How important is it to attend admissions events , set up calls, or have on campus visits? How many of you did none of those?

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I did those two year ago. Didn’t get in. I didn’t do it again this cycle. Got in. Of course I’m a stronger candidate with two more years of experience. I just thought well there were international students whose first visit was during the interview, and they beat me out, so what’s really the necessity. If it helps you understand the schools and you are genuinely interested, do it

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I did all of those and saw success. I had a couple subpar stats and figured the only way I would get in was networking and personality. Would I have gotten otherwise? Who knows - NEVER trust a small sample. It can't hurt, IMO 🤷‍♂️

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I haven't seen one. I treated it like foreign surveillance in DC: if you aren't 100% sure that you aren't being watched / listened to, act as if you are.

Campus visits are SUPER important. It helped me narrow down school choices from 8 to 4

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Question was if it helped you get in which seems to be no. Depending on where you’re targeting campus visits aren’t necessary

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