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GMAT club opens account for 2009 11 Sep 2008, 06:33
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Hi bsd - heart congratulations! I'm in the zero admits club too - I hope that changes for me this season.
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All the best in London bsd!
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Great job bsd. Congratulations!
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Amazing bsd!!!! It seems like it was a case of LBS not having enough room, instead of the quality of your application. Congrats BSD!!!

I felt your heartache during the entire process.
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Thanks again guys. I've made my essays available on the admitted students vault (subject to some guidelines of course).
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I remember reading your Zero Admits thread and feeling real **** for the members of that club.

Wonderful job - you've really turned the tables around! Congratulations!
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CONGRATS bsd....... a well deserved admit....... Actually , this is a good omen for us here at the club.... don't u guys agree????? "The founder-member" of the zero admit club falls...... :twisted: YAY........ Have fun at London..... :P
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Congrats!

I'm truly happy for you, you really deserve it.

Are you 100% with LBS or are you applying to other schools?
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Thanks kwam,

Yes that is my next dilemma. LBS was among my top 4 picks last year (others were Wharton Chicago and Columbia). My aims are Finance/trading/hedge funds. Initially my plan was to app to 5-6 schools in R1 this year. But now, I won't app to any school that I wont pick above LBS. Also, I'd limit my applications to only 2 or 3 schools. But, still not sure which schools to pick.

I'm half way through my Wharton essays already so Wharton's a goer. The other two I'm not so sure about. I'm even contemplating a cheeky HBS essay (even though I know I haven't got a hope in hell).

With Columbia, my original essays were so poor that I don't believe I can cover the lost ground in just 750 words (the limit for reapplication essays there). With Chicago, I absolutely loved it during my visit last year and made a huge effort with my essays (rhyme will tell you that my Powerpoint blew him away). But I feel that London provides a superior location/networking to Chicago's superior academics. Also, I'm finding the new Chicago questions a real pain to handle (esp question 2).

Perhaps I'll set up a poll soon and go by popular consensus.
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Congrats!!! It is very good news for all of us! :wink:
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hey bsd, huge congratulations!!! You will have a great time @ LBS.
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Congrats BSD!! I was waiting for your third time gmat blast !! I have read your posts in the gmat and Zero admitted club earlier. Anyways, i am glad for you !! You deserve it!!
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another big congrats here too (I posted in the other link)! :)
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