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I am sure you can do it. Best of Luck. Suggestions:- 1. Work on your intro + conclusion 2. Above will also help in putting together everything Steps I used:- 1. Find arguments for and against. 2. Find what my gut feeling says 3. Pick best side I can defend 4. Make a teenager believe in what I am saying 5. Work on intro and conclusion

HTH

Hi Guru(s), I went to the 'MBA forum' workshops. The former addmission director there, categorically told not to go a SINGLE word beyond the limit. She justified it as ADCOM has too much to read, it can take offense and as a business writer, you are supposed to be succint. What do you think? What about 1100 word on a 1000 word essay. Thanks, Parag

1. You are making too many spelling mistakes. 2. You should take a direct aim at the question, which is agree or disagree. Although you seem to totally agree with the quotation, you did not say it in words. Moreover, you have modified the original quote too. 3. Conclusion goes into totally different direction from what is discussed in prev. paragraphs. Cheating and promotion are probably not related to this topic. If they are, you have not shown the connection. Best of Luck.

In 1 year MBA you will have less time to network and do project or team work.

Thanks a lot David. I appreciate your input. I am thinking, if I am a stretch candidate, should I do something about it and apply next year? Maybe join some NGOs etc.. What do you think?

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Hi David, Please look at my details, I am an Indian currently a permanent resident working in Bay Area. Experience: 6+ years in Software {Company A: Got 2 raises one promotion, Company B: Got 2 raises Company C: got 2 raises and one promotion} GMAT : gave twice: 07/2003:-- V40(90%)--Q48(87%)---710-----AWA(4.5) 11/2002:-- V31(61%)--Q49(91%)---660-----AWA(4.0) TOEFL --5/31/2003--- got full 300 GPA:-- 3.4 -- B.Tech in Computer Science from IT-BHU-- This ranks 8th among engineering institutes in india. Around 1% among quarter million applicants get selected to this University. Extra activities:- 1. Was fully involved in my familiy businesss in India from age 15. Helped in financially and manged the business when in need. I have learned a lot from the business. Gone through a complete cycle of ups and down and still like business 2. Currently involved in alumni fund rasing for my institute 3. Coordinated a task force in former company A Why I want to do it:- 1. Get knowledge before I grow into a manager 2. Start my own business some time in 5 years Queries:- 1. I am thinking of applying to top schools only(Stnfrd, Harv, Whrtn, Kllgs, Sloan, Tuck, Haas). Do you think I have a chance. Or should I reduce my risks by submitting to lower ranked colleges. I feel as an Engineer I can grow more, only if, I join top 10 colleges. 2. I would like to know if I take your services, can round one still be done. 3. Do you have any offices in Bay area Thanks a lot, Parag

Great relief. I missed out on quant though.

RTF format is a standard format and results are not different on different machines. You cannot use many fancy features of Word though. You can save any doc file to rtf in Word. One additional benefit is in rtf file you cannot pass around word viruses. HTH Parag

Thanks Erin, I appreciate your input. I was running out of time and did not get any time for review. Looks like, I have to speed up my typing. I am thinking of keeping 5 mins for review, so I need atleast 30 wpm.

But here, The fatty and highly processed foods is a single factor, hence I think the subject is singular. Moreover, it refers the whole thing as a single class not as multiple food items. I do not think we need a parallel verb structure here.

Here is my essay on this topic. Please give inputs to make this better. Thanks, Parag ============= I think author is oversimilifying when he says that with increased number of college age people available more teacher will be required hence the job market will improve for people seeking college level teaching postions and this will improve situation at Waymarsh University too. I find this argument unconvincing because t fails to address the liking of future generation, changes which may come in the new decade and fails to show that new people will indeed find it easier to find job as teacher. Most conpicously, the author fails to prove the link between increased number of people reaching college age and the improvement of job market for teachers. Those new people reaching college age does not neccesarily mean that they will join college. Had author given more information about the trends in poplulation about joining college and colleges increasing the faculty with increased students, the link between increase in number of people and improvement in job market could be clearer. Secondly, the reason for not finding jobs may not be that there were less number of people taking those class, but it could be many other things. Author fails to list other studies to nail this problem to the pupil. There could be many reasons that job market in teaching is bad. Many times students are not interested in some specific classes because there is no potential for making living in those subjects. This may reduce the number of students in the class and hence universty might stop that course. Finally, It is known that there will always be more students than the teachers, hence not every student who gradutes can start teaching in his speciality. If there are not many jobs available in the given speciality except in the teaching, there will always be too many students vying for the same job and new students will find it as difficult as former student to get jobs in faculty. Author could make his assertion more compelling by providing more information about the kind of courses available in the Waymarsh university and the job prospects of those courses. In conclusion, I find the argument that increased number of people at college attending age will relieve the difficulty in finding teaching jobs unconvincing. Author is oversimplifying the problem and he should give more information about the university and the courses offered in it. Author should also give clear reasons for linking number of people at college age and availability of teaching jobs.

Please critique. A company's long-term success is primarily dependent on the job satisfaction and the job security felt by the company's employees. =========================== Job satisfaction and security in itself can not guarantee success of a company. Job satisfcation and security can lead to complacency and inertia that can doom a company instead of leading it to success. Moreover, Company's success primarily depends on how innovative it is, how much profit it is making and how fast it is growing. First of all, employees of a company can become complacent if they have job security and not at will employment. They may not like changes, as steel worker in maerican companies do. These steel worker are in a comfortable union negotiated contracts and they have job security. They oppose modernisation of the steel mills on the grounds that there will be less jobs, hence they are leading these mills to bankruptcy as mills cannot compete with imported products which are cheaper because it is made using new technology. Secondly, job satisfaction stops ambition at individual level, because when a person is satisfied he does not try to reach a new goal or dream of his. This loss of ambition in employee may lead to the loss of ambition, for example to be better and more successful, and hence lead the company to a stagnant state and company may stop growing and be succesful. Most importantly, for long term success company need to innovate its product and services so that customer like it. Company needs to remain profitable so that it survives and pays the employees. If company cannot pay employees it cannot give job security anyways. Comapany should also grow because its competitor will not stop to grow. If competitor becomes very big, the company may find it difficult to survive a hostile competitor. In conclusion, I think a successful company needs innovation, growth and profit more than it needs stisfied and complacent employees. A company becomes succesful be constantly evolving itself by innovation, by growing and by being profitable. Job satisfaction and security may help in retaining top talents in the company, but it is required for constant innovation or keeping competetor out, for extra profit, and not for the sake of just keeping all workers.

Hello Gurus and Erin, Please clarify this argument and the answer choice. Thanks, Parag