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gmatdevta, yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Considering we only have a minute - a 20 second synopsis of your professional journey followed by 40 seconds of personal beliefs.
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they specifically ask to introduce yourself telling something thats not on your resume
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they specifically ask to introduce yourself telling something thats not on your resume

Where did you see that?

Posted from my mobile device
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Just received my invitation to interview! I'll be matched with an interviewer sometime in the coming weeks, according to the email. Nothing else left outside of the interview now!
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Where did you see that? Posted from my mobile device
I did mine yesterday
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Just finished my video essays. Got the following questions

1. Introduce yourself and tell us about something not on your resume
2. Tell us about a time you went outside your comfort zone
3. Tell us about a time that you needed to ask for help.

All I can say is 1 minute goes a lot faster than you think even despite practice 😅

Also had my request to interview with an admissions volunteer this morning
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some people got the invite to request a match, and some people were able to schedule the interview directly on the portal. do you guys know why this difference?
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Just a thought: Mostly match is for alum (to schedule based on their availability) vs direct schedule is for current students who’s schedule might have been fixed by the ADCOM
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do you think one is better or worse than the other?
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I don’t think its better or worse, the mapping is based on profile fit generally in Bschools.
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Can you repeat the use examples you used on your essay in your video essay

Also, even though they tell you to introduce yourself using stuff not on your resume, I assume you can still talk about your professional stuff? If not that’s extremeely weird
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Hi all,
I need your help in the following situation.

I was initially planning to apply in R1 and my essays are done and LOR’s are already submitted. Basically my profile is complete I just haven’t submitted it. The only thing that is stopping is my standardized test score. I come from an over represented international community and the only con in my profile is the test score. So I decided to push my application to R2. But today I saw a mail from Kellogg that they are willing to extend the R1 deadline till Monday.

Should I consider this as a positive sign? Or is this a standard practice to encourage more applications?

I am really confused hope this community helps me.

P.S please be kind while replying and sorry if the text is a bit long😅
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Hi AkkiTi5, Glad that you have received an extension of the deadline. Before answering your question, I’d like to know one thing - what’s the status of your current GMAT/GRE? Have you appeared at least once? Are you planning to retake?
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Yes I have appeared once but I am not happy with my score, so I’ll be retaking it in the month of October
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Then, in that case, I’d recommend you wait for the R2 deadline when your application is holistically better.

Please not that this is my personal recommendation.

Though B-schools put importance on holistic review of profiles, somewhere we know that the GMAT/GRE scores matter quite a bit

So, unless you have an extraordinary profile, I would recommend you to wait and submit your application once you are confident with your scores
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I am not sure about extraordinary but I feel I have strong essays and LOR’s and I have have 6 years of work ex and the companies like jp Morgan, Morgan Stanley, oracle etc.
Academics wise I was a university topper. But my gre is lower than the average.(316)
Do you think it’s an okay profile?

Also, the main point is what should I interpret that mail? Is it normal for universities to extend deadlines?
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Also, the main point is what should I interpret that mail? Is it normal for universities to extend deadlines? 😅
The email can be interpreted in many ways. Schools do send out such emails when they see your engagement in the application management system, and when they believe that you should apply.

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I am not sure about extraordinary but I feel I have strong essays and LOR’s and I have have 6 years of work ex and the companies like jp Morgan, Morgan Stanley, oracle etc. Academics wise I was a university topper. But my gre is lower than the average.(316) Do you think it’s an okay profile?
316 is below average, and for an overrepresented pool, it may be a little difficult to compensate for that through different application components. If you firmly believe that you are going to score better in the next attempt, wait for R2. Otherwise, there’s no harm in applying with a low score :)

Wishing you all the best!
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