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Originally Posted by nshar1  Hi Naveeng,
Div-Nasa - My friend had direct admission(no wait-listing). His essays were very good. This time it seems NTU cut-off for GMAT is 600.
Cheers,
NSHAR1 |
Hi guys,
What is wait-listing? I dont know I was in wait-list or not or even everything should be sure
. I applied to NTU last year but was advised that should postpone the app to this year since last year I didnt have enough exp (1 year only).
This year, I didnt need to submit again, thus need to send the update on my work and a GMAT score.
I took the GMAT first time in 15th Jan and the score was directly sent to NTU but it was a disaster (only 590
). I plained to retake in 15/3 and emailed to Anna and Estella asked them to discard my score. They accepted.
However, in 9/3 I have a trip to Singapore. When arrived Singapore, I emailed Anna and Estella and ask them to review my app and decide whether interview me or not. 1 day pass, there was nothing from them. But in the afternoon of the second day, I received the call from Lee Lee
(she told me that she is the director of the program and want to interview me directly the next morning 12/3). Of course I grasp the chance.
The interview went well
. Lee Lee was very very nice to me. It lasted for around 30 minutes. At the end, she asked me why I need a scholarship but straightforward told me that my GMAT score was too low for scholarship. Then I told her that I would retake it one day after coming back to Vietnam (14/3). She also said that it would take about a month to have the final decision.
Very confident since they accepted interview me even with a very low GMAT score. I knew that the final decision depends much on the retake result.
Back to Vietnam in 13/3 (very late), 14/3 went to work and 15/3 retake the GMAT. This time I got 680 (a big jump I guess
, last time I took the test during a serious ill so I think the score didnt reflect my ability). Since 15/3 was Saturday, in Monday I scan and email the unofficial score to all Anna, Estella and even Lee Lee. They were very nice to congratulate my new result.
I got the official result in 20/3 (surprisingly, so quickly
) and one day after got an email from GMAC said that official report was sent to NTU. I check my app online, it's status remained "pending GMAT score and be consider for future admission" (status from last year). I decided that I would email to ask them update my status in the next week.
However, very surprisingly, in Monday 24/3, my app status change to "offered admission"
. But no email or letter of offer at all
. I though they need time to do so. One week later, there was no news. I decided to email Anna and Estella on Monday 31/3.
One day after, I received email from both of them saying congratulation to my admission
and then told me that the letter of offer will be sent to me from Graduate Office in two weeks' time (latest in end of April).
Now, I am waiting for the scholarship without which I dont know I can accept the offer or not. Hope that it will be in the letter of offer.
That was my story. Anyway I already did it, being admited to NTU
.
My profile:
Age: 24
Sex: Female
Nationality: Vietnamese
GMAT: 680 AWA: 5
Ex: 2 years in financial service (Bank and then a Securities company).
Acad: very good (GPA 3.56/4)
Extra Cir: very good (with a national research prize and a lot of certificates of merit)
Re: Nanyang application interviews and admits (2008) -
06-04-2008, 11:29 AM
btw, my app id is 954
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