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01 Mar 2011, 07:12
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That's the thing. They DO know who they are accepting by now, and in cases where they don;t, they will decide today. The fellowship offer may be the single most important factor in an applicant's decision to matriculate, and they know it. They know that if a student ranks them #3, and that student's #1 is offering the fellowship, then #3 has no interest in accepting this student only to have him/her decline the naked offer.
[an interesting question here is what would happen if a student, pre-decision, withdrew his application from his #2 school? Would that move #3 into the #2 spot by default?]
It's all about the rankings. I also think that if a school ranked #1 is on the fence about admitting an applicant, and they learn that applicant's #2, 3, and 4 have no interest in them, then #1 is going to be like "sorry Loser, you're not in demand, so I'm not admitting your oddball butt". On the other hand, #2 could dissemble their interest in order to free up the applicant to move #2 to the #1 spot. Further, of #1 is on the fence about an applicant and #2, 3, 4 are also salivating over him/her, then #1 will know that the applicant is a consensus great candidate for B-school. There's a lot of gamesmanship that can be employed here. They are all using eachother's assessments of us to make a better decision as to who they should admit and/or offer the FS to.
I would not be surprised if all of the top schools, even outside the Consortium, get together and implement a rankings system so that everyone can increase their admission yields. However, this may not benefit all schools equally.
If someone were on the fence about Lagomez, and the fence was made of wood, they would probably get a splinter or two.
01 Mar 2011, 07:26
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Jaguar, Haas very well might call most people on the 3rd, but for some reason I got a call last Thursday. Maybe they are calling some of the admits on a semi-rolling basis until the 3rd?
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01 Mar 2011, 07:32
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Forumaddict, regarding rankings, I got into my #1 & #3 schools (for some reason NYU was my #2 and I'm waiting to hear back from them, although I will probably withdraw my app from there anyways), so it's still def possible to get into your top and last choices (I only applied to 3 schools). I think the rankings are more for the full ride than anything else, but I maybe wrong...
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