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Senior Manager
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
Posts: 258
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Kwam - Done with them
ncprasad - Still editing and struggling
CookieMonster - still working on essay OUTLINES.
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GMAT Club Legend
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Posts: 4319
Location: Back in Chicago, IL
Schools: Kellogg Alum: Class of 2010
Followers: 68
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Kwam - Done with them
ncprasad - Still editing and struggling
CookieMonster - still working on essay OUTLINES.
riverripper - Essays written (editting), cover letter not started, optional complete
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Manager
Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 192
Schools: MIT
Followers: 5
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(MIT E&I)
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Manager
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Posts: 241
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First up respect to Kwam, ncp and xerox......thanks guys - tis things like these that I love abt gmatclub, sniff sniff. No seriously - appreciate you guys taking the time out - I am gonna bolster my why MIT - an I do have some very good reasons for MIT actually.
next up adding to the roll call
Kwam - Done with them
ncprasad - Still editing and struggling
CookieMonster - still working on essay OUTLINES.
riverripper - Essays written (editting), cover letter not started, optional complete
sangoman - Essays 2 frozen, two semi solid , cover letter and optional essay not started
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Manager
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Posts: 241
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A warning regarding LOR's
Spoke to the Adcom regarding me submitting an additional LOR - she said that they only look at TWO - an those are selected at random. Bottom line, whoever had registered three/four recommenders delete all but two - they do accept additional recos if you are waitlisted
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Director
Affiliations: FRM Charter holder
Joined: 02 Dec 2006
Posts: 737
Schools: Stanford, Chicago Booth, Babson College
Followers: 5
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next up adding to the roll call
Kwam - Done with them
ncprasad - Still editing and struggling
CookieMonster - still working on essay OUTLINES.
riverripper - Essays written (editing), cover letter not started, optional complete
sangoman - Essays 2 frozen, two semi solid , cover letter and optional essay not started
aurobindo - Essays written (editing), cover letter written (editing). Targeting R1. Most probably make it.
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Manager
Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 192
Schools: MIT
Followers: 5
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Kwam - Done with them
ncprasad - Still editing and struggling
CookieMonster - still working on essay OUTLINES.
riverripper - Essays written (editing), cover letter not started, optional complete
sangoman - Essays 2 frozen, two semi solid , cover letter and optional essay not started
aurobindo - Essays written (editing), cover letter written (editing). Targeting R1. Most probably make it.
collegesenior - Starting on essays. Made broad plan for each. Apping in R1.
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GMAT Club Legend
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Posts: 4319
Location: Back in Chicago, IL
Schools: Kellogg Alum: Class of 2010
Followers: 68
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I am trying to figure out the format for my cover letter. Looking for some opinions. Should I stick with the standard format
Date
Address
Dear, Mr X
All my wonderful content
Sincerely
RR
my address
Or just start with Dear, ignoring the addresses at the top and bottom.
Also are you counting all the words or just the words in the body of the text. 500 words is pretty tight so I dont want to waste 50 words with non-value added fluff.
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SVP
Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 1560
Location: Ann Arbor
Schools: Ross '10
Followers: 12
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river, your format looks fine. The 500 word limit is for the body of the letter. The addresses dont count towards the limit. Some one who is an ex-adcom at MIT told me this.
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SVP
Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 1560
Location: Ann Arbor
Schools: Ross '10
Followers: 12
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Are you guys including the question at the top of your essays or can the document contain the essays alone? With the question at top, my essays span 2 pages. I dont want ad-com to think I exceeded the limits too much.
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Current Student
Joined: 02 Jun 2007
Posts: 157
Schools: The University of Texas at Austin
Followers: 1
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Kwam - Done with them
ncprasad - Still editing and struggling
CookieMonster - still working on essay OUTLINES.
riverripper - Essays written (editing), cover letter not started, optional complete
sangoman - Essays 2 frozen, two semi solid , cover letter and optional essay not started
aurobindo - Essays written (editing), cover letter written (editing). Targeting R1. Most probably make it.
collegesenior - Starting on essays. Made broad plan for each. Apping in R1.
Toploader - Cover letter 75%, 2 x 75% done, 2 x 0% done but I just had an epiphany on the topic... going to pound it out right now.
Last edited by Toploader on 26 Nov 2007, 15:50, edited 1 time in total.
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VP
Joined: 09 Jan 2007
Posts: 1046
Location: New York, NY
Schools: Chicago Booth Class of 2010
Followers: 9
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ncprasad wrote: Are you guys including the question at the top of your essays or can the document contain the essays alone? With the question at top, my essays span 2 pages. I dont want ad-com to think I exceeded the limits too much.
I'm including the question... not sure though if it's necessary
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SVP
Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 1560
Location: Ann Arbor
Schools: Ross '10
Followers: 12
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Kwam - Done with them
ncprasad - For better or worse, I am done with them. Reviewing 1 final time.
CookieMonster - still working on essay OUTLINES.
riverripper - Essays written (editing), cover letter not started, optional complete
sangoman - Essays 2 frozen, two semi solid , cover letter and optional essay not started
aurobindo - Essays written (editing), cover letter written (editing). Targeting R1. Most probably make it.
collegesenior - Starting on essays. Made broad plan for each. Apping in R1.
DrivinWest - Cover letter 75%, 2 x 75% done, 2 x 0% done but I just had an epiphany on the topic... going to pound it out right now.
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Manager
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Posts: 241
Followers: 3
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kwam wrote: ncprasad wrote: Are you guys including the question at the top of your essays or can the document contain the essays alone? With the question at top, my essays span 2 pages. I dont want ad-com to think I exceeded the limits too much. I'm including the question... not sure though if it's necessary Not necessary, but am doing it in the header......problem with MIT's essay topis is that they are so close that you can easily interchange some essays an topics......would rather not take a chance on that
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SVP
Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 1560
Location: Ann Arbor
Schools: Ross '10
Followers: 12
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One of my recommenders who is writing both my MIT and Ross LORs is leaving for vacation this Sunday. He hasnt even confirmed his email registration. When I call him, it goes to his VM. I am REALLY freaking out 
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Current Student
Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Posts: 1097
Followers: 5
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Hell .. these recommenders are turning out to be such dangerous beings. I hope you get in touch with him and get everything sorted, prasad!
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GMAT Club Legend
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Posts: 4319
Location: Back in Chicago, IL
Schools: Kellogg Alum: Class of 2010
Followers: 68
Kudos [?]:
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I am not worried about my recs for MIT, just that my essays suck. They are so boring and there is no way to really make them very interesting. Also due to the nature of my job they are extremely generic. My one hope is that most of the applicants face the same problem with trying to answer horrible and insanely specific questions in 500 words.
At least I have examples for every essay...just nothing in 500 words that I can make sound very impressive.
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Current Student
Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Posts: 1097
Followers: 5
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river, I think everybody will face the same problems with the MIT essays. They are very specific and, at the same time, are very close to each other. Also, it is going to be very tough for everybody to keep these essays interesting (Considering how specific the essays are).
Last edited by mNeo on 25 Oct 2007, 17:13, edited 1 time in total.
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Director
Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Posts: 963
Location: Chicago, IL
Schools: Chicago Booth 2010
Followers: 6
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ive emotionally given up on this. ill review my essays this weekend and submit
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GMAT Club Legend
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Posts: 4319
Location: Back in Chicago, IL
Schools: Kellogg Alum: Class of 2010
Followers: 68
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HBS and Stanford are shots in the dark for a lot of people...thats what MIT is for me. I am in no way happy with my essays but still am going to apply just because.
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