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Just checked last year's round 1 stats for gmatclub members 34 applied 18 interviewed 18 admitted! First interview reported on: Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:32 am! First interview for international applicants: Dec 12th! Looks like everyone got their admission decision on 1/27

wow, I didn't even check last year's stat. That's an amazing number!

I would say it depends on a lot of factors, such as how many applications does the admissions officer read before yours and how tired are they. They are less likely to see the errors if they are tired. Plus, commas are often debatable, so I wouldn't worry about them too much.

Remember, those 18 accepted were not necessarily the same that reported interviews. You'll notice on decision day that lot of people come out of the woodwork to say "Accepted" without previously reporting when they applied or when they were asked to interview. Thus, the number admitted is generally much higher percentage compared to number applied and number of interviews on this site.

Nope, just don't want to give everyone false hope into thinking that Darden will take over 50% of gmatclubbers, although I wish it was true. I was an admit last year and would sing the praises of UVA until the day I die. Great place.

Was there a wave of interview invites last year or did Darden string them out over the entire period?

They strung it out if I recall correctly. I believe the first day was the heaviest but definitely not the last of the days of invites.

I believe last year, the domestic (located in the US) invites all happen within 2 weeks. The phone interview for non-domestic came towards the end of the domestic invites for another week or so. There were not too much action after that. Although Darden's official position is that they invite up to the decision date.