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Man this has been a rough cycle:

Yale-rejected
Harvard-Rejected
Wharton-Rejected
Sloan-Rejected
Stanford-no interview (rejected)
Booth- fingers crossed
Kellogg- fingers crossed

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When do round 3 decisions come out?

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R2 applicants, who are the top schools you interviewed at, and how would you stack rank them if $$ is the same everywhere?

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I am looking for a new remote job. My skills are: English Turkish a little SEO. I would appreciate it if there is anything I can do, please let me know.

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Anyone else see the email from yale they sent out but didn't get an interview 😅😅😅

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In general is R2 this year seeing low scholarship amounts because of federal funding uncertainty?

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Anyone interested in working from home and getting paid weekly?
All your doing is listening and managing rental properties online

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