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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   07 Oct 2007, 22:33
Data forms and transcripts aren't that bad. The 2000 character limit for some of the short answers left me scared. Awards etc...I wrote 200 characters. They were pretty self explanatory...three days to go. G'luck guys.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2007, 03:43
I just logged into my Wharton app and it says that my first recommender has submitted. So....phew. :-)
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2007, 04:01
Both LORs are in, transcript is done...just filling in activities etc. Tweaking essays one last time, submitting tomorrow *cross fingers*. Definitely going out for a beer after Tuck and Wharton are submitted.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2007, 08:53
Recommendations are in and application is submitted. Back to staring blankly at the UChicago PowerPoint presentation I'm trying to finish.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2007, 11:17
1057 words for essay-1. I really can't make it shorter than that. I really can't....
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2007, 11:35
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Data forms and transcripts aren't that bad. The 2000 character limit for some of the short answers left me scared. Awards etc...I wrote 200 characters. They were pretty self explanatory...three days to go. G'luck guys.


Hello shmegs - did you check the printed version of your application in pdf? Was the information you had entered in the Awards section completely visible?

My activities section overlapped with the awards section though I had sufficient characters left in the latter !

The notes ask us to make sure that ALL the information we enter is visible on the printed format - hence wondering
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2007, 13:50
Current word count essay 1 - 1122. Can i submit this?
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2007, 20:25
A little too much maybe. Try to get it under 1100.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2007, 21:23
im at 1080. i blame this on all the short words i use.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2007, 07:01
Recommender 2 has still not submitted....the flapping starts again...
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2007, 10:08
abhishek.sardana wrote:
Current word count essay 1 - 1122. Can i submit this?


Got it to 1094. Can i submit this?
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2007, 10:12
do you guys repeat the prompt at the beginning of each essay? e.g. my first essay looks like:

Describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect a Wharton MBA to help you achieve these goals, and why is now the best time for you to join our program? (1,000 words)

(my essay)
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2007, 10:27
dabots wrote:
do you guys repeat the prompt at the beginning of each essay? e.g. my first essay looks like:

Describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect a Wharton MBA to help you achieve these goals, and why is now the best time for you to join our program? (1,000 words)

(my essay)


Yep.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2007, 10:33
Yes, although its not required.

And on your final PDF, there's a 1-2 word watermark that goes on each page outlining which essay you're answering.

Kellogg requires you to repeat the prompt though.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2007, 11:20
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Kellogg requires you to repeat the prompt though.

As does HBS. Reco-2 has been submitted. Phew.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2007, 15:57
there goes $225. oh well
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2007, 03:43
Leadership Essay - Have you guys recycled the essay from HBS application? If not, have you mentioned 2 or 3 diverse experiences ?
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2007, 04:10
abhishek.sardana wrote:
Leadership Essay - Have you guys recycled the essay from HBS application? If not, have you mentioned 2 or 3 diverse experiences ?

2 - 3 experiences.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2007, 04:22
3 experiences, 1 theme. I've tried to have one theme to each of my essays and tie them together. My english teacher would be proud :). Submitting today.
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Re: Calling all Wharton 2008 applicants [#permalink] New post   10 Oct 2007, 04:28
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3 experiences, 1 theme. I've tried to have one theme to each of my essays and tie them together. My english teacher would be proud :). Submitting today.


I refuse to allow my creative self to be hindered by these constricting 'themes'. Ok, back to reality: I'm just not that great a writer :-)
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