It’s a nail-biting week, with round two results trickling out from many of the top schools. While we can’t make the wait any easier, we can at least give you the latest from some of the schools as we know it. Here goes:
Harvard: In a blog post yesterday, HBS Managing Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Dee Leopold outlined what applicants should expect tomorrow, March 26th – notification day for round two.
The admissions committee will release decisions sometime during business hours. “I hope it will be in the morning (EST) but we need to make sure all the operational pieces are set,” she wrote. Applicants will receive emails directing them to their ApplyYourself account.
No need to sit by the phone, Leopold added. The Admissions Board will make congratulatory phone calls to admitted applicants, but only after online notifications have been released. If you’ve been admitted, you’ll have immediate access to the Prematriculation Website, with detailed information about Admitted Students’ Weekend, financial aid, housing and more.
Wharton: According to the Wharton MBA Admissions Blog, final round 2 decisions will be released by 5 p.m. “Philly time” (Eastern Standard Time) on Thursday, March 27th. Candidates will learn whether they have been admitted, denied or waitlisted.
According to inside sources, alums who conducted interviews are not allowed to provide candidates with any feedback. They can congratulate the applicants who are accepted but have been instructed to tell rejected and waitlisted candidates to follow the instructions at the bottom of their decision letters. Any and all questions must be directed to the admissions office.
Chicago GSB: According to the Chicago GSB admissions website, decisions for round two applicants will be shared on Wednesday, March 26th. They will be released through the online application service, under the “Application Status” section.
According to other sources, though, congratulatory calls have already begun. The BusinessWeek Chicago GSB R2 discussion thread was all aflutter yesterday, with some applicants reporting gleefully to have received “you’re in” calls and others speculating feverishly about the order in which calls were being made (alphabetically? geographically?) and whether they should be despairing or still holding out hope.
There also has been some panic about perceived changes to application status in the online application system. A post from Donna Swinford of GSB Admissions yesterday attempted to clear things up:
“As we stated all along your status will not change again until 9 a.m. on March 26th. Anyone attempting to read into dates contained within a PDF may be confused and cause people to panic unnecessarily…” Swinford wrote. She added that calls would continue today and into Wednesday. “The calls are all random and there isn’t any order based on last name or location,” according to Swinford.
The BW forum also has included words of assurance and advice from applicants to their fellow hopefuls, as in xapollo3’s note to zeuskris: “you need to relax! you won’t know what the final result is until wednesday so sit tight and wait. no point in being negative. stay hopeful and breathe! woosha!”
Those of us here at Clear Admit agree that there’s no point in being negative. That said, we also know how hard it is to wait. Congratulations to lucky applicants who have already gotten the good word. And best of luck to those still holding their breath…
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