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Very helpful! Thanks!
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I found this answer to be very interesting:

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Question #6: Did you have many ECs and what if you don’t?
There were a good number of students that said they didn’t have any community service type activities. Students pointed out that extra-curricular activities don’t have to be community service oriented. It could be a hobby. The general feeling is that they are nice to haves, but not required for admission.
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I was under the impression that Adcoms took ECs very seriously. Perhaps they're more important for those with less work experience?
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I found this answer to be very interesting:

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Question #6: Did you have many ECs and what if you don’t?
There were a good number of students that said they didn’t have any community service type activities. Students pointed out that extra-curricular activities don’t have to be community service oriented. It could be a hobby. The general feeling is that they are nice to haves, but not required for admission.


I was under the impression that Adcoms took ECs very seriously. Perhaps they're more important for those with less work experience?
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What I've heard is that the activity itself isn't as important, they want to know that you're not sitting around doing nothing. Also, ECs help when you don't have as much leadership experience at work, if you can show it in an EC, then that makes up for it some.
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I agree with highhopes. For me, ECs are very important to my application story because I don't have much experience managing people or leading teams at work, where I'm the most junior person. They allow me to show a different kind of leadership than I can show through my professional experiences.

Regardless of the nature of your work experience, I think it's important to show some sort of involvement to show you're multidimensional and have impact in your community as well as your workplace. But the extent of that involvement doesn't necessarily have to be that great, particularly if you're in a job where you're working very long hours or traveling extensively.
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I agree with highhopes. For me, ECs are very important to my application story because I don't have much experience managing people or leading teams at work, where I'm the most junior person. They allow me to show a different kind of leadership than I can show through my professional experiences.

Regardless of the nature of your work experience, I think it's important to show some sort of involvement to show you're multidimensional and have impact in your community as well as your workplace. But the extent of that involvement doesn't necessarily have to be that great, particularly if you're in a job where you're working very long hours or traveling extensively.
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1000% agree. I think ECs give you some critical leadership experiences that you may miss out by virtue of being a junior person. I've been incredibly lucky to have some great leadership experiences at work and EC wise. Sometimes, I've felt I've gotten more responsibility at work, because my supervisors were aware of the amount of EC stuff I've done (especially within the company's junior employee forum).

Plus, it really does fulfill you and gives you a reason to get up in the morning :P They also make you strive for balance---and that is incredibly critical, especially as a bschool student.
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Questions to be discussed on the next Chat Session (September 30th) will be posted 24 hours before the chat.

Please PM with your questions or post them in this thread.
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Whats this week's topic...sticking with applications or going to something new like school life?
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Whats this week's topic...sticking with applications or going to something new like school life?
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I have tried getting some responses from the members, but no luck so far. What do you think would be a good topic to discuss at this point in the application process?
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What about a check on do's and dont's for the application, essay, resume and interaction with students and adcom? It will serve as a last minute check up for our application so there will be less "oops" after we hit the submit button.

For example, last time river mentioned don't over-use some of the cliche such as "teamwork for kellogg" that might turn readers off.

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How about some Do's and Don'ts for interviews, as that season is quickly dawning on us...

Recommendations for getting our recommenders to hurry up!

Advice on communicating with Adcoms and applicant representatives once you hit the submit button, when to email them, about what, how to communicate with them, types of questions they had for them, etc.
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I just posted an announcement with a poll -- I will include both of your questions.
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I would ask what were the hardest questions they got in their interviews, and what were the least expected questions during the interview. Sometimes interviews drift into topics that are not business related, and i would like to know if this is usual too in top bschool interviews.
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I would ask what were the hardest questions they got in their interviews, and what were the least expected questions during the interview. Sometimes interviews drift into topics that are not business related, and i would like to know if this is usual too in top bschool interviews.
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already added to the list of questions - please vote!
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Does one need a certain number of posts to vote? I would love to see both interview questions and last minute app checks discussed. I'm just mortified by all the things that can go wrong without me realizing it.

Great job on the first transcript btw (+1)
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Does one need a certain number of posts to vote? I would love to see both interview questions and last minute app checks discussed. I'm just mortified by all the things that can go wrong without me realizing it.

Great job on the first transcript btw (+1)
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I am sorry for the confusion - the poll questions on this thread were part of the first chat.

The questions for the second chat are here --

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