11th hour mba application advice consider this list before you submit

1. 11th Hour MBA Application Advice -
Consider This List Before You Submit
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2. 11th Hour MBA Application Advice -
Consider This List Before You Submit
By the Amerasia Consulting Group,
MBA Admissions Consultants

3. 11th Hour MBA Application Advice -
Consider This List Before You Submit
Here are our list of best tips and practices,
so you don't get caught with your pants
down with one hour to go before submitting.
We always tell our clients, do not wait a few
days before the deadline to begin
completing your online app, because you
just may have an "oh-snap" type moment.

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1. Most applications on the
applyyourself.com domain won't take
scanned transcripts bigger than 700kb.
You can shrink your transcripts
(online) here - http://goo.gl/8EQeC

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2 . Schools like Columbia host their
own applications (ie. not through
applyyouself.com) - I wouldn't push the
limits of good judgment when
submitting close to the deadline. Try to
submit a few hours before the deadline
or risk having the server slow way
down.

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3 . You can't cut and paste short
answers onto the online app fields
when using Google Chrome. You have
to use Firefox. No one uses Internet
Explorer .... joking, but I have not
tested cut/paste with Explorer.

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4. Most schools include short essays
on their app. Tuck has their
international experience essays (250
words), Yale has a professional
statement, HBS does ask you for your
goals and Darden does a good job of
hitting you up with an elevator pitch
essay.

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5. Also know that all schools have a
short answers on their app that will ask
you for employment history, significant
awards, extracurriculars. Do not simply
cut and paste from your resume - try to
make your answers complete
sentences.

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6. Short answers on the app will most
likely have character limits, not word
limits. There is a difference. Also note -
that characters includes spaces.

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7. In general, don't mail it in on your
online app answers - the "data sheet"
is the first thing the admissions
committee will see. Do not get off on
the wrong foot by being sloppy or
incomplete. Grammar counts.

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8. Some schools ask you what other
schools you are applying to - this has a
purpose. It's like being on a date and
getting asked how many other people
you are seeing.

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9. Columbia asks you what "current
students" you have spoken to - they
want names. Other schools simply ask
you what student or alums you have
talked to.

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10. Don't put down that you have
attended an event if you have not.
They do try and keep track - and they
will check.

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11. Resumes should be traditional - no
color, pictures, weird fonts. The
resume is supposed to be a sales
document - so it has to be aesthically
pleasing. Think like this - would a
recruiter hire me for a consulting job if
they saw my rainbow colored, alphabet
soup looking resume?

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12. Columbia asks for a picture - use a
picture that is professional, not
gangsta or gangnam. So don't fake
bake, pucker your lips or wear
anything with sequins or flair. Chicago
wants a slide show - no grainy
motorola star-tac quality pics, or pics
with your shirt off.

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13. If you're cutting it close on the word
counts or if you are filling up all the
short answer boxes on the online form,
it is okay to use acronyms. Just don't
go crazy using them if the adcom
doesn't have a clue as to what they
are.

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14. Don't be a d-bag and submit your
recommendation on behalf of your
recommender. If he or she is too busy find
another recommender or dress up as a
clown to get their attention. A good reason is
that the writing will probably sound like your
style of writing. A better reason is that some
schools do record your IP address. It really
looks un-kosher to have your app, your rec 1
and rec 2, coming from the same IP and just
minutes apart.

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