Duke (Fuqua) 2013 - Calling All Waitlisted Applicants

thanks for posting this! i guess then at this point lets just hope for an email, either positive or negative....the waiting is the worst!

looks like the decision for round1 just came out... and looks like I'm still waiting... sigh...

Has anyone gotten e-mail's who was on the WL at Fuqua?

i didnt get an email either. so im assuming no email means we're just still on the WL right?

Well I guess it depends if they stagger the release of the results. I'm hoping that maybe we have another hr or so that we could potentially hear. Does anyone know the logistics behind notifying applicants on the decision deadlines?

Time to join the few, the proud, the waitlisted. (No offense to the Marines, thank you for your service )

So how many more days until March 18th?

Taking a page from aerien's book:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20130318T15&p0=746&msg=R2+Decision+Date

Hi fellow WL'ers. Put on the list today. Any indication (based on last year's experience) on when we'll hear something more?

From what I'm reading I don't think we will hear until Mar 18th....

Great ... two more months ...

Curious if anyone thinks this is another strategy for Fuqua to raise its yield. If applicants choose to remain "active" on the wait list, surely they'll accept an admission offer in a few months.

in the letter



so... to be honest, I'm not sure...

Sure... but every school does this... it's nothing new, and nothing vindictive by fuqua... just part of the game

Add me to the WL, unfortunately. Hoping for better news March 18....

Been on WL since EA....its a long long journey....Still on WL, hoping for something positive on 18th march

Does anyone know of a guy (even outside this forum) who got rejected or admitted in this round from WL group?

Just got the waitlist email. I guess I am bummed, but I am still deciding whether or not to stay on the list.

My first inclination was that I must have done something wrong in my application since my GPA and GMAT are decent (and I am a female, not that it makes it a guarantee at all but my understanding is that sometimes standards are a bit different). I really spent a lot of time and effort on my essays, visited the school twice, not sure what to think. I also thought maybe it was something my recommenders said...but then I got into Darden using the same recommenders so they couldn't have said anything too horrendous.

I will say that while I showed enthusiasm in my essays and interview and gave specific reasons for wanting to go to Fuqua (specific clubs/classes, etc I would contribute to), I never once said Fuqua was my top choice. To be honest, it isn't and I didn't want to be dishonest. I also listed all the schools I applied to in their application, again wanting to be honest. Maybe that was a bad call. Would they really put me on the waitlist because they weren't sure I'd attend?

I guess the yield management theory makes sense, but I also think it's important to take a critical look at what I might have messed up, too. Maybe I'm being too hard on myself.

Any ideas on this? And also--I don't want to potentially take a spot away from another applicant--but it would also be nice to have a choice to compare Darden to in the event that I do not get into my other schools. Does it make sense to stay on the waitlist if I am not absolutely sure I would attend?