Congrats,

Find some good admission consultant or alumni, who can take your mock interview(s).

Some info: http://www.clearadmit.com/wiki/index.ph ... nInterview

Actually, I am also looking for one for the complete LBS application process.

Good Luck
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YOU CAN, IF YOU THINK YOU CAN

Ding! Need to put some real effort now on R2!

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- Give you advice on the whole application process – GMAT, essay-writing, recommendations
- Give you a picture of the whole selection process – from application, to shortlisting, to interviews, to final offers
- Share with you critical things that the authority will never tell you when selecting candidates – do they compare an American with an Indian? Do they prioritize candidates based on GMAT?
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• Define your career goal so as to position yourself properly for “why MBA?”
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Like most of you, I came from a very humble background – not from top US i-banks, not 3B1M consulting firms, not Fortune 500 corporations, but a rarely known local company in a developing country. My age is far above average and my career was purely local. Although I scored 740+ in GMAT (top 10% in LBS), I found, in hindsight, it had not added much value to my application. After all, I was accepted and offered a scholarship, based on my outstanding application essays to hit the bonus.

Good luck!!! Do tell us how it went.

Sounds like you did a really good job. Congrats!

Haha - I agree 100% with this statement. The interview was very deep. Good one to start with if you can. Unfortunately for me, it was my last one and left me feeling like I could have had stronger examples in earlier interviews. Boo to the agonizing wait.

Just had my interview, which turned out to be quite the opposite experience from what I've read on this forum. It was extremely casual, short and not very in-depth. The interviewer (hedge fund guy) was very warm and friendly and asked very typical questions (e.g., Walk me through your resume. Why MBA? Why LBS? What would you contribute to the school?). The entire interview including the presentation was under an hour. I have no clue what to conclude from the length of the meeting, but my interaction with the interviewer was very positive and I enjoyed hearing about his MBA experience.

Yes! 4 fewer days (at least in my mind now). Thanks for the correction.

Does anyone know if the HSBC loan scheme will be available next year?

LBS gave a presentation in my city about a month ago. They mentioned during Q&A that the HSBC loan was not available at this stage. During a private conversation someone from admissions mentioned that it was possible it would not be available at all, but she instead mentioned many other possible loan schemes available for people from my country.