What is the best way for an applicant on the wait-list to improve his or her chances of admission?
We encourage candidates on the waitlist to take an active role in managing their position. For example, we will give wait-listed candidates feedback on ways to strengthen their applications when they contact us. If there were some questions about the candidate’s post MBA goals, we will tell them that during the feedback session. Then they should be able to provide us with information on why they think that this would be a good fit for them, and steps that they may have taken to make sure that they will be successful in achieving their goal. They may have to take a preparatory class, like an accounting class, or something to demonstrate quantitative strength. We encourage our candidates to remain in contact with us. I tell candidates that there is sort of a fine line between being pro-active and being a stalker. However, when we go into these meetings to decide who to take off the wait list, the committee wants me to say “Jim Smith has really worked hard to strengthen his application an
