missionmba on June 4th, 2009

Is AWA worth the effort??
Simple answer is: Depends on how much effort you are talking about.
I was talking to this guy, who is  a good friend and a class of 2012 aspirant. He has already finished most of the stuff that I had suggested (Kaplan comprehensive, OG etc) and is presently getting scores around 750 [...]

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missionmba on April 22nd, 2009

Every time somebody asks me about profile-building for applying to an MBA program, I get reminded of the book: “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life.”  The book is about a girl named Opal Mehta, whose parents are hell-bent on making sure that she gets an admit to Harvard. Unlike most [...]

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missionmba on April 7th, 2009

It’s almost two years back that I had written a post with exactly the same title.. At that time, I had not taken the test myself and hence, wasn’t sure enough of whatever I was suggesting. Since then, I have pointed to the mentioned post to a number of friends, colleagues, juniors, friends of friends [...]

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missionmba on April 1st, 2009

Quoting directly from the first post on this blog:

Why I’m writing this blog?? Well, I too am not very sure why.. Was just reading Inblue’s MBA story when the thot struck. I guess it’d be gud to jot down my progress as I go on for my GMAT journey.. As a matter of fact, I do keep [...]

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missionmba on March 26th, 2009

I was going through my blog’s dashboard today, when an old draft caught my eye and I was reminded of a promise that I made  right at the start of apping-process last year. Recognizing my efforts on this blog, Clearadmit had offered me a free sample of their school guide for The Fuqua School of [...]

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missionmba on March 5th, 2009

For quite some time now, I have been recommending two books to everybody, who wants to know about life at a B-school. I believe that to this date, I must have made at least 15-20 people in my circle (real-life and the virtual world) buy one or both of these. Both these books are enjoyable [...]

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missionmba on January 8th, 2009

… have all failed!! :’(
So here’s a post dedicated to the same. Hope this proves useful for future applicants.
After the Duke debacle and Tuck waitlist, it was time for Plan B for me. This time, I was looking for more realistic schools: schools where the chances of admission are a bit higher and which give [...]

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missionmba on December 14th, 2008

Some followers of this blog and a couple of Pagalguy members have asked me on my “tips” for Fuqua essays in particular. Now, I am not sure whether I am qualified enough to give any tips (5 more days before i get to know about it ), but I can surely discuss my [...]

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missionmba on November 15th, 2008

Posted this “comment” on a recent post by a fellow-applicant McCoy
After I had finished, I realised that the comment had already acquired the size of a post. So why  not post it on my own blog and compensate for the recent lack of activity. Some R2 applicants and applicants to class of 2012 [...]

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missionmba on August 28th, 2008

You must have heard this so many times from B-school adcom members..  Many applicants often dgress from what is asked . And then while the resulting essay may be compelling in language, replete with examples and perfect in style, it often doesn’t fulfil the elementary criterion:: It doesn’t answer the question!!
This often is a result [...]

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