Comments on: “Profile-building” for MBA applications: some quick tips

By: rishab

rishab — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:05:10 +0000

Hey !

congrats for emory admit !
Your blog has been a great source of information and has provided some direction to my convoluted efforts of pursuing an MBA abroad.

I am writing here to solicit advice/help to start my own club.

looking forward to ur response.

Cheers!
R

By: PaloAltoforaWhile

PaloAltoforaWhile — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:22:48 +0000

It’s a bit relevant because Ms. Viswanathan wrote the book while she was desperately trying to get into Harvard undergrad, which hits nicely on the ethical issues you raise at the end of the post.

By: missionmba

missionmba — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:45:53 +0000

Thanks PA4W.. Good to know that you liked the post.

I know about the controversy around the Opal-Mehta book. But found that irrelevant with respect to my topic. I have not even read that book. It’s only thru reviews that I got to know the crux of the story and I felt that the approach by Opal’s parents mirrors the one followed by many applicants.

By: PaloAltoforaWhile

PaloAltoforaWhile — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:27:38 +0000

Really good post. Would be interesting to see a rough suggested timeline attached to this entry.

Also, you forgot to mention the very interesting ethical scandal surrounding the “Opal Mehta” book – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaavya_Viswanathan. The author, a Harvard undergrad, was accused by the Harvard Crimson of plagiarism (it’s pretty blatant)…

By: Fake IPL Player

Fake IPL Player — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:59:00 +0000

FYI – The book that you mention, How Opal Mehta… is an outright cheap rip-off of McCafferty’s books Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings

http://pointblank.wordpress.com/2006/04/27/how-kaavya-viswanathan-wrote-a-book-%E2%80%98internalized%E2%80%99-mccafferty%E2%80%99s-idea-and-got-busted/