Applying to Tuck this fall. Looking forward to the application season!

Hey folks,

Stumbled across these and thought they might be useful!!

Some information on the plan for the 2023 application cycle:
https://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/blog ... 2-and-2023

There are a ton of opportunities to engage with Tuck, despite the Covid Situation.
The registration link is here:
https://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/online-events

I have heard recently that the applicant initiated interview policy at Tuck will not apply for the 2020-2021 application cycle. It sounds like interviews will be virtual, with a committee invite only format like most other schools.

I have heard that Tuck will try to interview as many as possible.

Interesting development if it turns out to be true. What do you think?

Looks like it is confirmed that there will NOT be applicant initiated interviews for the coming 2023 cycle (at least round 1). I have heard consistently from admissions committee members that Tuck will make every effort to interview as many as possible.

Somewhat expected due to the pandemic unfortunately.

"During the 2020-2021 application year, all interviews will be committee-initiated. After you apply, we will review your application and invite you to a virtual interview if we believe it will help us learn more about how you demonstrate our admissions criteria. If invited to interview, you will receive a link to select a day and time that works best with your schedule."

Per Tuck's website, it is confirmed that this application season is committee initiated only.
Understandable, but sad to hear.

This has been absolutely true in our experience as well. If you got dinged from Tuck in a prior year and would like to apply again this year, you should absolutely seek feedback about why you were dinged. Other AdComs either have as a formal policy that they don't provide feedback OR they offer unhelpful feedback like "we just didn't see you as a fit for our class." Tuck will actually go so far as to tell you things you said during the interview that could be red flags ("you didn't have a firm plan for what you wanted to do career-wise post-Tuck") or that your scores were too low ("your undergraduate GPA, combined with a GMAT score that was below our average, raised the concern that you might not be able to handle our rigorous curriculum").

Even if you don't plan on reapplying to Tuck, if you plan on applying to any other business school, you should get feedback, bc you don't want to repeat the mistakes of a failed strategy. If you don't do a good enough job explaining why XYZ career path is the right one for you with Tuck, you are probably going to make that mistake again so it's best to get feedback.

Well! I will be a re-applicant. So, I already have my user sign-on ready.
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Does anyone know if the word limits for the essays are a hard stop? or is there some flexibility to go over?

It is okay to be few words above the word limit as long as the application portal of a particular program allows to upload essays in a pdf format. Tuck's portal did not have that option this year and applicants could only type (or copy-paste) the essays, so the 300 word limit was strict. Hope this helps.