JoeMa, Thank you for the compliment.
To be honest, I could've put more work into my essays and I messed on a work question in my interview. My work experience is short and unexciting, plus I could be doing more EC's.
On the other side, I have an unusual profile (female, Russian, work in wholesale food industry, very good education), which is probably what got me the interview invite to begin with.
I think that work experience is really important for LBS - thus the higher average age of the applicants. If my remaining school (UT) doesn't work out, I'm sure I'll reapply. And here I have to give a shout-out to the amazing
bsd_lover who not only has given inordinate amount of time and effort to this forum (even after leaving the applicant stage!) but also spearheaded the great Zero Admits Club thread (
the-2008-zero-admits-club-62142.html), thus giving us hope that things do work out when we don't give up and strive to do better.
I never participated in the GMAT part of GmatClub because I didn't know it existed back then. However, I think our results once again clearly show that a decent GMAT score is all you need to get seriously considered by good schools, and a very good score alone won't get you in.
Congratulations to all the admits! You won a tough battle. Secretly, I wish that LBS' FT #1 rating had waited another year - I'm sure there would've been less competition in the 2nd round.
JoeMa wrote:
Hey Y'all. I am a little surprised by some of the dings. Especially, Snowintx and Pranay. I thought you were shoe-ins. I am fortunate to have been one of the few admitted. My profile is Finance/Entertainment/29/680/3.4 top US school/American