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Tepper School Guide Tepper FAQs Active Current Students/Alumni from GMAT Club: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: DMNY31 - Class of 2015 TepperAdcom,434598412718071808,600 teppercmu Essay Questions Short Answer 1 (Maximum 250 words): What is your professional goal immediately following graduation from the Tepper School? Short Answer 2 (Maximum 250 words): What are your long term career goals? Essay 1 (Maximum 500 words): What transferrable skills have you developed that are related to your professional goals outlined in Short Answer 1? Additionally, identify the skills that you will need to develop or enhance. Specifically, how will the Tepper MBA help you develop these skills? Essay 2 (Maximum 300 words): Describe a defining moment in your life and explain how it shaped you as a person. Essay 3 (Maximum 300 words): How will your presence in the Tepper MBA program benefit your fellow students? How will you contribute to the school as a student and as an alumnus? Optional Essay (Maximum 500 words): Is there anything else that you think we should know as we evaluate your application? Dealing with a Ding - Webinar Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=echqdCOW7cM Dealing with a Ding.pdf

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23 Dec 2013, 18:13

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Hello everyone and congratulations to all those admitted! I'm applying for R2 and was curious when I read that the scholarships were on your admission letters, did you apply for scholarships before admissions?

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I am applying for round 2 and I was filling my application when I noticed that for short essays there is a text box limited to 1500 characters which turned out to be less than 250 words that I have in my short essays.

Did anybody else have the same problem?

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I am applying for round 2 and I was filling my application when I noticed that for short essays there is a text box limited to 1500 characters which turned out to be less than 250 words that I have in my short essays.

Did anybody else have the same problem?

Is that 1500 with spaces or without?

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27 Dec 2013, 10:29

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Does anyone know if its ok to apply for round 2 deadline (Jan 02) if one of my recommenders cant send his letter by that time. He will be back from holidays on Jan 06 and will send it that day.
Also, how long does it take to send my GMAT and TOELF scores? If I send them to the university on Jan 02 but my test dates are previous will it be ok?

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happyinlove505

I am applying for round 2 and I was filling my application when I noticed that for short essays there is a text box limited to 1500 characters which turned out to be less than 250 words that I have in my short essays.

Did anybody else have the same problem?

Is that 1500 with spaces or without?

Just tested it...with spaces.

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27 Dec 2013, 21:11

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I am applying for round 2 and I was filling my application when I noticed that for short essays there is a text box limited to 1500 characters which turned out to be less than 250 words that I have in my short essays.

Did anybody else have the same problem?

Is that 1500 with spaces or without?

Just tested it...with spaces.

right

Since probably there is no way to have 250 words in the short answer, I had to cut my essays to approximately 214 words

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Does anyone know if its ok to apply for round 2 deadline (Jan 02) if one of my recommenders cant send his letter by that time. He will be back from holidays on Jan 06 and will send it that day.
Also, how long does it take to send my GMAT and TOELF scores? If I send them to the university on Jan 02 but my test dates are previous will it be ok?

double-check the application instructions on Tepper web-site.

I think it says that recommender must submit his recommendation within one week, so I presume he can send it on 6 Jan
Anyway, double-check

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28 Dec 2013, 04:03

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Hello everyone.

I have several questions.
1. When uploading documents with Essays, is it a good idea to keep the question in bold on the top of the essay?
Or is it better to just keep the essay itself?

2. The online application forces me to indicate all my salaries, even though they are not marked as mandatory with asterisk.
Is it a problem with browser or some bug? Or is it really mandatory to provide salary information for all my past jobs?
Some of my past employers would not be happy that I am disclosing this information

Thank you for answering

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Question about recommendation timeline: Yes, within one week. I submitted first round, and had one turned in the Sunday following the 10 October deadline, and it was accepted with no questions.

As for the question regarding salary data, I do not know. If it is confidential for some reason, I would indicate that in the application, and type zero in the salary - but only if you absolutely cannot disclose this data for some reason.

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31 Dec 2013, 08:38

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Submitted for R2 :-D

1 down, 5 to go...

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01 Jan 2014, 12:51

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Submitted for R2, too. Officially done with applications.

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Guys, is the R2 deadline midnight Jan 2nd, EST? Some schools have it as 5 pm on deadline day. Any idea?

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Guys, is the R2 deadline midnight Jan 2nd, EST? Some schools have it as 5 pm on deadline day. Any idea?

11:59pm EST, per their website: https://tepper.cmu.edu/mba/admissions/ap ... index.aspx

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Anyone else facing a problem logging in?

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Anyone else facing a problem logging in?

Yepp, I cannot login as well. And I just read a post in the Tuck thread, same problem there.

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Yepp, I cannot login as well. And I just read a post in the Tuck thread, same problem there.

Seems like an ApplyYourself problem. No site is allowing me to log in

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Yepp, I cannot login as well. And I just read a post in the Tuck thread, same problem there.

Seems like an ApplyYourself problem. No site is allowing me to log in

Try again. It seems to be working now.

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