Duke (Fuqua) 2013 - Calling All Applicants

Also a bunch of questions on clear admit

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Are there any current students pursuing a career in finance on here? If so would you mind messaging me? Have a couple of quick questions.

Good Businessweek interview with Fuqua Dean Bill Boulding on Fuqua's Future (published yesterday, 2/19):
https://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 ... uas-future

thanks

For those of you who are R1 admits and already paid RE VERA Services last week, have any of your recommenders been contacted yet?

Mine haven't been contacted, but I didn't pay until Thursday and receive confirmation of receipt until Friday, so it's only been a couple of business days.

Hey ctgmat123,

Did you get any responses? I am also looking into finance and wanted to know ppl's responses. Feedback from anyone?

For those who were admitted in the ED Round, have people received any notification on their background check? I submitted my payment back in December, and I know ReVera was working on it around that time since they contacted me for some information. However, since then, I've heard nothing from them.

finished interview 2 hours ago with 2nd year student (skype)
I think my overall performance is good.
some issue with the connexion; I cannot see my interviewer, some interruptions during discussion.
Hope to receive good news in the couple of weeks.

Questions:
Tell me about yourself?
Why mba?
Why Duke?
Short-term /long-term goal?
What preparation for mba in regard to finance,accouting (as i came from technology)?
Failure example?
Teamwork experience?
Leadership example?
Leader that inspire you?
Your leadership at Duke?

One of my recommenders was contacted today so it looks like they are going through the list.

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Just wondering what do they ask those recommenders?

Hi,

Is Fuqua hard to apply in R3? (Last Round). Who would apply in R3? Share some of your insights plz.

Thanks

For all those who were invited for interview/not invited, did your application status change from Submitted to Completed-Application under review or something similar. Mine still says Submitted and I'm a little concerned that I may not have all the information in. Any information on this is most appreciated gents.

- N

I was thinking the same thing. Mine still says submitted as well, after interview.

I know how you feel. I had mine recently, had to pause for a few seconds to answer one question. I eventually came up with what I think is a good answer, but I'm not sure whether those few seconds did any damage or not.

I think its generally accepted that any Elite+ school is tougher in R3. Your competing with waitlisters to round out the class and have fewer scholarship opportunities.



Repeating the question and thinking about the question for a few seconds doesn't do damage... It shows thought and can show that you're not an over rehersed automaton. It should be a good conversation. Don't worry about it.

Just had my interview over Skype with an adcom member. I think he got the time mixed up so it ended up being 1 hour later than what was communicated earlier, so by the time it started it was 11 PM where I was ^^; I wore a suit, but my interviewer was just wearing a sweatshirt.

The questions I got were basically why MBA, why Duke, strengths & weaknesses, and getting to know me as a person, but they were phrased differently so some of them kinda threw me off a bit. For example, he started with something like "tell me about where you are in life right now" so I answered with what I typically would with a "walk me through your resume" question. But I was mentally scrambling for a second or two there. He didn't have a question list (as far as I could tell), and made some notes.

He seemed to have a 45-min time limit because as soon as we hit the mark, he rushed to end the interview abruptly. Overall, it was more like a question & answer and less conversational than what I had expected.