Early Bird vs R1 ; Indian ; Admissions Consultant; Resume

If any of you can answer the following questions, I'd be grateful.





1. If an applicant applies in the Early Bird Round and gets an admit, does that mean he/she can NOT apply to other colleges ? Yes if it is binding then you cannot apply to any other college.


2. What if the applicant applies to two schools and gets an admit from both (assuming ad coms are not connected by some magic internal network) ? Yes you can get an admit from 2 schools at the same time but adcoms arent connected.


3. What are the advantages of Early Bird vs R1 ? If i apply in the Early Bird does it mean that I will get a Yes/No reply sooner than R1 applicants ? Less number of applicants therefore more chances of getting in.


4. Additionally, do early bird applicants get any preference for scholarships over R1 folks? Assuming I apply early, will my application still be considered in R1 if the adcoms are not sure about my app ? Yes they do


5. As it is the INR pales in comparison to the USD, making us Indian applicants save that much more for B school. When I was thinking about hiring an admissions consultant, it dint take me long to do the math to realize that hiring one meant I would have to let go of 2 applicants (at the least). Anybody out there who can throw in your $0.02 ? NA


6. Does one need to put in GPA into the resume; don't we provide that through the transcripts ? Need not mention in resume





Thanks in advance.