Darden 2012 - Calling All Applicants

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How old are you?...
I think it might be not an age issue, but a work/life experience issue. There's a school of thought that once you reach a certain level of experience you won't get as much out of a ft time MBA as less experienced candidates would.

I also received the invite for EMBA even though I applied for Full time. I will have more than 7yrs exp bythe time I join next year. I guess maybe that is the reason

7 years does not seem excessive to be in the FT MBA program. I am surprised by that. How old are you? Did you start working FT right out of undergrad?

I am 30 now. I also have masters degree in engineering.

May be this is a more polished way of rejecting candidates

Hi washingtondc627, thanks for replying my post. Your friend is lucky, but I don't think I will be as lucky as he was, given Darden has already denied my full time MBA interview invitation. Besides, I will have 12 years of working experience by matriculation, and just like vicrockz, I already achieved a master degree before. Hence, I am really very very old.... regarding full time MBA application.

I don't see how it could hurt to reach out to the adcom and push for the FT program. Although they're busy, they can't be too frustrated by a polite phone call where you express your true interests. Worst case, they just maintain their current stance.

FT and EMBA are totally different experiences. If it is FT that you're intersted in, I would reach out and see what their reservations are. I highly doubt it is age...I've seen Darden students in their late 30's in years past. If it's a stastical element, such as your GPA or GMAT, work with them to demonstrate that your extra experience and ability to contribute to the Darden environment is worth the hit that they might take in their average scores on these elements. Darden, with their general management emphasis and case-based learning method, is the best environment for someone with your experiences.

Let us know how it turns out.

Hey guys - I re-took the GMAT on Saturday and ended up with a 720, which is way better than my original 650! Since I already applied to Darden, and interviewed, I sent admissions an email asking if they would consider my new score.. somebody from the office responded and asked for my split, but I'm not sure if that means she will be able to put my new score in front of the AdCom. Do you guys have any thoughts?

Hi Darden applicants! FYI if you're applying through the Consortium Graduate Study in Management (CGSM), hop over to the Consortium 2012 Forum and Update Your Profile to reflect that you are applying through the Consortium.

It's simple. Just select your school as "Consortium, the", then indicate which specific institution(s) you'll be applying to and the Consortium round you'll be applying in. You can do all of this easily through the handy 'Add to Your Schools' link on the front page of the Consortium 2012 Forum.

We have a special analytics specifically for those candidates applying via Consortium and lots of useful tips for your application and assessment of your candidacy.

Cheers!

If they asked for your splits, I think that means they will add it to your app. Just how I would read this.

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Yes, I think that's what the previous poster meant. You'll find out on 12/21 or maybe a day sooner...and this is earlier than last year.

Interviewed today. I think it was a positive experience. Pretty casual.

Regarding age, have not seen many non-military students in 30s at Darden.

I personally feel there are all reasons to pursue full time MBA till early 30s. came across many more older candidates at other similar schools such as Ross or Fuqua though. You may want to consider those as well.

I think I should give up hope on an interview invite. R1 consortium applicant here with median statistics. Maybe sometime in the next two days or so, otherwise, it will probably not happen.

Good luck to everyone!!! I really love the school and program.

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Just to add on to the interview invitation note: invites WILL go out up until the end of day on decision date. It has happened and it will happen. I know the anxiety that goes along with it but not all hope is lost. Sure, the number of students getting an interview invite on decision date will not be a lot, but there will be a few.

Thanks I hope that you are right!

I think I am falling into the trap of over thinking all elements of my application. It just seems like the interview invite momentum has calmed down and will continue to calm down as we quickly approach the decision date. Anyway, ill keep my hopes up but my expectations not to high.

Best of luck to everyone applying!!!!