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I would, in your application essays, try to be as incoherent as possible, and then at the end, I would drop the unknown-country bomb, like so:
"My bigest mistake was that I wroked 2 hard 4 my own well beeing. OH, but I am from Country X, so it's all good".
I think that would get you optimal results.
"My bigest mistake was that I wroked 2 hard 4 my own well beeing. OH, but I am from Country X, so it's all good".
I think that would get you optimal results.
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I would guess that a person from every country has attended a program in the Top 10.
You have to remember, that just because there is a community of students in the states from your country, does not mean that they know all the students who may have attended school 50, 60, 70, or even 100 years ago at some of the top programs.
Secondly, there would be no reason to not mention which country you are from. A handle like "buzz" certainly isn't going to identify you.
However, if you are going to mention it, I wouldn't play it as the "only person ever" I would simply say that, despite growing up in a community that didn't have a lot of interaction with MBAs, I have realized that pursing one at school X is my calling. Obviously, this is a little cliche, but you get the idea.
Also, good work for pursuing an MBA from a little known country, the diversity you bring to a class will be an asset to all the students.
~Sam
You have to remember, that just because there is a community of students in the states from your country, does not mean that they know all the students who may have attended school 50, 60, 70, or even 100 years ago at some of the top programs.
Secondly, there would be no reason to not mention which country you are from. A handle like "buzz" certainly isn't going to identify you.
However, if you are going to mention it, I wouldn't play it as the "only person ever" I would simply say that, despite growing up in a community that didn't have a lot of interaction with MBAs, I have realized that pursing one at school X is my calling. Obviously, this is a little cliche, but you get the idea.
Also, good work for pursuing an MBA from a little known country, the diversity you bring to a class will be an asset to all the students.
~Sam
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Well, I'm going to resist the urge to continue with "20 Questions"...for now at least (this could be fun, eh?).
To answer your question - which we can't do as effectively without knowing which country you're talking about - it might help you or it might do nothing. With the information you've provided, we can only say with certainty that it shouldn't hurt you. I think it depends on the school; some will care more than others.
But in my opinion, I think it will help you, but probably not much. It might make you a bit more memorable - but I doubt it will get you in when compared to other students with similar qualifications. I would expect the benefit to be minimal. But that's just my opinion.
And I would be exremely careful making a claim like this. You better be dang sure that claim is true before you put it on an application (and in all honestly, it's very likely that there's someone out there from the last 20 years that you don't know of).
My next post on this thread will continiue with our game of "20 Questions", for entertainment's sake.
Its fun to mess around with you guys.....thats the kind of break I need during this crazy GMAT preparation. 
