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bmich
Underclassman
USA
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 Posted - 11/06/2003 : 12:30:36
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Here is an interesting article
Let me briefly explain the process of Admission at Chicago GSB. Applications are read in the dank, dark application reading room in the bowels of Edelstone. As students pore through reams of applicant material, occasionally some really salient comments make the reader pause, laugh out loud, and proceed to the whitewashed walls with a large marker in hand.
Affectionately known as the application "Wall of Shame", it received over 100 comments during the course of the application cycle, the Top 10 of which were shared here:
The Top 10 Quotes from the Application "Wall of Shame"
10. "The beautiful and safe residential community at Hyde Park will be an ideal setting for my educational expedition."
9. "underneath my analytical exterior lies a mischievous soul"
8. "He twice called me a stupid idiot"
7. "Led a team of one..."
6. "Hours worked per week – 168 ..." (admitted Kellogg student)
5. "I have extensive foreign experiences. I am Dutch!"
4. "Australia is where I sowed my wild oats."
The next two are from Letters of Recommendation
3. "I would like to point out his developmental needs. I think that he has to improve his drinking capacity to a certain extent. He can't drink at all! I have seen many times that he was drunk with only a glass of wine during dinner."
2. "Do us all a favor: TAKE HER!!"
And the number 1 worst sentence on an application for the class of 2003:
1. "I was sentenced to a 27 month prison term ... for possession of LSD" (Does anyone know where I can find this applicant??)
Honorable Mention:
"I had exciting 4 years, almost as exciting a President Clinton's last 4 years in the White House"
"I realized that life far away from home was not quiet the same as staying at home..."
"I am not talking about charity; I am not a good person…"
"I didn't apply to Tuck because they require a lot of math." (The interviewer's comment to this was "She struck me as a prototypical Kellogg student.")
My writing aims for precision economy and clarity
Throughout my career I've been a sponge. A sponge, not a parasite."
"I don't expect to take any classes before enrolling at BERKLEY"
"... the thriving Hyde park community stimulates learning and growth"
"I did get a 'C' once, but I do not really like to talk about that."
"Breathing the same Oxygen with the most carefully selected leaders of the future from all over the world will enable me to see my weaknesses, strengths..."
"My father used to joke that some day I would either be a millionaire or in jail."
"Trying to explain the finer points of a Krispy Kreme donut to a New Yorker would be like trying to explain Skydiving to the Amish"
"Volunteered for the intellectually disabled"
"Assisted INS during interrogation of illegal immigrants"
"responsibilities include helping a boy to become a man" |
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hercules
Graduate Assistant
USA
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Posted - 11/07/2003 : 18:35:28
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Funny.
Team of one is my favorite and take her is my second favorite.  |
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Posc
'05 Poster of the Year!
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Posted - 11/10/2003 : 21:51:15
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2 thumbs up.
Didnt realize INS interrogrations counted as ECs... 
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AdmissionsConsultants
Admissions Expert
USA
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Posted - 11/18/2003 : 12:57:58
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After reading this post, I asked some of our consultants about some of their favorite (or not so favorite) applications from their admissions committee experiences.
Naming the wrong school in the application (e.g. mentioning why you really want to attend Kellogg in the Chicago application) and vain self promotion (read: being perceived as vain instead of healthily aggressive) are fairly commonplace.
Here are some of the responses I received:
A letter of reference that cited the applicant’s experiences organizing office birthday parties and showers as evidence of leadership.
"When I was a child, all I could dream about was killing my little sister."
"I always knew that I wanted to go to business school after watching the movie BABY BOOM."
“I would literally kill to get into your school.”
Best of luck with your applications!
Sincerely,
David Petersam
DPetersam@admissionsconsultants.com
Admissions committee experience from the top b-schools
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Phillip Radopoulos
Underclassman
USA
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Posted - 05/13/2006 : 12:46:31
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By far the best i 've heard until now is the gentleman that claims of working 168 hrs per week!
"Leading a team of one" and "killing literary to get to the school" get my vote for the second and third place.
Keep up the good work!
Phillip Radopoulos
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GSB admissions wall of shame - hilarious! :-)
