Got Darden's offer, with an informal letter even without my name (hope it is not a mistake). It comes almost 3weeks after interivew, much longer than I expected. Anyway, Good Luck to everyone!
i was waitlisted by darden, which also suggests an interview. having got an offer from another school, i most probably will not attend the interview either.
Hi! I am a current student at Darden. The key person in charge of A/P admission just joined adcom last year and she might be slow. Let me konw if you have any question and wish to give you guys some positive images about Darden.
Do you have idea what the email saying that the deadline is extended to June 1 is all about? I am really interested in Darden. Do you think peopel should take advantage of this extension? Or should people apply earlier next academic year?
I don’t know much about the deadline extension news but I would like to analyze for you. I guess it depends on your own emergency and apply when you are ready—this is the most important part.
1. If you apply final round this year, even you got rejected, you will have greater chance to get into next year’s program because Darden really likes re-applicant. Some re-applicants or waitlisted students even got scholarship in these two years.
2. If you do not apply for the final round and prefer to apply next year. I would strongly suggest you to apply in 1st round and CONDUCT interview in 1st round. This school will not make any decision about admission or scholarship before your interview. Therefore, your interview actually is the final call of your application.
One more point, our school offers scholarships and student loan without co-signers. 4 out of 12 in Class of 05 and 5 out of 13 in Class of 06. There will be one more scholarship only for Chinese applicants in 2006 or 2007; I am not sure the exact time.