Thanks Jon! We share some mutural perspectives on early career application. More importantly, your helpful advice makes me sure I am on the right track.
Thank you for settling me down and hope to contact you in the near future.
I have questions about the Recommendation Letters.
1. what percentage will they account for in the evaluation of the whole package? Rumors said that many Adcoms knew most Chinese applicants write RL by themselves. So they don't care RL too much.
2. how do you think about the rating chart in RL? If I am the recommender, hardly I will rate the applicants for 2%. Do you think it is dangerous if I'm in top 10% or even top 20% for some quality ratings?
I've been reading a lot your posts on CD. Thanks for all your efforts and time : ) I do have a question, which has confused me a lot. I really hope you can help me out. I didn't obtain my major (4 yrs)degree, but I did acquire minor one (2 yrs). After graduation, I've been working in Citigroup and top consulting company for 3 years.
Im worried about my undergraduate situation, will admission office exclude me from eligiable candidates?
I've been reading a lot your posts on CD. Thanks for all your efforts and time : ) I do have a question, which has confused me a lot. I really hope you can help me out. I didn't obtain my major (4 yrs)degree, but I did acquire minor one (2 yrs). After graduation, I've been working in Citigroup and top consulting company for 3 years.
Im worried about my undergraduate situation, will admission office exclude me from eligiable candidates?
Thanks and looking forward to your reply.
Jessica
-- by 会员 sexxyrain (2010/9/22 22:39:53)
Hey there—happy to answer this question for you. Generally, all schools do require that you have a four-year degree. There are some exceptions, but to be honest, we have never worked with a client who has applied without a Bachelor’s Degree. L So I would be very surprised if you were to be the one out of 5,000 or so of the applications that we have done. You may reach out to specific schools and see if they are open to the idea—but generally, this will be very hard to overcome.
Sorry, and I hope this is helpful for you! Jon Frank
I have questions about the Recommendation Letters.
1. what percentage will they account for in the evaluation of the whole package? Rumors said that many Adcoms knew most Chinese applicants write RL by themselves. So they don't care RL too much.
2. how do you think about the rating chart in RL? If I am the recommender, hardly I will rate the applicants for 2%. Do you think it is dangerous if I'm in top 10% or even top 20% for some quality ratings?
Thank you very much!
-- by 会员 narcisuss (2010/9/22 0:48:26)
Well hello there! It would be my pleasure to answer this question for you. Or should I say…both questions!
1. LORs, as I like to call them, are important—but essays and test scores are MORE important. As a percentage—maybe 10%? Maybe 15%? A LOR needs to do two things: first, the recommender must corroborate your stories. If you claim to have launched a new product, the recommender should say “yes, she did.” That is 70% of the challenge. The other 30% for the LOR should be for them to present NEW material! That is why it is so important for the recommenders to write their own work. Who knows what they will say! That 30% is often the most valuable. The part that you didn’t already cover in your applications.
And finally, the LOR should be SPECIFIC. There are only 20 or so words that everybody will use. “Smart, creative, talented, leadership,” etc. Eeeeveryone will use the same words in every LOR. The GOOD LORs will be the ones that are specific. Not just “Wei is smart.” But “Wei is smart—just yesterday, I have her a bottle and a pen, and twenty minutes later she had built a car.” J You get the idea—specifics are KEY.
2. We would want the highest ratings possible. eriod. erhaps some can be the second highest—but anything lower than that could be seen as a red flag. Something that the admissions people might be worried about
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