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can any Ross students speak about the strength of the alumni network 1) in tech 2) on the west coast (bay area) in particular?

i'm having trouble ranking ross and stern in order of preference on my consortium app. while i think stern is in a better location (nyc, winter isn't as long or as harsh - yes, this matters to me) and will probably be better for my short term goals, i don't think it offers the overall strength and flexibility of ross nor is it's alumni reach as strong on the west coast (although i went to a prominent west coast UG so maybe this negates that point). they both have pros and cons, but if someone were to give me money to attend, i don't know which would be the better bet.
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I googled the following pages:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NYU_Stern_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_School_of_Business

I think they are comparable in strength of the alumni network.
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Does anyone know when we can expect to find out about decisions for R2? I'm hoping some time in February.
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Does anyone know when we can expect to find out about decisions for R2? I'm hoping some time in February.
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Sorry to say but I think the notification date is the 15th of March. Youmight have your interviews happening in Feb though.
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Guys, dont know if you'll have come across this but daring to sound silly:
Have ull noticed that the space we have after a full stop or a comma in our essays is also counted as a word in the word doc. In that case for a 300 word essay, we can actually save upto 40-50 words if we eliminate those spaces.
Considering we are going way over the limit in a 300 word count essay, wont it be useful to make use of this or can we not have imperfect formatting??
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Any R1 applicants care to take a look at my rough drafts of my essays and really tear them apart? I'm applying R2 and would love for someone on here to take a look and really give it a good shredding.
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Guys, dont know if you'll have come across this but daring to sound silly:
Have ull noticed that the space we have after a full stop or a comma in our essays is also counted as a word in the word doc. In that case for a 300 word essay, we can actually save upto 40-50 words if we eliminate those spaces.
Considering we are going way over the limit in a 300 word count essay, wont it be useful to make use of this or can we not have imperfect formatting??
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I doubt they will appreciate hotch potch formatting since they specify exactly what font and how much line spacing...
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Any R1 applicants care to take a look at my rough drafts of my essays and really tear them apart? I'm applying R2 and would love for someone on here to take a look and really give it a good shredding.
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I think first year Ross students would be able to do a much better job since we dont have much idea either... but still, if u want us to read them and analyze, send them over
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Guys, dont know if you'll have come across this but daring to sound silly:
Have ull noticed that the space we have after a full stop or a comma in our essays is also counted as a word in the word doc. In that case for a 300 word essay, we can actually save upto 40-50 words if we eliminate those spaces.
Considering we are going way over the limit in a 300 word count essay, wont it be useful to make use of this or can we not have imperfect formatting??

I doubt they will appreciate hotch potch formatting since they specify exactly what font and how much line spacing...
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Well,the things is I can still abide by the font and line spacing criteria and do what I mentioned earlier.Im just talking of removing the spaces between words where there is a comma or a full stop like I've shown here.That does not break any rules and still creates space for a para more than what you could have written otherwise!
Any thoughts people??
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can any Ross students speak about the strength of the alumni network 1) in tech 2) on the west coast (bay area) in particular?

i'm having trouble ranking ross and stern in order of preference on my consortium app. while i think stern is in a better location (nyc, winter isn't as long or as harsh - yes, this matters to me) and will probably be better for my short term goals, i don't think it offers the overall strength and flexibility of ross nor is it's alumni reach as strong on the west coast (although i went to a prominent west coast UG so maybe this negates that point). they both have pros and cons, but if someone were to give me money to attend, i don't know which would be the better bet.
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i went to the sf happy hour and i think michigan's network on the bay area / tech is third to stanford, berkeley. this is because of sheer numbers and placements on the west coast. (big reason why i'm applying)
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Guys, dont know if you'll have come across this but daring to sound silly:
Have ull noticed that the space we have after a full stop or a comma in our essays is also counted as a word in the word doc. In that case for a 300 word essay, we can actually save upto 40-50 words if we eliminate those spaces.
Considering we are going way over the limit in a 300 word count essay, wont it be useful to make use of this or can we not have imperfect formatting??
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whoa are you serious? this is GREAT news.
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I lived in the bay area prior to coming to Ross. In my experience, the bay area is one of the most popular destinations for Ross grads and there are a ton of folks who end up on the west every year. If you get admitted, you can see for yourself by getting in touch with the alumni association there.

