MBA DecisionWire

Are you curious about how your fellow applicants, current students and alumni made their enrollment choice, based on schools to which they applied and were admitted? What about those individuals who were admitted to your favorite school – did they accept the offer or head elsewhere? The following submissions are profiles and decisions made by candidates, current students and alumni regarding where they decided to pursue their MBA based on the offers they received.

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Viewing enrolled: Duke / Fuqua

Fuq

July 23, 2017 10:13pm

Enrolled: Duke / Fuqua

Admitted: Berkeley / Haas, Cambridge / Judge, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta

Applied: Berkeley / Haas, Cambridge / Judge, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Oxford / Saïd, Stanford GSB

Application Year: 2017

Post-MBA Career: Entrepreneurship

GMAT/GRE: 720 GPA: 3.75

Location: United States

Notes: Rejected outright from Stanford and waitlisted at Oxford. Duke stood out among the rest.

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OP: Not a fan of California.

Anonymous: Why duke over Berkeley?

OP: A few weeks ago. I was waiting to see if I could get off the waitlist for Oxford and Cambridge. I got off the waitlist for Cambridge and was told that 99% I’m rejected from Oxford. After careful though, I went for Duke.

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Fuq

July 4, 2017 12:48am

Enrolled: Duke / Fuqua

Admitted: Duke / Fuqua

Applied: Duke / Fuqua

Application Year: 2017

Post-MBA Career: Healthcare

GMAT/GRE: 700 GPA: 3.4

Location: CT

Notes: Got off the waitlist a few days ago.

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Anonymous: Congrats! See you at orientation!

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Fuq

June 30, 2017 7:01pm

Enrolled: Duke / Fuqua

Admitted: Duke / Fuqua

Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Duke / Fuqua, INSEAD, Stanford GSB

Application Year: 2017

Post-MBA Career: Technology

GMAT/GRE: 710 GPA: 3.9

Location: Boulder

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Fuq

June 22, 2017 8:00pm

Enrolled: Duke / Fuqua

Admitted: Duke / Fuqua, USC / Marshall

Applied: Duke / Fuqua, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, USC / Marshall

Application Year: 2017

Post-MBA Career: Marketing

GMAT/GRE: 680 GPA: 3.3

Location: San Francisco, CA (USA)

