Last Minute University Application Tips

1 to 2 weeks before the deadline is a nervous time for most applicants. Rightly so. You have crossed numerous hurdles, most notably GMAT and Shortlisting the right MBA program before starting your essays. With strategic storytelling, your story will justify the weaknesses, not hide them beneath jargon or excuses. All the hard work on the narrative can be undone with last-minute edits. We are not talking about edits on sentence structure but changes in story and motivations. Even unnecessary edits on the carefully chosen phrase can affect the flow of the narrative and eventually the cumulative impact.

At General Education, we go back and forth with the clients to uncover their strengths and then use the most relevant value proposition for each school. There are no universal weaknesses that are acceptable in all top MBA programs. Some schools have biases in favor of applicants who are Quant heavy while others value extracurricular growth. Tweaking your resume and essays for each school is as important as editing your essay for an interesting opening and a clear conclusion.

So here is how you avoid ambushing your essays with last-minute panic edits in our latest article: Last Minute University Application Tips

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