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New Ebook at Accepted.com
I am pleased to announce the publication of our newest ebook,
The Consultant's Guide to MBA Admission, by Linda Abraham and Cindy
Tokumitsu.
If you are a consultant applying to business school, this is the ebook
especially for you. It provides you with:
- Concrete tips that help you distinguish
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- A unique
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- A complete set
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- A sample letter
of recommendation.
The Consultant's Guide is a must read for consultants applying to
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On deck for December: Top EU schools and Tuck.
And of course, last month's chats have generated must-read
transcripts:
Haas MBA Admissions with Peter Johnson
NYU Stern MBA Admissions with Isser Gallogly
The following transcripts will be posted shortly and available from
the MBA
Admission transcript index.
- Forte Forum: MBA Value Proposition for Women
- CMU Chatter with Laurie Stewart
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Admissions Tip: Choosing Recommenders for Your Application
I am getting a lot of questions about choosing recommenders. I
thought a tip or two might be helpful for O&E readers as well as
readers of my blog, who saw it first on the
Accepted Admissions Almanac.Key qualifications for
recommenders:
1) Willingness to write a positive letter on your behalf.
2) Ability to base that positive letter on personal experience
working with you or teaching you. (MBAs: You need professional
recs, not academic ones. All references to academic recs are for
applicants to other programs.)
A letter of recommendation from some bigwig or VIP (unless said
VIP's name is on the school's building) is not as good as one
from a professor for whom you wrote a great paper or one from a
supervisor, especially if your work is related to your graduate
study.
What makes a great letter of recommendation? The same elements
that create great personal statements and application essays:
Meat. Substance. Details. Anecdotes. In contrast, broad,
unsubstantiated declarative statements merely damn with faint
praise.
If you want your recommenders to back up their praise, help them
do so:
- Remind them of your superlative achievements in a memo
or note that they can refer to when drafting your letter.
- Provide them with stamps, envelopes, URLs, anything they
might need.
- Give them enough time to write the recommendation.
Request the recommendation at least one month before you
want them to submit.
- Be realistic; an occasional reminder about approaching
deadlines is mandatory.
- Send thank-you notes to your recommenders after they
submit their letter of rec.
For more tips on letters of recommendation, please see:
The above two
tips, and many more, are found in
Submit a
Stellar Application: 42 Terrific Tips to Help You Get Accepted.
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Community Service on Your Resume
Yes, single-handedly negotiating the largest deal in your
company's history will give your resume extra luster. But
another powerful way to make it stand out is to ensure it
adequately represents your community or volunteer activities. In
fact, it's virtually impossible for such involvements to convey
anything but the most positive impression of you. List them in
reverse chronological order under an appropriate heading like
"Community Service," "Volunteer Work," "Public Service,"
"Charitable Commitments," or "Civic Involvement." If your
volunteer activities can be grouped into two or more themed
categories, by all means do so. For example, your work for
Make-a-Wish Foundation and Christian Children's Fund could be
grouped under the subheading "Helping Children" and your work
for the symphony and local theater under "Cultural
Volunteering."
Don't list your role or title as "volunteer." If you
tutored, say "Tutor"; if you coordinated a project, say
"Coordinator." As elsewhere in your resume, always be specific.
Don't say "Tutored children" when you really mean "Tutored 15
developmentally disabled first-graders in art and music."
Highlighting community activities on your resume offers an
additional benefit if they advertise skills or experiences that
employers need. The best thing about raising $10K for AIDS
research is benefiting a good cause, but it also shows you know
how to attract money -- an effective theme when your goal is to
run a mutual fund or launch a startup. Similarly, supervising 15
volunteers on a Habitat for Humanity site underscores your
leadership ability. You may be surprised how many skills your
community work has entailed -- training others, writing, public
speaking, project planning, etc.
Volunteer activities can also be used to work against
stereotypes. If you are a database administrator, your work
organizing a major charity bike-a-thon or speaking to corporate
audiences about arts education will squash the Dilbert "cubicle
drone" image. Community activities can help portray you as a
well-rounded, energetic, committed "doer" -- every employer's
ideal.
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