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Chats
Upcoming Chats
Join
Accepted.com's President, Linda Abraham, as she hosts the following MBA
admissions waitlist chats:
UNC
Indiana Kelley Chat with Jim Holmen
Thursday,
March 12, 2009
10:00 AM
PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT
MBA
Waitlist Chat with Linda Abraham
Thursday,
March 19, 2009
10:00 AM
PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT
London
Business School MBA/MIF Chat with Zoë McLoughlin
Monday,
March 23, 2009
11:00 AM
PT/2:00 PM ET/6:00 PM GMT
Cornell
Johnson Waitlist Chat with Randall Sawyer
Wednesday,
March 15, 2009
10:00 AM
PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT
All chats
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details, please visit our chat schedule page.
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Transcripts
Last
month's chats with
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UVA Darden chat generated must-read transcripts. Check them
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Blog Posts
Of Interest
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Admissions
Tip
Standing
Out And Fitting In
It's a paradox! You must show that you meet a set of vaguely defined
criteria for admission -- that you fit in. And yet, you also have to
show that you can contribute something distinctive to your class. You
have to stand out.
How do you do both?Make your resume/job description/or history section
of your application work hand-in-glove with your essays. If you are a
typical traditional applicant, then your resume or history will prove
that you fit in. Consequently, your essays have to work harder at
emphasizing how you will add value to the educational environment and
stand out.
For example, let's say you are a medical student with a competitive GPA
and MCAT who has done volunteer activities typical of medical school
applicants along with extensive volunteer work with handicapped
children competing in the Special Olympics. Your personal statement
could focus on your unusual volunteer experience, but the experience
descriptions would reveal the details of your clinical volunteer work.
The combination would show that you fit in and stand out.
On the other hand, let's say you are a non-traditional application, for
example a teacher who wants to go to business school and start an
educational business. Your essays need to work overtime to show that
you have the quantitative skills and business savvy to make it in
business school and the marketplace.
Your resume would discuss your teaching responsibilities, but your
essays must emphasize that you ahve the qualities b-schools seek. You
would discuss the team success you had as head of an initially divided
faculty committee on curriculum reform. You would reveal how you led a
city-wide fundraiser that raised $X thousand more than any previous
campaign and discuss the fiscal, marketing, and leadership challenges
you faced. You would also write about the small educational materials
business you have already founded and how managing it has influenced
your goals.
In short, if you blend in easily, then make your essays stress how you
will stand out.
If you stand out in your applicant pool, write essays empahsizing how
well you will fit in.
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