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[#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2007, 20:32
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This has been asked on some of the other threads, but don't think it has been asked on the Vandy thread. I am finishing up my essays and am slightly over the word count on both of them (514 and 519).

To those who have been accepted, were you over the word count on either essay?


I was also over by about 15 words on one of the essays. However, I was under the word limit on the other. So I sent an email to the admission officer who had interviewed me, and she told me thanks for checking, and that it was fine that I was over.

I think it's worth double checking with someone in the admissions office, but I imagine it'd be fine.
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2008, 13:22
Anybody put in a RD2 application?
I submitted mine yesterday.
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Re: List [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2008, 16:07
GMATforFal08: Applied & accepted
PaulK: Applied & accepted
mbahunter: Applied & accepted
MiamiMBA: Applying R2
iokita: Applied & accepted MSF program
ashish.mahendra: Applied & dinged[/quote]
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2008, 21:51
Guys

Even I applied at Vandy in R1..interviewed on 13 Dec.

GMAT 700...exp 2.5 years in IT.

havent heard anything yet!
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   08 Jan 2008, 14:01
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Even I applied at Vandy in R1..interviewed on 13 Dec.

GMAT 700...exp 2.5 years in IT.

havent heard anything yet!


Hm...with the deadline a week away, it seems like you should hear soon. Maybe with your interview being so late you're among the last applications they are reviewing. Good luck!
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Re: List [#permalink] New post   08 Jan 2008, 14:01
GMATforFal08: Applied & accepted
PaulK: Applied & accepted
mbahunter: Applied & accepted
MiamiMBA: Applying R2
iokita: Applied & accepted MSF program
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   08 Jan 2008, 19:59
How do the RD2 interviews work? I haven't done one, but i sent my app off a few days ago.
Will I need to schedule one with the school? Somewhere in the process i was pretty certain it said that past a certain date, interviews were by invite? Did i miss read something?
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   08 Jan 2008, 21:17
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How do the RD2 interviews work? I haven't done one, but i sent my app off a few days ago.
Will I need to schedule one with the school? Somewhere in the process i was pretty certain it said that past a certain date, interviews were by invite? Did i miss read something?


As a R1 applicant, I'm only speaking from my experience, but I never heard anyone talk about interviews by invitation only. Maybe for the last round, but you should just need to schedule your interview.
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   09 Jan 2008, 23:03
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pranay_jack wrote:
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Even I applied at Vandy in R1..interviewed on 13 Dec.

GMAT 700...exp 2.5 years in IT.

havent heard anything yet!


Hm...with the deadline a week away, it seems like you should hear soon. Maybe with your interview being so late you're among the last applications they are reviewing. Good luck!



I am on waitlist :(..

No idea what went wrong..surprised to be waitlisted with 700!
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   10 Jan 2008, 00:18
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I am on waitlist :(..

No idea what went wrong..surprised to be waitlisted with 700!


Sorry about the waitlist pranay. With 75% increase in applications, this is a killer year to apply. Damn worries about a recession...

According to Princeton Review, the % of accepted students who decide to attend is only around 50%. So, it seems likely that Owen may be trying to keep an eye their yield to make sure the class size doesn't explode. I would bet you're in good shape to get off the waitlist.
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2008, 14:47
what is the take on Phone Interviews? Does it hurt your app, or is it equivalent to a visit? Financial constraints prevent me from being able to just up and take a $800 trip to Nashville for 2 or 3 days and I can't do the DC visit due to work responsibilities.. This leads me to believe a phone is my best choice. Will this be viewed in a negative light?
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2008, 17:37
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what is the take on Phone Interviews? Does it hurt your app, or is it equivalent to a visit? Financial constraints prevent me from being able to just up and take a $800 trip to Nashville for 2 or 3 days and I can't do the DC visit due to work responsibilities.. This leads me to believe a phone is my best choice. Will this be viewed in a negative light?


With a clear explanation like that thunderdogg, I couldn't imagine opting for a phone interview would do any harm. And I'm sure the adcoms are well-versed enough to know it's a bit harder to communicate your ideas over the phone.

I would give a very clear explanation like you did here to the admissions office, and talk about Nashville in your interview to show you've researched the area and what it has to offer. If you haven't looked at their catalog, one of the biggest selling points is that the school is located in Nashville, which is a fantastic city.

Hope that helps! Good luck, let me know how your interview goes!
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2008, 23:00
Thanks PaulK

However, I guess even if i happen to clear the waitlist, I have no chance of getting scholarship!

And then..without schol..Vandy is a costly affair!..and thats as good as a NO to me :(.. damn $122,000!!
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I am on waitlist :(..

No idea what went wrong..surprised to be waitlisted with 700!


Sorry about the waitlist pranay. With 75% increase in applications, this is a killer year to apply. Damn worries about a recession...

According to Princeton Review, the % of accepted students who decide to attend is only around 50%. So, it seems likely that Owen may be trying to keep an eye their yield to make sure the class size doesn't explode. I would bet you're in good shape to get off the waitlist.
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   14 Jan 2008, 11:04
Hmm...I wonder if that is the case. The cost of business school started to dawn on me now that we're starting to hear back from the schools. Scholarships are so hard to come by because, well, enough people are trying to go to so few schools that they don't really have to worry about scholarships.

Seems a bit ironic that those of us looking to get an MBA to work in the business world are simultaneously funding what has got to be the most profitable part of these schools.
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2008, 06:52
Had my campus visit, interview and tour yesterday in Nashville. One of the admissions directors said that applications were up 30%. She also said that they try to spread out the allocation of scholarships over all rounds (not just mainly in R1). Overall a great visit, scenic campus and very friendly students, staff and professors.
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2008, 10:33
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Had my campus visit, interview and tour yesterday in Nashville. One of the admissions directors said that applications were up 30%. She also said that they try to spread out the allocation of scholarships over all rounds (not just mainly in R1). Overall a great visit, scenic campus and very friendly students, staff and professors.


Nice info Miami. I visited before school was in session, so I missed meeting students and professors. It sounds like R2 may actually be a better round to have applied in, because with applications up 75% in R1 and an even allocation of scholarships, you should be in good shape for a scholarship offer.

Did you attend a class?
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2008, 12:11
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Did you attend a class?


I did attend a class - a marketing/brand management class with a professor who is fairly new at Owen. Before class when we were introduced, he seemed very excited to be at Vandy and was really looking forward to the focus the school is placing on marketing/brand management. He didn't mention any specific changes in classes/curriculum, but just generally was excited to be there.
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2008, 22:11
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I did attend a class - a marketing/brand management class with a professor who is fairly new at Owen. Before class when we were introduced, he seemed very excited to be at Vandy and was really looking forward to the focus the school is placing on marketing/brand management. He didn't mention any specific changes in classes/curriculum, but just generally was excited to be there.


I have heard a lot and read some also on the focus they're putting on marketing. They hired away one of Wharton's tenured marketing profs to head up their marketing department, and hired a couple additional new professors. Apparently, marketing needed to be improved, so Vandy's really focusing on working on it.

I figure, they're already known to be strong in finance, and marketing and finance makes up a big portion of MBA's. So if they have the 2, it should help them move on up.

When are R2 decisions made? This is just me being lazy and not looking at the website.
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2008, 06:01
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When are R2 decisions made? This is just me being lazy and not looking at the website.



according to my little chart of dates 3/7 is when R2 admits shown know for sure.
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Re: Calling all Vanderbilt Applicants Fall 2008 [#permalink] New post   25 Jan 2008, 09:23
Owen admit...count it.

sent my app in R1, just found out this week...the school said this has been the most selective R1 process in their history
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