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Congrats to everyone who got invites. Do you guys think there would be more invites for India (New Delhi) applicants? and do the ding/WL decisions come on the final decision deadline of December 18th or at an earlier date?

Yes, I think there will be way more invites for interview than have come out so far; whether they are gonna be from Delhi, Bangalore or any other city, that's yet to be known. Ding/WL/Accepted whatever the result, it will be out for all on same day - Dec 18.

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FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: Tips for Best Preparing for the Interview

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nathan Masland is director of Tuck’s Career Development Office (CDO). Stephen Pidgeon T’07 is an associate director of the CDO and author of the books How to Get a Job in Consulting and Case Interviews for Beginners.

Question: How can you best prepare for the actual interview?

Stephen Pidgeon: Research, research, research. You might think you know the company already, but you have to dig deeper. Spend a lot of time looking through their website and looking at their media coverage.

Jonathan Masland: That also goes for the interviewer. If you can find out who it’s going to be, research them. Take a look at what their background is by tracking down their resume or LinkedIn profile.

SP: A great way to set yourself apart, too, is to see if that person has put out books or magazine articles or quotes in publications—you can reference them in the interview. It’s all part of creatively demonstrating the qualities you want to get across, like intellectual curiosity and passion.

JM: The bottom line is that you need to get really good at fit interviews by mastering the four basic questions. They are:

1. Can you take me through your resume or background?

2. Why do you want to work in this industry?

3. Why do you want to work for this company?

4. Why should I hire you?

SP: Be thoughtful in your answers and use techniques from professional storytellers. Think about a great movie or book—they use detailed, colorful stories to hook us. When an interviewer is trying to decide between you and 20 other people he or she met, you want them to remember you because you told your story so effectively.

JM: Definitely. Like Stephen said, you’re going to want to support all of your answers with pithy stories. So don’t just rehearse crisp, effective answers for the basic questions. Rehearse stories that show you in your best light. And don’t let it throw you if the interviewer asks you these questions in different ways—if you go in prepared, thinking on your feet will follow.

SP: One final piece of last-minute advice—we spend so much time thinking about the interview that we forget that the first impression you make is set when you walk in the room. Obviously this is a very stressful situation, but you want to set the tone by being the best version of yourself. Before you go in, do something that gets you pumped up, like listening to inspiring music or walking around the block.

JM: Walking into the interview as someone who is confident and happy to be there rather than as someone scared and stiff can make a huge difference. Good luck and happy interviewing!

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Does Tuck release decisions on a rolling basis? or all come out in one?

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Does Tuck release decisions on a rolling basis? or all come out in one?

all at once, although admits will likely receive calls the day of or the day before.

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FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: Testing the Alumni Network

It might be difficult to think this far into the future when GMAT prep and essay writing are front and center, but I dare suggest that getting to know the alumni of your future MBA program should also top your MBA application to-do list.

The alumni have paved the way for your future path into an MBA program and each network is as unique as the program itself. Devoting some time and energy to this dimension of the application process will help inform your perceptions (and essays and future interviews!) about a program.

How do you do this?

First, do some substantial research on your desired MBA program and take time to reflect on your potential choices. Approach these actions with the intent to develop thoughtful questions about your program of interest. These questions will not only show the admissions team that you are well-informed, but you will also learn something in the process.

You can start your research by looking at school websites or by reading articles written by MBA faculty. Look at more than the headlines. Read student testimonials, blog posts, and watch faculty videos. There is real information behind each tab. Return to the website periodically. Many schools work hard to deliver new content on a frequent basis. You may also be able to access an alumni tab with articles, events, and career information that shines a light on your future network.

Reflection is a more personal exploration that will require some quiet time, a long walk with headphones and your favorite inspirational music, or a coffee with your best friend or mentor. If you are in the application process now, you have likely experienced an “a ha moment” that has led you to this blog and others. This moment is the seed of why you want an MBA. Answering this “why” question is something I often see candidates neglect to do. Some healthy self-reflection will help you arrive at a genuine answer and the ability to articulate this can help you stand out in the application process.

Next, be specific.

Asking an admissions officer, “can you connect me with your alumni?” is not enough. This is too broad. Schools have thousands of alumni in every different geography and industry. Help me narrow the search. Give me a reason to go out on a limb for you when you are not yet an admitted student. From your research and reflection you will understand who you want to connect with and why that conversation will be important as you progress.

