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Duke University's - Fuqua School of Business – Class of 2015 (Matriculating 2013) Class of 2015 Facebook Group https://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/areas/strategy/images/fox_twilight.jpg Fuqua Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Duke Fuqua to your profile) Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Deadlines Early Action Deadline: 9/19/2012 | Decision Date: 10/30/2012 Round 1 Deadline: 10/24/2012| Decision Date: 1/8/2013 Round 2 Deadline: 1/4/2013 | Decision Date: 3/18/2013 Round 3 Deadline: 3/21/2013 | Decision Date: 5/10/2013 Rankings (2012 GMAT Club Rankings Table) US News 2012 #12 Executive MBA #4 International #9 Management #8 Marketing #3 Nonprofit #7 Bloomberg Businessweek #6 Financial Times #20 The Economist #20 Historical GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2012 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2011 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2010 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2009 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2008 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2007 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Popular Links Programs Offered at Duke Fuqua Duke Fuqua Employment Reports Notable Alumni Fuqua Business School Guide: Duke Fuqua Essays https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/programs/duk ... y_daytime/ Required Short Answer Questions: Answer all 3 questions Respond in 250 characters only (the equivalent of about 50 words). 1. What are your short-term goals, post-MBA? 2. What are your long-term goals? 3. Life is full of uncertainties, and plans and circumstances can change. As a result, navigating a career requires you to be adaptable. Should the short-term goals that you provided above not materialize what alternative directions have you considered? Required Essays: Answer both essay questions 1. The "Team Fuqua" spirit and community is one of the things that sets The Duke MBA experience apart, and it is a concept that extends beyond the student body to include faculty, staff, and administration. When a new person joins the Admissions Team, we ask that person to share with everyone in the office a list of "25 Random Things About Yourself." As an Admissions team, we already know the new hire's professional and academic background, so learning these "25 Random Things" helps us get to know someone's personality, background, special talents, and more. In this spirit, the Admissions Committee also wants to get to know you - beyond the professional and academic achievements listed in your resume and transcript. You can share with us important life experiences, your likes/dislikes, hobbies, achievements, fun facts, or anything that helps us understand what makes you who you are. Share with us your list of "25 Random Things" about YOU. Please present your response in list form, numbered 1 to 25. Some points may be only a few words, while others may be longer. Your complete list should not exceed 2 pages. 2. When asked by your family, friends, and colleagues why you want to go to Duke, what do you tell them? Share the reasons that are most meaningful to you. Your response to this essay question should be no more than 2 pages in length. Please respond fully and concisely using 1.5 line spacing. Admissions Profile - Class of 2014 Class Size - 432 Average age at entry - 29 Entering with work experience - 99.3% Average years of work experience - 5.4 80% Range of GMAT score - 640 - 740 80% Range of undergraduate GPA - 2.9 - 3.9 Married - 25% Women - 33% Minorities -22% International (by citizenship) - 40% Undergraduate Majors Business & Accounting - 31% Engineering/Natural Sciences - 32% Economics - 13% Liberal Arts - 20% Other - 3% Geographic Distribution Midwest - 7% Northeast - 15% Mid-Atlantic - 14% Southwest/West - 17% South - 11% International (by country of residence during time of application) - 37% Admissions Profile - Class of 2013 Class Size - 442 Average age at entry - 28 Entering with work experience - 98.6% Average years of work experience - 5.2 80% Range of GMAT score - 630 - 740 80% Range of undergraduate GPA - 3.1 - 3.8 Married - 19% Women - 37% Minorities -23% International (by citizenship) - 30% Undergraduate Majors Business & Accounting - 27% Engineering/Natural Sciences - 32% Economics - 14% Liberal Arts - 26% Other - 1% Geographic Distribution Midwest - 10% Northeast - 24% Mid-Atlantic - 14% Southwest/West - 15% South - 8% International (by country of residence during time of application) - 29% Employment ReportsDuke University's - Fuqua School of Business – Class