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Kellogg (Northwestern) 2013 - Calling All Applicants 29 Nov 2012, 01:31
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Has anyone been interview in South Africa??
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I've only seen a few who received interview waivers subsequently get interviewed. Any ideas on if more of the waiver folks might get interview invites?
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Kellogg (Northwestern) 2013 - Calling All Applicants 29 Nov 2012, 19:51
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I've only seen a few who received interview waivers subsequently get interviewed. Any ideas on if more of the waiver folks might get interview invites?
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Did they start interviewing people who received waivers? I did not see anyone report that on this year's thread... yet.
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Kellogg (Northwestern) 2013 - Calling All Applicants 30 Nov 2012, 14:35
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Kellogg (Northwestern) 2013 - Calling All Applicants 01 Dec 2012, 03:34
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hi y'all
just received an e-mail from Kellogg Admissions for a telephonic interview for the 1-Y.
would appreciate inputs from those in the know of things, about what to expect, preparatory steps and unexpected things to watch out for.
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Hi, an application question.
One of my recommenders asked me about what's more important -LOR's word count or the thoroughness of her response. I took a look at the LOR questions (from the application "downloadable forms" section) and it seems that each question is given 250 words, which isn't really a lot.

Should I ask her to stick to the limit or to go deeper (and exceed the word count)?
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Kellogg (Northwestern) 2013 - Calling All Applicants 01 Dec 2012, 10:55
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Hi, an application question.
One of my recommenders asked me about what's more important -LOR's word count or the thoroughness of her response. I took a look at the LOR questions (from the application "downloadable forms" section) and it seems that each question is given 250 words, which isn't really a lot.

Should I ask him to stick to the limit or to go deeper (and exceed the word count)?
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Stick to the word limit. Always follow adcom directions.
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Kellogg (Northwestern) 2013 - Calling All Applicants 01 Dec 2012, 11:06
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Hi, an application question.
One of my recommenders asked me about what's more important -LOR's word count or the thoroughness of her response. I took a look at the LOR questions (from the application "downloadable forms" section) and it seems that each question is given 250 words, which isn't really a lot.

Should I ask him to stick to the limit or to go deeper (and exceed the word count)?

Stick to the word limit. Always follow adcom directions.
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Sounds fair. I always wonder how the AdCom reacts to when recommenders fail to follow the instructions (word count, examples and stuff). They can't blame the applicant nor the recommender (which is usually a busy person, given 5-8 questions and required to supply many details)...
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Hi, an application question.
One of my recommenders asked me about what's more important -LOR's word count or the thoroughness of her response. I took a look at the LOR questions (from the application "downloadable forms" section) and it seems that each question is given 250 words, which isn't really a lot.

Should I ask him to stick to the limit or to go deeper (and exceed the word count)?

Stick to the word limit. Always follow adcom directions.

Sounds fair. I always wonder how the AdCom reacts to when recommenders fail to follow the instructions (word count, examples and stuff). They can't blame the applicant nor the recommender (which is usually a busy person, given 5-8 questions and required to supply many details)...
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Just my opinion: they could blame the applicant for not communicating well with their recommender. If you (general you) can't even convey to your recommender, someone you ideally have a good relationship with and have known for awhile, the importance of following a laid-out set of directions from a school, how will you manage other people and teams both in business school and afterwards?
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Just my opinion: they could blame the applicant for not communicating well with their recommender. If you (general you) can't even convey to your recommender, someone you ideally have a good relationship with and have known for awhile, the importance of following a laid-out set of directions from a school, how will you manage other people and teams both in business school and afterwards?
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I see your point and agree.
Yet, the recommenderes are out of the applicant's control. Sticking to the deadline is one thing, not going over the word limit is another thing. BTW, I really appreciates Berkeley-Haas' attitude towards LOR, as posted on their Facebook page - they accept LOR's even after the deadline, knowing that the rec' are usually busy people.
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Just my opinion: they could blame the applicant for not communicating well with their recommender. If you (general you) can't even convey to your recommender, someone you ideally have a good relationship with and have known for awhile, the importance of following a laid-out set of directions from a school, how will you manage other people and teams both in business school and afterwards?

I see your point and agree.
Yet, the recommenderes are out of the applicant's control. Sticking to the deadline is one thing, not going over the word limit is another thing. BTW, I really appreciates Berkeley-Haas' attitude towards LOR, as posted on their Facebook page - they accept LOR's even after the deadline, knowing that the rec' are usually busy people.
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Most schools have that (more or less unspoken) policy about accepting LORs a few days to a week after the deadline. Adcoms do realize that that submitting of the rec letters is out of the applicant's control.
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Sounds fair. I always wonder how the AdCom reacts to when recommenders fail to follow the instructions (word count, examples and stuff). They can't blame the applicant nor the recommender (which is usually a busy person, given 5-8 questions and required to supply many details)...[/quote]

Just my opinion: they could blame the applicant for not communicating well with their recommender. If you (general you) can't even convey to your recommender, someone you ideally have a good relationship with and have known for awhile, the importance of following a laid-out set of directions from a school, how will you manage other people and teams both in business school and afterwards?[/quote]

IMO: You can be +/- 10% of the word count for your essays or LOR but you shouldn't go over on every essay. They don't count the number of words but can visually gauge how long an essay is. It's better to complete a thought coherently (either you or the recommender) and be a little over, then cut out words to get you to the word count and lose the meaning all together.

Again, this is just my thoughts on the matter, but I can't imagine the AdCom's would be so shrewd to hold that against someone, especially if they don't actually count the number of words.
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applicant from India- got an interview invite after waiver. Received the email on Friday; have not scheduled the interview yet because the office is closed for the weekend. The email said that I need to schedule the interview by Dec 4th.
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Hey rmsundaram. Congrats! Can you please share your profile with everyone.
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applicant from India- got an interview invite after waiver. Received the email on Friday; have not scheduled the interview yet because the office is closed for the weekend. The email said that I need to schedule the interview by Dec 4th.

Hey rmsundaram. Congrats! Can you please share your profile with everyone.
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Kellogg (Northwestern) 2013 - Calling All Applicants 02 Dec 2012, 07:55
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anyone here has had phone interview? is it behavioural?
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Kellogg (Northwestern) 2013 - Calling All Applicants 02 Dec 2012, 16:59
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Where does it say on the Kellogg recommendation to stick with 250 words?
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Kellogg (Northwestern) 2013 - Calling All Applicants 02 Dec 2012, 18:46
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Disclaimer: I'm merely speculating. However, when you log in and check the status of your application, the following phrasing appears (emphasis added). Makes me believe that some decisions may start trickling out this week. I'm starting to freak out! Good luck, everyone!

"Application decisions may be released on or before the decision deadline, but the majority of decisions will be released during the last few weeks of the round. "
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Thats what I thought as well. The daily nightmares and obsessive kellogg-readings begin!
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Where does it say on the Kellogg recommendation to stick with 250 words?
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At the beginning of the rec form, it says this.
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