{"id":23033,"date":"2014-02-25T09:05:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T16:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/alumni-help-what-if-i-dont-know-any-alumni\/"},"modified":"2014-02-25T09:05:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T16:05:25","slug":"alumni-help-what-if-i-dont-know-any-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/alumni-help-what-if-i-dont-know-any-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Help: What If I Don\u2019t Know Any Alumni?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2014\/02\/25\/alumni-help-what-if-i-dont-know-any-alumni\/\" title=\"Agreement\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Agreement\" src=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Agreement-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"Alumni Help: What If I Don't Know Any Alumni?\" width=\"200\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Agreement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3278 alignright\" title=\"Alumni Help\" alt=\"Agreement\" src=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Agreement-300x177.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a>We at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\">mbaMission<\/a> find that because the overall pool of MBA candidates is so anonymous, many applicants believe that any negative difference, however minimal, that exists between them and other candidates could represent a huge disadvantage. For example, a candidate who has no alumni connection to his\/her target school may become anxious that he\/she is already \u201cbehind\u201d at the starting line. While alumni help, we can assure you that if you are a strong candidate, you will not be \u201cdinged\u201d by a program just because you do not have a relationship with any of the school\u2019s alumni. In fact, the vast majority of applicants do not have direct connections with alumni from their target business schools.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that in some cases, if you know a powerful alumnus or alumna, he\/she may be able to help you in your candidacy. However, a standout candidate who does\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0have such a connection will generally still succeed, and a weak candidate with an alumni connection will likely still fail. So focus on crafting your best application possible, and do not worry about minor perceived weaknesses. You can succeed on your own,\u00a0regardless of who you know\u2014or do\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0know.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2014\/02\/25\/alumni-help-what-if-i-dont-know-any-alumni\/\">Alumni Help: What If I Don&#8217;t Know Any Alumni?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\">Kaplan GMAT Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We at mbaMission find that because the overall pool of MBA candidates is so anonymous, many applicants believe that any negative difference, however minimal, that exists between them and other&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,558,243,940],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat","category-kaplan-blog","category-blog","category-gmat-prep-gmat","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}