Also,I just checked our alumni database and can tell you that there are about 1000 MBA alumni in the bay area. Obviously this doesnt include the 10 or so people who end up in amazon every year.

So, I dont think Michigan would be a bad choice for anyone interested in tech on the west coast. I suggest you also get in touch with the High Tech club at Ross.

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hi ncp, thanks very helpful info. i'll definitely contact the hitech club, but based on your experience, would it be fair to say that getting into amazon is like getting into a mcb for consulting, in terms of competitiveness?
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Guys, dont know if you'll have come across this but daring to sound silly:
Have ull noticed that the space we have after a full stop or a comma in our essays is also counted as a word in the word doc. In that case for a 300 word essay, we can actually save upto 40-50 words if we eliminate those spaces.
Considering we are going way over the limit in a 300 word count essay, wont it be useful to make use of this or can we not have imperfect formatting??
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NEVER do that. You have to have a space after full-stop. They will never accept this kind of huge errors. Think about it this way, you can also reduce the word count by eliminating all articles(a,an , the) but can you do that?
Dont even think about these things. Look at you essays carefully you can easily cut 20% without changing the meaning. I just reduced/edited my Kellogg essays from 700 words to 600 words in one hour. Put in a little hard work and edit it.
By the way I can tell you from my experiences that all my best essays were short. The shorter the essay, the better it comes out.
Plus none of the other applicants will use these kind of tricks so anyways they will not accept poorly formatted essays. So focus your energy somewhere else. Hope it helps.
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Guys, dont know if you'll have come across this but daring to sound silly:
Have ull noticed that the space we have after a full stop or a comma in our essays is also counted as a word in the word doc. In that case for a 300 word essay, we can actually save upto 40-50 words if we eliminate those spaces.
Considering we are going way over the limit in a 300 word count essay, wont it be useful to make use of this or can we not have imperfect formatting??
NEVER do that. You have to have a space after full-stop. They will never accept this kind of huge errors. Think about it this way, you can also reduce the word count by eliminating all articles(a,an , the) but can you do that?
Dont even think about these things. Look at you essays carefully you can easily cut 20% without changing the meaning. I just reduced/edited my Kellogg essays from 700 words to 600 words in one hour. Put in a little hard work and edit it.
By the way I can tell you from my experiences that all my best essays were short. The shorter the essay, the better it comes out.
Plus none of the other applicants will use these kind of tricks so anyways they will not accept poorly formatted essays. So focus your energy somewhere else. Hope it helps.
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Greatly :) Thanks a lot.
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im asking again - does anyone know when GBR is? last year it was end Mar/Apr i think. Anyone know the exact dates yet? thanks in advance!
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im asking again - does anyone know when GBR is? last year it was end Mar/Apr i think. Anyone know the exact dates yet? thanks in advance!
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the date hasnt been disclosed yet... i think when they send admission invitations, the info will be there in it...
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quick quesiton on essays:

2. Describe your most significant professional accomplishment. Elaborate on the leadership skills you displayed, the actions you took and the impact you had on your organization.

In this essays ... are we supposed to describe the accomplishment and then kind of described as to what leadership skills you displayed

or

should we describe leaderskills as we talk about the accomplishment.

on the same line .. do we need to explicitly mention that particular leadrship skills or should we assume that the reader will obviously get an idea abu that leadership skill.

thanks in advance
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quick quesiton on essays:

2. Describe your most significant professional accomplishment. Elaborate on the leadership skills you displayed, the actions you took and the impact you had on your organization.

In this essays ... are we supposed to describe the accomplishment and then kind of described as to what leadership skills you displayed

or

should we describe leaderskills as we talk about the accomplishment.

on the same line .. do we need to explicitly mention that particular leadrship skills or should we assume that the reader will obviously get an idea abu that leadership skill.

thanks in advance
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generally, you're telling a story (versus an essay) so it all ties in together. as you're telling it, you should be using words that clearly describe what leadership qualities you're exhibiting but you don't want to make it too vague so someone has to guess at what you're describing. if you haven't picked up this book,65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays, then you should. it'll give you a good idea of leadership essays and storytelling.
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Thanks Peace,


Can on of your guys shed some light on "action based learning" - from what i learned thru my RnD so far... it sounds like for each class you guys get some real work buisness probelm. is that true ?
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