amakelikbe wrote:
that sucks, hdcdude.
my best guess is that at this very early stage, it's probably easier for the board to evaluate candidates who have less common or underrepresented backgrounds or goals (because they won't see quite as many others like us in the ED pool) than otherwise strong candidates who are likely to appear similar on paper to ED candidates who have yet to apply. no doubt CBS is expecting many applications in the weeks ahead and they want to make sure they don't confer any particular advantage in the ED round to those of us who have already applied over those who have yet to submit their applications.
unless you have some particularly extraordinary/unusual achievements under your belt or work in a high-profile position (e.g. PE), if you're a white/asian/indian male coming from a traditional pre-MBA corporate background, you may have to wait quite awhile to hear from the admissions board, even if your GPA/GMAT are on the upper end of the spectrum. of course, that doesn't mean you're any less qualified for admission; there's just more competition, unfortunately. (though i still think you should get some props for applying in june!)
That makes logical sense, but I hope it's not entirely true.
If they're waiting for more submissions, why would they open up the application so early (May)? I feel like that defeats the purpose of rolling admissions, i.e. admitting or rejecting people as they come in...