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Calling All Fall 2012 Consortium Applicants! 22 Dec 2011, 14:24
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I'm going to be around finishing my applications but I want to take a moment to wish Happy Holidays to all the Consortium Applicants!!! May the new year bring great news and great surprises!!! Good Luck to everyone in 2012...we are going to need it.
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I was unable to make it to Darden's last interview date in December and will be going there in mid to late January.

Any advice on how I can prepare for the interview? It's going to be expensive to fly out there. I like the school (know a few UVA alums) but due to family reasons, I've looked mostly at mid-west schools and I ranked them 4th on my list.

Thoughts? Advice?
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I was unable to make it to Darden's last interview date in December and will be going there in mid to late January.

Any advice on how I can prepare for the interview? It's going to be expensive to fly out there. I like the school (know a few UVA alums) but due to family reasons, I've looked mostly at mid-west schools and I ranked them 4th on my list.

Thoughts? Advice?
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Interview was pretty laid back... One main question 'Tell me your story'... maybe a few other questions. I would say in general it's low stress and I wouldn't worry too much about over preparing. That said, know your basics, why mba, why now, why darden.

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Happy Holidays to everyone on the Consortium Forum!

Also, I wanted to pass along some friendly tips to Round Two applicants that will help out as you submit apps:

1a. Use Internet Explorer. Don't ask why, but you'll eliminate a lot of headache by using IE.

1b. Pay attention to your word and character counts on your application. Last thing you want to do is go back and re-edit and edited essay. And yes, spaces equal characters so beware.

2. You can send your tardy recommender a friendly (and pretty official looking reminder) through the Consortium website on the recommender page. It may take some searching around to find; but I found this to be a good way to remind recommenders without sending a message directly from you that could be misconstrued as nagging.

3. If you haven't already sent your official GMAT or GRE scores to Consortium do it sooner rather than later. With people not being around during the holidays you never know how long things will take to go through their system electronically. Why not beat the Jan 5th rush?

4. Double check when you copy and paste and essay, short answer, etc. into the box the end doesn't get chopped off.

5. Before you hit submit, review the printable .pdf copy that will get sent to the actual schools; there will be an option before the final submit prompt. There were numerous errors on mine (including my rankings).

6. Don't freak out if you don't hear back immediately from schools. It takes a while, especially with certain ones.

Finally, a last bit of advice, and by no means do I think I'm an authority on b-school apps, try your hardest to keep your personal statement to two pages without adjusting the formatting. Multiple adcoms and second year reviewers have told me it's an absolute no-no to exceed two pages and/or deviate from formatting... so resist the urge to add that extra sentence in there and try to shrink your font to 11 pt or adjust the margins to .75 on the sides. Application reviewers notice. Not saying it will kill your chances but would you be pleased if someone tried to stretch the guidelines?

Again, happy holidays and good luck to all. We're here to help if anyone has questions/issues.
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Quick question guys. I know the essays have a max of 2 pages, double spaced and size 12 font. I adjusted my margins to .5 .5 .5 .5, do you think that is fine?

Edit: above poster answered my question... With 2 weeks left, I have to rush editing my core essays! :(
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Quick question guys. I know the essays have a max of 2 pages, double spaced and size 12 font. I adjusted my margins to .5 .5 .5 .5, do you think that is fine?

Edit: above poster answered my question... With 2 weeks left, I have to rush editing my core essays! :(
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Hey Fellas,
Being a follower for couple of months now, but first time poster. You guys all rock and provide some very insightful information.

With regards to the margin, there was no specifications for the margins right, the instructions mentioned 2 pages, 12Pt font, etc, but no margin indications.

My margin specs are 1, 1, 0.8 and 0.8 :-D Do you suggest I re-edit my essay with 1X1 margins or take the risk - 1X1 comes out to a page and couple of extra lines?

Thanks!
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You guys heard from Lagomez - it's being a while since I saw a post from him/her?

Was a very hilarious fellow on last year's blog - I wish him/her luck this time around...
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Quick question guys. I know the essays have a max of 2 pages, double spaced and size 12 font. I adjusted my margins to .5 .5 .5 .5, do you think that is fine?

Edit: above poster answered my question... With 2 weeks left, I have to rush editing my core essays! :(

Hey Fellas,
Being a follower for couple of months now, but first time poster. You guys all rock and provide some very insightful information.

With regards to the margin, there was no specifications for the margins right, the instructions mentioned 2 pages, 12Pt font, etc, but no margin indications.

My margin specs are 1, 1, 0.8 and 0.8 :-D Do you suggest I re-edit my essay with 1X1 margins or take the risk - 1X1 comes out to a page and couple of extra lines?

Thanks!
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Previous poster said YES to your question. I had my margin .5 .5 .5 .5, which would amount to 2.5 pages when 1" 1" 1" 1". I just shortened it. I don't want any bad initial reaction from the reader when looking at my essays.
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To R1 applicants here: How did you do in your bottom-ranked schools? Did you get an admit?

I am so sorry but I cant help but really stress about the schools I ranked 5th and 6th.
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Quick question guys. I know the essays have a max of 2 pages, double spaced and size 12 font. I adjusted my margins to .5 .5 .5 .5, do you think that is fine?

Edit: above poster answered my question... With 2 weeks left, I have to rush editing my core essays! :(

Hey Fellas,
Being a follower for couple of months now, but first time poster. You guys all rock and provide some very insightful information.

With regards to the margin, there was no specifications for the margins right, the instructions mentioned 2 pages, 12Pt font, etc, but no margin indications.

