求助前辈，申请的R1 vs. R2

angrs6

想请教下经历过申请的或对这个比较了解的前辈们，大部分top学校的R1和R2申请区别有多大？区别在哪儿？一般录取的学生里分别多少是来自R1, R2的？

不知道在时间比较紧的情况下，“R1申请几个试水，把特别想去的学校放在R2好好准备”，这种方法可行不？


目前情况：
在职，3年工作经验（北美半年，国内2.5yr），目前在一家近似500强的IT公司里的corporate strategy
大学&master在北美，所以toefl可以waive，但GPA非常之一般。。
现在刚刚开始准备GMAT, 准备7月底考，希望可以700+                
申请2012年入学的学校，target：北美top20


麻烦请前辈们帮我建议下应该把申请的重点放在哪儿？第一轮还是第二轮？
另外，虽然这个是case by case，但不知道能不能根据经验和我简单的profile大致订个位？top20靠谱否？


无比感谢！

proudking

在准备好的情况下，越早越好。一般来说第一轮录取机会比第二轮略大。

JonFrank

Hey there.  Happy to offer up some guidance for you—the answer is that for international candidates, Round 1 is very important.  Many of the available slots will be gone by the time that Round 1 is over; so in a perfect world, you would get aaaall your apps in for Round 1.  But of course, this is not possible most of the time.  So what you should do, and what MOST international candidates do, is they get as MANY apps done in R1 as possible, and they do the rest in R2.  It is ALWAYS better to put out a GREAT app in R2 than a FAIR one in R1.  So shoot for the moon—just try to do it, if you can, in Round 1.  rovided that you get a great GMAT score (well above 700) you should be fine to apply to a top-20 school.  But the GMAT for you, especially given your background in the crowded IT space, will be very important indeed.  Hope this helps, and good luck!

Jon Frank