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Hi everyone! 👋
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“Mini heads-up: 🗓️ Application deadlines for Yale SOM Round 1 are just 8 weeks away! Anyone else in rush mode? 😅 Feel free to drop questions if you’re stuck anywhere 🫣 happy to help!😃

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Hi, everyone, we also want to update this topic list-of-all-application-fee-waivers-fulltime-mba-2024-edition-367465.html


FYI: There’s are upcoming Yale SOM webinars/info session happening. It’s a great one to attend, especially if you want insights from current students. Who’s planning to go?


I have reserved for 11th

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I found this super helpful video on Yale SOM . Dropping it here in case it helps someone else too. If you’ve come across any other, feel free to share!

https://youtu.be/xeqUfdd_DvA?si=CsOH93rtSsaDu1RW
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Hey everyone! Just wanted to share a quick tip—something I’ve noticed in my own writing and in others’. We all have favorite words or phrases we lean on, often without realizing it. I do it too. But here’s the thing: *repetition can dull the impact of your essay, even if the reader doesn’t consciously notice it*

A quick word audit can make a huge difference. You might be surprised how often the same words show up. As someone with a degree in creative writing and a published book out, I say this with acumen : please cut the clutter, and your voice will shine through.

Here’s a short example from my own essay where I caught myself overusing a bunch of words. Hope it helps!
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If I have given GMAT
Is it necessary to give IELTS also?

My 10+2+4 education was in the English medium.
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Nope

But check with schools
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Every school has different requirements. Some schools exempt if your undergraduation was done from a school where the medium of instruction was only in english
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🫣 what part of the application is stressing you out most right now?
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Hey, does anyone have any feedback or inputs on leapquest admissions consulting?
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Always start with hourly services and then expand on comprehensive packages when in doubt
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I found this super helpful video on Yale SOM . Dropping it here in case it helps someone else too. If you’ve come across any other, feel free to share!

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Thank you very much for sharing this and for your useful tips 🫡 duly noted
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Not assigned yet. But someone called Darshan spoke to me as a preliminary discussion.
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I guess as aware consumers we should look at negative or mixed reviews
Good reviews are deceiving anyday
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Putting in my two cents...
Hourly services never (and I mean never) are a good way to *begin* your application processes. The strongest applications are not strong merely because of the stellar nature of their individual components (viz. Resume/ Career Goals/ LORs/ Essays etc), but also because the entire application speaks a unified theme. In other words, your resume may individually stand out for your super achievements (Most Indian Engineers turned consultants fall in that bracket), as may your story. Unless they form a unifying theme together however, and present you in one compelling package, schools may be confused as to which is the real you...
And that unifying theme, I find very unlikely to come through in limited time sessions
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Putting in my two cents...
Hourly services never (and I mean never) are a good way to *begin* your application processes. The strongest applications are not strong merely because of the stellar nature of their individual components (viz. Resume/ Career Goals/ LORs/ Essays etc), but also because the entire application speaks a unified theme. In other words, your resume may individually stand out for your super achievements (Most Indian Engineers turned consultants fall in that bracket), as may your story. Unless they form a unifying theme together however, and present you in one compelling package, schools may be confused as to which is the real you...
And that unifying theme, I find very unlikely to come through in limited time sessions
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*Disclaimer:* I have been an admissions consultant for many years. As a Yale alum myself, and with a high success rate (approx 250% success rate last season for T-20 schools, incl. selections from Kellogg, Booth, Ross etc and scholarships upto 420K per client), my views may be biased. Having made it to Yale without "spending on an Admissions Consultant", I did think I saved money. In hindsight however, that approach may have been short sighted.

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I quite agree. That is also why reviews on independent platforms difficult to game help (LinkedIn, Poets&Quants, Reddit etc seem to be better verified than many other online reviews, which can be gamed)
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