Darden [注意]

laobob

You are great, Xunjie!
I have spent too much time searching this website, but failed.

Thanks again.

yhyz

xunjie:
thank y for your information. i have been working in the Bank of China for 9 ys and had a one year training in HK. my gmat score is 690 and gpa 3.3. Is there any chance for me to be admitted by Darden?
btw, i can only take toefl next January.

迅捷

你是要考机考的托福吗？什么时候考？Darden要求你要赶上一月份的Deadline才能考虑奖学金的。对国际学生还有什么特殊的要求，我现在一时也记不清了，网站当了。

至于你的分数，已经不会成为一个太大的负面影响因素了。不过在中国人里面，应该还是算中等偏低的。好在Darden不像有些其他的学校，因为要提高排名，对GMAT要求的特别严和高。从这一点上来说，你准备申请Darden还是对的。祝你好运。

迅捷

据我得到的消息，到目前为止，和去年同期相比，申请Darden的人数不降反升了，颇感意外。

Wahoo

yhyz:

690 is below average, but your W/E is outstanding. please spend more time on your essay and do not forget to contact admission office and request an interview in China. I guess they will fly back to china next March.  good luck!

sfish

According my friend's suggestion, I prepare to apply Darden and try to catch round 3. I already scheduled my campus visit and interview on 1/12/04 and asked ETS to send my GMAT score to Darden. I will send email to Ad Com to ask waiver of Toefl because I have master degree from US. I have two questions:
1. Does Darden have some interest (or class) in healthcare?
2. Any tough questions in Darden's interview?
Thanks

迅捷

Sfish, I think you selected the wrong time to visit Darden since you will miss the oppotunity to visit a class. Class visit, in my opinion, is the most valuable expeirence in my school visit.

I don't know enough to answer your first quesiton. But I certaily can assure you that normally there is no tough questions during Darden's interview. Just relax. Actually you'll be the driver of the one hour interview session.

Good luck.

sfish

But I did schedule the class visit that morning from 8 to 9:25. And my application status shows the conformation of the class visit.

迅捷

That was just my guess. But if I were you, I'd check with the Admission office to confirm it.

sfish

Thanks.
I will send them email to confirm this part. But I do not have a lot of choices. The deadline is Jan. 14, the system allows me to set interview as early as Jan. 7 and class visit as early as Jan. 12.
BTW, Xunjie, do you know any first year or second year Chinese students who I can contact before I go to Darden or stay at Darden. I may spend the whole weekend there and finish my interview on Monday (Jan.12), then drive back.