of 2015 (Matriculating 2013) Class of 2015 Facebook Group https://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/areas/strategy/images/fox_twilight.jpg Fuqua Applicant Summary (Real Time) Quick Glance: GMAT Club vs. Latest Intake GMAT Club's Real-time Admissions Statistics Latest GMAT Club Member Profile Updates Detailed Applicant List: Add Yourself to This List (add Duke Fuqua to your profile) Add Your Profile to This List Questions about this Roll Call ? Deadlines Early Action Deadline: 9/19/2012 | Decision Date: 10/30/2012 Round 1 Deadline: 10/24/2012| Decision Date: 1/8/2013 Round 2 Deadline: 1/4/2013 | Decision Date: 3/18/2013 Round 3 Deadline: 3/21/2013 | Decision Date: 5/10/2013 Rankings (2012 GMAT Club Rankings Table) US News 2012 #12 Executive MBA #4 International #9 Management #8 Marketing #3 Nonprofit #7 Bloomberg Businessweek #6 Financial Times #20 The Economist #20 Historical GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2012 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2011 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2010 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2009 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2008 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Fall 2007 - Calling All Duke Fuqua Applicants Popular Links Programs Offered at Duke Fuqua Duke Fuqua Employment Reports Notable Alumni Fuqua Business School Guide: Duke Fuqua Essays https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/programs/duk ... y_daytime/ Required Short Answer Questions: Answer all 3 questions Respond in 250 characters only (the equivalent of about 50 words). 1. What are your short-term goals, post-MBA? 2. What are your long-term goals? 3. Life is full of uncertainties, and plans and circumstances can change. As a result, navigating a career requires you to be adaptable. Should the short-term goals that you provided above not materialize what alternative directions have you considered? Required Essays: Answer both essay questions 1. The "Team Fuqua" spirit and community is one of the things that sets The Duke MBA experience apart, and it is a concept that extends beyond the student body to include faculty, staff, and administration. When a new person joins the Admissions Team, we ask that person to share with everyone in the office a list of "25 Random Things About Yourself." As an Admissions team, we already know the new hire's professional and academic background, so learning these "25 Random Things" helps us get to know someone's personality, background, special talents, and more. In this spirit, the Admissions Committee also wants to get to know you - beyond the professional and academic achievements listed in your resume and transcript. You can share with us important life experiences, your likes/dislikes, hobbies, achievements, fun facts, or anything that helps us understand what makes you who you are. Share with us your list of "25 Random Things" about YOU. Please present your response in list form, numbered 1 to 25. Some points may be only a few words, while others may be longer. Your complete list should not exceed 2 pages. 2. When asked by your family, friends, and colleagues why you want to go to Duke, what do you tell them? Share the reasons that are most meaningful to you. Your response to this essay question should be no more than 2 pages in length. Please respond fully and concisely using 1.5 line spacing. Admissions Profile - Class of 2014 Class Size - 432 Average age at entry - 29 Entering with work experience - 99.3% Average years of work experience - 5.4 80% Range of GMAT score - 640 - 740 80% Range of undergraduate GPA - 2.9 - 3.9 Married - 25% Women - 33% Minorities -22% International (by citizenship) - 40% Undergraduate Majors Business & Accounting - 31% Engineering/Natural Sciences - 32% Economics - 13% Liberal Arts - 20% Other - 3% Geographic Distribution Midwest - 7% Northeast - 15% Mid-Atlantic - 14% Southwest/West - 17% South - 11% International (by country of residence during time of application) - 37% Admissions Profile - Class of 2013 Class Size - 442 Average age at entry - 28 Entering with work experience - 98.6% Average years of work experience - 5.2 80% Range of GMAT score - 630 - 740 80% Range of undergraduate GPA - 3.1 - 3.8 Married - 19% Women - 37% Minorities -23% International (by citizenship) - 30% Undergraduate Majors Business & Accounting - 27% Engineering/Natural Sciences - 32% Economics - 14% Liberal Arts - 26% Other - 1% Geographic Distribution Midwest - 10% Northeast - 24% Mid-Atlantic - 14% Southwest/West - 15% South - 8% International (by country of residence during time of application) - 29% Employment Reports