My margin specs are 1, 1, 0.8 and 0.8 :-D Do you suggest I re-edit my essay with 1X1 margins or take the risk - 1X1 comes out to a page and couple of extra lines?

Thanks!

Previous poster said YES to your question. I had my margin .5 .5 .5 .5, which would amount to 2.5 pages when 1" 1" 1" 1". I just shortened it. I don't want any bad initial reaction from the reader when looking at my essays.
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Thanks!
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One thing I would add for all of you Round Two folks about margins and formatting... Utilize your real estate. Headers and footers are there for a reason. Also, paragraph spacing can be condensed from 12 pt. to 8 pt. You'd be surprised that you may be able to fit an extra line or two on the page.

gablaze, response has been good on my end. One waitlist so far but seems pretty common place for the particular school I'm talking about.

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To R1 applicants here: How did you do in your bottom-ranked schools? Did you get an admit?

I am so sorry but I cant help but really stress about the schools I ranked 5th and 6th.
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I was waitlisted at my #5 (Tepper) and Interviewed awaiting decision at my #6 (Kelley). If I could do it all over again I would only apply to 3 or 4 through Consortium and apply to the other schools separately.
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To R1 applicants here: How did you do in your bottom-ranked schools? Did you get an admit?

I am so sorry but I cant help but really stress about the schools I ranked 5th and 6th.

I was waitlisted at my #5 (Tepper) and Interviewed awaiting decision at my #6 (Kelley). If I could do it all over again I would only apply to 3 or 4 through Consortium and apply to the other schools separately.
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Can you explain why? If you get a wait list in your #5 and potentially an admit in your #6, then I would say you did pretty well. How about your first five 4 schools?
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One thing I would add for all of you Round Two folks about margins and formatting... Utilize your real estate. Headers and footers are there for a reason. Also, paragraph spacing can be condensed from 12 pt. to 8 pt. You'd be surprised that you may be able to fit an extra line or two on the page.

gablaze, response has been good on my end. One waitlist so far but seems pretty common place for the particular school I'm talking about.

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Wow so you got an admit for 5/6 and 1 waitlist? Congratulations!

With regards to the essays, did you send it in PDF or .DOC? :)
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One thing I would add for all of you Round Two folks about margins and formatting... Utilize your real estate. Headers and footers are there for a reason. Also, paragraph spacing can be condensed from 12 pt. to 8 pt. You'd be surprised that you may be able to fit an extra line or two on the page.

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Wow so you got an admit for 5/6 and 1 waitlist? Congratulations!

With regards to the essays, did you send it in PDF or .DOC? :)
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Pretty sure it won't matter. When the consortium system sends your app to other schools your essays will come thru as a .pdf.

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To R1 applicants here: How did you do in your bottom-ranked schools? Did you get an admit?

I am so sorry but I cant help but really stress about the schools I ranked 5th and 6th.

I was waitlisted at my #5 (Tepper) and Interviewed awaiting decision at my #6 (Kelley). If I could do it all over again I would only apply to 3 or 4 through Consortium and apply to the other schools separately.


Can you explain why? If you get a wait list in your #5 and potentially an admit in your #6, then I would say you did pretty well. How about your first five 4 schools?
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I just feel like low-rankings hurt chances for admission because they don't think you'll go there. I visited Tepper for 3 days, talked to students, adcoms, and the Consortium decision maker Linwood Harris, and everything was looking good. I'm pretty sure I showed more interest than 90% of people who applied. I honestly felt like out of all the schools I applied to, barring the fact that they see the rankings, Tepper was my safety based on my experiences with them.

If I don't get into Kelley it will at least be justified since I didn't visit the school and chum it up, but Tepper? I just can't figure it out...

As far as the schools I ranked high. I've interview with my #1 (Johnson), have an interview scheduled with my #2 (Marshall), and have heard nothing from 3 or 4. If I'm waitlisted or dinged at my #1 or #2 it would make since that my application is simply not up to par. But if I get into Johnson, which I didn't visit, after getting waitlisted at Tepper, which I put in LOTS of facetime, my only conclusion will be rankings...rankings..rankings...

That said, how have you done so far with your lower/higher ranked schools?
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I applied to 4 through The Consortium. So far, Ross told me to wait till end of January (when they decide whom to interview), Tuck hasn't said a peep about my application (will call them in January), Tepper put me on a waitlist (I bombed my interview but I really like the school, I was looking at housing options in Pittsburgh) and will be heading out to Darden in mid-January.

Overall, it's been really quiet and disconcerting. I like all the schools and didn't think to have a safety school.
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For Tuck, I believe you don't need to wait for them to request an interview - can't you just go to them and do a student-initiated interview?
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this may be a silly question..... on the consortium site, it says the application is due on midnight, january 5th.

is that midnight, as in from january 4th -> january 5th at 12am

or midnight, as in the night of january 5th, when midnight is actually 12am on january 6th
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I applied to 4 through The Consortium. So far, Ross told me to wait till end of January (when they decide whom to interview), Tuck hasn't said a peep about my application (will call them in January), Tepper put me on a waitlist (I bombed my interview but I really like the school, I was looking at housing options in Pittsburgh) and will be heading out to Darden in mid-January.

Overall, it's been really quiet and disconcerting. I like all the schools and didn't think to have a safety school.
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Jassin,

I wouldn't worry too much about it being quiet (esp. in the case of Tuck). You will likely get a random acknowledgment right before they release decisions. Good luck on your Darden interview. Many of us on the forum were waitlisted -- not sure if they are waiting to hear from Round 2 applicants before they make final choices but I'm sure they'll love you... lots of good vibes when I visited in December.
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