Waitlisted in CMU Tepper

Got the dreaded WL from CMU Tepper. This really was a big shock for me.

I thought I got everything right here : Decent GMAT, visited campus before the R1 deadline, had a good interview and used the visit and my research to show clearly in the essays how I fit with the program.

Essays were good although they were not as "refined" as I would have liked.

I guess this is purely due to the extremely competitive Indian+IT+Male pool that I am part of where (I guess)scores have to be in the 750+ range.

From what I learnt talking to someone who got admitted, if you are a woman or in a profession outside the typical IT pool, the GMAT requirements are lowered....just someone's opinion...donno for sure.

Sent my reply right away asking them to keep me in the WL. Lets see what happens.

Congrats to other admits. I haven't heard of any dinges so far. If any, don't worry ...its not the end of the world.