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15 Mar 2013, 09:37

Well this sucks...got the ding from Fuqua...not even a WL....=(

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15 Mar 2013, 09:39

Guy's what happens if your interviewer reaches out to you after a week or so and tells you that you are in if you promise to accept the offer and in the mean time you reject an offer from another school and you get dinged on decision day...

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sunjuu1 wrote:

Guy's what happens if your interviewer reaches out to you after a week or so and tells you that you are in if you promise to accept the offer and in the mean time you reject an offer from another school and you get dinged on decision day...

That doesn't happen. You will get a decision in any case by Monday.
If they say you are admitted..you are.
They dont change the decision

Originally posted by Zynga on 15 Mar 2013, 09:41.
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15 Mar 2013, 09:41

Dinged without interview!!!

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15 Mar 2013, 09:42

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Guy's what happens if your interviewer reaches out to you after a week or so and tells you that you are in if you promise to accept the offer and in the mean time you reject an offer from another school and you get dinged on decision day...

What? That wouldn't happen. Your interviewer will only call you after you're admitted so your supposed timeline makes no sense anyways.

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15 Mar 2013, 09:42

Waitlisted!

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15 Mar 2013, 09:44

waitlisted...was really expecting an admit

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15 Mar 2013, 09:45

Zynga wrote:

sunjuu1 wrote:

Guy's what happens if your interviewer reaches out to you after a week or so and tells you that you are in if you promise to accept the offer and in the mean time you reject an offer from another school and you get dinged on decision day...

That doesn't happen. You will get a decision in any case by Monday.
If they tell say you are admitted..you are.
They dont change the decision

They said I am admitted if I tell them that I will accept. I got the ding just 30 min ago... so weird. I feel deceived

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15 Mar 2013, 09:47

theK wrote:

In!!! International applicant here. Got an email from Fuqua Admissions re: a status update and my heartbeat just went through the roof. Currently assigned out of my home country, so they couldn't reach me on the phone number that I provided on my application since I'm not using it overseas.

Congrats to all admits! I hope I can make it to BDW (very unlikely given the pace of my project).

Congrats, theK!

Glad you got in!

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15 Mar 2013, 09:50

sunjuu1 wrote:

They said I am admitted if I tell them that I will accept. I got the ding just 30 min ago... so weird. I feel deceived

What ? seriously ?

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15 Mar 2013, 09:51

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sunjuu1 wrote:

They said I am admitted if I tell them that I will accept. I got the ding just 30 min ago... so weird. I feel deceived

What ? seriously ?

This makes no sense. Did adcom call you to admit you? And then the status update online is a ding?

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15 Mar 2013, 09:52

sunjuu1 wrote:

Zynga wrote:

sunjuu1 wrote:

Guy's what happens if your interviewer reaches out to you after a week or so and tells you that you are in if you promise to accept the offer and in the mean time you reject an offer from another school and you get dinged on decision day...

That doesn't happen. You will get a decision in any case by Monday.
If they tell say you are admitted..you are.
They dont change the decision

They said I am admitted if I tell them that I will accept. I got the ding just 30 min ago... so weird. I feel deceived

looks weird. Why would they say something like that?

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15 Mar 2013, 09:55

WL as well, anyone know what percentage of WL applicants Fuqua typically accepts?

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15 Mar 2013, 09:57

I figured it was a yield play to make sure I dont decline. The interviewer contacted me a couple of days after. I know it sounds weird, but... thats the way it is. I am just happy I rejected one school, but still have two more that I was admitted to and waiting to hear from Kellogg next week. Btw; if I wouldn't be telling this story, I would not believe it, lol.

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15 Mar 2013, 09:58

**** happens...
good luck to all the guys admitted.

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I figured it was a yield play to make sure I dont decline. The interviewer contacted me a couple of days after. I know it sounds weird, but... thats the way it is. I am just happy I rejected one school, but still have two more that I was admitted to and waiting to hear from Kellogg next week. Btw; if I wouldn't be telling this story, I would not believe it, lol.

Were you WL from EA/R1? I know people who get off WLs and the first thing they ask is if you want the spot. Most people say yes, whether that's the truth or not...

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15 Mar 2013, 10:07

Dinged. Liked the school but questioned the fit for me. Best of luck for all you fuquanians.

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