amba2013 wrote:
Hi
Admissionado!
I applied to Wharton, Chicago Booth and Columbia in R2 last year and unfortunately got dinged by all three (I did get interviews from Wharton and Chicago Booth). I revisited the application and consulted some alumni to get some feedback. I feel multiple factors contributed to the rejections:
1. Mediocre essays
2. Less than average work-ex (3yrs)
3. Competitive applicant pool (Indian Male, although I am a Chartered Accountant and currently work as a Management Consultant)
4. Applied in Round 2
I now plan to reapply this year and had a couple of questions -
1. I am not going to get a promotion this year and might not be able to increase my work responsibilities substantially by the time I reapply (given the hierarchical structure at my office). Any alternatives you can suggest to improve my case? I am looking at ways to take up leadership roles in my extracurricular activities. How helpful is that going to be?
2. To which school should I apply in R1 and to which in R2? Applying in R1 will show that I am really interested in the school (especially Columbia ED). I will certainly be able to show personal growth, refinement of goals and better essays, but there won't be any professional growth to showcase (I suspect it won't change substantially by R2 as well).
Will appreciate your inputs!
Thanks.
Hey there,
Well hard to answer your questions really because I don't know enough about you or of your applications of last year. (I don't even know your GMAT). For your first question: There are lots of things to write about, but as you probably have guessed a concrete tangible progress has GOT to be there, otherwise there's no sense in reapplying to the same schools. It's hard for me to judge about your essays without reading them.
But here are two links for you, this one is for reapplicants:
https://admissionado.com/mba/mba-reapplicant/And here is the URL that explains our Ding Analysis service:
https://admissionado.com/mba/services-pr ... -analysis/As to which schools, it depends on your profile, so I can't yet say, but feel free to contact us, or post more info here and I'll get back to you,
Best,
Jon