Schools often have other means of making connections as well. Create a profile on a school website and provide some information on your background and areas of interest. During the active admissions cycle, Tuck provides prospective applicants an opportunity to be connected with alumni via the online matching of our Tuck Connections program. Check to see if the other schools on your interest list offer this opportunity also.

Finally, remember quality not quantity.

Please do not ask me for one alumnus contact and then ask for 5 more. Obtaining the first contact and then running with it shows focus and independence in the application process. I will be thrilled to hear of your progress, but I will feel hounded if your email is always something for my to-do list. Use your current network to build future connections in a sincere and deliberate way. This will bring success and understanding (and a feeling of accomplishment!) around getting to know the alumni network of your future MBA program.

MBA alumni are all around you. If you are able, open up to your professional peer group and tell them you are pursuing an MBA. Do they have their MBA? Do they have friends who have MBAs? Find out if there are people in your company, at your alma mater, or at your gym that have an MBA. Ask to be connected. This will be an easy ask!

Best of luck!

Be genuine, thoughtful, and ask good questions! Making thoughtful connections with your desired program speaks volumes for you in all interactions. Soon you will be able to answer the committee’s questions with examples of first-hand experiences which translate into stories that will be memorable!

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Any idea when the next set of invites are likely to go out?

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Had my off campus face to face interview yesterday. No surprise questions (except one where he asked me if I felt he was convinced

) and I was made to feel extremely comfortable. Long wait to Dec 18th begins, all the best to everyone waiting.

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Do you guys know what percentage of invited interviewees get finally admitted? After my interview, the waiting time is really painful.

I had my interview last week and I was surprised not be asked if I have any questions. Is this normal? The interview was very friendly and encouraging, no curveballs.

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FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: The Tuck Study Group Experience; Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fall A

By Ale Jochum T'16

Ale is a first year-year student at the Tuck School of Business. Before coming to beautiful Hanover, she worked in clean tech and management consulting in San Francisco. After Tuck, she hopes to harness the forces of business to protect the natural world. She is originally from Miami, Florida but prefers the sweater-friendly climate of the Upper Valley. Contact Ale at [email protected].

“Ok, now it’s your turn, Ale. Time to test drive those T-Accounts yourself.”

Vivek and the four other members of my study group were looking at me expectantly—hopefully. They had spent the last two weeks patiently coaching me through the tedious process of building financial statements as part of our accounting course, and this was MY time to shine.

An hour later, I had walked the team through the creation of (most of … come on, I’m no Vivek) a statement of cash flows. I studied biology as an undergrad—a subject with shockingly little crossover with financial measurement and reporting—which was why I was particularly proud of my accomplishment.

This moment also illuminates the wonder of the study group. It’s a feature of the Tuck Core that I didn’t know much about before I got here, but has largely defined my academic experience so far. Here’s how it works: Before Fall A, the first of two notoriously rigorous sets of core courses, Tuck randomizes the first-year students and places them into five-to-six person groups. You meet your groups for breakfast—which is the very first event—on day one of orientation, a timing choice that surprised me at the time but that I now completely understand. Study groups collaborate on most of the homework in Fall A and Fall B, meaning that two months into school, I know the other five members of my group pretty darn well. It makes perfect sense that that’s how we kicked off orientation week.

The SWOT team (the title we’ve lovingly given ourselves in cheeky reference to a framework we learned about in Analysis for General Managers) functions as a safety net. We compare answers on our Capital

Markets homework to make sure we all understand everything before we turn it in. We fix small kinks in each other’s understanding of demand curves, and help each other think about the big picture of corporate culture at Zynga. For group work, we swap major responsibilities, easing each other’s burden when someone has a particularly crazy recruiting week.

Like I mentioned, Fall at Tuck is hard. Going through the academic challenges alone would have made it so much harder. Let’s be honest, I would much rather work through my mountains of homework with good friends and occasional canine distractions (see photo above!) than alone in the library.

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How do I get some Tuck flare on my info to the left? Right now it says I'm only applying to Cornell, but I submitted my R1 app to Tuck as well

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How do I get some Tuck flare on my info to the left? Right now it says I'm only applying to Cornell, but I submitted my R1 app to Tuck as well

At the top, My Profile -> Applicant Profile --> Schools

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neo656, has your application status changed to "Complete" from "Submitted"? I got this mail a couple of days back. However, as the application page states, the application status changes to "Complete" once it is handed over the AdCom. So, wanted to check if this happened with your application. Mine still shows "Submitted" only.

