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Impress residency programs with your application using the techniques
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2010
MBA Admissions Telethon
Aiming for the class of 2012? Come to Accepted.com's MBA Admissions
Telethon to kick-off your 2010 applications. On Wednesday,
June 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM-3:00 PM PST/ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST/ 9:00 PM GMT
- 11:00 PM GMT
our seasoned MBA admissions consultants will be available to answer
your individual questions via telephone.
Register today to receive the
call-in information and
benefit from this great opportunity.
MBA
Admissions Best Practices Webinar Is Online
Accepted hosted its first online webinar in May. The webinar covered:
The Four Pillars of a Successful MBA Application.
Strengthening Weaknesses.
Showing “Fit.
Timing
And More!
If you missed it, you can
download the recording. Feedback has been excellent so
don’t miss out.
2009 Beautiful B-School Photo Contest Winners
It was tough selecting the best pictures from the 100+ photos submitted
to Accepted’s Beautiful B-School Photo Contest. Even so,
today we have four prize winners, and they are displayed on our
’09 Beautiful B-School Photo Contest Winners page,
along with the names of our honorable mentions and judges.
Thanks to all the winners and honorable mentions whose pictures now are
adorning our
b-school zones pages. And thanks to the judges who had a
hard timing choosing the winners.
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Chats
Chats Transcripts
2010 Med School Magic Admissions with Linda
Abraham
2010 SUNY Upstate Admissions Chat with
Jennifer Welch
2010 IMD Admissions Chat with Lisa Piguet
Blog Posts
Of Interest
It’s been a year since Accepted’s editors have
joined me in blogging. And I love it! They have added immeasurably to
the quality of the blog, plus you can “meet” them,
which is helpful to you when you choose to work with Accepted.
Check out the posts (both theirs and mine):
"Yikes! My Essay is Too Long!!!
Financing Your Medical Education
NY Bar Passage Announced
Personal Statement Tip - Less is More
HBS Posts Essay Questions
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Essay
Tip
Who
Should Write Your Letters of Recommendation?
Recommenders should first and foremost be people who have personally
seen you perform. For MBA applicants, schools are most interested in
feedback from your current or perhaps recent professional supervisors.
For applicants to law school, med school, grad school and college,
academic recommenders or a combination of academic and professional or
community service recommenders is effective. For medical school
applicants, someone for whom you did research may also write an
effective recommendation. In choosing recommenders you will need to
consider the requirements of your specific program, but lean towards
those who have seen you in action recently. An alumnus from or current
professor at your favorite school can be a plus, but again, look first
for a recommender who can write about you based on personal experience.
Who should NOT be your recommender? Your mother, father, grandparents,
siblings, and close personal and family friends -- even if you have
worked in a family business. They lack objectivity and consequently
credibility. On the other end of the spectrum, don't ask a VIP who
barely knows you to write your recommendation.
When you decide whom you would like to ask to be your recommenders,
make an appointment to ask them if they would be comfortable writing a
positive letter of recommendation on your behalf. If they hesitate,
don't press. Find someone else. At least one month before you need the
letter, provide each recommender with the following:
The recommendation form.
The date you need to have the letter.
Your resume.
Accepted.com Letters of Recommendation tips.
Copies of your application essays, if complete.
If you think the recommender is
receptive to guidance, a short summary of achievements or topics that
you would like them to discuss in their recommendations.
Qualities your targeted school(s) value(s).
If your recommenders are busy people (and who isn't?), contact them two
weeks before you need the letter, ask them if they need anything, and
remind them when you need the letter.
Oh yes, don't forget to send your recommenders a thank-you note after
you receive the recommendation and let them know later where you are
accepted.
More great tips for MBA recommenders will be
available in
Judy Gruen's and my new ebook:
MBA Letters of Recommendation that Rock. Coming
soon.
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