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Birthday Ebook Sale
Mark the date: March 15, 2005 is Cindy Tokumitsu's X Birthday Sale! Yes
folks, it's one of those big, fat, round birthdays. And in honor of her
X birthday, the two ebooks she co-authored will be X% off. Check out:
The Finance
Professional's Guide to MBA Admissions Success
The Consultant's Guide to MBA Admissions
They are invaluable MBA admissions books. So take advantage of the
birthday sale on March 15, 2005 Pacific Time and save X%.
Mark Your Calendars for These Chats
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10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/ |
Michigan Ross |
Jim Hayes |
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Waitlist Chat |
Admissions personnel |
The chat will take place
in the Accepted.com
chat room.
New Chat
Transcripts
London Business School
Waitlist Chat
MIT Waitlist Chat
The Accepted Admissions
Almanac
Don't forget to
visit my blog, the Accepted Admissions Almanac. Here is a sampling of
posts during the past month:
GMAT Volume: Change is Blowing in the Wind
Waitlists and Stats
A Window into Washington University Medical School
The Practice of Law School
In addition, this month the blog contains quite a few entries with
school-specific information for different MBA waitlists as well as links
to such information.
You can subscribe to the
Accepted Admissions Almanac using any RSS-reader. My favorite is
Bloglines.
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An Accepted.com editor told me that a client recently asked her
"to make my essay more sophisticated." As a result, I am
reprinting this tip from several years ago. It is still timely.
In Anticipation of Sophistication
Every so often it happens: I work with a client on an essay. We
have gone through a number of drafts. He or she has it ready, or
so I think. The well-organized, lucid essay presents the
applicant in a distinctive and compelling way. And then the
client says, "OK now I want to make it sound more
sophisticated."
I am normally a calm, aim-to-please person, but here I put my
foot down: "You have an articulate, clearly written essay. This
kind of writing is sophisticated. Don't mess it up by using
'big' words in a vain, ill-conceived attempt to impress your
reader with your vocabulary."
Only one question should guide your choice of words: Do these
words and expressions most clearly and succinctly express the
ideas you are trying to convey? If the answer is "yes," you are
producing a sophisticated piece of writing. DON'T MESS IT UP!
CAN THOSE $64 WORDS!
Of course, if you find yourself overusing certain phrases or
expressions, use synonyms, but be sure you understand them and
are comfortable with their usage. But don't choose a word or
phrase to impress someone with your savoir-faire. Your ignorance
might unintentionally prove more impressive ... and memorable.
This tip is one of 42 timeless tips found in the Accepted.com
ebook
Submit a
Stellar Application: 42 Terrific Tips to Help you Get Accepted.
If you would like to buy the entire collection of advice on
writing and admissions in a convenient downloadable ebook,
please click on the link.
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How to Determine Placement of an Unpaid Internship in Your
Resume
Recently, when editing a client's resume, I advised him to
move an unpaid internship from the "Employment" section to the
"Other Activities" section. He was an experienced business
professional currently attending a full-time logistics master's
program and applying to top MBA programs. He had worried about
how the MBA adcoms would view his student status and lack of
current employment, so he volunteered about 20 hours a week with
a local United Way chapter. He felt strongly that given the time
and relatively high level of his work for the United Way, it
could and should go under "Employment," even though it was
unpaid. I disagreed (and eventually convinced him).
However. A few years ago, when writing a resume for another
client, I put her unpaid internship under "Employment." She was
a college senior seeking jobs in art museums. During college
she'd had two full-time summer art museum internships, the first
unpaid and the second paid. Although she had an "Activities"
section in her resume, I chose to put that first internship
under "Employment."
Why the seeming inconsistency? Resume-writing isn't a
mathematical formula. Context determines some decisions on how
to present experience. And that means putting yourself in the
reader's seat in making those decisions.
In the first case, readers of the resume would be
business-related, and the resume belonged to an experienced
business professional. In this context, the reader would
reasonably expect that "employment" refers to work for
compensation. Moreover, in the business world, unpaid
internships are not common practice. Finally, the substance of
the internship, while impressive, was not directly related to
the client's profession.
In the second case, readers would be in a field where unpaid
internships are a common way for newcomers to gain meaningful
experience, and would not necessarily expect an internship
listed under "Employment" to involve compensation if it was
early in the subject's career. And, clearly, this internship was
part of a career track and not what is usually construed as
"volunteer work," although unpaid.
When adding an unpaid internship to your resume, spend a few
minutes thinking about the context - from the prospective
reader's view.
Cindy Tokumitsu
Senior Editor, Accepted.com
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