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If anybody else was looking to reference specific courses in their essays this should be a helpful link. http://boothportal.chicagobooth.edu/por ... search/205Will allow you to search the course catalog since they do not list many courses on the general MBA website.
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huntzman wrote: Is anyone else having trouble with the powerpoint? I have a story and framework all picked out, but:
A) My graphical ability is suspect at best. This I could overcome with many revisions.
B) More worrisome, I have very few pictures of myself doing the activities I'd be talking about, especially the period after college (my ppt doesn't really work without showcasing me, I don't think...)
A) How about friends who are graphical wizards??? Your ideas. Their skills in assisting you. Outsourcing! B) That's all right. I've seen so many powerpoints full of pictures of the candidate doing stuff, and you know what? Rather than making you seem unique, they make you seem the same like everyone else.... apparently we all take the same pictures while on holiday.
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25 Sep 2012, 12:24
submitted. Now its all about the waiting game
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25 Sep 2012, 19:53
A week to go for R1 deadline, 101 GC applicants and just 3 pages of discussion? C'mon guys! Use this thread to ask questions, sort out last minute confusions and if nothing else, build an online support system!! A bunch of us from the class of 2014 (as well as some previous classes) are still very active here and we would be more than happy to help you out..
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scorpionz wrote: A week to go for R1 deadline, 101 GC applicants and just 3 pages of discussion?
C'mon guys! Use this thread to ask questions, sort out last minute confusions and if nothing else, build an online support system!!
A bunch of us from the class of 2014 (as well as some previous classes) are still very active here and we would be more than happy to help you out.. Compared to last year's thread at this point in time, this year's thread has been quiet. Let's hope the chatter picks up over the week as people begin submitting R1 applications.
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25 Sep 2012, 21:28
I remember Sandy on the Harvard thread saying that the new layout of gmatclub made it harder to navigate and find threads. I wonder if that's having an affect on the overall traffic of the site, and isn't indicative of a drop in MBA apps.
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26 Sep 2012, 07:14
Any guidance on the essay 2b anyone? I am struggling to figure out how 'fundamental' the transformation should be?
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I'm finally feeling good about most of my essays except that Essay 1 is still sitting at 571 words. Need to find a way to chop about 50 words out without hurting the flow....
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mappleby wrote: I'm finally feeling good about most of my essays except that Essay 1 is still sitting at 571 words. Need to find a way to chop about 50 words out without hurting the flow.... Prepositional phrases, adjectives, and adverbs are killers. Cutting these can net you another 30-50 words (if you haven't done so already).
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I was able to combine 2 paragraphs that felt a little repetitive and that saved about 50 words. I'll give it another go through but at least 520 words feels close enough to the 500 limit that I feel ok about it. Still fits on one page at least.
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mappleby wrote: I was able to combine 2 paragraphs that felt a little repetitive and that saved about 50 words. I'll give it another go through but at least 520 words feels close enough to the 500 limit that I feel ok about it. Still fits on one page at least. If you're at 520 then leave it be (unless you think it needs grammar or content revisions). I was about 35 words over on a 600 word essay last year. The adcom is not counting and they don't care at that point.
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What will the admission committee think if I decide to choose the 600-word essay instead of the 4-page ppt presentation? I have a nice story to tell about my experience studying abroad as I feel it tells a lot about who I am.
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fitzmanon wrote: What will the admission committee think if I decide to choose the 600-word essay instead of the 4-page ppt presentation? I have a nice story to tell about my experience studying abroad as I feel it tells a lot about who I am. I think it comes down to execution. If you write a great essay that gives new insight into who you are then the admissions committee will be pleased. If it seems like an essay that's just repeating what you've already said in other parts of your application then the adcom will likely view it as a wasted opportunity. Then again a vague ppt presentation would probably yield the same response. Go with the method that tells your story best. Only you know what that is. I will go out on a limb and say that an average ppt has a slight advantage over an average essay since the ppt has been part of the application longer.
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Application submitted. There's 2 down!
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I have finally submitted my App to Chicago yesterday... My last app to be submitted.. Booth was the first school which I started writing essays for but is the last school to which I have submitted...As this application journey wears on,after going through countless pages of the school website, reading blogs, checking out forums from I have come to love Chicago Booth a lot.. I have a new dream school..
I dont know when exactly in this insanely maddening process Chicago replaced Harvard.. Maybe When I started writing the Why MBA essay and stumbled upon John Cochrane's dry humour and a part of me wanted to be in his class right now... Maybe when I saved ChicagoPres v54.ppt.. Maybe when I almost reached out and tried to feel Harper center's chrome and wood thro my monitor...
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taksi wrote: Maybe when I saved ChicagoPres v54.ppt.. Innocuous question. Do you have 53 older versions of your ppt saved on your drive 
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On a more serious note, I have a question. I just noticed that NYU Stern asks this question to its applicants.
Please describe yourself to your MBA classmates. You may use almost any method to convey your message (e.g. words, illustrations). Feel free to be creative.
Although on the face of it, its different from the Booth presentation, is there any likelihood that Booth might think that I created something that I will re-use in the future? What I mean to ask, is there something that is very different between Booth's presentation and Stern's question?
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qtrip wrote: On a more serious note, I have a question. I just noticed that NYU Stern asks this question to its applicants.
Please describe yourself to your MBA classmates. You may use almost any method to convey your message (e.g. words, illustrations). Feel free to be creative.
Although on the face of it, its different from the Booth presentation, is there any likelihood that Booth might think that I created something that I will re-use in the future? What I mean to ask, is there something that is very different between Booth's presentation and Stern's question?
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cheetarah1980 wrote: qtrip wrote: On a more serious note, I have a question. I just noticed that NYU Stern asks this question to its applicants.
Please describe yourself to your MBA classmates. You may use almost any method to convey your message (e.g. words, illustrations). Feel free to be creative.
Although on the face of it, its different from the Booth presentation, is there any likelihood that Booth might think that I created something that I will re-use in the future? What I mean to ask, is there something that is very different between Booth's presentation and Stern's question?
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q Not really. I don't think any school thinks that you use 100% fresh material for their application. Everyone knows that the same stories and presentations get tweaked and recycled throughout this process. In an open ended question with a free format like Booth and NYU allow it's even easier to switch out school names and submit (less nuance in the questions vs. traditional essays). I don't think Booth would look at an excellent PPT and say, "This is so good! I bet he/she used this for their Stern app." I agree ...One overthought point from my side... Chicago asks you to broaden its perpective(beyond what is stated in other parts)..So in a Chicago essay you will figure out stuff which are not really coming through in the application... The only reason CB adcom might start thinking that you have recycled the Stern version is maybe if there is significant overlap between what is already present in your application/essays: The fact that you have said something in an essay shouldn't prevent you from using it in a description to your classmates if you literally interpret the Stern question(My name is .. I believe I am the only person in the room with a perfect GPA in Rocket Science which I earned while I sailed in Ady Gil fighting evil Whalers... Then I completed 4 missions in the Endeavour and had to take special approvals from Nasa to continue to teach inner city kids thro a remote satellite link) Like I said I am overthinking...But maybe useful if you are recycling your Stern ppt to pay attention for overlap between app/essays...
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Quick question people: In the 'Activities' section, it says that we can fill upto 12 activities (that will be viewable in PDF). It is not expected for us to fill in all correct? I mean it wont look bad if we leave out some? I just have 4-5 major ones that I do....but do really well.
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