My daily horoscope mentioned that I would be involved in some kinda forum and I think this is one of the rare cases where the predictions have come true. I am applying for Haas in round 1 for fall 2011 admissions. I was going through various links on the web and I finally came across this forum and right away decided to join.

An international applicant here - Entrepreneur(Manufacturing)/690/116/3.5 years Work Experience.

I have just started drafting my essays and I can see others being more proactive with the app process.
I am new to this forum and excited to be part of it and hope I can contribute well to the forum.

I'll be applying in round 2. Please update the roll.

I called the tech support and they suggested that the error could be due to firewall. I was indeed trying to upload through work network. I'll try to upload the pdf later tonight from home

FWIW, I tried again later on a PC with Firefox and it worked for me. Guess it's just a bit moody

I am an applicant from India and have already started on the application process for the Haas. When I read in details of the TOEFL waiver, I came to know that applicants studied in Indian Universities with English as medium of instruction also have to provide the TOEFL score.

I don't understand when most of the schools gives the candidate an option of taking a TOEFL waiver in case he/she studied more than 2 years in Universities with English medium or worked in country for more than two years in the English speaking country, why Haas is not providing the same option.

I have already send the GMAT score to HAAS, but now knowing that it is not recognizing the Other Education System, I am reconsidering whether I should even apply in round 2 with the TOEFL score.

I just called the adcom and asked for the options of the waiver and she told me that there are none for Indian candidates.

P.S.: I have done my undergrad from IIT, and worked for 6+ years in MNC in US and India. I know that TOEFL won't take much time, but I am not comfortable with the reason to take it.
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My debrief : journey-670-to-720-q50-v36-long-85083.html

I'm not sure why they have that notice. My understanding of transcripts and recommendations is the same as yours.

Congratulations on the submitting this school as well!
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Hi,

I have certain questions regarding the test scores.

As an international student whose native language is not English, I have to submit my TOEFL scores. I had given my TOEFL test in the last week of November 2008 and that score remains valid till the end of November 2010. Since I am applying to round 1 which has its deadline on October 13th 2010, I thought my current TOEFL score report to be valid. But, while filling the test score details in my online application I found that the TOEFL test should have been taken during or after June 2009.

So I am concerned about whether I can still apply to the first round of admission cycle with the existing score or should I register for a test as soon as possible. In the case of the latter, can I still submit my application in round 1 by giving the date I will take the TOEFL test again. For example, if I am scheduled to take my TOEFL test on 13th October 2010 can I mention that detail in my application. Moreover, I can see a small box where I can mention the future TOEFL test date in the online application page. So, can I mention both my old TOEFL test scores as well as the future TOEFL test date on the same application page.

Though I have approached the AD-COM I am yet to get a response from them(thinking of giving them a phone call asap), but your advice would be valuable for me.

I'm in for round 2.

For all reapplicants, did you re-write all the essay questions or just write short answer #3 (which is a new question different from last year)?

I applied last year in R2 and interviewed and remained on shortlist until R4 was over. Now I'm preparing for R1 this year, wondering if I need to re-write all the essays. I know I will write an additional one to explain how my candidacy enhanced since there.

What's the strategy here? Thanks everyone!

Question for kryzak or others: my manager has been working on a recommendation letter for a while that flows, tells a story, all that jazz...and has just realized that the online form asks for the response to be broken out by question. There's an option to paste a single response for everything, but the form has a note that the school "strongly prefers" that they be separated.

Is it really a bad thing to paste a single response? My manager, bless her, doesn't want to let the small stuff have an impact on my application...but I hate to have her spend more time splitting it out if it's not necessary.

Thanks for the input!