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great job! im applying round 2 to HBS, Sloan is my first choice but it would be hard to turn down HBS, great job and good luck!
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Congrats! That's great!

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In at Booth with significant scholarship.
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Congrats to you and all the other military guys who are done searching. Best of luck!

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any advice on the sloan interview, me and 2 other vets got invited today
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Congrats on the interview invites.

For Sloan, just follow their guide on behavioral interviews. Probably the best thing you can do is to practice responding to typical questions, but not to the point where it seems overly rehearsed. If you pick a number of key experiences, both personal and professional, that fit a variety of situations, then that's a good start. The feel will also be different because you might not have the usual "walk me through your resume" type question to get in the groove. On the other hand, don't stress out more just because it's a different format.
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thanks for the advice, i am thinking up alternate answers/examples for all the essay questions to show depth of experience too (during my visit they recommended that)

thanks for the help, i am signing up for friday jan 7 (once my Battalion Commander approves - hopefully tomorrow)

good luck to the vets out there, looks like we are doing well so far

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Congrats to everyone who has received admits and interview invites!! :-D

I've got an application that's asking me for the size of the company (number of employees and annual monetary turnover) for previous positions. Anybody else have to deal with this? Any thoughts on how to estimate the number of soldiers in the Army at any given time? I thought about just indicating the number of soldiers in my unit, but I'm not sure that's accurate or what they're looking for. And then do I go with my company, battalion, brigade, division...? And, since the Army doesn't really make revenue, should I indicate that as N/A? Or am I wrong in that assumption?

Any suggestions would be appreciated :?
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I had the same issue with work experience--I don't know if your entire work history is military, but mine was. I listed each unit I was in as a separate "company" and put the size of the company as the number of people in the unit, ie:

2nd Beer Drinking Squadron, 150 pax, $0 in revenue, 2003-2005

69th Flying Squadron, 120 pax, $0 revenue, 2005-2010

96th IBCT (I was on the BDE staff during deployment as a liaison), 4500 pax, 2010-2011

You get the idea. I got feedback from a couple adcom-types that they like to see it broken down that way, I'd be curious if that's how others did it as well.

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Congrats to everyone who has received admits and interview invites!! :-D

I've got an application that's asking me for the size of the company (number of employees and annual monetary turnover) for previous positions. Anybody else have to deal with this? Any thoughts on how to estimate the number of soldiers in the Army at any given time? I thought about just indicating the number of soldiers in my unit, but I'm not sure that's accurate or what they're looking for. And then do I go with my company, battalion, brigade, division...? And, since the Army doesn't really make revenue, should I indicate that as N/A? Or am I wrong in that assumption?

Any suggestions would be appreciated :?
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I had the same issue with work experience--I don't know if your entire work history is military, but mine was. I listed each unit I was in as a separate "company" and put the size of the company as the number of people in the unit, ie:

2nd Beer Drinking Squadron, 150 pax, $0 in revenue, 2003-2005

69th Flying Squadron, 120 pax, $0 revenue, 2005-2010

96th IBCT (I was on the BDE staff during deployment as a liaison), 4500 pax, 2010-2011

You get the idea. I got feedback from a couple adcom-types that they like to see it broken down that way, I'd be curious if that's how others did it as well.

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Square, congratulations on HBS! You probably took the only military pilot slot from me. I got a little down on my chances when I saw the school's bar graph showing entrants by undergrad graduation year. I would have been one of the three oldest people in the class.

For what it's worth, I did the same thing with my work experience. Each line on my resume was a different command and I included something to approximate numbers to show scale.
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Bump for military applicants.

R1 apps submitted for Stanford (ding), Berkeley (invited to interview), UCLA (interview completed)
R2 apps underway for Kellogg and Wharton

So far I've gotten great responses from the vets clubs at all five, including several guys I knew from TBS and MOS school. I'd definitely recommend contacting those organizations at any schools you're considering.
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Gearing up for the last 2-3 weeks of app writing!

