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Time Marches On
In fact, it seems to march at double time. It's hard to focus on essays and keep all the personal, professional, and educational balls in the air. Those application deadlines somehow manage to creep up mysteriously out of nowhere.
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Don't Miss the Admissions Chatter!
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October 11
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10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PM GMT
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Haas
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Pete Johnson
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October 13
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NYU Stern
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Isser Gallogly
Margaret McKegney
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October 18
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10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PM GMT
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HEC
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Joshua Kobb
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October 19
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5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET/1:00 AM GMT
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MBA Value Proposition for Women
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Forte Foundation
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October 27
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5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET/1:00 AM GMT
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CMU Tepper
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Laurie Stewart
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On deck for November: Michigan,
Chicago, USC
And of course, last month's chats have generated
must-read transcripts:
Wharton
MBA Admissions Chat Transcript
MIT Sloan
MBA Admissions Chat Transcript
UCLA (Coming soon at our transcript page)
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Timing Your Applications
In our recent MIT admissions chat with Rod Garcia, I asked about the acceptance rate for MIT's two rounds. He replied:
"Linda: I don't have the acceptance rates available for Round 1 and Round 2 applicants but I can tell you from experience that, because of the number of candidates applying in Round 2, the chances of someone applying in Round 1 are twice as good."
Does that comment mean that all applicants to MIT should submit first round no matter what?
No. Remember Linda's Rule:
"Submit in the earliest round possible provided you don't compromise the quality of your application."
No matter what program you are applying to, you want to submit your best. Even if you are applying to a competitive school and you know the chances of admission decline with the passage of time, don't rush. Don't turn in something sloppy or poorly thought out. Submit an application that reflects excellence.
To submit early and with excellence, plan your application and start early. Give yourself time for research and reflection, writing and editing. And if you don't have the time to do your best before an early action or first round deadline, then submit your best for the second deadline.
Finally, if you are applying to multiple schools, plan out your application submission schedule. For example, if you want to apply to MIT's MBA program, it clearly behooves you to submit first round. But, you know you can only do a good job on one application before the mid-October, first-round deadlines for top MBA programs. You also know that most other programs have more rounds and say there is no or little difference between first and second round acceptance rates.
Consequently, make MIT's application the one you submit first round and let the other applications with mid-October first-round deadlines wait until the second round. After you finish MIT's application, turn your attention to schools with November and December deadlines, like Chicago GSB (Nov 12), Stern (12/1), or Columbia (rolling). Then work on those with January deadlines.
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Portraying Transferable Skills in Your Resume when Changing Careers
Last month's Resume Tip
explained how to identify skills from your current work that are transferable
to your future career path. This month's tip shows how to portray those skills
once you have identified them.
Although it's a simple process, there are two key, must-have
components to highlighting transferable skills.
1.
Clearly state the skill you are aiming to portray.
2.
Use a specific anecdote or accomplishment to convey the
skill.
The first point might not be so important if you weren't
changing directions - if a financial analyst striving to become a venture
capitalist mentions financial modeling in his resume, the message about quantitative
skills is obvious.� But if you're a
consultant seeking a career in finance and mention projecting clients' future
HR costs in your resume, the reader may not think "quant" unless you point it
out: "Accurately determined client's HR expenses over 5-year time frame by
applying X and Y analytic techniques."
The second point adds both interest and credibility to the
resume.�
Below are two more examples of how to use this approach.(Like
the consultant example above, both are from the previous Resume Tip.)
1.
Assistant manager of pharmaceutical product development
pursuing a career as a physician - skill is communicating technical information
to non-specialists: "Held bi-weekly meetings to brief marketing managers on
status of XYZ drug development, explaining in layperson's terms anticipated
benefits and objective comparisons with competitive products; marketing
managers seamlessly integrated information into strategies/plans, leading to 4%
increase in market share in first 6 months on market."
2.
High school teacher pursuing a career in law - skill in
synthesizing information from disparate sources to draw conclusion: "Adapted
calculus curriculum based on analysis of varied data sources including student
records, pedagogical studies, and other teachers' experience, resulting in 80%
of AP calculus students earning a 4 or 5 on the national Advanced Placement
exam."
By approaching your transferable skills in this way, you
will help your resume readers see the value of your past experience in your
desired role, even though you have to learn the nuts-and-bolts in your graduate
program.
Cindy Tokumitsu
Senior Editor, Accepted.com
Member, Professional Association of Resume Writers
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