My app status is

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APPLICATION STATUS: SUBMITTED
Submitted Date: 10/7/2014 10:48:00 AM EST
Your application was completed on 10/9/2014 2:31:00 PM
Application Fee: Received
Recommendations: Complete
(Reco Guy #1) (Online): Submitted on 9/25/2014
(Reco Guy #2) (Online): Submitted on 10/2/2014
Transcripts:
(Some Random Institution I went to): Received (Not Official)
Test Scores:
IELTS: Not Applicable
PTE: Not Applicable
TOEFL: Not Applicable
GMAT: Received (Official)
GRE: Not Applicable

I hope it helps...

Checked my app status today. No change.
The side bar says, "Thanks again for your interest in the Tuck School of Business! We look forward to reading your application soon. Please feel free to monitor your application status to move from a submitted status to complete status. Being in a complete status means that we've processed your application, everything is fine and your file has moved onto a member of the Admissions Committee."

The wait is so excruciating! :beat

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neo656, has your application status changed to "Complete" from "Submitted"? I got this mail a couple of days back. However, as the application page states, the application status changes to "Complete" once it is handed over the AdCom. So, wanted to check if this happened with your application. Mine still shows "Submitted" only.

My app status is

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APPLICATION STATUS: SUBMITTED
Submitted Date: 10/7/2014 10:48:00 AM EST
Your application was completed on 10/9/2014 2:31:00 PM
Application Fee: Received
Recommendations: Complete
(Reco Guy #1) (Online): Submitted on 9/25/2014
(Reco Guy #2) (Online): Submitted on 10/2/2014
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(Some Random Institution I went to): Received (Not Official)
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GMAT: Received (Official)
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I hope it helps...

Checked my app status today. No change.
The side bar says, "Thanks again for your interest in the Tuck School of Business! We look forward to reading your application soon. Please feel free to monitor your application status to move from a submitted status to complete status. Being in a complete status means that we've processed your application, everything is fine and your file has moved onto a member of the Admissions Committee."

The wait is so excruciating! :beat

I am with you neo656 This wait will kill me! To think of it, still 37 days!

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Do you guys know what percentage of invited interviewees get finally admitted? Tuck is my first choice school and after my interview, the waiting time is really painful.

I had my interview last week and I was surprised not be asked if I have any questions. Is this normal? The interview was very friendly and encouraging, no curveballs.

I think about 2000 people get interviewed, either self-initiated or invited. They sent out 500+ admits last year. So that is a 1 in 4 chance I guess! Suddenly I feel more hopeful!

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Does Tuck release decisions on a rolling basis? or all come out in one?

all at once, although admits will likely receive calls the day of or the day before.

Where did the day before part come in? I thought it was always on the day. Do I need to start staring at my phone from 17th and not 18th evening?

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Originally posted by maxpayne87 on 11 Nov 2014, 02:59.
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neo656, has your application status changed to "Complete" from "Submitted"? I got this mail a couple of days back. However, as the application page states, the application status changes to "Complete" once it is handed over the AdCom. So, wanted to check if this happened with your application. Mine still shows "Submitted" only.

My app status is

Quote:

APPLICATION STATUS: SUBMITTED
Submitted Date: 10/7/2014 10:48:00 AM EST
Your application was completed on 10/9/2014 2:31:00 PM
Application Fee: Received
Recommendations: Complete
(Reco Guy #1) (Online): Submitted on 9/25/2014
(Reco Guy #2) (Online): Submitted on 10/2/2014
Transcripts:
(Some Random Institution I went to): Received (Not Official)
Test Scores:
IELTS: Not Applicable
PTE: Not Applicable
TOEFL: Not Applicable
GMAT: Received (Official)
GRE: Not Applicable

I hope it helps...

Checked my app status today. No change.
The side bar says, "Thanks again for your interest in the Tuck School of Business! We look forward to reading your application soon. Please feel free to monitor your application status to move from a submitted status to complete status. Being in a complete status means that we've processed your application, everything is fine and your file has moved onto a member of the Admissions Committee."

The wait is so excruciating! :beat

Can people who have been interviewed (by invitation) confirm if their application status changed from "Submitted" to "Complete" ? Want to check if there is still any hope for us who haven't yet heard from Tuck.

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Can people who have been interviewed (by invitation) confirm if there application status changed from "Submitted" to "Complete" ? Want to check if there is still any for us who haven't yet heard from Tuck.

I'd assume that there would be a few. Candidates whose files have been reviewed and Tuck didn't feel confident about; ding is certainly not the opinion, but nor is acceptance.

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