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Originally Posted by valiant_fighter

Hi,
I have three questions here....

1)I have heard from many of my friends that if we enroll for admission counselling in GMAT coaching centers, it will backfire rather than being an advantage. The essays they are preparing for all of their students will be more or less same and the colleges can easily find it. So the colleges usually dont prefer applications like that...and it is better to prepare everything by ourself....

Is it so guys? Is it better to go for admisssion counselling than doing all the application work by ourselves?

2)I have lot of extra curricular activies - like volunteering and organising various events in college and later in my office, handling some posts in student unions in college, playing in college volleyball team etc...But I cant show any proofs for none of these, as there are no certificates or so....

My question is that still I can quote all those in my applicaiton and will they give weightage to it?

3) Am planning to take GMAT on sept 26....but by Sept 15th, the first round of ISB Hyd admisssions will be over....and I am particular to get admitted in 2008 itself....I heard that chances are less in second round...

so my question is whether i can enhance my chances by a better GMAT score in the second round? or any thing i can do for improving my chances?

Thanks in advance...

Hi, valiant fighter,
1) You should definitely not work with an admissions counselor who writes the essays for you. Your voice, your experiences, and your insight need to come through clearly in those essays to help you stand out. But please do not lump all admissions counselors together in your assumption that the essays they prepare "will be more or less the same." Accepted prides itself on ensuring that each applicant differentiates himself and tells the story only he can tell.

2) The honor system applies for all portions of your application. You may only write the truth about what you did and in what activities you participated. You may even need to write the name of a reference for each of these activities so that if for some reason the admissions committee wants to confirm your participation, they can. Do not make the mistake of leaving something out because you feel you cannot prove it. By the same token, do not make the mistake of putting something false in because you feel the admissions committee cannot prove it.

3) If you have not yet taken the GMAT, I do not believe that you can submit your application until you do. If you have taken the GMAT already and are seeking to boost your score, you may wish to contact the admissions office to see if they will allow you to submit first round and then update them with your new score within two weeks. This may just work in your favor if you are able to boost your score significantly. If they do not allow you to update your score in this way, then, yes, you will have to submit second round.

Best of luck with the applications!

Regards,
Jennifer Bloom, CPRW
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