Stern in or out?

I have thought over it, mulled over it and I am confused. I had decided to apply to Stern in R2 in addition to Columbia and Kellogg. But there is a problem.

Stern typically comes out with it's admit decisions around the beginning of May, which may be a little too late for an international, I being an Indian. I am not sure how much of this true though, am thinking of dropping Stern due to this and the fact that it has a really weird third essay. Is there anybody who has any idea on what can be done?