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https://tepper.cmu.edu/images/mediaStoryImagePlaceholder.jpg tuXlXIR0RkusKW3xVJ9yGlw Essay Questions A.What are your short-term and long-term goals? How will a Tepper MBA help you to achieve these goals. (Please include any information regarding what steps you have taken to learn more about the Tepper School.) B. The Tepper School’s culture relies on all members to be active contributors to our community. With your values, experiences, and interests, how will you make a unique contribution to the Tepper community? Your examples may include: classroom interaction, student activities, career development, community service, etc. C. Please answer two of the following three questions or statements. Please clearly specify which questions you are answering. Your two answers should equal a total of two pages or less. 1.Describe an obstacle you have faced in your professional or academic life. How did you overcome this obstacle and how did it foster your development? 2. Describe a time in which your ethics were challenged. How did you deal with the situation and what did you learn from it? 3. One thing people would be surprised to know about me is . . . D. Is there anything additional that you think we should know as we evaluate your application? Note: if you believe your credentials and essays represent you fairly, you should not feel obligated to answer this question. This essay is intended to provide a place for you to add information that you think is important but is not covered elsewhere in the application.

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18 Jan 2011, 22:40

I received a very strange application update email from Tepper this morning..Scared the living daylights out of me...

And it was nothing...Did everyone get it?

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18 Jan 2011, 22:54

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mv2010 wrote:

I received a very strange application update email from Tepper this morning..Scared the living daylights out of me...

And it was nothing...Did everyone get it?

i too got it..." Due to the large volume of mail and applications that we receive around our application deadlines, please understand that it will take us some time for your application materials to be processed. ". Probably just means stop bugging us.

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18 Jan 2011, 23:00

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mackd wrote:

mv2010 wrote:

I received a very strange application update email from Tepper this morning..Scared the living daylights out of me...

And it was nothing...Did everyone get it?

i too got it..." Due to the large volume of mail and applications that we receive around our application deadlines, please understand that it will take us some time for your application materials to be processed. ". Probably just means stop bugging us.

Hahaha yeah!! But, for a moment i thought that it was the decision mail...Man, am i jumpy these days!!

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19 Jan 2011, 11:02

mackd wrote:

mv2010 wrote:

I received a very strange application update email from Tepper this morning..Scared the living daylights out of me...

And it was nothing...Did everyone get it?

i too got it..." Due to the large volume of mail and applications that we receive around our application deadlines, please understand that it will take us some time for your application materials to be processed. ". Probably just means stop bugging us.

Even I got the same email..

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19 Jan 2011, 14:06

Per the e-mail received yesterday, my application is currently under review.

Per the same e-mail, my fingers are crossed. :D

Posted from my mobile device

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19 Jan 2011, 14:19

ergotropic wrote:

Per the e-mail received yesterday, my application is currently under review.

Per the same e-mail, my fingers are crossed. :D

Posted from my mobile device

I think Tepper is sending out invites every Friday! letz hope 4 d BEST

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19 Jan 2011, 14:25

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StewieGriffin wrote:

I am interviewing on campus on the 31st. Anyone around on the 31st?

I'll be there Feb. 7.

As will I.

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Updated on: 24 Jan 2011, 14:29

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Nithish wrote:

Got an invite today!

Congratulations Nithish! Can you please share your profile?

Please Do!

Originally posted by Codename47 on 19 Jan 2011, 21:23.
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20 Jan 2011, 05:55

Hey guys,

I had applied to all my schools R1 and heard back with good news from two...
I still haven't made my decision and it's killing me...
Can any of you help me with your infinite wisdom on the topic of 'choosing the right school to enroll?

I got into McDonough with some $ (around 30%) and also got into Tepper with no $ (abs. zero).
My focus is in Operations but I am not excluding the chance of switching to Finance, if you know what i mean

Please help out.

Thank you!

