How do you show a school you are really interested?
Something I've seen a lot in articles and from admissions consultants - you show the school you really want to go.
My question is, how do you show a school you really want to go? All I can think of is visiting their campus/admissions events. I mean what else is there?
The same way you got into your undergraduate college. Research the school, find out the core values that they pride themselves on, cater your application towards them. For example, if you're interested in sustainability and entrepreneurship, then you'd be a good fit for MIT Sloan and could probably write a compelling essay about that; f you're going for Harvard 2+2, then that's another demographic entirely, etc. Obviously I haven't been to b-school yet, but judging from the results of my peers who have gotten into good programs, that's the advice I've been told.
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contact anyone you know at that school and ask what stands out about their experience and anything worth mentioning (such as small group dinners between students, collaborative culture, blah blah)
You have to be genuine. People (decent people) are usually wired to spot fake behavior. Have a genuine interest in the school and ask yourself a question: Why would I ever want to go there? Aside from "duh, because it's awesome and the chicks are hot and I will be a rainmaker when I graduate", you need to really dig inside and see what would make two years of hard work, mental breakdowns, emotional turmoil, and 250k in debt doable? When you find the answer, you'll know what to tell the schools.
Good luck
I think it is important that you show the school you are interested, but it is also important that you show the school that you fit. No school will admit you simply because you want to go there. I see all the time people trying to beef up their essays with the "I want it! And I will give you a pound of flesh, my first born, anything!"
The thing is, fit is tricky, and the only way to know if you feel the fit is to, as you say, visit the school, talk current students and graduates, and especially, read between the lines of what the school is trying to say about itself. For example, Stanford's motto is "Change lives. Change organizations. Change the world." If you think you belong there, you have to demonstrate in your application that you want to make those changes... that's showing fit. Harvard is proud of its case method pedagogy and the new FIELD program (which looks like a huge success!). Chicago boasts about the fact that there's only one required course -- you get to pick all the rest yourself. So you have to not only want them, but show them also that you are the kind of person who can thrive there.
Make sense?
Basically Betsy you are saying to write your applicatoin focused on their core values to show interest and that I am a fit?
What would you say the core values are for Wharton, MIT and Kellogg?
Basically Betsy you are saying to write your applicatoin focused on their core values to show interest and that I am a fit?
What would you say the core values are for Wharton, MIT and Kellogg?
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