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Just submitted my first ever MBA app. Go Blue!

It does. Fortunately (or maybe unfortunately), I have plenty of work to do on my other apps to bring me down from that feeling of accomplishment.

In the employment section of the application, for my employer's contact phone number, is it alright to provide the phone number for the third party that handles my company's employment verification? My company does not verify employment (HR policy) instead it outsources it to another company. The only company phone number I have is a customer service line, there's no way for an external party to contact HR. Or should I just provide this generic number and when Ross can't verify my employment, wait for them to contact me and I'll explain what I just did now?

I just gave a generic number that probably goes to Security. If they've gotten to the point where they're verifying your employment, a bad phone number probably isn't going to hurt you.

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Just submitted my application! Feels great to be done!

I think stuff like this is fairly common. In my case, the verification agency simply emailed me for clarification on something and I got verified a short while later. A slight hassle, but nothing I would worry about. Good luck and I look forward to seeing some of you in A^2 next year.