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Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
13 Aug 2008, 08:09
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Thanks CFA...I think I joined that Yahoo group, but I never read Yahoo mail....I will go check.
As for the stats, here they are:
Accepted about three weeks after I applied.
White male, 31.
IT at a financial Services firm. Have led teams of up to 6 and restructured troubled divisions, recently migrating towards strategic planning.
GMAT: 530 (first attempt, no study), 620 (second attempt, 3 hours study.....MORAL: PREPARE FOR YOUR GMAT!!!!)
undergrad GPA (first go around): 2.7 (the top US engineering school)
undergrad GPA (second go round): 3.9 (Not-so top engineering school)
Grad GPA: 4.0 (same not-so top engineering school)
Numerous awards, solid extracurriculars (with leadership).
Reading the stats and other various sundries here, there are plenty who were not admitted who have stronger stats than myself. I offer this piece of advice (take it for what it is worth): I believe my essays set me apart from the pack. Do not underestimate their importance. I spent countless hours making sure that who I am shone through in the essays. Check, check and re-check for grammar (and spelling!!!).
Much like everyone else, I am awaiting the email saying my background check is complete. It's been over two months for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(a friend who got his MBA from Cornell said he did not receive his confirmation message until after he started classes.....So I have to sit in class with the specter of being summoned to the Dean's office and find out there was some mistake in my being admitted to the program!! I hate being paranoid!!)
As for the stats, here they are:
Accepted about three weeks after I applied.
White male, 31.
IT at a financial Services firm. Have led teams of up to 6 and restructured troubled divisions, recently migrating towards strategic planning.
GMAT: 530 (first attempt, no study), 620 (second attempt, 3 hours study.....MORAL: PREPARE FOR YOUR GMAT!!!!)
undergrad GPA (first go around): 2.7 (the top US engineering school)
undergrad GPA (second go round): 3.9 (Not-so top engineering school)
Grad GPA: 4.0 (same not-so top engineering school)
Numerous awards, solid extracurriculars (with leadership).
Reading the stats and other various sundries here, there are plenty who were not admitted who have stronger stats than myself. I offer this piece of advice (take it for what it is worth): I believe my essays set me apart from the pack. Do not underestimate their importance. I spent countless hours making sure that who I am shone through in the essays. Check, check and re-check for grammar (and spelling!!!).
Much like everyone else, I am awaiting the email saying my background check is complete. It's been over two months for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(a friend who got his MBA from Cornell said he did not receive his confirmation message until after he started classes.....So I have to sit in class with the specter of being summoned to the Dean's office and find out there was some mistake in my being admitted to the program!! I hate being paranoid!!)
13 Aug 2008, 09:25
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Great! I too am looking forward to meeting people from this forum. Maybe, a couple of days before the Pre-Pre, let us decide how we can identify each other and things like that.
Btw, I got the invite in my email even though I never joined any Stern Yahoo group. And I saw that they have invited around 300 people so far. Maybe, they are sending out invites in batches.
on this creative 3rd essay for spring admission...Can anyone of you admitted guys throw some light on how to approach this essay? I am planning to do a PPT (atleast this gives me something to write..) not sure how one can explain about self with a sigle picture or object...is PPT ok? 
