6 To-Dos if Waitlisted and Upcoming MBA Waitlist Chats

Maverick of the En Route to MBA blog gives excellent advice to waitlisted MBA applicants in his recent post Waitlist - Admit How? based on his experience getting accepted from the Carey waitlist. (Congrats Maverick!) Maverick refers to a waitlist appointment in his post. If you are lucky enough to be waitlisted at a school that provides feedback to waitlisted applicants, then by all means, follow the advice you receive. Review your application for weaknesses, discuss how you can address them during your appointment, and follow the meeting with appropriate action. However, many if not most, top schools do not provide such feedback. They rely on you to do your own self-assessment and act on it. In that case: Follow the instructions provided by the school. Review adcom blogs and chat transcripts for additional tips for waitlisted applicants. Accepted has 25 chat transcripts devoted to MBA waitlist topics going back to 2000, including several so far this year. In addition, you may find tips for waitlisted applicants in recent general MBA admissions transcripts. If you believe there is a weakness in your application, let the school know what you have done to improve in that area. Have you raised your GMAT score? Have you taken a class in math or writing to prepare for b-school and address a weakness? Have you taken a leadership position in community service, which you had neglected since college? Inform the school of recent positive developments like a promotion, new project, published article, community service initiative or success, etc. The schools want to admit dynamic, growing individuals. Show fit and interest provided the school is interested in hearing from you. Be considerate of the adcoms time. Send in relevant, meaningful, and succinct information. You are not paid by the word to write, and they arent paid by the word to read. If you send in reams of garbage a cross between spam and junk mail you will earn yourself a ding. We are hosting several chats devoted to the MBA waitlist in the next several weeks: Accepteds MBA waitlist chatis this Thursday March 19 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. Natalie Grinblatt Epstein will join me in responding to questions. Natalie served previously as Director of Admissions at Michigans Ross School of Business, Cornells Johnson School of Business, and Arizona StatesW. P. Carey School of Business. Cornell MBA Waitlist Chat with Randall Sawyer on March 25, 2009 at10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. Michigan Ross MBA Waitlist ChatwithSoojin Kwon Koh on March 30, 2009 at10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT . MIT Sloan MBA Waitlist Chatwith Jennifer Burke Barba on April 7 at10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. Please feel free to join us on Thursday if you are on an MBA waitlist and for the school-specific chats if you are waitlisted at any of these programs. You can obtain more detailed advice inThe Nine Mistakes You Don`t Want to Make on an MBA Waitlist,our bestselling ebook ever. And of course, Accepteds experienced staff is available to help you one-on-one with your MBA waitlist strategy and correspondence.