hpun wrote:
I have NOT get any interview or phone call yet. So I call some of the universities business school admission department that I applied to and this is what they said:
Stanford: will start to contact us in Mar. 1
Columbia: still reviewing and will send out refusal letter starting Feb 22
UCLA: will notify interview by Feb 28. If I don't hear by that time, I am probably rejected
Chicago: will start to contact us in Mar. 1
Stern: will start to contact us in Mar. 1
fyi: I am not located in USA so they won't fly me there unless I am accepted
Is the word of the admission officers that I contacted true?
I'm pretty much in the same situation.
I was fairly optimistic when I sent out the applications, but the more I wait, the more I become "realistic". I applied only to top 20 schools and the competition is fierce.
There seem to be around 100 guys out there with GMAT's in the 99th percentile, great GPA's and great rec letters. That makes each of us one in a hundred. How can anybody differentiate between applicants which are all in the 99th percentile? this is crazy.
It looks to me like its all about luck. I just hope I have some, because I have no plan B waiting.