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I left last weekend to prepare my essays, and on saturday morning I had a terrible incident with a crazy violent cab driver that hitted me (yeah, as you are reading, the guy got mad at me because I asked him to let me go down from his cab, I know, it sounds horrible) I spend the whole weekend crying  and really traumatized, but I managed to get my mind kind of clear yesterdady and submit my application, I think it got through since I received Eric´s mail and I send it at 10:00 p.m. eastern time.
You never know what might happen to you, so lesson learned, try to prepare with time in advanced... I really hope that something good can come up in the middle of all the horrible things that I went through this last weekend
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| catalinan wrote: | I left last weekend to prepare my essays, and on saturday morning I had a terrible incident with a crazy violent cab driver that hitted me (yeah, as you are reading, the guy got mad at me because I asked him to let me go down from his cab, I know, it sounds horrible) I spend the whole weekend crying and really traumatized, but I managed to get my mind kind of clear yesterdady and submit my application, I think it got through since I received Eric´s mail and I send it at 10:00 p.m. eastern time.
You never know what might happen to you, so lesson learned, try to prepare with time in advanced... I really hope that something good can come up in the middle of all the horrible things that I went through this last weekend |
Oh my gosh. I hope you are okay, Catalina.
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Hi Eric, yeah, I am o.k. I am just having a terrible time trying to sleep, but that´s it.
Thank you very much for asking! 
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| catalinan wrote: | Hi Eric, yeah, I am o.k. I am just having a terrible time trying to sleep, but that´s it.
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 Take it easy, Catalina.
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I am trying to take it easy, yesterday I was actually able to have a really good night sleep, is just that is hard to let go those things when you have a black eye in your face...
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Congratulations to the winners of the scholarship...
Eric, don't we get to see the winning essays? (If the writers agree) |
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| rajesh_ctm wrote: | Congratulations to the winners of the scholarship...
Eric, don't we get to see the winning essays? (If the writers agree) |
I would actually prefer that the winning essays not be published--for the winners' own good. This year, we tried to design our questions to be similar to what a b-school applicant could expect as an actual b-school essay topic. The reason why is that we thought this scholarship competition would be a great way for participants to get a head start on writing their applications.
That being said, it probably would not be a good idea to publish these essays prior to actually submitting your b-school apps.
However, we can leave it to our scholarship recipients to decide--any takers?
Thanks.
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LOL before eric's post I was about to post my essay, but now I realize that is probably not a good idea. Thanks for the heads up eric.
I realize 99.99% of everyone here wouldn't even think about plagiarism, its the .01% I worry about. |
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| beatthegmat wrote: | | rajesh_ctm wrote: | Congratulations to the winners of the scholarship...
Eric, don't we get to see the winning essays? (If the writers agree) |
I would actually prefer that the winning essays not be published--for the winners' own good. This year, we tried to design our questions to be similar to what a b-school applicant could expect as an actual b-school essay topic. The reason why is that we thought this scholarship competition would be a great way for participants to get a head start on writing their applications.
That being said, it probably would not be a good idea to publish these essays prior to actually submitting your b-school apps.
However, we can leave it to our scholarship recipients to decide--any takers?
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That's a good point. I was asking so that I could get atleast some idea where my essays stand. I know giving feedback on all entries is next to impossible. So is there a way I could know atleast what position my essay was ranked at? Right now it is a total black box. If you can give that, I'll also get something back, if not the prize.
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| rajesh_ctm wrote: | | beatthegmat wrote: | | rajesh_ctm wrote: | Congratulations to the winners of the scholarship...
Eric, don't we get to see the winning essays? (If the writers agree) |
I would actually prefer that the winning essays not be published--for the winners' own good. This year, we tried to design our questions to be similar to what a b-school applicant could expect as an actual b-school essay topic. The reason why is that we thought this scholarship competition would be a great way for participants to get a head start on writing their applications.
That being said, it probably would not be a good idea to publish these essays prior to actually submitting your b-school apps.
However, we can leave it to our scholarship recipients to decide--any takers?
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That's a good point. I was asking so that I could get atleast some idea where my essays stand. I know giving feedback on all entries is next to impossible. So is there a way I could know atleast what position my essay was ranked at? Right now it is a total black box. If you can give that, I'll also get something back, if not the prize.
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The only thing we can say is that it was a really competitive year, and we got a lot of really fantastic entries--yours was no exception.
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The only thing we can say is that it was a really competitive year, and we got a lot of really fantastic entries--yours was no exception. |
Now, Eric, that was a clever reply! Didn't give anything away, but made me happy Are you done with your MBA already?
Anyway, thanks!
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| aim-wsc wrote: | | oops, Rajesh, i was not aware that even you applied dot the scholarship. |
Yes, though my GMAT journey is already over, four hours consultation with Stacy was a big prize in itself. |
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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however you might want to research on what tic b-schools, what they want in your essay. different programs look for different kinds of stories.
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I've read that this a major flaw that most applicants do--they write what they think the AdCom wants to hear not what they(the applicants) want to/should tell. |
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