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• Where Did You Apply to Business School?*
  • Babson / Olin
  • Berkeley / Haas
  • Boston College / Carroll
  • Cambridge / Judge
  • U. Chicago Booth
  • CMU / Tepper
  • Columbia
  • Cornell / Johnson
  • Dartmouth / Tuck
  • Duke / Fuqua
  • Emory / Goizueta
  • ESADE
  • Georgetown / McDonough
  • Harvard Business School
  • HEC Paris
  • IE Business School
  • IESE
  • IMD
  • Imperial
  • Indian School of Business
  • INSEAD
  • Irvine / UCI Merage
  • IU / Kelley
  • London Business School
  • Michigan / Ross
  • Minnesota / Carlson
  • MIT Sloan
  • Northwestern / Kellogg
  • Notre Dame / Mendoza
  • NYU Stern
  • Ohio State / Fisher
  • Oxford / Saïd
  • Rice / Jones
  • Rochester / Simon
  • SMU Cox
  • Stanford GSB
  • Toronto / Rotman
  • UCLA Anderson
  • UMD / Smith
  • UNC Kenan-Flagler
  • UPenn / Wharton
  • USC / Marshall
  • UT Austin / McCombs
  • UVA / Darden
  • Yale SOM
  • Vanderbilt / Owen
  • Washington / Foster
  • Wash U. / Olin
  • Other
• Where Were You Admitted?*
  • Babson / Olin
  • Berkeley / Haas
  • Boston College / Carroll
  • Cambridge / Judge
  • U. Chicago Booth
  • CMU / Tepper
  • Columbia
  • Cornell / Johnson
  • Dartmouth / Tuck
  • Duke / Fuqua
  • Emory / Goizueta
  • ESADE
  • Georgetown / McDonough
  • Harvard Business School
  • HEC Paris
  • IE Business School
  • IESE
  • IMD
  • Imperial
  • Indian School of Business
  • INSEAD
  • Irvine / UCI Merage
  • IU / Kelley
  • London Business School
  • Michigan / Ross
  • Minnesota / Carlson
  • MIT Sloan
  • Northwestern / Kellogg
  • Notre Dame / Mendoza
  • NYU Stern
  • Ohio State / Fisher
  • Oxford / Saïd
  • Rice / Jones
  • Rochester / Simon
  • SMU Cox
  • Stanford GSB
  • Toronto / Rotman
  • UCLA Anderson
  • UMD / Smith
  • UNC Kenan-Flagler
  • UPenn / Wharton
  • USC / Marshall
  • UT Austin / McCombs
  • UVA / Darden
  • Yale SOM
  • Vanderbilt / Owen
  • Washington / Foster
  • Wash U. / Olin
  • Other
  • None
  Choose from selected schools where you applied.
• Did you receive any scholarships to any of the schools you were admitted to?
  • Yes, I have received a scholarship(s).
  • No
• Please enter the scholarship amount for each school:
  • Babson / Olin
  • Berkeley / Haas
  • Boston College / Carroll
  • Cambridge / Judge
  • U. Chicago Booth
  • CMU / Tepper
  • Columbia
  • Cornell / Johnson
  • Dartmouth / Tuck
  • Duke / Fuqua
  • Emory / Goizueta
  • ESADE
  • Georgetown / McDonough
  • Harvard Business School
  • HEC Paris
  • IE Business School
  • IESE
  • IMD
  • Imperial
  • Indian School of Business
  • INSEAD
  • Irvine / UCI Merage
  • IU / Kelley
  • London Business School
  • Michigan / Ross
  • Minnesota / Carlson
  • MIT Sloan
  • Northwestern / Kellogg
  • Notre Dame / Mendoza
  • NYU Stern
  • Ohio State / Fisher
  • Oxford / Saïd
  • Rice / Jones
  • Rochester / Simon
  • SMU Cox
  • Stanford GSB
  • Toronto / Rotman
  • UCLA Anderson
  • UMD / Smith
  • UNC Kenan-Flagler
  • UPenn / Wharton
  • USC / Marshall
  • UT Austin / McCombs
  • UVA / Darden
  • Yale SOM
  • Vanderbilt / Owen
  • Washington / Foster
  • Wash U. / Olin
  • Other
• Where Are You Enrolling?*
  • Babson / Olin
  • Berkeley / Haas
  • Boston College / Carroll
  • Cambridge / Judge
  • U. Chicago Booth
  • CMU / Tepper
  • Columbia
  • Cornell / Johnson
  • Dartmouth / Tuck
  • Duke / Fuqua
  • Emory / Goizueta
  • ESADE
  • Georgetown / McDonough
  • Harvard Business School
  • HEC Paris
  • IE Business School
  • IESE
  • IMD
  • Imperial
  • Indian School of Business
  • INSEAD
  • Irvine / UCI Merage
  • IU / Kelley
  • London Business School
  • Michigan / Ross
  • Minnesota / Carlson
  • MIT Sloan
  • Northwestern / Kellogg
  • Notre Dame / Mendoza
  • NYU Stern
  • Ohio State / Fisher
  • Oxford / Saïd
  • Rice / Jones
  • Rochester / Simon
  • SMU Cox
  • Stanford GSB
  • Toronto / Rotman
  • UCLA Anderson
  • UMD / Smith
  • UNC Kenan-Flagler
  • UPenn / Wharton
  • USC / Marshall
  • UT Austin / McCombs
  • UVA / Darden
  • Yale SOM
  • Vanderbilt / Owen
  • Washington / Foster
  • Wash U. / Olin
  • Other
  • Undecided
  • None
  Choose from selected schools where you were admitted.
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• Did you take the GMAT or GRE?*
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• Additional Notes & Factors Influencing my Decision
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