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Schools: Duke '18 (D) Darden '18 (D) Kellogg '18 (D) HBS '18 (D) Kelley '18 (M$) Krannert '18 (A$) Sloan '18 (D)
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Schools: Duke '18 (D) Darden '18 (D) Kellogg '18 (D) HBS '18 (D) Kelley '18 (M$) Krannert '18 (A$) Sloan '18 (D)
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27 Jan 2016, 19:28
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I wouldn't say disadvantaged, but through web chats, my visit and the below video, it seems like it's a missed opportunity. Think of it as "it doesn't hurt you by not doing it, but it definitely can't help you!"
https://video.mit.edu/watch/jeff-carbone ... say-12847/
https://video.mit.edu/watch/jeff-carbone ... say-12847/
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28 Jan 2016, 22:48
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Here's a compilation of what I could gather from the discussions our R1 pals had:
1) Try not to obsess over the optional essay. If you have done the optional essay, good, if not, don't fret.. people have gotten interviews without them.
2) Our applications are viewed as holistic packages and we are literally plotted on a graph based on 9 parameters (if I remember right). People on the high-right side of the graph are top contenders.
3) Can't trust vimeo/youtube analytics completely. Don't base your conclusion on whether your optional essays have or haven't been viewed solely on analytics.
4) Read point 1 again. Take a minute to let it sink in
5) People who submitted their R1 apps mid-september started getting interview invites only in late October.. so we R2 peeps have a looong way to go.
6) The wait is going to kill us (well, most of us atleast) and we will resort to checking our phones every 2 minutes as the last day approaches. Then we will proceed to this very forum to see if it's just us or if everyone is slowly losing their minds. We will then start asking questions about location and things will start looking bleak because they've rolled out invites for your country but you didn't get one. Hope will fade, you'll stop believing in Santa.
7) Then suddenly! when you least expect it, there will be a mail from the Adcom with a 'you're invited!' subject line. DO NOT GET EXCITED. They probably just invited you to the grand opening of their newly painted troll lab.
8) But maybe someday, after a long wait, we will get that fateful mail - a heartening peal or a dull ding. You might just start believing in Santa again. When this does happen, let us know here.
9) Lastly and most importantly, do not lose hope! we are all in this together.. Remember the Gloria Gaynor song. We will survive 
1) Try not to obsess over the optional essay. If you have done the optional essay, good, if not, don't fret.. people have gotten interviews without them.
2) Our applications are viewed as holistic packages and we are literally plotted on a graph based on 9 parameters (if I remember right). People on the high-right side of the graph are top contenders.
3) Can't trust vimeo/youtube analytics completely. Don't base your conclusion on whether your optional essays have or haven't been viewed solely on analytics.
4) Read point 1 again. Take a minute to let it sink in
5) People who submitted their R1 apps mid-september started getting interview invites only in late October.. so we R2 peeps have a looong way to go.
6) The wait is going to kill us (well, most of us atleast) and we will resort to checking our phones every 2 minutes as the last day approaches. Then we will proceed to this very forum to see if it's just us or if everyone is slowly losing their minds. We will then start asking questions about location and things will start looking bleak because they've rolled out invites for your country but you didn't get one. Hope will fade, you'll stop believing in Santa.
7) Then suddenly! when you least expect it, there will be a mail from the Adcom with a 'you're invited!' subject line. DO NOT GET EXCITED. They probably just invited you to the grand opening of their newly painted troll lab.
8) But maybe someday, after a long wait, we will get that fateful mail - a heartening peal or a dull ding. You might just start believing in Santa again. When this does happen, let us know here.
9) Lastly and most importantly, do not lose hope! we are all in this together
.. Remember the Gloria Gaynor song. We will survive 
