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how did you help your recommenders come up with 3 weaknesses (6 weaknesses in total) without destroying
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My rec is asking me to give them some sort of an idea. We all know we can't BS. But what are some of the examples?
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I do not think they need to be 6 unique weaknesses, at the same time they cannot be identical since your recommenders would not write the exact same thing. I really left this up to my recommenders to determine themselves. I would ask them what they think, and then help them phrase it so its not negative and fits in with your story.
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Perhaps suggest that your recommender consider areas you could improve in to reach your short and/or long term goals. "weakness" & "opportunity for improvement"..the distinction is subtle, but important...
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or as always the 'confidence' kind of example... where you are very confident but sometimes it ends up being a negative thing or causing you to do blunders etc... double edged sword kind of negative traits :) in for round 2. lets go tuckkk
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Just wondering...As an EA round international candidate who couldn't interview at Hanover, and hasn't received an interview invite yet, am I being too optimist in still expecting an Skype interview call? Any idea until when have the i/v invites been sent historically?
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Just wondering...As an EA round international candidate who couldn't interview at Hanover, and hasn't received an interview invite yet, am I being too optimist in still expecting an Skype interview call? Any idea until when have the i/v invites been sent historically?
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I don't know what "D" day is in terms of not getting an interview invite. I would assume they can send out invites until decisions are sent out, potentially deferring your application to a later round to conduct the interview.
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Has anyone heard, or seen any indication of EA/RD 1 application volume trends...2011 v. 2012?

Looks like GMATCLUB EAs dropped from 74 to 68...think that's representative?
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Has anyone heard, or seen any indication of EA/RD 1 application volume trends...2011 v. 2012?

Looks like GMATCLUB EAs dropped from 74 to 68...think that's representative?
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Well the overall application volumes for this season are down. You may want to refer the Gmac website which says the application volumes for Full-time MBA are down by 2/3rds.
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Folks,

how did you help your recommenders come up with 3 weaknesses (6 weaknesses in total) without destroying
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My rec is asking me to give them some sort of an idea. We all know we can't BS. But what are some of the examples?
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That's a very interesting question.

I know for sure that one of my recommendation says: "I can hone my leadership skills and pay some more attention to detail".
But the final ratings are mostly in the top 10-20%tile bracket. I did manage to get an invite from Ross though.

Coming back to your point: I think schools are smart and experienced enough to understand that the recommendations are more a reflection of how smart the recommenders themselves are to write the pertinent details and exclude the unnecessary ones. I guess unless someone says that you lack maturity or you are not committed to the assigned work or that your communication skills are weak, rest all 'weak points' from recommender's are to be taken in the context of the overall application.
But don't be too smart to project yourself as someone who does not really has any weakness - he is so diligent that he finishes the work assigned to his/her teammates as well. Above weakness disguised as a strong point can highlight that you are the brains behind the recommendations.

Frankly I think all of us have weaknesses. If all of the applicants are superstar then they really don't need to come to the schools. Ask your recommenders about what you can improve on and make sure that they write that in your recommendation letters.
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Just wondering...As an EA round international candidate who couldn't interview at Hanover, and hasn't received an interview invite yet, am I being too optimist in still expecting an Skype interview call? Any idea until when have the i/v invites been sent historically?
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I am in the same situation...still waiting, and I am reapplicant from last year
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Does anyone know if Tuck releases any decisions before the Dec. 16th final decision deadline, or are the decisions released all at the same time?
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Does anyone know if Tuck releases any decisions before the Dec. 16th final decision deadline, or are the decisions released all at the same time?
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Based on last years thread it looks like accepts start getting calls Wednesday of the notification week with calls coming in until sometime Friday. I think the last call was reported around 3PM EST on Friday. So I would assume if you do not get a call between that time frame, its not good news. There were a few individuals admitted without a call, but I would view this as an exception and not the rule.

Here is to another Month of waiting for EA's! The wait is driving me insane.
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Hi, everyone. I just submitted my application on the Nov Round deadline. Unfortunately, one of my recommender forgot to submit her recommendation letter by the deadline and she cannot submit it until next Tuesday. I want to know whether I can still be counted as Nov Round applicant. Many thanks!
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Hi, everyone. I just submitted my application on the Nov Round deadline. Unfortunately, one of my recommender forgot to submit her recommendation letter by the deadline and she cannot submit it until next Tuesday. I want to know whether I can still be counted as Nov Round applicant. Many thanks!
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I was up there for a visit/interview a couple of weeks ago and in the Q&A they said that if recs come in within a few days of the deadline they generally accept them. Might be worth giving them a ring to confirm your specific case though. Best of luck
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Randolph
Has anyone heard, or seen any indication of EA/RD 1 application volume trends...2011 v. 2012?

Looks like GMATCLUB EAs dropped from 74 to 68...think that's representative?


Well the overall application volumes for this season are down. You may want to refer the Gmac website which says the application volumes for Full-time MBA are down by 2/3rds.
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This was the case last year as well but Tuck's volume was up. The acceptance rate went from 20% to 18%. It's hard to gauge what the volume is but don't count on it being too low.
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I've read similar questions a couple of times on here so I'll address them in one general email. If you have interviewed don't expect to hear anything until maybe three days before the decision deadline. If you are still waiting for an invite, hang in there. Everyone will receive an email about a week before that a decision has been made, or something to that extent. If you haven't received an invite by that point then expect either a no or a waitlist. Of course, strange things happen and you might even get an interview invite after that but that would be rare.
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Has anyone submitted the scholarship application (for November round)?
Last date is 16th Nov.

The PDF form has some check-boxes that I cannot "check" in my adobe reader. Anyone else seeing this problem?
Is the form supposed to be filled by hand?
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You may wish to try other pdf reader such as Foxit Pro. it works for me
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For those emailing scholarship applications to Tuck, are you able to attach the filled in application pdf to the email. For me, the error states that no filled information will be saved in the attached file.

How to go about emailing the application?
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For those emailing scholarship applications to Tuck, are you able to attach the filled in application pdf to the email. For me, the error states that no filled information will be saved in the attached file.

How to go about emailing the application?
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dude, try the following:
1. print it.
2. scan it
3. send it.
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Any international EA round hear back from the admission???
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