My short reply to "When I should apply" question - "Whenever you are ready". Which means when you are able to produce your best GMAT scores, when you think you have those essays bullet-proof, when you think you will be able to get better recos, when you think your ideas have crystallized..........
Standard reply - R1 > R2. This is simple. Think about when you start off your month. You potentially have a larger budget so might get swayed into buying something emotionally. Same thing happens in applications. The AdComm still has a few hundred seats to fill so they might say "You know this guy is good enough, I think applicants of this calibre deserve to get in". The same response a few months down the line might be "You know this guy is good. But heck I already have 10 guys with similar profiles - what does he have different ?" Get the point ?
Read this very well-articulated post:
http://daveformba.blogspot.com/2006/09/applying-and-not-sure-where-to-start.html
Arun
hi,
i had scheduled my test on 30oct..but due to lack of preparation and i want to reschedule..is mid november ok ?.. i am looking fall'07 and do not mind R2..actually, am not even getting a leave near my exam date so want to reschedule..please help!
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go ahead an re-shedule it.
Its always better to have an application package with better GMAT score.
hi,
i had scheduled my test on 30oct..but due to lack of preparation and i want to reschedule..is mid november ok ?.. i am looking fall'07 and do not mind R2..actually, am not even getting a leave near my exam date so want to reschedule..please help!
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hi imjimmy,
schools admit max no. of applicants in R1. Leaving very less no. of seats for R2 & even lesser for R3.
The chances of getting scholarship are also next to nil @later rounds.
u should apply on later rounds only if u hv some significant addition in ur resume coming up. although some admission experts use this radical strat of applying @R2... will write about that later. its pretty complex.
Is there a significant disadvantage in applying for Round 2. viz a viz round 1.
Are Round 2 acceptance rates much lower that those in R1?
yesits not too late if you are looking for R2 or R3
because for R1 you have to submit your whole application package before around mid-October.
for example for Harvad & Columbia its Oct11
fro Stanford its Oct 25
for Duke its Nov1
so u wont be able to apply for Round one.
You will also need some time to think about the schools you want to apply to once
if your GAMT goes up or down than what you expected,,,,,,
i would reccoment you to take the test before mid September.
Hi
Is it too Late to write GMAT during Oct/Nov?i want to App for 2007-08 .Plzz help.
I am planning to Give October 27th 2006.
Plzzz help.
srikanth
