Best Wishes for the Holiday Season
At Accepted.com, we not only want to send you our best wishes for a joyous holiday season and successful 2012, but also thank you for using our services and resources, and allowing us to become a part of your application effort. Here's to your future success!

Hot Off the Press: MBA Admission for Smarties
The long awaited MBA Admission for Smarties, by Linda Abraham and Judy Gruen, leading experts in MBA admissions, is now available! If you’re applying to business school, you’ll want to show your management smarts by following straight-talking advice that will direct you through the MBA admissions maze. MBA Admission for Smarties reveals critical, yet often-neglected steps that will save you from the needless disappointment of applying at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons, or to the wrong programs. Want a sneak peek? Check out our MBA Smarties page, and use coupon code SMARTIES thru December 6, 2011, to save you more than 60% off the list price!

Time for an MBA Reality Check
Self-assessment is a crucial, often overlooked element in the MBA admissions process. Last month, Natalie Grinblatt Epstein, former top b-school admissions dean, presented Reality Check, a webinar that covered how b-school applicants can measure their qualifications against the characteristics that admissions directors seek. The webinar was a huge success, which is why we've now posted the webinar to our site for any-time viewing.

View or download Reality Check now and learn how to best present yourself and gain admission to your target programs.

NEW VIDEO: Inside Scoop on Kellogg School of Management
Want to learn how to put your best foot forward when applying to the Kellogg School of Management? Check out MBA Podcaster’s newest video, featuring Linda Abraham, Accepted.com founder and president, for expert Kellogg application advice and insights into each of this top b-school's essay questions. Discover what Kellogg is looking for in MBA candidates, learn about the various MBA programs offered, hear from current students on why Kellogg was their top choice, and more, in this valuable admissions video.

Q&A
November was a packed Q&A month! From our crowded Cornell Johnson Q&A with Christine Sneva, to our definitive Duke Fuqua session with Megan Lynam, to our comprehensive Consortium Application Strategies Q&A and finally our weighty Wharton JD/MBA webinar, you’re sure to find lots of in-depth tips for your favorite b-schools. Don’t forget to check out the rest of our audio and text transcripts from the 2012 application season.

Up next:

• INSEAD
• Kellogg
• Consortium II
• London Business School MBA
• London Business School MiM

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Blog Posts Of Interest

• Rejected Application: Disappointment or Tragedy


• The 5 Most Important Tips for Your Medical School Interview


• Your 4 Step Guide to Beating Those MBA Round 2 Deadlines


• 3 Instant Improvements for Your College Essay


• Recommenders and Recommendations

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Admissions Tip

6 Secrets to Proofreading Your Resume

1. Complete your resume before embarking on the proofreading stage. Saving your proofreading for last will ensure that you've already made the content changes necessary and that you are, in fact, proofing the final version.


2. If possible, take a break (like a full 24 hours) between your last edit and your proofreading session. You'll want to approach your resume with a fresh set of eyes. Proofing after you've obsessed over your resume for 17 hours straight may lead you to "see" words and punctuation as they SHOULD be, rather than as they actually ARE.


3. Don't rely on your computer's spellchecker. Read every word carefully to make sure it is spelled correctly and is the correct word for your purposes.


4. Don't just look for mistakes, but look for consistency throughout the document. If you wrote PhD at one point, don't then switch to Ph.D. (or M.A. or B.A.) later on. Similarly, type out dates in a consistent manner, keep spelling consistent (like American or British English, "grey" versus "gray," and so forth), etc.


5. Proof your formatting – this includes line spacing, margins, boxes, bullets, rules, indentation, fonts, bold, and italics. Be consistent and use your formatting to help make your resume as clear and readable as possible.


6. If you're customizing each of your resumes for each program you're applying to (or position, if this is a job resume), then proofread each version you create – and don't just check the changes but re-proof the entire resume to make sure it all flows.


Adapted from an article by Cindy Tokumitsu, Accepted.com Senior Editor and consultant

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