ReApplicant - Ask Feedback & Change in Career Goals

Hey there - It's not actually harder to get into Haas as a reapplicant except for the TOEFL issue. Haas is very welcoming to reapplicants. If you do a good job there is a good chance; admissions rates for that segment of their applicant pool are very high.

If re: Tuck you're asking can you lie and say you didn't apply before... um, no, that would be lying.

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Actually that's not true either but it sounded good a moment ago when we wrote it!

Hi EssaySnark,

Ohh.. I never meant to say that I would like to lie in my application. I know it would be suicidal

Would the schools generally compare the past application with the new ones? (As in compare the essays and career goals).

Also, could you please let me know which school is more re-applicant friendly (Tuck or Haas)?

Thank you!!

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TheRedDevil

Yeah, lying on an app is shortsighted and never necessary - sorry if we misunderstood what you meant, and glad we're coming at this from the same place!

For a reapplicant, yes, the schools do look at the previous application - or at least, the reviewers have access to it. Some reviewers don't actively look at it right away, they may go through everything fresh and then choose whether or not to pull up some or all of the prior application. For Harvard, they may not even look at the previous app until after an interview invite has gone out - but they will definitely review everything before the interview. You should create a reapplicant pitch with complete awareness of what you presented previously, but it should still be standalone - in other words, try to present new stories in your essays; write everything in a way that they don't have to review your past app, and write it as a continuation of what you gave before. If your goals have changed, explain how and why. Make the new app self-contained; don't say "My goals are the same as last time" which would leave the reader clueless as to the goal, but instead say "My goal of XYZ is the same as I wrote about last year" and then give more detail and expand upon your thinking. If your goals change, then it also needs to be handled carefully.

Tuck and Haas are equally reapplicant-friendly, neither is more welcoming than the other, they both like to see someone try again and they both have very high admit rates from the reapplicant pool (we don't have hard numbers on that but would be willing to bet that the percentages are quite comparable).

It's challenging to do a good job on the reapplication but in some ways it's easier - you have experience with the essays, you (hopefully!) know more about the schools, and in many cases people become very very determined to make it in, so they're willing to go all out. We have a lot of success stories on the blahg from reapplicants who got it done. Here's a favorite: https://essaysnark.com/2013/01/success-story-with-industrial-sized-bottles-of-vodka/

You're targeting two of our favorite schools, you can't go wrong with either one. Keep us posted and let us know if we can help!
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@thereddevil, THANK YOU!!! Looking forward to learning more about your profile and your chances for getting in!!!
EssaySnark

Reapplications are generally tough, but Tuck looks favorably at re-applicants; but, you have to show significant improvement in your GMAT score or experience or any other area(s) of improvement. Haas requires re-applicants to show substantial improvement in the application since their last application. They also encourage you to show one/two new letters of recommendation. Haas offers feedback only to those students who made all the way up to the interview level. I think Tepper has a similar policy. You would have to check on that. With regard to change in the long term goals, it is difficult to comment as it mainly depends on the circumstances. As long as you have a strong story, it shouldn’t really matter. As people gain experience, their interests and long term goals either strengthen or move to different areas. We have seen many such instances.

If I were you, I wouldn’t ask for feedback now as it more than 2 years. Most of these schools will not have readily available data on your past application. They have dig out that information which I don’t think they will do that for you. Secondly, it sounds like you remembered about your application now. If you were serious, you would have asked for feedback at that time. Most of the schools give feedback with less actionable items which is not much helpful.

Speak to few alumni of your target schools. That will help!

Good luck!
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