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rhyme, I clicked on one of the two links you put there, and boom, *my* profile popped up! thanks for the link man! :-D

Anyway, I fully agree, especially after reading post after post after post here on the forum and seeing who gets in and who doesn't. It's all about selling yourself and weaving a complete story. There are many posts around that will help you with crafting your application, but you gotta spend time sitting down every day just brainstorming for a few minutes to a few hours. If you give yourself 2-3 months to brainstorm, draft, and refine, you should have a good shot at many of the elite schools (and maybe even ultra-elites!)

My profile started out with "not much chance" at the ultra-elites, and even just brainstorming while studying for the GMAT (gotta take my mind off that test somehow, right? :P ), my simple GMAT Forum profile got more complicated and more detailed, and a story outline began to form in my head (with rhyme and others' help of course).

Give that a try and hopefully it'll give you a leg up in the app process!
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rhyme, I clicked on one of the two links you put there, and boom, *my* profile popped up! thanks for the link man! :-D

Anyway, I fully agree, especially after reading post after post after post here on the forum and seeing who gets in and who doesn't. It's all about selling yourself and weaving a complete story. There are many posts around that will help you with crafting your application, but you gotta spend time sitting down every day just brainstorming for a few minutes to a few hours. If you give yourself 2-3 months to brainstorm, draft, and refine, you should have a good shot at many of the elite schools (and maybe even ultra-elites!)

My profile started out with "not much chance" at the ultra-elites, and even just brainstorming while studying for the GMAT (gotta take my mind off that test somehow, right? :P ), my simple GMAT Forum profile got more complicated and more detailed, and a story outline began to form in my head (with rhyme and others' help of course).

Give that a try and hopefully it'll give you a leg up in the app process!


This is very very true.

When I first posted my profile, I presented an unpolished unsure picture of myself. Paul Bodine said something along the lines of "Georgetown would be a good shot for you" ... a few months later I posted my profile again, completely revamped - same person - just different "branding". That time, Paul actually suggested I had a shot at Harvard and that "Kellogg and Chicago" were imminently doable.

Just goes to show you how much BRANDING YOURSELF the right way can make such a different impression.
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Thanks to one and all for your useful feedback. I will surely work on refining my profile.
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