24 wrote:
Use miles if you have them, school is already going to put you in debt so I would not let the airfare get in the way of interviewing.
I do not think it is that odd that there is just one day and it is the 22nd. That gives them enough time to evaluate the people they interview before the deadline.
Additionally, I do not think the school is planning on interviewing many more people given that there already have been +/- 10 interview days and this is not taking into account international interviews.
24,
I mention that I find the single interview day situation quite odd because the Darden School of Business Admissions Committee has always stated that interview invitations will be released
up till the decision date of January 28th. If this holds true, it follows that
interview slots ought likewise to be available up till the decision date. The only reconciliation to this discrepancy I can think of is that dates beyond January 22nd (the only day available in the calendar to me at present) are locked out to accommodate other candidates who might receive their invitations over the next 16 days; however, in the interest of scheduling flexibility, I
still find it odd that only one day in the schedule would be made available, leaving only 11 days to make travel arrangements to Charlottesville.
Also, remember that the Admissions Committee implies on the Darden website that it delays the release of final decisions beyond the Round 1 deadline for candidates who will interview on or close to the Round 1 application deadline of January 28th, an indication that they do not necessarily establish a window in which to evaluate the entire applicant pool prior to the Round 1 deadline:
As copied from the website:
"If you receive an interview invitation on or close to the decision deadline, your timeline for interviewing and receiving an admissions decision will be delayed slightly from the published timeline. "To those waiting, I not only hope that Darden will invite even more applicants between now and the deadline, but I
believe this will indeed be the case. Darden has a relatively low acceptance yield, and must offer admission to a great many candidates in order to fill the class. I do not believe Darden (though in this premise, I could be wrong) assigns applicants to wait-lists without interviewing them first, indicating that its Admissions Committee will likely interview a significant portion of the applicant pool.
Good luck!