jadoherty wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I was curious about the percentage of folks applying in R1. Since I got an interview, I am trying to gauge my chances of actually getting accepted. Based on what I have heard, it does not appear that getting an interview basically means your in, however it seems like a good half or so of applicants got dinged already.
Anyone have any figures/guesstimates on this?
According to clear admit (estimate), about 40% of applicants are interviewed each year.
I think that the true percentage might be less given the format of the LBS interview. Most schools seem to have much shorter interviews (30-60mins) whereas LBS interviews tend to take around 2 hours. My interview took 2.5 hours and my friend's interview took about 3 hours! Imagine the workload for the interviewer to process all the notes/feedback for the adcom from such an interview.
Goodluck!