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I am also from India, and I received the invite today morning. But the skype slots are not available. I checked it on all dates between Feb 13 and Feb 28. Are all the Skype Slots full ?

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I am also from India, and I received the invite today morning. But the skype slots are not available. I checked it on all dates between Feb 13 and Feb 28. Are all the Skype Slots full ?

yeah..it shows the same for me. All slots are full.

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Folks in India who got the invite, was your TOEFL waiver complete in the portal?

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Folks in India who got the invite, was your TOEFL waiver complete in the portal?

Yes. But it took about two weeks since submission for it to be updated in the portal.

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Folks in India who got the invite, was your TOEFL waiver complete in the portal?

Yes. But it took about two weeks since submission for it to be updated in the portal.

I see. I submitted on deadline and it's still pending. Anyway, good luck.

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Folks in India who got the invite, was your TOEFL waiver complete in the portal?

Yes. But it took about two weeks since submission for it to be updated in the portal.

I see. I submitted on deadline and it's still pending. Anyway, good luck.

I guess, they are looking at the applicants in the decreasing order of GMAT scores, so we need to wait further to hear from McCombs. In-fact, my TOEFL waiver is also pending, in-spite of e-mailing the adcom. They asked me to give few more days...it's been almost a week already! They seem to be reviewing the whole application at the same time, so once they start reviewing our applications, the TOEFL waiver requested would be considered and the application will be reviewed soon!

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Good news is that the Indian applicant pool is under review now

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Folks in India who got the invite, was your TOEFL waiver complete in the portal?

I had actually taken the TOEFL so submitted my score. Incidentally my GMAT score took almost 2 weeks to be updated in their system after the deadline!

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I am also from India, and I received the invite today morning. But the skype slots are not available. I checked it on all dates between Feb 13 and Feb 28. Are all the Skype Slots full ?

Interview slots are showing available now. Just booked mine for the 21st

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Got interview invite from Texas

Super excited!

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Good luck mate!

Thank you man

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Got interview invite from Texas

Super excited!

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Good luck mate!

Thank you man

Keep us posted about how the interview goes!

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Invited for Interview!!

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My status says that the application is received and is under review. My TOEFL waiver request hasn't been approved yet! Fingers crossed!!

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Hey guys! Does anyone know if the interview review happens right after it and the admits are rolled out, or they wait for all interviews to be done and then review all of them together & give out decisions? Thanks

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My status says that the application is received and is under review. My TOEFL waiver request hasn't been approved yet! Fingers crossed!!

All the best. My number will come too(my GMAT score is 700)

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Hey guys! Does anyone know if the interview review happens right after it and the admits are rolled out, or they wait for all interviews to be done and then review all of them together & give out decisions? Thanks

My guess would be that they meet once every week or two and decide the applications that are complete.

Thanks,
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My status says that the application is received and is under review. My TOEFL waiver request hasn't been approved yet! Fingers crossed!!

All the best. My number will come too(my GMAT score is 700)

Thanks,
Prodizy

Yes, seems like the McCombs adcom is actually looking at all the applications! Good luck!

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