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UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   30 Jul 2008, 19:30
The essay questions on the website differ from the ones in the app. The latter are a strange mixture of this year's questions and last year's questions with word limits that apply to neither. Is this glitch in the app or a typo on the essays page?
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   30 Jul 2008, 20:03
Looks like it is up in the application section
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   30 Jul 2008, 20:29
No more Round 4, and they have a really early Round 1 deadline. :(
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2008, 00:14
wow, no more round 4... so Haas is the only one with Round 4 now?
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2008, 05:32
Disregard my previous post. I checked the app this morning and it now matches the essays on the website.
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2008, 09:15
Audio response? Are they just trying to follow the the ppt trend? Weird.
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2008, 10:09
Yeah this is truly hilarious.

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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2008, 10:43
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Yeah this is truly hilarious.

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Wow that's really stupid
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2008, 10:43
Do you think they're trying to figure out how polished you are? Maybe a sort of "pre-interview" interview?
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2008, 10:54
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Do you think they're trying to figure out how polished you are? Maybe a sort of "pre-interview" interview?


Maybe...but I think they're just trying to "think outside the box."
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2008, 11:11
So, I'm going to write a 250 word essay and then read it to them and record it. WOW! That is original and 'outside the box' thinking! Sorry for the sarcasm, but it seems if they were trying to come up with a creative question they could have put a little more thought into it.
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2008, 12:52
i find it quite interesting. Yes you can write an essay and then read it in 1 minute, but written essays and speeches are inherently different. Ever notice how different it is when public speakers read off a written essay/speech versus when they do it "free form?" I'm guessing UCLA wants to see what your speaking capabilities are, or if you know how to "write for speech". Trust me, if you're a good orator, then your 1 minute recording will blow any 250 word essay (written or read out loud) out of the water and get you that much closer to an admit. :)
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2008, 06:32
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I'm guessing UCLA wants to see what your speaking capabilities are,


That's exactly what I was getting at. Maybe they want to limit the number of people with accents?
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2008, 21:16
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kryzak wrote:
I'm guessing UCLA wants to see what your speaking capabilities are,


That's exactly what I was getting at. Maybe they want to limit the number of people with accents?


Excellent point! - as politically incorrect as that sounds....there's probably a lot of truth in that.
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   04 Aug 2008, 11:40
I'm not applying to UCLA but just checked out the questions and this made me laugh.
I guess it's "different" but wow is it strange.... :roll:


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Yeah this is truly hilarious.

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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   04 Aug 2008, 11:51
Almost sounds like you're a contestant in a beauty pageant. hehehehehe
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   04 Aug 2008, 11:52
I'm going to have background music on my voice recording!
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   04 Aug 2008, 12:07
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I'm going to have background music on my voice recording!


Two words:

Subliminal message
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   05 Aug 2008, 16:48
Would you guys consider UCLA as having a strong finance program? The only aspect of the program that stands out to me is the AMR program.
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Re: UCLA online application/new essay questions posted [#permalink] New post   05 Aug 2008, 16:58
mlchang616 wrote:
Would you guys consider UCLA as having a strong finance program? The only aspect of the program that stands out to me is the AMR program.


The finance curriculum is pretty solid and there is much more breadth and depth than other elite schools such as Michigan, Duke, and Haas (and even MIT and HBS).
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x9081.xml

Solid in IM, especially the placement in LA, which is an extremely small market. Placement in SF is decent from what I've seen as well.
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/course/asam/
https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x9220.xml

IB placement is in line with other elite schools (with the exception of NYU which is a downright IB factory! :)).


EDIT: BTW, I believe there is a UCLA 2009 Applicants thread, which may be a better area to post questions such as this.
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