‘Tis the season for business schools to make decisions about whether to admit, reject, or waitlist applicants. Being put on the waitlist is the equivalent of MBA purgatory. You just don’t know whether you’ll make it into your dream school or not. And many a waitlisted applicant retreats and second guesses his or her application. Some try to get off the waitlist, but few know why they made it to the list in the first place — until now.
Recently, Veritas Prep, a test prep and admissions consulting firm, outlined four of the most common reasons a business school waitlists an applicant. Some of the reasons are not as obvious as you might think.
Read the full article: Why Are You on the Waitlist?