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29 Jan 2007, 19:35
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By the end of the whole application process I was pretty tired of it
all. Did anybody else get tired of second-guessing everything? There
are some hypocritical elements of the "ad-com" stance. Montauk's book
has quotes from ad-coms where they talk about what they look for, and
there are a lot of conflicting things that drove me nuts. For instance
things like (making these up) :
"A lot of people get caught in the trap of telling us what they think
we want to hear, we just want essays that show a person's personality,
they shouldn't be concerned about what they think we want to hear," -
Jackass Ad-com #1
"When we read essays, we want very specific examples of why you want
to do XYZ. We expect applicants to have a crystal clear vision of why
they need an MBA, what companies they might work for, what specific
classes they're interested in," Jackass Ad-com #2
"Some essays people mention specific companies they want to work for
and positions they want. This is silly because we know many people
want to change industries, and that level of detail seems silly, so we
really just look for people with a good sense of their own strengths
and weaknesses," Jackass Ad-com #3
"Don't just give us a bunch of examples of why you're a great leader,
tell us why," Jackass Ad-com #4
"Show, don't tell," Jackass Ad-com #5
It all gets aggravating after a while, all the contradictions. There
were some discussions here (or was it on BW) where people were arguing
over Stern essay #1 that asks "Why an MBA?" Some people said that the
question necessarily implies "Why Stern?" while other people said,
"Read the question, they don't ask about Stern in that essay so don't
address that, ad-coms want to know that you can follow the
directions."
At the end of the day I kind of have this bad attitude, like F all of
that stuff, here's my application, if you don't like the fact that I
didn't mention specific classes then F off. Or if you don't like that I DID mention specific classes, F off. And if you think my career vision is too
specific, F off. If you think it's too vague then F off. How do you like me now?
all. Did anybody else get tired of second-guessing everything? There
are some hypocritical elements of the "ad-com" stance. Montauk's book
has quotes from ad-coms where they talk about what they look for, and
there are a lot of conflicting things that drove me nuts. For instance
things like (making these up) :
"A lot of people get caught in the trap of telling us what they think
we want to hear, we just want essays that show a person's personality,
they shouldn't be concerned about what they think we want to hear," -
Jackass Ad-com #1
"When we read essays, we want very specific examples of why you want
to do XYZ. We expect applicants to have a crystal clear vision of why
they need an MBA, what companies they might work for, what specific
classes they're interested in," Jackass Ad-com #2
"Some essays people mention specific companies they want to work for
and positions they want. This is silly because we know many people
want to change industries, and that level of detail seems silly, so we
really just look for people with a good sense of their own strengths
and weaknesses," Jackass Ad-com #3
"Don't just give us a bunch of examples of why you're a great leader,
tell us why," Jackass Ad-com #4
"Show, don't tell," Jackass Ad-com #5
It all gets aggravating after a while, all the contradictions. There
were some discussions here (or was it on BW) where people were arguing
over Stern essay #1 that asks "Why an MBA?" Some people said that the
question necessarily implies "Why Stern?" while other people said,
"Read the question, they don't ask about Stern in that essay so don't
address that, ad-coms want to know that you can follow the
directions."
At the end of the day I kind of have this bad attitude, like F all of
that stuff, here's my application, if you don't like the fact that I
didn't mention specific classes then F off. Or if you don't like that I DID mention specific classes, F off. And if you think my career vision is too
specific, F off. If you think it's too vague then F off. How do you like me now?
29 Jan 2007, 19:47
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HA! And SCREW YOU! I don't want in your stinkin' school anyway.
Yep, totally bad attitude. And for some reason, I developed a nasty dislike of Harvard, and I didn't even apply there. I mean, I read their essay topics, checked out their site, and then decided I was mad at them.
I am over all of that now (well, except HBS. Still mad at them), but I was cranky and crabby by the time it was over. And normally my disposition is as sweet as honey. I mean, I'm the original sunshine-and-light.
Yep, totally bad attitude. And for some reason, I developed a nasty dislike of Harvard, and I didn't even apply there. I mean, I read their essay topics, checked out their site, and then decided I was mad at them.
I am over all of that now (well, except HBS. Still mad at them), but I was cranky and crabby by the time it was over. And normally my disposition is as sweet as honey. I mean, I'm the original sunshine-and-light.
29 Jan 2007, 20:14
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Let's just hope my boss will let me keep working there after he wrote me a recommendation and i just got dinged all over the place.. "You still here, damn"
