Den of Blue Devils - DUKE申请答疑帖

wordance

Hi 

one question: how many percent of Chinese applicants admitted last year were R2/R3 applicants? I guess the point of my question is to find out how disadvantageous it is to not apply in R1.

Thanks

Zoolantz

以下是引用琥珀川在2009/10/4 12:51:00的发言：

我个人觉得没必要在essay中提及某名教授或者某门课程，MBA跟PhD教育不一样，不是冲着哪一门课或者哪一个教授去的，选校的理由应当更宏观一些。个人意见，仅供参考

我不是想把这一点作为选校的理由，而是想挖掘一些细节从而可以在essay中体现出对学校的了解和热忱。如果只停留在宏观的层面，很难证明我已经做足了功课。Duke这类的学校应该是很在意申请人是真心想上他们的学校还是简单的把Duke作为申请M7后的一个backup。

Zoolantz

以下是引用wordance在2009/10/4 19:32:00的发言：
Hi 

one question: how many percent of Chinese applicants admitted last year were R2/R3 applicants? I guess the point of my question is to find out how disadvantageous it is to not apply in R1.

Thanks

In my own opinion, in you can put together a strong application by the R1 deadline, then you wouldn't be so worried about the difference between R1 and R2.  Since you're considered, I assume you are under certain circumstances where you don't feel that you have enough time to put together the best possible application to meet R1 deadline.  Then the answer is quite simple, aim for R2.  Everybody will tell you to avoid R3, since they tend to have very limited number of seats, if any, available by that time.  The US unemployment rate has just reached 9.8%.  I don't think the size of this year's applicant pool will be smaller than the previous year.  We should also consider the fact that Duke saw a 30% decrease in the total number of international applicantions, due to the lack of non-cosigner loan and increased difficulty to secure a working visa post-grad.  I believe Duke will try to maintain its current 40/60 international and domestic student ratio, since the school emphasis so much on global perspective and diversity.  So if the downward trend continues, I expect to see a jump in the acceptance rate for international applicants in R1 and R2.  However, if the number goes back up in R1, since the loan issue has been solved, then it will be tougher to get an offer from R2/R3. 

All of these are things you have no or little control over.  So I suggest you not to get bothered by the dates too much.  Just to make sure you put together the most competitive package before the deadline for R2, then hope for the best. 

mhe2

以下是引用Zoolantz在2009/10/5 5:33:00的发言：

In my own opinion, in you can put together a strong application by the R1 deadline, then you wouldn't be so worried about the difference between R1 and R2.  Since you're considered, I assume you are under certain circumstances where you don't feel that you have enough time to put together the best possible application to meet R1 deadline.  Then the answer is quite simple, aim for R2.  Everybody will tell you to avoid R3, since they tend to have very limited number of seats, if any, available by that time.  The US unemployment rate has just reached 9.8%.  I don't think the size of this year's applicant pool will be smaller than the previous year.  We should also consider the fact that Duke saw a 30% decrease in the total number of international applicantions, due to the lack of non-cosigner loan and increased difficulty to secure a working visa post-grad.  I believe Duke will try to maintain its current 40/60 international and domestic student ratio, since the school emphasis so much on global perspective and diversity.  So if the downward trend continues, I expect to see a jump in the acceptance rate for international applicants in R1 and R2.  However, if the number goes back up in R1, since the loan issue has been solved, then it will be tougher to get an offer from R2/R3. 

All of these are things you have no or little control over.  So I suggest you not to get bothered by the dates too much.  Just to make sure you put together the most competitive package before the deadline for R2, then hope for the best. 

Duke的non-cosigner loan没了？ 还是正在negotiate中？

echo_me

应该会有吧，去年都有，今年肯定不会更糟的。。虽然利息高是了一点。。

琥珀川

无担保贷款当然是有的，学校网站上写得清清楚楚。

请问Zoolantz是校友吗？

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/10/7 0:42:30编辑过]

StuntGp

反正怎么也要2位数了，提前思想准备罗

Zoolantz

以下是引用琥珀川在2009/10/6 23:26:00的发言：
无担保贷款当然是有的，学校网站上写得清清楚楚。

请问Zoolantz是校友吗？

我只不过是想成为校友的人，准备今年申请。

澄清一下，我之前所指的是去年的情况，很多美国银行都曾一度终止了对国际MBA学生的无担保贷款，所以在一定程度上造成了国际申请人的减少。今年这些美国商学院都把这件事当第一大事来抓，在年初就都陆续跟银行签署了新的协议从而保证被录取的学生能贷到款。会不会今年的国际申请人会比去年有显著的增加呢？ 这谁也说不好。总的来说今年申请人数不一定会少过去年，美国失业率基本上是10%啊。

mhe2

以下是引用Zoolantz在2009/10/8 10:11:00的发言：

我只不过是想成为校友的人，准备今年申请。

澄清一下，我之前所指的是去年的情况，很多美国银行都曾一度终止了对国际MBA学生的无担保贷款，所以在一定程度上造成了国际申请人的减少。今年这些美国商学院都把这件事当第一大事来抓，在年初就都陆续跟银行签署了新的协议从而保证被录取的学生能贷到款。会不会今年的国际申请人会比去年有显著的增加呢？ 这谁也说不好。总的来说今年申请人数不一定会少过去年，美国失业率基本上是10%啊。

谢谢两位~

StuntGp

各位当家的，我准备申请了，但是今天收到T成绩还是很汗，看来在北美考就是过不去这坎啦。。。

第一次，26，20，23，25=94

第二次，30，20，19，27=96

各位建议我是用哪个成绩呢，还是两个都寄.