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by keepfighting.nevergiveup » Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:24 pm
Hi Friends,

Please review and provide your valuable comments on the following GMAT waiver letter:

From: Hitesh Kumar Sharma
To: Joanne Boylan
Dear Ms. Joanne and all;
I am writing this letter for requesting a waiver for the GMAT examination requirement for admission to the Ph.D. program in Economics at “”.I realized that the Ph.D. program is a highly competitive program and that scores from the GMAT are used as one facet of an applicant’s application to aid in admissions decisions. Nevertheless, I believe that I did learn GMAT by myself already. I am confident that I have already possessed all the qualities for which GMAT qualifies the candidate. Indeed GMAT measures the applicant based on the following section:
1. Verbal
I have around more than 11 years of experience in Technology Sector. Being the Technical Lead in Technology sector, my medium of communication is English only. Moreover, my responsibilities allow me to project the demos to Global clients like Delphi, Goodrich, etc. I visited USA to meet the Global customers and project the product developed at offshore (HCL technology).Answer the queries, listen to the problems & respond item experience has taught me how to interact with clients using strong technical & interpersonal skills. I also engaged in training sessions, presentations, group meetings, performance appraisals, one-on-one discussions, interviews. My language skills, cultural understanding & technical expertise has helped the company to achieve its targets, Apart from my academics my professional experience have cultivated a lot of who I am. Leading the team, I also listen to the issues of the team. If the issues are genuine then put forward to management. Example:
• I have given several pieces of training to the clients & internal teams. Before giving any training primary step I do self-inquiry, brainstorming and then develop the training material to demonstrate with effective verbal communication words to convey a message eloquently and concisely. To get a message across, I ensure the receiver correctly interprets the words. By successfully delivering a message, the team describes ideas, thoughts, and directives that allow colleagues to work better together. After the end of each session, I seek feedback on how the message was received.

• Besides this, I also have the acute interest to teach English to young learners, effective business communication for the Business crowd. To achieve this I qualified all the following grades of TESOL :
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 FOUNDATION TESOL CERTIFICATE
 YOUNG LEARNERS TEACHERS TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
 ADVANCED TESOL CERTIFICATE
 BUSINESS ENGLISH TEACHERS TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM


2. Analytical
I need to read the case studies of the project. Thereafter analyzing it & evaluate the mistakes done in the past project and implement the solution that filled the gap so that the past mistakes will never happen again. This requires immense patience & ability to collect, gather, visualize and analyze information in details. I need to see a problem or situation from different points of view. Information is the powerful resource but right information & applying the right solution on the problem is the powerful mantra. Example:
• Being a Technical Lead I must analyze the system from various angles via which system can fail. In this manner I need to write a lot of test cases which tester does not need to test so first I understand the requirements of the system and breakdown the test cases w.r.t requirements and then test the system. This is the evidence that I uses clear, logical steps and possesses excellent judgment to understand an issue from all angles before executing an action.

• Before giving any work for review first I evaluate myself w.r.t self-checklist. Having a good attention to detail I am able to notice, retain, and keep track of details. This means that I am able to follow instructions properly, avoid mistakes in work, and carefully evaluate complex. This helps my work will be done with accuracy and precision. After getting comments I take seriously & discuss with the reviewer. If the comments are valid then I jotted down in my checklist and evaluate again myself. This is the evidence that I carried critical thinking ability to evaluate a situation or a problem with an independent mind. I don’t accept arguments or assumptions without question. This requires me to break down an argument or the steps in a process, and make independent evaluations.

3. Quantitative
To prove the Math skills, I passed my Engineering with Grade A.
As stipulated by statue behind the approval of GMAT waiver, a single Bachelor plus 11 years of experience is already a ground for such approval. I hope that the pieces of evidence mentioned in the letter suffice to grant me the GMAT waiver.

Thanks & Regards
Hitesh
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by MargaretStrother » Sun Feb 18, 2018 7:04 am
Overall, you've hit all the points admissions would need you to hit, but it's rather lengthy. If I had this letter to edit, I'd cut about 40% of the text, just to facilitate communication, and do a close read to be sure that your written English is 100% correct: if you're writing a letter to demonstrate that you don't need the GMAT to prove your quant or verbal skills, you want to be sure you're using business English perfectly. Here, your writing is around 70% correct, but there is room for improvement.

Since your post is a couple of months old, I expect you have already submitted the letter. The forum would be interested in hearing how they responded. Any updates for us?

Good luck,
Margaret Strother
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by Black5tar » Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:50 pm
Margaret Strother wrote:Overall, you've hit all the points admissions would need you to hit, but it's rather lengthy. If I had this letter to edit, I'd cut about 40% of the text, just to facilitate communication, and do a close read to be sure that your written English is 100% correct: if you're writing a letter to demonstrate that you don't need the GMAT to prove your quant or verbal skills, you want to be sure you're using business English perfectly. Here, your writing is around 70% correct, but there is room for improvement.

Since your post is a couple of months old, I expect you have already submitted the letter. The forum would be interested in hearing how they responded. Any updates for us?

Good luck,
Margaret Strother
Thanks for sharing the letter and i am going to use this for my own letter! Though I agree with margaret that the length could be shorter. a good aspect of writing is also the ability to write concisely.
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by MargaretStrother » Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:58 am
Exactly. As a rule, "the more you write, the less they read," so always interrogate your own sentences for urgency: you may want to tell them this, but do they need to know it in order to act on your request? If not, you might be cluttering up their decision-making process, hence working against your own interests.

Good luck!
Margaret Strother
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by theelix1 » Sun Sep 02, 2018 10:38 pm
Hello everybody, I am new on this.
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