andromeda wrote:
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
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!