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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 23 Oct 2009, 00:21
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Hi, everyone.

For the ladies in the house, this is a great event that lots of GMATClubbers have attended over the years. I couldn't go as an applicant (I procrastinated too much to make any of these things!), but was involved as a student. Application deadline 11-2-09.

https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/programs/duke ... for_women/
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 06 Nov 2009, 06:10
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I wonder how many people apply every year. Saw it on Facebook too, so it's probably fairly popular.
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 06 Nov 2009, 07:46
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Did anyone hear back yet, re: Weekend for Women?
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I haven't. Got an automated email saying: "you will be notified of your status by November 9, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. EST."

I'm assuming they'll release the results that day.
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 06 Nov 2009, 16:06
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Hi, ladies. I hope that you all hear good news on Monday!

Just wanted to say that yes, the event is very popular. They grew it quite a bit last year just to accomodate all the interest. I think about 50% of applicants were accepted last year. And if you don't get accepted, don't NOT apply to Duke! It really is an over-subscribed event.

AND I'm excited to say that I will be attending my 3rd W4W this year! Just got the approval from work to attend as an alum, so hope to meet you there.
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 07 Nov 2009, 19:23
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I have applied for the event several weeks ago and I am still waiting. Their web site says only 80 women will be invited, that doesn't sound like a large number to me. Are you implying that last year there were less than 80 women attending?
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Has anyone heard anything yet? They were supposed to release the results by 5pm EST today.
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Has anyone heard anything yet? They were supposed to release the results by 5pm EST today.
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Nothing yet here either! :?
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it's 5:18EST and I am checing my mailbox obsessively. Nothing yet. Sigh...
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I haven't heard anything either -- and it's 6:08pm EST.


UPDATE -- I just received the status -- looks like I will be there in December! (6:10pm EST)
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 09 Nov 2009, 16:16
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How did you find out?
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 09 Nov 2009, 16:24
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I found out by email.
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 09 Nov 2009, 16:48
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I'm in :-)))) Check your spam (that's where all my Duke email ends up)
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Congrats - you will have so much fun. FYI, last year there were about 100 women there.
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 09 Nov 2009, 17:09
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Ladies: should I apply for an interview during W4W event or not?

I don't even have GMAT score yet! I will take the test in few weeks and plan to apply in R3 in January. Right now, I am all about GMAT, so by the time I attend W4W I will have that and my resume and no essays. Although, I do know what I want to do, i.e. I have the story in my head.

I am thinking that I should probably take advantage of the interview now, instead of bitting my fingers and waiting for the invite. I can also consult with adcom, I think that is cool too.

I'm local candidate, so travel is not an issue for me.
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 09 Nov 2009, 17:34
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I'm in too! Very excited.

R2 applicant from Boston! Anyone else from Boston?
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I'm in too! Were any of you able to open the details and tentative agenda links at the bottom? My comp isn't recognizing the files....
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The Duke MBA Weekend for Women 09 Nov 2009, 18:26
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The files are in Word 2007 format. If you have Office 2003, go to Microsoft web site and download a plug-in that will enable you to view new formats.

look forward to seeing you all in December :o
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What did you all think about the weekend event? I though that:
- the event was absolutely fabulous and costly
- Admission officers spent a lot of time mingling with perspective candidates. At times if felt like a day long interview, which can be only a huge advantage over people that had only regular interview with 2nd year students.
- Serious overrepresentation of brand marketing people, an area that I couldn't care less about.
- good food
- on the average, younger candidates, not so many women from diverse background
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What did you all think about the weekend event? I though that:
- the event was absolutely fabulous and costly
- Admission officers spent a lot of time mingling with perspective candidates. At times if felt like a day long interview, which can be only a huge advantage over people that had only regular interview with 2nd year students.
- Serious overrepresentation of brand marketing people, an area that I couldn't care less about.
- good food
- on the average, younger candidates, not so many women from diverse background
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I had an amazing time. I agree, it was like a 3-day interview; though I didn't really have a lot of contact with the admissions staff. The second year students that were directing the event were mostly marketing students, but I did randomly find a second year student who had the exact same long-term career goal as I do (something that is fairly obscure for Duke). The prospective students on the whole were great women - I disagree though, I think the backgrounds were incredibly diverse - most of the women I met were "non-traditional" applicants like myself. Very few from finance and consulting.

Overall, I did fall in love with the school and the program. I wish I would have applied in an earlier round!