Tepper School Guide Tepper FAQs Active Current Students/Alumni from GMAT Club: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: DMNY31 - Class of 2015 TepperAdcom,434598412718071808,600 teppercmu Essay Questions Short Answer 1 (Maximum 250 words): What is your professional goal immediately following graduation from the Tepper School? Short Answer 2 (Maximum 250 words): What are your long term career goals? Essay 1 (Maximum 500 words): What transferrable skills have you developed that are related to your professional goals outlined in Short Answer 1? Additionally, identify the skills that you will need to develop or enhance. Specifically, how will the Tepper MBA help you develop these skills? Essay 2 (Maximum 300 words): Describe a defining moment in your life and explain how it shaped you as a person. Essay 3 (Maximum 300 words): How will your presence in the Tepper MBA program benefit your fellow students? How will you contribute to the school as a student and as an alumnus? Optional Essay (Maximum 500 words): Is there anything else that you think we should know as we evaluate your application? Dealing with a Ding - Webinar Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=echqdCOW7cM Dealing with a Ding.pdf

Waitlisted. They don't have overlapping R1 and R2 this time. Maybe they want to take a good look at the R2 applicants before scanning the waitlist I guess. They were not known to waitlist so many people. This I'm sure is a consequence of the change in their round structure this year.

My first thought was "this is great more people than before will be admitted", but then I realized it's more competitive. In fact it's possible that all it means is that it's more competitive. It's possible that they just didn't ding anyone.

Ah! I was just being optimistic Maybe just trying to console myself. Yeah. Definitely, competitiveness may also be a factor. Guess we'll find out after a long wait!

Its not just Tepper. This year a lot of top 40 BSchools have reported a spurt in number/quality of applications. Dont know what changed this year .

Do you happen to know the source of this info?

A top 5 BSchool prep company based out of US.

What I meant by competitiveness is that if there are more people on the waitlist, it'll be that much more competitive, but maybe they also admitted fewer people and are waiting for round 2. In other words I hope the waitlist increase came from the accepteds and not the dings and there will be more accepted spots in subsequent rounds. P.S. I will bet the answer is no, but do WL people get any preferential treatment at all?

BTW, it sort of worries me that you guys on top of me got waitlisted with your GMAT and work experience. Your profiles seem daunting.

I don't think a waitlist means much now... They don't seem to have rejected anyone... So the decision itself seems to be either an accept or a waitlist...

Well, this is my third app cycle and one thing I've realized is that Adcoms mean it when they say: "GMAT is only ONE of the components of your application" Don't worry. As long as you're around their mean GMAT, you should be fine.