Hello,
I have applied to Smeal, Broad, Carey, Carlson and Krannert in the first round and have been waitlisted in Carey and Broad. In brief, I have a profile with 710 GMAT score, graduate from National Institute of Technology in chemical engineering and with work experience of 3.6 years as operation manager in steel manufacturing (production).
How do these universities deal with waitlist applicants. What is chance/ratio of conversion for waitlist to admit.
Is there anything, that I can do at this point of time to make my application more compelling?
Thank You
Prasenjit
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Hi Prasenjit,
Being waitlisted is not a bad scenario in that there was something in your profile the schools liked certainly. And they often re-evaluate early-round wait list candidates along with later round candidates. You need to research each school's wait-list policies carefully as they can vary a lot. Make sure you know if they will accept your sending additional info or not; if you have to opt in or not; etc. More often then not you can send updates and info, and this generally will only help as long as you are professional and provide genuinely useful updates. Making it very clear that you are extremely interested in their program/that it's your top choice etc can sometimes also be a small plus. Good luck to you!
Being waitlisted is not a bad scenario in that there was something in your profile the schools liked certainly. And they often re-evaluate early-round wait list candidates along with later round candidates. You need to research each school's wait-list policies carefully as they can vary a lot. Make sure you know if they will accept your sending additional info or not; if you have to opt in or not; etc. More often then not you can send updates and info, and this generally will only help as long as you are professional and provide genuinely useful updates. Making it very clear that you are extremely interested in their program/that it's your top choice etc can sometimes also be a small plus. Good luck to you!
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