Calling All Duke Fall 2010 Applicants! (MERGED)

Who wants to pay $28k/yr for tuition? You can do that if you go back in time to 2002. This is an article from local business magazine regarding new NCSU MBA program and their tuition. SO, in less than 8 years tuition for MBA doubled at Duke and tripled at UNC!! Needless to say, UNC dropped in ranks since 2002 and Duke climbed up.
https://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangl ... 0MBA%20pay

With the changes, in-state MBA students will pay an estimated $6,500 a year in tuition and fees. Estimates for nonresidents are $18,200 a year. Those costs compare to $28,200 in annual costs for an MBA at Duke University. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in-state MBA students pay $9,155 annually while out-of-state students pay $21,105. NCSU's degree was packaged as an MSM to appeal to students shopping for something beyond a traditional MBA, Bartley says.

Whether decisions go out March 5 or March 8, I can't wait! Hopefully, they will do as they did on R1.

On R1, where all decisions sent out the same day ot where there some early decisions?

It's not like I'm counting down the days until they release the decisions...no sir, not me.

From what I understand, a few "Welcome to the Admitted Student Website" emails were leaked on the Friday morning before the Monday deadline, which obviously caused an uproar because there was no official "You have been admitted" email. I think they ended up sending out all decisions that Friday in response to the mishap.

However, I doubt this will be repeated for R2. For what its worth, EA round decisions were released a few days ahead of deadline.

How many hours, minutes and seconds to the deadline, do you think, off the top of your head?

119 hours, 44 minutes, and 11, 10, 9 seconds.... Just off the top of my head!

(I used excel in 30 seconds. I'm not the kind of dork who would do it by hand...just the other kind.)

Do you think the waitlisters will hear anything with R2 decisions?

This wait is killing me! I was admitted to a second tier school here in Boston and I just want to know where I'm going. Obviously I would love to get into Fuqua but I don't think I will -- I have a 700 gmat, 3.65 college gpa, 5 years w/e but I don't have the traditional b school background at all.

I need answers!! This weekend will be brutal

Don't worry guys, just 372,221 seconds left until 5pm on Monday.

On the Information Session I attented last november, one of the alumni told me that Fuqua, as most Business Schools, is looking for "unique candidates", those without traditional backgrounds. That means that if the strongests candidates happen all to be US engineers (all +750 GMAT, +3.5 GPA and terrific WE + essays), not all of them will get admitted. They want as much heterogeneity as possible.

Hope this brightens your expectations!

Thank you! They all say that but then you look at the stats and they admit mostly people with Engineering, Finance, Consulting etc backgrounds. I worked for myself for a few years and now work for a property management company, but i have never managed anyone which I don't think helps my cause. Plus Fuqua is really quantitative and I scored 99% V and 57%Q on the GMAT.

Expect the worst, hope for the best I guess?

What brightens my day is looking at your profile picture and imagining that is an actual photo of you as you encourage us with Duke's calls for heterogeneity. Obviously, as the smartest dog alive, you're a shoo-in at Fuqua and everywhere else you applied and not just because you fill their animal quota. (seriously, I have nothing better to do right now). Your 6 years of work experience is more like 42 (top that) and, as long as you avoid frenzied excitement/accidents, you'll have recruiters fawning all over you. Also your shorter life-span really puts some urgency into the Why MBA, Why Now essay.

So I'm just as nervous as everyone else. How are people being notified - email? Or do we have to check our status on the application page? I hope they release them on Friday...assuming it's an acceptance that is

you will get an e-mail telling to you to check your status.

Yeah, you'll get an email that your decision is now available online. Does Duke call anyone or is it all via e-mail? I was surprised there was no phone call with my other admission.

I got a call a day or two later from my interviewer congratulating me, but the email/website status check was the initial notification - I think that was the standard.

Can you imagine a puppy (is not a grown-up dog yet) being your fellow peer at Fuqua? It will be very entertaining. Looks like this application is strong indeed... by the way, the puppy's name is Gami.

Did the email go out at midnight on the deadline day? I realize this is absolutely pathetic that I don't have the patience to just sit back and wait for this to happen in its own due time, but dammit, I can't help myself.

I can't help my self either (lol). Anyone wanting to add tension should look at the Business Week forum, where a discussion similar to this is taking place.

By the way, has anyone sent an inquiry e-mail to admission staff at Duke? Wonder if they would even answer back at this point.