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Six Sixes? Wow

Posted in Chicago, Columbia, Essays, Harvard, LBS, Wharton on September 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Yesterday Yuvraj Singh hit Chris Broad for six sixes in one over,  and did it stun the English? One Andrew Flintoff in particular…
But it set me thinking – can I achieve the same feat? No, I dont intend to go back to cricket. I was a decent player in my school days, and still play infrequently, [...]

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A matter of choice

Posted in Bschools, Essays on September 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »

No reply from my reviewers yet, so I’m using this time to take a good relook at my app process. Which schools do I really wanna go? Of these, where do I stand a decent chance? And how many can I manage to apply to? In round 1? In round 2?
Clearly there are some schools [...]

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Talking points

Posted in Essays on September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »

This version seems good enough, and after a whole week of iterations, I’ve just dispatched my career goals essay to both reviewers. They’ll take about 2-3 days possibly, but I hope they like it this time.
So what have I changed since last time? Well, for one, I’m not talking about my entire experience, only three [...]

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Too much to write, too little space

Posted in Bschools, Columbia, Essays, Wharton on September 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I’m still on the career goals essay, and not able to get it right. Everytime I make a draft, there are enough loopholes which I’ve not addressed. And there is not enough word limit for doing that. I’m targeting 1400-1500 words right now, which I’ll get down to 1000 and 750 for Wharton & Columbia respectively.
But [...]

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Back on the drawing board

Posted in Essays on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

My reviewers thought my career goals do not sound believable. My career history is too long, and needs to be cut down, while I need to work harder on explaining what I’m intending to do in the next 5 years and next 15 years. Also, it doesnt explain why I need the MBA, although it does explain [...]

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Career Goals essay done

Posted in Bschools, Essays on September 6, 2007 | 8 Comments »

Yes! After much procrastination, I have finally completed the first draft of Essay#1. It looks good, and it shows the real me.
I’ve addressed my long-term goals, short-term path, my last 5-7 years of career progress, and then connected all these with the Why MBA and Why XYZ. Cool.
Now, this is a 1500 word master essay. [...]

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Received the GMAT Official Score Report

Posted in AWA, GMAT on September 3, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Got the official score yesterday, and the AWA score sucks
With 99 percentile on the Total (and on V/Q), the AWA score of 5.0 (61%) looks horrible. I was hoping against hope for a 5.5, but I guess this is what I’ll have to be content with.
Dont know whether I’ll need to address this low score [...]

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Essay progress 2: Back in business

Posted in Consulting, Essays on September 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »

The project’s over and I’m a free man now. Maybe for a week, till I’m staffed.
On to things that I should have done 2 weeks ago. Immediately after my GMAT.
I’d got both Bodine & Montauk early this month, but not even opened them before – both are great books, and now I’m sure that with the [...]

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