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Just Finished my interview: First 10-15 mins for tell me about yourself. talking about my family undergrad, and CV then 1 question about (Why MBA? Why Darden?) Challenging situation at work and how did you overcome it? when working with people from a background different than you and what did you learn? Something we missed or you want to add? (here i told her about the Clubs, initiatives, or activities im interested and made my questions to her)

Hello. Would you suggest that I send an email to the university informing them of a top performance award I've received this week? For context, I work at a Fortune 500 company and was one of eight employees selected for a 'Best Performer' award out of 400 in my department.

It’s not as big of a deal as a promotion which definitely warrants an email or update but I’m just wondering where they would file it under? Is it an award is a Bullet on your résumé? That’s just a bit of something they may struggle with what to do. However, I think it will not hurt to do that. I think if you send a nice message saying dear XYZ I’m sorry to distract you the busy time but I am super excited to share that I receive a Company X performance award And I was Wondering if it would be appropriate to add it to my application file. I worked pretty hard on this one and I wouldn’t trouble you if it wasn’t a big enough deal since only eight employees receive this award each year. It comes with a nice bonus as well. I would stay on the shorter side. Would also try to make it more personable and include a picture of you receiving it (maybe you can stage one holding it if you don’t have a picture😇) make a bigger deal

I would rather keep the info on standby just in case I get wailisted. That ways the impact of the update will be greater imo

Hi I am thinking to apply in round 2. I will have 3 years of experience at the time of joining. I have a 665 in gmat focus Should I apply or not

My qeird question Does selecting to diversity conference improve our chances of admission? weird*

Guaranteed Interview for any round.

Also, looking at your username. Duke also has one and gives guaranteed interview for any round. Tuck just had theirs this past weekend - no guaranteed interview, but it was amazing! Ross and Yale have theirs in two weeks. MIT has a diversity day in November (already full). The biggest benefit is that you get to talk to admissions committee directly.