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doverbeach
14 Jan 2012, 13:40
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my bad.
last year and the year before last, the first ones were sent out around jan 19/20. i forgot that this year's deadline is one week late. so it should be next next week? around jan 25 i think.
last year and the year before last, the first ones were sent out around jan 19/20. i forgot that this year's deadline is one week late. so it should be next next week? around jan 25 i think.
desijackass
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Schools: Booth '14 (D) Kellogg 1YR '13 (D) Fuqua '14 (D) Stanford '14 (D) Ross '14 (D) Yale '14 (D) Haas '14 (D)
GMAT 1: 720 Q49 V40
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GMAT 1: 720 Q49 V40
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15 Jan 2012, 00:44
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tgtivyleague
Just to bring it to people's notice that not all schools are that accommodating.
One of my former supervisors whom I asked to write a recommendation letter for me was having problems with the Duke, Kellogg and Michigan application system where he had to submit the review. In his defense he is not very computer savvy, but for his job description he does not have to be. He was doing me a favor writing the recommendation letters. Since he was unable to submit to all three schools online, and I had waived my rights to read the letter, meaning I could not handle the letter, the school would have to help him out. I called the each of the schools up, and below are the responses.
Duke: "No problem, have him email the letter to us and they will take care of it" , I asked about the looming deadline as this was the last day, they said that was also not a problem, they would take care of it as long as he emailed them from his official ID.
Kellogg: " No problem, have him email us and we will match it up to your file"
Both Duke and Kellogg, the first person who picked up the phone was very friendly and solved the problem
Michigan was very disappointing, they gave me the run around. Before I could even explain the whole problem, Michigan said it was a technical issue and transfered me to some tech guy, who then transfered me back to some other admissions person, who then transferred me to a third person , who basically said that it was my problem and the only way to submit the letter was through the online system. Eventually I solved the problem, but not after a lot of running around on my part.
My point being that not all schools are that accommodating. The recommendation letter is something the applicant has least control over and schools should understand that. Luckily for us, some schools are very helpful and understand that, but others do not. Most schools realize that as paying applicants we are customers of the school and as future students we are clients. To an extent business schools survive because of the market we as applicants created, because as future students we pay for the education only if we know we are going to make the money back. The application fee alone generates approx $1.9 million for Stanford and about $580,000 for Michigan , enough to support at least 7 employees. Bottom line, no school is doing you a favor by allowing you to apply, and reviewing your application. You are paying for the service and this SHOULD reflect in their attitude.
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15 Jan 2012, 07:43
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) Also, in the interview, you can always let them know that your intenion is/was to take some time off to travel to some new location, or catch up on some hobby or maybe even meet some old friends, before you get into the MBA grind. Thanks Sam. Appreciate the time and effort you put into helping others on this forum. Good luck !!!
