I had taken a sanity check on 4th Dec, to get my application process back on track and I’m quite happy I did. So despite targeting 5 very different essay sets, I am pleased with my current status:
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Columbia: all essays done, revised, checked, reviewed & modified - even the 21st century MBA one. One reco is [...]
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Posted in Harvard, Recos on December 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
My current recommenders are both my ex-managers at my previous firm, and I last had worked there more than two years back
I would like to avoid reaching out to any supervisor at my current firm, mainly because no one here knows my plans and it would become difficult for me. Actually I did talk to [...]
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Posted in MIT Sloan, Recos on October 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
And what a task it was to get my recommenders to do this!
Last week I had discussed the Sloan and Darden reco details with Rec1. He’d asked me write out all the points we discussed, and send him the bullets. Boy, thats what happens when you have reported to someone for more than a year [...]
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An update on my app.process
Darden :
Reviewer 1 said the first essay needs to be better aligned with the question – what matters most to you? Currently it seems like a regular career essay without passion. Ok point taken. I almost knew this beforehand The other two essays have some feedback points, which I’ve incorporated. Now [...]
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Posted in Consulting, Essays, Recos on August 23, 2007 | 6 Comments »
After a really gr8 seven days, am back to normal! Depressed, that is.
Back to the real world - 10 days back (check this out), I was rolling off my project, then the partner held me back, and now I really know why! I’m working on this nice n “profitable” 10 day project, where I get to use all my [...]
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Posted in Recos on August 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Talked to the last of my recommenders today. He was very excited to hear I’m trying for my MBA, and wished me all the best. So now, along with the 3 lined up before, I’m hitting a count of FOUR – one recent manager from my current job, two managers from my previous job (which I [...]
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