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Guys, can you guys please share your profiles as well.

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Guys, can you guys please share your profiles as well.

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28 (at matriculation), M, 740, 2.89, Physics/Sociology undergrad, 4.5 years WE (at matriculation) - Government / Politics
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In for round 1..would love to be back in Austin Fall 12. Top choice.
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Applying in R1, McCombs is my top choice.

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In for round 1.

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I am applying to Round 1 as a reapplicant.

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Not sure about R1/R2 and McCombs is not my first choice.

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Heads up, I saw the 2012 essay questions were posted last night.
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Yup, I saw that today morning, and now I've updated the list of essays.
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Planning to apply for round 1 in McCombs

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This link is not working on the UT McCombs website :

https://www.utexas.edu/ogs/admissions/pdf/cover.pdf

I've mailed the folks at McCombs School, will update again when I hear from them.
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Hey all,

How are you guys thinking about the second essay - the strengths analysis one? What do you think would be the best strategy here? Identify 2-3 strengths but only illustrate how you used that strength at work and a non-work setting, or identify 2-3 and illustrate how you used one strength at work and another at a non-work environment, or just identify 1 strength and illustrate how you used that at work and at a non-work setting?

Am I thinking about this essay in a convoluted way?!?!

Appreciate your thoughts!
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Hey all,

How are you guys thinking about the second essay - the strengths analysis one? What do you think would be the best strategy here? Identify 2-3 strengths but only illustrate how you used that strength at work and a non-work setting, or identify 2-3 and illustrate how you used one strength at work and another at a non-work environment, or just identify 1 strength and illustrate how you used that at work and at a non-work setting?

Am I thinking about this essay in a convoluted way?!?!

Appreciate your thoughts!
I hate to be vague or unhelpful, but it's really up to you. You should write it in whatever way you feel best plays to your strengths that you can back up with specific examples. In my opinion the setting of your examples doesn't matter so much as the strength of them, as long as you use at least one of each.

Alright I'm going to stop helping the competition now. :-D
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What do you guys think about the 2 required / 2 optional essays? Seems like a pretty strange format to me. In my other apps, I don't plan on utilizing the lone Optional Essay because I don't really have extenuating circumstances to address. However, in McCombs I almost feel obligated to do one of the optionals since there are two.

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