comiclown
Has anyone been admitted with condition? i.e, take GRE if you have sumbitted GMAT or vice versa? Why do you think they might be requesting this?
So, I would have loved to have been a mouse during the application committee reviews to understand their process. I, too, have been offered an admissions with condition to take the GMAT and score at least a 700 with quant 75th percentile. I did not receive any communication until March 13th.
It was explained to me that I can put a deposit down and take the GMATs by June 1st. If I don't score at 700 or higher, then I will be refunded the deposit, but will obviously left without a seat in the Fall. Now if Vanderbilt was the one and only place I applied and got into, then I would play ball with them.
I enjoyed my Vanderbilt visit and thought the Admissions team was excellent. However, I am severely disappointed with the extended delay past the posted deadline (this has been unprofessional and looks like they are uncoordinated/disorganized), lack of communication and condition on my admission with a seemingly double-standard of accepting the GRE score.
I thought Vanderbilt was one of my top choices, but I have to reevaluate my offers. For future applicants, Vanderbilt should clearly state that they will really only accept GMAT with at least 75th percentile quant.
I ended up calling the admissions office and figuring out what the condition was. My interviewer told me yesterday that it's that they want to see 75%tile in Quant. So they asked that I retake GMAT by June 1. I was just notified that I got a fellowship to Emory (Goizueta)..so I'm going to call back and tell Consuela this and if they can't offer anything without the GMAT being retaken then I'm off to Emory. ADmission with condition is so uncoordinated and unprofessional to me and really is a turn off in my opinion. Goodluck to you all who have Owen as top choice. I hope it works best for you all. I am not going to retake any test again (requires prep to do best and its been a while since I sat for exam). I would encourage all admitted students and prospectives to check their status to make sure they dont have a "condition" lol...its just funny thinking about it and typing it out actually.
I'll let you all know if they try to stay competitive and grant me something similar to Emory's offer since they arent requiring me to retake anything.