Emory / Goizueta - Waitlisted - 01-24-2020

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January 24, 2020 11:29am ET

Waitlisted at Emory / Goizueta

Round: Round 2

Received via portal January 24, 2020

GMAT: 720

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Everything was great...then I got waitlisted.

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anon67934 Likes Earned: 12 Did you have interview? (0)

anon94242 Likes Earned: 7 Yes, interviewed with adcom on campus. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 Do you have a sense as to why they waitlisted you? Do you have other options? (0)

anon67883 Likes Earned: 1 @alex, I honestly have no idea. I visited campus on at least 3 separate occasions before interviewing, mingled and corresponded with adcoms, and some more. Maybe my interview wasn't as good as I thought it was, but I can't think of anything I said that could have significantly dented my candidacy. I am from an overrepresented pool and I'm not sure how much that counts against me. I do have two other offers from higher-ranked schools but Goizeuta was my top choice for personal reasons this application cycle (I applied last year too but passed over offers in favor of a job promotion) and I am really really bummed about this decision. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 Well, in your waitlist response, you need to reaffirm WHY Goizueta is your top choice. There are two reasons why students are waitlisted, generally. You're either not quite on par with admitted candidates, or they're not sure if you're going to attend and you're not totally outstanding. So assume it's the latter and go for it. (2)

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