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Hope you're all making good progress with the app!

I have one question, for the "impact" example for the cover letter do you guys think it is acceptable to use an example that you expand upon in the one of the essays??
i.e. I use the same example twice....

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i am trying to use a different example than my essays....but as long as you point them out from slightly different aspects i think you would be fine.... just my opinion!
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For Impact - I am also using same story and just expanding them in the regular essays....I do not think that having 4 different stories in going to impress the MIT adcom much...what is going to impress is couple powerful stories..IMHO

Crunch time now guys..make that final revision..less than 46 hours to go
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I just reviewed the final printed pdf application and hit submit.

Cover letter
Thanks for the advice on the cover letter, everyone. I ended up using Times New Roman 11 for the cover letter to be consistent with the font in the essays and resume, so that threw me over one page. It is what it is. :)

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You may want to include the essay title/question in the document you upload. I don't think I saw instructions to do so, but went ahead anyway. In the final printed application, this worked well as the final pdf just contains a string of pages with no essay questions automatically injected.
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the uploading system seems to be down, I cannot upload my essays
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Just submitted! :)
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"For graduates of non-U.S. institutions, indicate the grading distribution (e.g., A-F, 0-100) at your academic institution."

Do they mean what grading system was used or how the grades were actually distributed among students? Should I just leave this blank? Thanks
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I am also applying to Sloan R1. Please add me to the roll call. Thanks!
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i am a b.tech in "computer science & engineering" from IIT. Should i select the 'Degree Area' in the application form as 'Computer Science' or 'Engineering'? Help help. Do they affect my chances?
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i am a b.tech in "computer science & engineering" from IIT. Should i select the 'Degree Area' in the application form as 'Computer Science' or 'Engineering'? Help help. Do they affect my chances?
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I have same degree..I selected Computer Science..

They know B.Tech is engineering degree
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"For graduates of non-U.S. institutions, indicate the grading distribution (e.g., A-F, 0-100) at your academic institution."

Do they mean what grading system was used or how the grades were actually distributed among students? Should I just leave this blank? Thanks
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I interpreted it as your former. The latter doesn't make much sense to me, as there's not much room to write a full distribution out.

If you want to be real sure, give them a call.
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"For graduates of non-U.S. institutions, indicate the grading distribution (e.g., A-F, 0-100) at your academic institution."

Do they mean what grading system was used or how the grades were actually distributed among students? Should I just leave this blank? Thanks

I interpreted it as your former. The latter doesn't make much sense to me, as there's not much room to write a full distribution out.

If you want to be real sure, give them a call.
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Yeah, it does not make much sense. I'll just leave it blank. Thanks
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"For graduates of non-U.S. institutions, indicate the grading distribution (e.g., A-F, 0-100) at your academic institution."

Do they mean what grading system was used or how the grades were actually distributed among students? Should I just leave this blank? Thanks

I interpreted it as your former. The latter doesn't make much sense to me, as there's not much room to write a full distribution out.

If you want to be real sure, give them a call.

Yeah, it does not make much sense. I'll just leave it blank. Thanks
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@BruceLee @TDA: Guys I think you are reading too much into this. IMOP, this is simply the grading scale used by your school to mark courses (i.e. A-F, A+ to F, %, over 20, ...etc)
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Thanks mysamgmatclub
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Just a quick tip...

if anybody is having trouble uploading files (i.e. you're getting error messages), try converting your files to pdfs yourself and then uploading them directly as pdfs... it worked for me..

Good luck everyone!
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Just a quick tip...

if anybody is having trouble uploading files (i.e. you're getting error messages), try converting your files to pdfs yourself and then uploading them directly as pdfs... it worked for me..

Good luck everyone!
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The only issue I ran into was uploading documents larger than 500 KB. The document in question was a PDF of my transcript so played around with my scanner's resolution to settle on a readable version that was under the 500 KB limit. Uploading everything else went really smooth for all my Round 1 schools. Best of luck to everyone!
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Just hit the submit button.

Good luck to everyone!!!

and me!!!!!!!
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Does anyone know what happens if one of my recommendation letter comes one or two days late? Assuming everything else is submited on time by the R1 deadline. Thanks!!!
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Does anyone know what happens if one of my recommendation letter comes one or two days late? Assuming everything else is submited on time by the R1 deadline. Thanks!!!
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On the webpage it says that you are considered for R2
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Does anyone know what happens if one of my recommendation letter comes one or two days late? Assuming everything else is submited on time by the R1 deadline. Thanks!!!
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This is a far cry from official admissions policy but found this posted on Oct 27 on last year's MIT Sloan Fall 2010 Applicant thread:

I spoke to the adcom office and was told late recommenders on an otherwise submitted application will get considered for R1, but they won't guarantee you will hear for sure by the notification deadline. They will of course endeavour to make that deadline but no promises.

So hopefully a couple hours late on the reco isn't a huge deal. Better than getting included with R2 apps.
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Just a quick tip...

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I had issues uploading from Firefox (only today, last time it worked fine), and I changed to Safari and it worked. Anyway it is possible to contact support and send them the essays.
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