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<p>did they send you an email about your decision? or was it on the website?</p>

<p>just found out via the website that i was waitlisted.. won't know now until march 22nd.</p>

<p>what did they tell you? I havent heard a thing yet...</p>

<p>booooo waitlist here too</p>

<p>just got an offer yesterday from one of the top boutiques though (lazard/greenhill/evercore) so not too concerned</p>

<p>birdman000, Lazard is not a boutique.</p>

<p>boutique/non-boutique is such a stupid argument - i just meant i got an offer from a top non-bb firm and wanted to give a range of firms to remain relatively anonymous, considering how few people probably have offers from these firms at this point</p>

<p>its interesting though because whereas lazard does everything it can to distance itself from the label of "boutique", all of greenhill and evercore's marketing materials embrace the label while also referring to lazard as one of their boutique competitors. It's all a matter of how you define it i guess, though obviously lazard is much bigger and has broader scope than the other two.</p>

<p>Birdman, you were offered a position at a great firm birdman, congratulations. What does the waitlist letter tell you?</p>

<p>Dear birdman000:</p>

<p>Thank you for applying to the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Career Program. The Admission Committee has not yet made a final decision on your application at this time. Please know that based on your interview you are a very competitive applicant and are still in consideration for a summer internship position.</p>

<p>We also encourage you to continue your industry research and to keep current on industry news. We will continue review of your application in conjunction with the next round of applicants and you should be receiving notification from us soon. A further decision on your application will be made by the close of our final round notification, March 22, 2008.</p>

<p>Please also continue to notify us of any changes in your status, grades or offers received from SEO partner firms. We appreciate your patience and will contact you shortly with updates on your application status.</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>William A. Goodloe
President & CEO Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)</p>

<p>yeah i got waitlisted too, 2 more months till decision time..</p>

<p>i got waitlisted too but i feel like by the time they make a decision in march, we will have already heard back from mostly all of the banks so.. what would be the point of doing seo if we will already know where we have offers/not??</p>

<p>I was told by one of the staff that the process is much slower this year. There is record application to Asset Management and they've only gotten through about 1/4 of those applications. Since there's a pressure from firms to pick the best candidates, SEO is taking their precious time. Apparently most, if not all, candidates who are still being considered will be waitlisted. It's unfortunate because by the time they get back to some of the top candidates about their decision, they may have already accepted other offers...</p>

<p>I'm waitlisted as well!
My theory: they want the better candidates (like all of us, who care enough about SEO to write on this message board about it!) to secure internships on their own so they will no longer need SEO for placement. I bet they waitlisted many if not most first-rounders since the normal recruiting schedule for banks is around the same time.</p>

<p>It's disheartening, really.</p>

<p>Any thoughts?</p>

<p>Hey,
I am an international student at University of Maryland.
I have applied for SEO on the second round (December 15) for IB and never got a response about anything. Do you think I was not accepted? Do they send letters to people who submitted applications and did not get accepted?
How long does it take for international students to go through whole thing?</p>

<p>Hey! Any updates from any of you guys? I got waitlisted for Philanthropy on 2/22 and am still waiting for a phone call. Is anyone philanthropy? March 22nd is fast approaching... but not really : /</p>

<p>Oh man, march 22 is approaching.....
i called a week ago and asked about the process, and they said they should have a decision for me in the next few weeks....</p>

<p>I have an offer from a major insurance company, but i am really hoping for SEO</p>