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MBAApplicant93
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22 Nov 2019, 06:35
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I am located in the U.S. I don't want to over-speculate, but my guess is that Kellogg is trying to drive better yield outcomes with these efforts. Otherwise, why would they be doing it? I think it may be a positive indicator, but as we all know, admissions is like a black box. I just can't imagine they would call a lot of candidates for no reason. I think they are trying to maintain engagement to drive better outcomes, even if the calls are "non-evaluative". What does everyone else think? Don't want to get my hopes up, but trying to make sense of everything.
I am located in the U.S. I don't want to over-speculate, but my guess is that Kellogg is trying to drive better yield outcomes with these efforts. Otherwise, why would they be doing it? I think it may be a positive indicator, but as we all know, admissions is like a black box. I just can't imagine they would call a lot of candidates for no reason. I think they are trying to maintain engagement to drive better outcomes, even if the calls are "non-evaluative". What does everyone else think? Don't want to get my hopes up, but trying to make sense of everything.
22 Nov 2019, 06:48
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Without a doubt, it is with the goal of increasing yield. I'm just curious to know how many people who visited campus and/or interviewed on campus received calls after the fact. If most of the calls are for people who didn't interview on campus, it would make sense that the admissions office is just trying to touch base with those people to help sell the program since they didn't have a chance to do that in person. But if some people who interviewed on campus are receiving calls after their interview and others are not, then it seems there could be some level of selectivity to the calls.
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22 Nov 2019, 06:57
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I do also think that this could be an effort to improve yield, but I can't seem to figure out the reasoning behind who they are choosing to call/connect with resources.
1. They could be targeting applicants they think have already demonstrated a high genuine intent to join Kellogg, in order to solidify those admit conversations(with the rest of their application and candidature obviously meeting the standards). In which case, if you're in that pool things look good for you.
2. They could be doing this with candidates that they want to admit badly, but who they know might receive other admits or may not have shown as much of an intent during the interactions. This implies there would be another bunch of applicants with equally good credentials and a higher demonstrated intent, and so these non-evaluative calls could actually be a two-way further interaction, but they may or not end up being convinced about successfully admitting such applicants. In such a scenario, I don't think being in this pool necessarily puts one at an advantage.
Whichever way this swings, we'll get to know in about 20 days.
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1. They could be targeting applicants they think have already demonstrated a high genuine intent to join Kellogg, in order to solidify those admit conversations(with the rest of their application and candidature obviously meeting the standards). In which case, if you're in that pool things look good for you.
2. They could be doing this with candidates that they want to admit badly, but who they know might receive other admits or may not have shown as much of an intent during the interactions. This implies there would be another bunch of applicants with equally good credentials and a higher demonstrated intent, and so these non-evaluative calls could actually be a two-way further interaction, but they may or not end up being convinced about successfully admitting such applicants. In such a scenario, I don't think being in this pool necessarily puts one at an advantage.
Whichever way this swings, we'll get to know in about 20 days.
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