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My suprising ding - Notre Dame

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My suprising ding - Notre Dame [#permalink] New post   19 Feb 2007, 19:25
Hi,

My current status is:
- Darden: Accepted
- Wharton : Interview - invited
- Columbia: interview - invited
- Chicago: Interview - completed
- Tuck : Interview - completed
- Duke: Interview - completed
All 4 interviewers asked me "Why not Harvard."
Paul Bodine said I had a good chance for Kellogg.

Lat night, I received a ding letter from Notre Dame , which I expected some scholarship. Why does the school do that to me? Notre Dame invited me to apply with a fee waiver, and then release final ding!
I write this post to say that "you cannot get into one school because you are not suitable." It is a reason! But sometimes you feel shocked by this reason!!!!!
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[#permalink] New post   19 Feb 2007, 19:29
Did you write some poor essays for them because you said to yourself "hey, I'm totally in there anyhow." Not saying you did, but I could definately see one applying less effort if they thought it was a sure deal.
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[#permalink] New post   19 Feb 2007, 19:30
Sorry to hear about the ding, but with all those other invites, I imagine you aint too worried!
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[#permalink] New post   19 Feb 2007, 19:39
rhyme wrote:
Sorry to hear about the ding, but with all those other invites, I imagine you aint too worried!


I am not worried BUT ANGRY! Essays of Notre Dame are not different from other schools' essay. I had an invitation from Chicago and Tuck only a few days since the deadline.

Does the school know that I might go to the Notre Dame if I got a full scholarship.
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[#permalink] New post   19 Feb 2007, 20:13
Wow that's crazy. I guess it means one of two things: 1. They knew you were a strong candidate and they were dinging you before you dinged them or 2. This whole process if more of a crapshoot than I imagined.
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[#permalink] New post   19 Feb 2007, 22:23
It's called yield management.

ND has a wierd selection process for sure. I have observed many good candidates waitlisted. And some that have been admitted with scholarship are no better than those waitlisted/dinged.

Let'em go to hell. I think you would do much better than ND so chill :)
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[#permalink] New post   19 Feb 2007, 22:56
I assume that you are international. Perhaps ND has filled their international quota. Who knows.
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