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Accepted.com Odds 'N Ends
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Upcoming Events
2008 MBA Admissions Telethon
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Featured Ebook for February:
The Nine Mistakes You Don't Want to
Make on a Med School Waitlist, an excerpt:
Mistake #6: Fail to assess or act on an assessment.
Let's face it: Being waitlisted means you're qualified. They want
you, just not as much as they want someone else. Since most schools
evaluate applications on a holistic basis, and admissions is a
highly subjective process, it is difficult to say definitively why
someone is waitlisted, but a waitlist decision results from a
combination of the following factors:
If you want to know what initiatives can result in a waitlist
decision and how to act on that information, look on page 22-24 of our
featured ebook of the month,
The Nine Mistakes You Don't Want to Make
on a Med School Waitlist. And remember, save 20% on
The Nine Mistakes
You Don't Want to Make on a Med School Waitlist during the month of
January.
Accepted.com in the News
Linda Abraham Quoted in the Daily Journal
In "Admissions Essays Get Second Look: Law-School Officials Question
Applicants' Use of Professional Editors" Linda Abraham again refutes
the myths spread by misinformed admissions officers about the work and
constructive role of admissions consultants in the admissions process.
Paul Bodine is a Featured Guest on MBA Podcaster
Paul Bodine, Accepted.com editor and author of
Great Application
Essays for Business School, is a featured guest on the MBA Podcaster
segment "Advice to the Younger Applicants: How to Get Into a Top MBA
Program and Prepare for a Successful Career." While giving excellent
guidance to younger applicants, Paul also dispels some of the froth
and hype surrounding business schools' pursuit of "early career
candidates."
Latest MBA Chat Transcripts
Blog Posts of Interest
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Initiative and Impact
A friend's daughter, Beth Samuels,
recently passed away. In eulogizing and remembering her, friends and
family frequently quoted a favorite saying of hers:
"To make a footprint, you need to take a step."
Unfortunately I never met this young mother of two, but her saying
resonates with me and has relevance to you. That step and the footprint
you leave behind should be in your essays.
The step. Admissions committees want to see that you have initiative,
that you are willing to take that step. So when did you launch a new
program, assume responsibility for an existing project, or come forward
when everyone else was looking the other way or preoccupied with
examining their fingernails? Those occasions could make a great
application essay or personal statement topic.
The footprint. The outstanding personal statement will also show that
you made a difference. Did you just carry a membership card in your
wallet, or did you contribute to your favorite cause. Show that your
participation - your steps -- mattered. Did you help a child perform in
school? Did you raise funds for your charity? Did you sell more than
anyone in your region? Lead your team to victory?
Let your essays portray you as someone with the energy and courage to
take a step and the ability to leave a footprint.
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APPLICATION RESUMES: WHAT NOT TO DO
1. Don't make things up or inflate your accomplishments, level of
responsibility, or skills. As demonstrated by Wharton's recent decision
to expel a student who lied on his application resume, schools won't
hesitate to send you packing if they learn your resume is partly a work
of fiction. But even less brazen forms of dishonesty should stay far
from your resume. For example, if you were one of six members of a team
of managers with equal rank and responsibility, don't say you "Served as
lead of six-member management team. "If this person is a junior-level
accountant seeking a broader corporate finance role involving
cross-functional processes and project leadership, or a computer
engineer seeking an IT consulting position involving client interaction,
teamwork, and initiative in problem-solving, this non-work experience is
clearly valuable to her marketability.
2. Don't confuse your resume with your autobiography. Though there
are many pieces of information that your resume must have, its primary
purpose is to focus on the aspects of your life and career that
complement the message your application is sending and the mission or
culture of the school you're applying to.
3. Don't include a separate "objective" line at the beginning of the
resume. In job-hunt resumes, objective lines are more often than not
pointlessly general, wasting valuable space at the top of the resume
that could be better used to focus on the skills prospective employers
need. In application essays they are beside the point. Your immediate
objective is obvious (to earn an MBA); your long-term objective is
described in your essays.
4. Don't use pronouns ("I") or articles ("a," "the"). They detract from
the force of your accomplishments, slow down the reader, and take up
precious space.
5. Don't provide personal data such as marital status, date of birth,
religion, height/weight, and similar non-work-related information. The
admissions committee can gain any personal data it needs from your
application, and the space can be better used for other data.
Paul Bodine, author of
Great Applications for Business School and
Great Personal Statements for Law School.
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