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08 Mar 2008, 11:41
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tkkoh:
The main problem is that I have no idea on what to improve on exactly. For a re-app in Fall 2009, the only thing I have control over is my GMAT score and my LOI. Professors who were extremely cordial and helpful before have now suddenly stopped responding to emails, so I have no idea which parts of my application didn't make the cut for specific programs. Granted my ego and overinflated evaluation of myself might think that I would be happier in a better program, spending a whole year just to improve my GMAT and rewrite my LOI does seem somewhat wasteful, especially when professors in my own master's program have taken to advising students against having any sort of gaps in their record. One common theme I hear from Adcoms in my own university is: "Why does he have a one year gap there? Does he not know what he wants to do with his life? Is he some sort of hippy? So what if he improved something, that just means he had bad planning from the beginning!"
I do realize I have to weight my own risks and payoffs, but the utter lack of feedback and information does not make it any easier.
The main problem is that I have no idea on what to improve on exactly. For a re-app in Fall 2009, the only thing I have control over is my GMAT score and my LOI. Professors who were extremely cordial and helpful before have now suddenly stopped responding to emails, so I have no idea which parts of my application didn't make the cut for specific programs. Granted my ego and overinflated evaluation of myself might think that I would be happier in a better program, spending a whole year just to improve my GMAT and rewrite my LOI does seem somewhat wasteful, especially when professors in my own master's program have taken to advising students against having any sort of gaps in their record. One common theme I hear from Adcoms in my own university is: "Why does he have a one year gap there? Does he not know what he wants to do with his life? Is he some sort of hippy? So what if he improved something, that just means he had bad planning from the beginning!"
I do realize I have to weight my own risks and payoffs, but the utter lack of feedback and information does not make it any easier.
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For feedback - you can try contacting those profs whom you have talked to before, and ask them why you are rejected and how you can improve.
Sometimes the admission process is extremely random. Of course there are applicants who are definitely not a good fit to the school, and hence they get rejected. But sometimes, the problem is not with the applicant, but with the faculty or school - e.g. some are not taking in students, some cannot take it students, changes in focus, etc.
Not sure if saying this will hurt you more, but I'm surprise that given your profile - esp your research experience and LOR - you are not getting into some of the places. But remember, the problem may not lie with you. Also you still have a few other good schools on your list. Keep your head up.
Best wishes.
Sometimes the admission process is extremely random. Of course there are applicants who are definitely not a good fit to the school, and hence they get rejected. But sometimes, the problem is not with the applicant, but with the faculty or school - e.g. some are not taking in students, some cannot take it students, changes in focus, etc.
Not sure if saying this will hurt you more, but I'm surprise that given your profile - esp your research experience and LOR - you are not getting into some of the places. But remember, the problem may not lie with you. Also you still have a few other good schools on your list. Keep your head up.
Best wishes.
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update: i have 2 interviews. the first is tomorrow at Michigan State. i am VERY excited and moderately nervous. the second is at University of Massachusetts in a few weeks.
i feel like interviewing is one of my strong points - i genuinely enjoy meeting people and discussing my background/the program/accounting/etc. and i'm usually able to stay relaxed and confident. although, i should state that all of my interview experience thus far has been at the corporate level.
i've done some homework on the six (yikes) professors with whom i will be meeting tomorrow and hope to be able to discuss their research at least somewhat during the interviews.
any last minute words of advice from anyone? also, this is maybe a strange question, but what should i wear? a plain suit and tie seems very "banker" and boring to me. i have selected nice pin-striped trousers with a shirt and tie and a black v-neck sweater. it is dressy, but not a traditional suit and tie. i just kept looking at myself in a suit thinking that i looked like i was going to work at a bank or going to someone's funeral.
please wish me luck!!
i feel like interviewing is one of my strong points - i genuinely enjoy meeting people and discussing my background/the program/accounting/etc. and i'm usually able to stay relaxed and confident. although, i should state that all of my interview experience thus far has been at the corporate level.
i've done some homework on the six (yikes) professors with whom i will be meeting tomorrow and hope to be able to discuss their research at least somewhat during the interviews.
any last minute words of advice from anyone? also, this is maybe a strange question, but what should i wear? a plain suit and tie seems very "banker" and boring to me. i have selected nice pin-striped trousers with a shirt and tie and a black v-neck sweater. it is dressy, but not a traditional suit and tie. i just kept looking at myself in a suit thinking that i looked like i was going to work at a bank or going to someone's funeral.
please wish me luck!!
