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by nfs1 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:31 am

Hello:

I applied for two b-schools for fall'11 as follows -

1. UC Berkeley HAAS EWMBA - R3
2. UC Davis Part time MBA - R2

I received an acceptance from UC Davis and the school gave me till April 15th to accept the offer and send a check of $1500. I have not received any decision from HAAS yet. The application is under process. My first choice is definitely HAAS and I suspect before April 15th I might not get any decision from HAAS.

Please advice me what I can do the best?

Thanks & Regards,
Joydeep

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by Tani » Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:45 pm

Congratulations on getting into UC Davis. While not as highly ranked as Haas it is still a strong program. According to the website, Haas's reply date is March 21st, a mere 6 days after you are due to reply to UC DAvis. You have 4 options:

1. pay the money and consider it a loss if you get into Haas
2. don't pay and risk not getting into school at all (risky)
3. ask Davis for a 10-day extension (not unreasonable). Many schools will extend a response date for a student they really want. Few will give an early answer.

The following is from the Haas website:

"I already received an offer from another institution and I need to tell them my decision. Can you expedite the review of my Berkeley application?

Unfortunately we are unable to expedite admission decisions for applicants. We understand that many applicants apply to several schools, and the varying deadlines often conflict. However, it is our policy to release all decisions for each round on the same day. You will be notified of your admission decision on the notification date of the round in which you applied. Current application deadlines can be found on the Admissions page of our website."

Tani Wolff

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