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The London Business School 2011 Thread 01 Oct 2010, 01:24
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I keep getting asked for information regarding london business school clubs.

Check here for clubs and when in doubt contact the club leaders directly (I know personally of only a subset of these clubs which I am a member of)

https://clubs.london.edu/sa/student-clubs/
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 01 Oct 2010, 01:30
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dude recognized?So good to see u....way back 08....my 2nd shot in Nov...hope u doing good
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 01 Oct 2010, 08:43
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Hi suyash I vaguely do remember. Good luck buddy. Persistance pays off ...
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 01 Oct 2010, 11:15
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27 year old, 4.5 years of experience in US, UK, Kazakhstan.
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GPA 4.89/5.00 Master's in Automation

Purely technical and project management experience in Petroleum Industry.

PS: looking to improve Gmat to 750
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 03 Oct 2010, 05:07
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all....is anyone's recommendation likely to be submitted after the 6th date?

mine are, and wondering if that take me out of R1? some place on the website, it says no, but just asking....

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The London Business School 2011 Thread 03 Oct 2010, 05:11
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Embeayy
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2) Why risk it? I'm sure you can trim 5-10 words without compromising the quality of your essay.

I agree. You don't want to piss off the AdCom, especially when they explicitly state that any words in excess of the limit may be disregarded.
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thanks Embeayy and Skahuh!
Close to submitting mine...
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 04 Oct 2010, 13:36
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I am planning to submit 1 academic and 1 work related recommendation. How does LBS react to academic recos?
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 04 Oct 2010, 22:09
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Submitted my R1 application. Good Luck to fellow applicants.
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Hi I'm planning to apply to LBS for an executive MBA degree. However, I have only 5 years of experience in the Petroleum Company: 2 years in US, 2 years in Kazakhstan and 1 year in UK. I have Master's in Engineering. My work has purely been technical and project management. I have managed several big projects, and currently working on 3 projects with total value over $50M.

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GPA - 4.89 ou of 5.00

My question: How realistic is it to get into Executive MBA with 5 years of experience.
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 05 Oct 2010, 04:51
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you will need to provide strong rationale for why Executive MBA is more suitable for you. EMBA is more for advanced stage professionals with over 10 years WE.
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you will need to provide strong rationale for why Executive MBA is more suitable for you. EMBA is more for advanced stage professionals with over 10 years WE.
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Hi bsd, could you tell me how LBS reacts if I provide them with an academic recommendation instead of both work related recommendation. The reason I want one acad reco is because I am at very good terms with my former professor who happens to be the director of international affairs currently in one of the top private engineering college in my country.
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 05 Oct 2010, 07:12
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all....is anyone's recommendation likely to be submitted after the 6th date?

mine are, and wondering if that take me out of R1? some place on the website, it says no, but just asking....

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Last year, they allowed for up to a week after the deadline for references to come in, but I haven't seen anything like that this year. Did anyone else?
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 05 Oct 2010, 07:52
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There is indeed a one week recommendation grace period.
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 05 Oct 2010, 07:56
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LBS is not especially focused on academics - the average age reflects the importance of work experience. Although the ad-com may never admit it on record, I personally feel that they would prefer a work recommendation.

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you will need to provide strong rationale for why Executive MBA is more suitable for you. EMBA is more for advanced stage professionals with over 10 years WE.
Hi bsd, could you tell me how LBS reacts if I provide them with an academic recommendation instead of both work related recommendation. The reason I want one acad reco is because I am at very good terms with my former professor who happens to be the director of international affairs currently in one of the top private engineering college in my country.
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LBS is not especially focused on academics - the average age reflects the importance of work experience. Although the ad-com may never admit it on record, I personally feel that they would prefer a work recommendation.

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you will need to provide strong rationale for why Executive MBA is more suitable for you. EMBA is more for advanced stage professionals with over 10 years WE.
Hi bsd, could you tell me how LBS reacts if I provide them with an academic recommendation instead of both work related recommendation. The reason I want one acad reco is because I am at very good terms with my former professor who happens to be the director of international affairs currently in one of the top private engineering college in my country.
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I can echo this. I have a poor undergrad record and I called admissions to discuss how to list my mathematics and statistics graduate extension courses. They literally told me that those classes weren't important and they don't recommend anyone take courses to offset a poor academic record. Much different than US schools.
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LBS is not especially focused on academics - the average age reflects the importance of work experience. Although the ad-com may never admit it on record, I personally feel that they would prefer a work recommendation.

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you will need to provide strong rationale for why Executive MBA is more suitable for you. EMBA is more for advanced stage professionals with over 10 years WE.
Hi bsd, could you tell me how LBS reacts if I provide them with an academic recommendation instead of both work related recommendation. The reason I want one acad reco is because I am at very good terms with my former professor who happens to be the director of international affairs currently in one of the top private engineering college in my country.
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Thanks. I suppose then I have to submit both work related recos. Now have to go and ask my supervisor to write me a reco
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LBS is not especially focused on academics - the average age reflects the importance of work experience. Although the ad-com may never admit it on record, I personally feel that they would prefer a work recommendation.

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you will need to provide strong rationale for why Executive MBA is more suitable for you. EMBA is more for advanced stage professionals with over 10 years WE.
Hi bsd, could you tell me how LBS reacts if I provide them with an academic recommendation instead of both work related recommendation. The reason I want one acad reco is because I am at very good terms with my former professor who happens to be the director of international affairs currently in one of the top private engineering college in my country.
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When you say that LBS is not especially focused on academics, then can I take it for granted that my average undergrad cgpa would not create a barrier provided that I smash the Gmat (700+), and write stellar essays.
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The London Business School 2011 Thread 05 Oct 2010, 12:10
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Just hit the submit button for R1....................
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hi guys.. submitted my application... hope everything goes on well..
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Well no you can't take this for granted either. Its a matter of "relative" importance. If undergraduate grades were an issue and if there were exinuating circumstances, do write an essay describing this.
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When you say that LBS is not especially focused on academics, then can I take it for granted that my average undergrad cgpa would not create a barrier provided that I smash the Gmat (700+), and write stellar essays.
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