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If his profile is strong and he is competitive at his top 4 schools - I really think he'll be a shoo-in for Cornell, which serves the safety purposes.
20 Jun 2008, 18:43
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terp06
The way things work during applications there isnt much in the way of safety schools anymore. At least thats how you should approach the application season.
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I'm sort of thinking like terp here. I know I'm competitive at my top 4 schools and then cornell is "safer". I will admit that I realized I was taking a risk by adding Chicago rather than a Duke/Ross type of school. I do get a bit nervous when I look at my list and cornell is the only "safer" school. But, at the end of the day I would be ecstatic to get into any school on my list, including cornell (had a great time on my visit), and that's what I'm looking for. There were no other schools in the 10-15 range that I wouldn't be a little dissapointed to end up at. I've seen too many BW posts of guys that got into their safety and are considering reapplying next year. If I would not be excited to go to a school, I wouldn't apply. As my list stands right now, I would love to go to anyone of the 5 schools.
However, river, I will try to think of a school or two that I could apply to in round 2 if interview invites and Columbia ED go badly. I think that makes sense. I actually hope to get all these apps in during R1 as I'm already well into the application process. For Columbia I've done my resume, and I've done drafts of all the essays - I'm doing the JTerm essays which should be the same as ED this year according to an admissions officer I talked to during my visit. I've also visited 3 of the 5 schools already. And if the Cornell and Yale apps are the same as last year they'll be really easy (at least compared to the UEs). So, I think its very realistic for me to get all these apps in round 1. If that's the case it should be easy to add a couple schools for R2 if I get the sense that things aren't going well with my top 5.
Thanks for the tips kwam. I will be doing Columbia ED and I'm shooting for R1 for all schools (see above comments to river). I've done 3 visits and as soon as info sessions get started I plan to go to all of them. I've also talked to students and alumni at most schools. One place I need to dig a bit deeper on is Chicago since I just added it to my list but I know there are a ton of resources for that on this board (including you)! Chicago is very well represented on GMATClub.
However, river, I will try to think of a school or two that I could apply to in round 2 if interview invites and Columbia ED go badly. I think that makes sense. I actually hope to get all these apps in during R1 as I'm already well into the application process. For Columbia I've done my resume, and I've done drafts of all the essays - I'm doing the JTerm essays which should be the same as ED this year according to an admissions officer I talked to during my visit. I've also visited 3 of the 5 schools already. And if the Cornell and Yale apps are the same as last year they'll be really easy (at least compared to the UEs). So, I think its very realistic for me to get all these apps in round 1. If that's the case it should be easy to add a couple schools for R2 if I get the sense that things aren't going well with my top 5.
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Thanks for the tips kwam. I will be doing Columbia ED and I'm shooting for R1 for all schools (see above comments to river). I've done 3 visits and as soon as info sessions get started I plan to go to all of them. I've also talked to students and alumni at most schools. One place I need to dig a bit deeper on is Chicago since I just added it to my list but I know there are a ton of resources for that on this board (including you)! Chicago is very well represented on GMATClub.
