Dear Ad Coms

I write this to clarify my application. While I understand that my application has several glaring weaknesses, please, allow me to address them.

I am sure that my GMAT score and GPA have caused you to wonder, is Wannabe intellectually capable of handling the mental work load at school? While I understand that scoring 800 with a GPA of 4.0 in Physics or Actuarial Scienve would warrant an auto-admittance into your school with scholarship, I think it would be safe to say that my statistics and background are nowhere as impressive as that.

I have to admit, while I could have studied Princeton and topped the class, I felt an urge to pursue a more creative undergraduate degree and enjoy myself. My time was spent engaged in shooting other people in Counterstrike or listening to happy hardcore while trying to decide whether sex really sells detergent. How many other applicants can boast of a kill/death ratio of 95 to 9, while using a handgun only? I also learnt that while sex may not sell, it sells to talk about how sex sells to cute college girls.

Sure, my work experience seems pretty spotty too. But trust me, while I may not have gone to Goldman Sachs or McKinsey straight out of university, I did get involved with some decent companies and activities. For starters, I did try to start the next Blizzard Entertainment, but failed badly when I failed to convince my co-founders the importance and future of Massively Multiplayer On-line Role Playing Games and we blew the start-up money on booze and hookers. Maybe how I developed the sales strategy for an on-line drug dealer reflects my strategic thinking or how I built the local pirated DVD/VCD business from home shows my leadership and entrepreneur potential.

You may also wonder about my community service. Which of, I assure you, I have plenty. I make it a point to try and date a different college girl every month from my community as I feel it is my duty to offer guidance to those that are younger. When people talk about giving back to society, rest assured, I am doing a lot of giving.

However, the question still remains, why should we offer Wannabe a place at our school? Well, for starters, I really need the job opportunity that your school offers. I understand that every other student may also want to opportunity, but really, nobody wants it as badly as I do. I am eager to graduate and get my money grubbing hands into the Private Equity business (although it seems to have tanked) or maybe even Investment Banking, as I am quite sure that I will be able to clear USD180,000 for the first year (including bonuses). I am sick and tired of earning low wages (in my third world country) when I see my peers earning that kind of coin abroad. I will be the most motivated of students at your school as strive to achieve my dreams.

After making my millions, I will proceed to donate an obscene sum of money back to the school to have the new cafeteria built with my name. Heck, I will even set up a non-profit trust fund to subsidize the food that your future students will have to eat!

Also, I bring diversity to the school. Your school will be able to boast of a +1 nationality to your student body. I am quite sure that there are hardly any other applicants from my country, so do not waste time, allow me to increase your student body nationality count by one.

And there we have it, mitigation of my weaknesses and why you should accept me. So please, send me that admit email as soon as possible as I expect to be deluged by offers over the next few weeks. Of course, without doubt, your school is my first choice and I would be ecstatic to attend the Class of 2010.

So, do take care, and I hope to hear from you.

Regards,

Wannabe

What now?

Columbia has been submitted. Tuck is complete pending a recommendation and a final review of my essays by family. I'm sitting tight before the deadlines. Nope, I haven't got an interview invite from Columbia... and it's slowly getting to me - especially when there have been admits given out already!

5 people have been admitted to Columbia (one who is on the BusinessWeek MBA forums). But, while i'm getting a bit nervous, I haven't hit the BIG RED panic button just yet. After all, I only submitted my application 20 days ago. In general, I should hear something about 35 days to 45 days after my application has gone under review (which was about on the 11th of September).

As for Tuck. There's so much love for Tuck, I should as well throw the towel in and make the trip to visit Tuck.... :( if only I had the time and money, I would do the trip. But everything else is nice and tight.

So what's next?

Working on my Maths course.... and then, preparing for Ross and .... Stanford! whoa!

That's right, I've decided in a brief spell of madness to apply to the most selective business school. I sat around for 2 days figuring out my next move... went through Wharton/Harvard/Stanford's essays. Initially my plan was to see which school had the easiest essays that I could adapt from my other applications. But after much soul searching and consideration... and reading this little bit off Stanford's website, I've decided to take my chances and put Stanford in as my ultra super reach school.

so... onward ho.. here are the essays for Stanford

Essay A: What matters most to you, and why?

Essay B: What are your aspirations? How will your education at Stanford help you achieve them?

Essay C: Short Essays—Options 1-4. Answer two of the questions below.
Option 1: Tell us about a time when you empowered others.
Option 2: Tell us about a time when you had a significant impact on a person, group or organization.
Option 3: Tell us about a time when you tried to reach a goal or complete a task that was challenging, difficult, or frustrating.
Option 4: Tell us about a time when you went beyond what was defined, established, or expected. In answering both questions, tell us not only what you did, but also how you did it. Tell us the outcome, and describe how people responded. Describe only experiences that have occurred within the last three years.

But maybe before I jump the gun. I need to be more realistic and sort out Ross first...

It may be a bit late since I've already submitted my application... but see you there.

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I've been sitting around feeling bored, hungry and depressed over my essays. I can't seem to get any inspiration to write a good essay. I'm truly stuck with Tuck's "What makes you unique?" essay.

Surely there must be something that wil lbe able to spur me to the heights of creativity and compel me to write an essay what will bring tears to the eyes of the ad coms and secure an admit.

So, I've short-listed several activites that to do to inpire myself

1. Have a few beers
2. Have a bottle of wine
3. Have a few shots of whiskey
4. Stop drinking so much....

5. Review my life in my head - pretend that I'm about to die and watch my life flashpast me - what would stand out?
6. Reminiscence about my life, and what regrets I have and what I have accomplished.
7. Wonder about how the people in my life would describe me when I'm dead.
8. Stop being so morbid and depressed...

Having said all that, there really aren't that many things you can do when waiting for inspiration. I guess you have to do a lots of introspection and thinking about yourself and your life and your motives and see what makes sense. Most, if not , all of us are some how unique in some sense. It's just a matter of taking that uniqueness and putting such a spin on it that it becomes the most wonderful thing in the world! :)

Good luck have fun

And... Columbia ED has been submitted!

GMAT - Done
Recommenders - Submitted
Transcripts - Sent
Essays - Polished
Application - Complete
Fee - Paid

I decided not to wait for full feedback on my essays and to go ahead and submit them. Mainly because Columbia ED is on rolling admission basis so every day earlier counts (and I felt my essays had been pretty fine tuned, anymore and my eyes would have started to bleed). If for somehow my logic is wrong, please don't tell me. Ignorance at this point is absolute bliss :)

So, 3 weeks? and I'm hoping to get an interview invite. Oh, please let there be an invite...

On with the next school then.

Music of the day:
Sean Apollo & Peryton - Invade (Adam L remix)