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Oh wow, if you were my client I would have beaten you severely. I'm definitely open to other comments here but it seems implausible for them to be doing longitudinal messaging studies on someone who applied a year or so ago.

The question is will they be able to piece this together. Did they have your name , were you an applicant ? If they are not able to track who sent the email that it seems unlikely that it will go against your file for this year.

That said, if someone has your name and they had an adverse experience with your email, it's entirely possible that it might trigger their memory. However I don't think that they have like an eternal **** list or anything.

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Hey Farrell
Thank you for the response.
Na , I wasnt an applicant at that time. I just wrote a lonnnnnng email which had my details regarding schools,internships colleges etc.
I was unaware of the wonderful gmatclub community at that time .
Being a recent graduate i was unaware of the norms of bschool applications as well.
That being said i do regret the foolish act.
And just to add to this discussion i met an admissions officer from a top 20 school yesterday and discussed my profile with her . She told me that if i do get a good gmat score and if my essays are top notch then i could be a very strong applicant . Remind you one of those foolish emails i sent an year ago were addressed to her. And she didnt remember. Hopefully the others wont too. they probably get close to 100 emails as such.

I have learnt my lessons Though.

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Hey Guys
I am back with another query

Can an email that i sent before i did any kind of research hamper my chances?
So it all started an year back when i sent an email to almost 60 bschools asking them to evaluate my profile.(a foolish mistake)
And the email i wrote wasn't that that formal. I mean it was kinda typed in an amateurish way and now that i read that email myself - I am like WHY THE HELL DID I WRITE THAT..!!
I received an immediate response from almost all schools that they can obviously evaluate my profile before i actually submit the app.
Some of them did send me a generic mail to which i further responded And asked them to reread my message instead of sending me a generic mail (Again -foolish)

The problem is - I am looking forward to apply into those schools this year or maybe the next.
Will it be held against me?

P.S=> the mails that i sent were from an account i hardly use.

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Well it was a touch foolish. But since you got answered likely by the secretary of the marketing team in the Admission office, no one will likely remember.

Hi Jon
Thank you for the response..
i met an admissions officer from a top 20 school yesterday and discussed my profile with her . She told me that if i do get a good gmat score and if my essays are top notch then i could be a very strong applicant . Remind you one of those foolish emails i sent an year ago were addressed to her. And she didnt remember. Hopefully the others wont too as they probably get close to 100 emails a day.
Fingers crossed.

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Hey Guys
I am back with another query
hi @Stonecold- So thanks for reaching out. I would say definitely make a new email so there is no way for you to be linked with past email. Control what you can control.... don't mention this ever again so that it does not grow legs! I worked on the admissions side for many years- chances are with a year or two of distance it is unlikely that anyone will remember you. You can't control that they do or don't... but just be sure to NEVER mention it again at the schools. Just let it slide into the sunset and put your best application forward and hopefully learn the lesson not to do that again! Best wishes to you!
Can an email that i sent before i did any kind of research hamper my chances?
So it all started an year back when i sent an email to almost 60 bschools asking them to evaluate my profile.(a foolish mistake)
And the email i wrote wasn't that that formal. I mean it was kinda typed in an amateurish way and now that i read that email myself - I am like WHY THE HELL DID I WRITE THAT..!!
I received an immediate response from almost all schools that they can obviously evaluate my profile before i actually submit the app.
Some of them did send me a generic mail to which i further responded And asked them to reread my message instead of sending me a generic mail (Again -foolish)

The problem is - I am looking forward to apply into those schools this year or maybe the next.
Will it be held against me?

P.S=> the mails that i sent were from an account i hardly use.

Regards
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Well it was a touch foolish. But since you got answered likely by the secretary of the marketing team in the Admission office, no one will likely remember.

Hi Jon
Thank you for the response..
i met an admissions officer from a top 20 school yesterday and discussed my profile with her . She told me that if i do get a good gmat score and if my essays are top notch then i could be a very strong applicant . Remind you one of those foolish emails i sent an year ago were addressed to her. And she didnt remember. Hopefully the others wont too as they probably get close to 100 emails a day.
Fingers crossed.

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Hey Guys
I am back with another query

Can an email that i sent before i did any kind of research hamper my chances?
So it all started an year back when i sent an email to almost 60 bschools asking them to evaluate my profile.(a foolish mistake)
And the email i wrote wasn't that that formal. I mean it was kinda typed in an amateurish way and now that i read that email myself - I am like WHY THE HELL DID I WRITE THAT..!!
I received an immediate response from almost all schools that they can obviously evaluate my profile before i actually submit the app.
Some of them did send me a generic mail to which i further responded And asked them to reread my message instead of sending me a generic mail (Again -foolish)

The problem is - I am looking forward to apply into those schools this year or maybe the next.
Will it be held against me?

P.S=> the mails that i sent were from an account i hardly use.

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I wouldn’t be too hard on myself if I were you, we all make mistakes. That said, I think none of us can know for sure if this will have an impact on your chances or not.
I say that for two reasons: 1. I don’t think what you did is so common that schools would run checks by default on such things but 2. If they did decide to do a search like that, your email would likely pop up in seconds. So there is no way of knowing really, but my personal opinion is that it is unlikely to be an issue. But again, I can’t really be sure.

If I were you, I would try to think of a response should it ever come up (it is unlikely to, in my opinion, but just to make yourself feel a bit better and to do something pro-active), that shows that you realize it was a mistake, why you did it (for positive reasons of course, you were really enthusiastic etc.) and what you learned from it. Don’t spend a lot of time on this, and never bring it up yourself of course, but you know… just in case it does.

And avoid using that email account for any further business school related issues, of course.