information would help! Thanks!

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That is fair then. Just want to make sure you arent selling yourself short. I do agree with you on a stats basis that it would be difficult to get into Harvard/Stanford, but you only get one shot at business school, so might as well throw your hat in the ring. Just purely on stats, only Darden/Johnson may be a little stretch for you, but there are no super stretches on your list..

And especially since you have all this experience writing apps, you are going to be better than the average Kellogg candidate in that respect. So best of luck with that one. I hear Booths marketing program is excellent as well, but it gets undermined by its finance rep.

I got lucky one day on the GMAT, but I really wouldnt believe I am any more qualified of a candidate than you. Never sell yourself short.

I was thinking of booth too, but i didn't want a heavy quant school like booth/mit/columbia/harvard (which i hear are heavy finance/consulting, which means it's heavy in quant) bc i know for sure i don't want to go into those fields. Kellogg i hear has a very collaborative/teamwork environment which i like so I chose to apply there instead of the other ones.

Hey there. As a current Boothie I just wanted to poke my head into this convo for a second and comment on the whole quant thing. I feel as though quantitative rigor/focus gets misunderstood a lot. Schools that have a large pipeline to consulting and finance do not necessarily have quant heavy curricula. HBS comes to mind as a school that accepts and spits out a ton of consultants but isn't exactly "quanty." The teaching method is case based so your nights really aren't spent building NPV models. So I would look closely at a school's curriculum and teaching methods to determine if there is heavy quant.

If you were giving some thought to Booth then I would encourage you not to let the "quanty" reputation deter you from looking into the program more. I-banking and consulting are popular career fields but they are hardly the only game in town. In fact, entrepreneurship is the 2nd largest concentration and the Kilts Center for Marketing has spawned some pretty impressive alums (and they give fellowships!). The leadership education is also very robust with LEAD and a ton of opportunities through student groups. I will admit that Booth has quant heavy classes. However, many of these are in upper level finance, stats, and economics electives. There are many classes that have nearly no quantitative aspects at all (Negotiation, Managing Orgs, etc.). Even in classes like micro and stats the quant isn't very high level. You might see some basic calculus. I never took calc and didn't do any math review before school and I'm not having any issues in my classes. I think that people interpret quant to mean number crunching. I would argue that it's less number crunching and more number understanding and acting. Booth isn't about quant for the sake of getting off on equations. It's more about the application. How do you, as a manager, use statistical data to determine pricing of a new product? Is buying this startup worth the investment cost? Numbers are a fact of business and being comfortable with them and knowing how to not only interpret them, but also communicate a story and action plan based on them. I know I'm talking a lot but I just wanted to clear up any potential misconceptions about what "quant heavy" means and also give a positive spin on it.

Hey. great insight. Thanks. due to time restraints, (yes, even though i had time to do 9 apps in R1, doesn't mean i have infinite time) i don't think i want to do more schools, so Kellogg is it. It's also the one Top ten school that i most want to go to, given the choice.

Also a disclaimer: I'm not hating on Harvard. I respect the school and legacy a great deal and obv regard it as a phenomenal school. That quote is also not the only thing i'm basing my opinions on. I have many diff friends who, some know a great deal about the culture of different schools, that comment on Harvard's culture. So i'm just saying that it's not for me.

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Don't sweat the lack of interviews. It is still very early in the game. Congrats on doing so many applications; that is really impressive.

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To refocus on the original question, I do not think you should be worried just yet. Each admissions office at each school has their own process of determining who will receive interviews: some like HBS are very organized and send out all invitations on the same day/minute while others are a lot less rigid and send them out when the candidates full file has been reviewed by the committee. As you do not have spy equipment in each office to see exactly who has touched your application and what discussion might have been held on your candidacy, it is very reasonable to assume that most of these schools have not fully reviewed your application.

Also, from the early interview notification you received, chances are that you will receive at least two, if not more, interview invites.

Onto a more important factor, make sure that you are well prepared for your interviews. In most cases, if you have made it to this stage, your chances of admissions have increased dramatically and the interview is truly the make or break point in this process. Nothing beats practice.

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Hi Kimberly,

Thanks for the insight and the support. I tend to get anxious easily so perhaps i'm jumping the gun a little bit. I am both excited and anxious for my first three on-campus interviews: Olin, Kelley, and UNC. I am preparing for them as much as I can. Wish me luck!!!

Thanks!