Shooting for Booth, Wharton, Kellogg, and possibly HBS (depending on whether I scrap together the last rec letter)

I really just dont understand the rec letter process - the schools could make a fortune more in fees by sharing letters. Rec letters are all that are limiting me at this point :/

Best of luck to everyone!
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Let me know if you have any questions about Booth. I'd also offer for Kellogg, but I got dinged there so may not be that much of a help :)

I was told in the interview (that I tanked) that they look for "quality and quantity of leadership experiences" in their military applicants.
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Got the ding from Stanford on the 15th. Anyone here get good news from there?

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I really just dont understand the rec letter process - the schools could make a fortune more in fees by sharing letters. Rec letters are all that are limiting me at this point :/

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I think they don't share recommendations primarily because schools want to create as many barriers to entry as possible to keep the total number of applications down and yield up. Since applicants are so different coming into MBA programs, they want to evaluate the whole application instead of just looking at test scores. I'd have applied to 20 or so programs if the recommendations were shared, which is five times the number to which I actually applied. Assuming most people would apply to more programs, they'd either have to hire more people (which would negate some of the benefits of more applications) or not evaluate the applications as thoroughly, which isn't what an HR professional is going to want to do.

Since yield is one way to measure a program's attractiveness to students, schools want to keep that number as high as possible, especially for the schools in the tier below Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton. With fewer barriers to entry, schools like Ross, Yale, Haas, and UCLA would see a big spike in applications because people like me would apply to all four instead of just one (Ross). Since they aren't as attractive to most students, they'd have to issue more acceptance letters to fill their class, and would see yield go down as a result.

For what it's worth, I think the recommendations are kind of stupid. Everyone should be able to find 2-3 people that like them enough to say really positive things. I'm fortunate enough to have a really good friend of mine for a supervisor, so he showed me everything he did. The schools all asked similar questions, but were looking for totally different formats. Some, like Harvard, had a ton of writing while others basically asked him to fill in a bunch of boxes rating me from amazing to really poor. To do a good job, recommenders can't do 10 recommendations in a short time period.
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I don't know if I'd read that much into it. That's how it works for almost all graduate programs. I'd assume that it's just a matter of them not seeing it as something that is worth the time and effort. In most cases the person writing the rec can just click some boxes and attach the letter they've already written with a few minor modifications.
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Deechi - thanks for the offer! I'm actually just beginning to wrap up my Booth package. Maybe its just me, but Im SO glad they 'only' have two essays and a blank page. The Kellogg one has a career progression and also a leadership progression essay..... ummmm, yeah for me that's basically the same thing. Dreading that one.

Maybe Im just a concise writer but I am consistently coming in UNDER word limits on most of my essays. Im starting to feel like Im just rambling on and on, repeating the same points.

You know your life is sad when getting on GC is your escape, as it is mine right now.
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Hey Guys/Gals,

Please let me know if you have any questions about Kellogg. I'm a first year student there.

Also, if you haven't visited our website, please do so. The Vets club is very dedicated to helping applicants effectively communicate their story and gain admission to our school.

Website: https://kellogg.campusgroups.com/veterans/about/

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Quick bump for the military thread. Invited for an interview with Sloan today -- really hoping I can convert. It's do or die. Good luck to all the vets and congrats on a great application season!
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I'm still polishing up all my R2 applications and trying to corral my recommenders to try and keep them on pace. I made some last minute decisions to apply to a couple new schools, so right now I'm dealing with the self inflicted pain caused by that. I'll be glad when my applications are complete and submitted, but I'm sure I'll find something else to worry about at that point as well. ha.
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Congrats on the invite, RD! And good luck with the interview!

Mateo - good luck with finishing up apps. I'm still in that process as well, a couple of rolling admissions schools and applying to one school R2 (due in Jan) and another school R3 (due in Feb).

Got an interview invite to University of Cambridge, will be flying out to Europe next month for that. Will also take the opportunity to tour some other schools out there.
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