yelly

Rejected. HR_Girl, are you from Croatia?

Officially rejected - at 19:25 Central European Time.

I don't mind that they sent acceptances in the middle of the night - just wish they had sent both rejections and acceptances at the same time. This way it's obvious we're out plus they are making us wait for the rejection. Very cruel, WWS!

I'm in Europe too - if they wait until 6 pm, it will be midnight in my country... Boy, haven't been this nervous since the entrance exam for my UG studies. And that was a long time ago. Good luck to everyone!

Thank you, riz1! I'll definitely add an explanation in the additional information section. And hope that my strengths will overshadow the test score.

Thank you all for the replies. I took the test yesterday, Jan 7, so I can't take it again before February which is definitely too late. Another, more serious problem is that this was my second attempt... And I got a very similar score to the previous one. The thing is, I have a BA in humanities (English lit) and have been out of school for a few years. I took undergrad micro and statistics last year just to prepare for grad school. I didn't have any difficulties with these courses even though they are very quantitative. But since numbers are not exactly my primary field of expertise, solving numerical problems takes me a lot of time; I check everything twice. That's exactly what happened yesterday and in December during the first test. I knew how to solve everything but ran out of time half way through the test! I think it would take an enormous amount of extra time and money (prep courses and materials) to 'speed up' my quantitative skills. That's why I'll have to stick to this score and just hope that maybe other parts of my app will make up for the quant catastrophe.

Hi, as it turned out, I have a Q score of 440! Since there is definitely not enough time to retake the test before the deadline (Jan 15 - Fletcher), I don't know if I should even bother with submitting the application... (Verbal: 570). The rest of my application is quite strong: 5,5 years of very relevant full-time experience, plenty of international experience (summer schools abroad + non-US citizen -> Eastern Europe, fluent in German), volunteer experience: worked with Bosnian refugees during and after the 1990's war. I am worried that the adcom will dismiss the application right away because of the low quant score. Is my fear justified? I would appreciate to get some comments from people who are already attending MALD. Thank you!