Guide in Reapplying to Business School - Assess feedback efforts through questioning framework, integrate feedback into subsequent applications.

1. Reapplying to Business School
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2. Reapplying to Business School
Guide in Reapplying to Business School
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3. Are you reapplying to
business school?
So you've had the axe swung on you during your initial
attempt at business school applications. While it's
tough, you need to get back on your MBA application
horse and solicit feedback from the admissions
committee. This is the first step in successfully getting in
the subsequent year.
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4. Are you reapplying to
business school?
Assess your feedback efforts through
this questioning framework:
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5. 1. What programs did you apply to and for
what rounds?
 How well did you fit the median profile?
• What schools were you accepted?
 Rejected by all?
 Admitted by some?
• Were you waitlisted and the rejected?
 How did you follow up after you were rejected?
 Did you try and appeal any of the decisions?
 Had you applied to the program in years prior?
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6. • Do you seek out advice from each of the
schools that rejected you?
 What did they say?
 How long was the feedback session?
 In phone, email or in person?
 Did you know the person giving you the feedback?
 What questions did you ask?
 Did you have the questions handy and essays
reread?
 Was the person generally positive or negative
sounding?
 Did they neglect to give you any feedback?
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7. 1. In what month did you solicit the feedback?
 After May and before September?
 Timing is everything as adcoms will be swamped.
4. Did you implement their specific advice into
this year's application?
 What was the specific advice?
 What does each website
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8. 1. Was there a consistent theme among the
schools?
 What was the theme?
2. Did you work with an admissions
consultant?
 For all schools?
 What company?
9. Gut check: What do you think are the
reasons for your rejection are?
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9. Now integrate this feedback into
the subsequent applications:
• How are you a stronger candidate?
 What has substantially changed year over year?
 Professionally and personally?
 Tough for R3 and then next year's R1.
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10. • Why did you reapply and why to this
school?
 What have you learned from the rejection
experience?
 How did it make you more determined to
succeed?
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11. • How much overlap is there between
essays?
 Have they substantially changed?
 In what ways?
2. Did the school offer you the chance
to only re-write on essay?
 You should rewrite them all.
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12. • Did you use new recommenders or
recommendations that can address to
your recent strengths?
6. Did you emphasize the new project
work on the resume?
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13. • Did you take additional classes if you
have academic deficiencies?
 Re-take GMAT?
3. What is your story during the interviews
as to what has improved year over year?
 What specific reasons do you have to tell about
being a stronger candidate?
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14. Good luck.
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