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20 Jan 2011, 06:09

nicegig wrote:

Hey guys,

I had applied to all my schools R1 and heard back with good news from two...
I still haven't made my decision and it's killing me...
Can any of you help me with your infinite wisdom on the topic of 'choosing the right school to enroll?

I got into McDonough with some $ (around 30%) and also got into Tepper with no $ (abs. zero).
My focus is in Operations but I am not excluding the chance of switching to Finance, if you know what i mean

Please help out.

Thank you!

If you really want to do operations and finance, and money's really the only reason you're thinking about going to GTown, I'd go to Tepper. You really can't do much better if you want to do ops/finance. Besides, as much as I love DC (live there now), you'll probably make up a lot of the money (definitely not all of it) through cost of living differences.

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20 Jan 2011, 06:12

DexterStJacques wrote:

nicegig wrote:

Hey guys,

I had applied to all my schools R1 and heard back with good news from two...
I still haven't made my decision and it's killing me...
Can any of you help me with your infinite wisdom on the topic of 'choosing the right school to enroll?

I got into McDonough with some $ (around 30%) and also got into Tepper with no $ (abs. zero).
My focus is in Operations but I am not excluding the chance of switching to Finance, if you know what i mean

Please help out.

Thank you!

If you really want to do operations and finance, and money's really the only reason you're thinking about going to GTown, I'd go to Tepper. You really can't do much better if you want to do ops/finance. Besides, as much as I love DC (live there now), you'll probably make up a lot of the money (definitely not all of it) through cost of living differences.

Thank you! I was wondering thoguh, isn't GT a little ahead of CMU in Finance?

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20 Jan 2011, 08:09

nicegig wrote:

Thank you! I was wondering thoguh, isn't GT a little ahead of CMU in Finance?

Don't know for sure (going back for marketing so I haven't really paid attention to the finance programs), but I wouldn't think so. I know that CMU is very well-respected in quant finance especially, and if you're interested in ops, Tepper is pretty much top of the heap.

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20 Jan 2011, 11:16

I will be interviewing at Tepper on Monday the 24th. Anyone else going to be there?

Also, I was planning on wearing a suit. Is this overdressed for a class visit / tour / interview? Should I do business casual instead? R1 admits, what were people wearing on your visits?

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Updated on: 20 Jan 2011, 11:42

eazyen13 wrote:

I will be interviewing at Tepper on Monday the 24th. Anyone else going to be there?

Also, I was planning on wearing a suit. Is this overdressed for a class visit / tour / interview? Should I do business casual instead? R1 admits, what were people wearing on your visits?

I can't speak directly to Tepper as my interview hasn't taken place yet, but I did go on an interview at Tuck. Everyone was wearing a suit. I think it's pretty well expected from these types of interviews. There should be guidance on the website.

When I go to my Tepper interview I will be wearing a suit.

Originally posted by vixer on 20 Jan 2011, 11:37.
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20 Jan 2011, 11:39

eazyen13 wrote:

I will be interviewing at Tepper on Monday the 24th. Anyone else going to be there?

Also, I was planning on wearing a suit. Is this overdressed for a class visit / tour / interview? Should I do business casual instead? R1 admits, what were people wearing on your visits?

I'm an R1 admit, and I wore a suit for my whole day at Tepper. I thought it might be strange at the class visit and tour, but the two other students who were in my group were also wearing them.

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20 Jan 2011, 11:46

mbaapp07 wrote:

eazyen13 wrote:

I will be interviewing at Tepper on Monday the 24th. Anyone else going to be there?

Also, I was planning on wearing a suit. Is this overdressed for a class visit / tour / interview? Should I do business casual instead? R1 admits, what were people wearing on your visits?

I'm an R1 admit, and I wore a suit for my whole day at Tepper. I thought it might be strange at the class visit and tour, but the two other students who were in my group were also wearing them.

Dress for success y'all. Suit up.

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20 Jan 2011, 12:17

I'll be there on the 31st... Does anyone know if it will be a blind interview or? Thanks!

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20 Jan 2011, 12:17

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