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I just want to take this time to wish you a happy holiday season and a wonderful New Year.<\/p>\n
I think that as the year draws to a close, it\u2019s important to reflect on the good that has come one\u2019s way in the preceding year and to be appreciative of the many blessings we have enjoyed. While I am first and foremost thankful for my family and good health, I want to speak professionally for a moment. As the founder and president of Accepted, I want to express my profound appreciation to four groups of people who all deserve recognition and thanks:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Accepted\u2019s \u201cback office\u201d staff.<\/strong> The people who support the consultants, publish our materials, keep the site running, and provide non-admissions customer service. They are the unsung heroes at Accepted.<\/p>\n \u2022 The admissions professionals, students, applicants, alumni, and test prep experts<\/strong> who generously share their questions, thoughts, experiences, and expertise in Accepted\u2019s community via our blog, The Admissions Straight Talk Podcast<\/a>, and social media.<\/p>\n \u2022 Accepted\u2019s amazing staff of admissions consultants<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019m so fortunate to have a wonderful staff of talented, dedicated admissions consultants who put their hearts and souls into helping our clients submit winning applications.<\/p>\n \u2022 Accepted\u2019s clients, friends, fans, and followers.<\/strong>\u00a0Without you, I wouldn\u2019t have the joy of getting so many \u2018Linda, I\u2019m accepted!\u2019 emails<\/a> throughout the year, Thank you for allowing Accepted to be part of your lives and educational journey.<\/p>\n Thank you to all of you. And best wishes to you and your family for a Happy and Healthy 2018!<\/p>\n Linda<\/p>\n I just want to take this time to wish you a happy holiday season and a wonderful New Year. I think that as the year draws to a close, it\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,939,775,113,243],"tags":[427,184,2042],"class_list":["post-40307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-applications","category-blog","tag-admissions-consultants","tag-admissions-consulting","tag-podcast","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n![\"Linda](\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Linda-Abraham-150x150.jpg\" "\\"Linda")
<\/a>By\u00a0Linda Abraham<\/a>, president and founder of Accepted.com and co-author of the definitive book on MBA admissions,\u00a0MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools<\/a><\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"