{"id":979,"date":"2009-11-30T12:51:33","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T18:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/30\/admissions-myths-destroyed-reapplicants-should-not-apply\/"},"modified":"2010-10-07T08:08:52","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T14:08:52","slug":"admissions-myths-destroyed-reapplicants-should-not-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/admissions-myths-destroyed-reapplicants-should-not-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Admissions Myths Destroyed: Reapplicants Should Not Reapply"},"content":{"rendered":"

mbaMission\u00a0hosts a weekly blog series, \u201cAdmissions Myths Destroyed,\u201d\u00a0for our friends at\u00a0<\/em>Beat the GMAT<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/a>. Check out the BTG site for fresh material and ours for \u201creprints.\u201d The following piece was penned by mbaMission Founder, Jeremy Shinewald:
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You applied once and did not get in. It took a lot of effort and caused a lot of heartache. Now what do you do? You can\u2019t really apply again to those schools, can you? What is the point? They already rejected you once, so they will next time, right? WRONG.<\/p>\n

MBA admissions committees are governed by self-interest. Simply put, the schools want the best candidates out there. If you are among the best candidates, why would any Admissions Director think, \u201cWell, this is an outstanding candidate who can add something special to our school and has unique potential going forward, but he applied last year so we\u2019ll just forget about him.\u201d Indeed, the reapplication process is not a practical joke or a disingenuous olive branch to those permanently on the outside. If the schools were not willing to let in a reapplicant, they would not waste their time and resources reviewing the applications.<\/p>\n

While many fret about being reapplicants, some admissions officers actually see a reapplication as a positive \u2013 a new opportunity. Michigan-Ross\u2019s Director of Admissions, Soojin Kwon Koh told mbaMission,<\/p>\n

They are certainly not \u2018damaged goods.\u2019 We have had many successful reapplicants join our program after they\u2019ve spent a year strengthening their candidacies.<\/em><\/p>\n

J.J. Cutler, Director of Admissions at UPenn-Wharton, echoed this sentiment,<\/p>\n

W<\/em>e find that students who have applied to Wharton before are absolutely not at a disadvantage. In fact, we recognize that the application process is an extensive one that involves self-examination and a large time commitment\u2026.Reapplying can give an applicant a chance to benefit from all the self-reflection and goal setting [he or she] went through during [his or her] first application cycle.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Yale SOM\u2019s Admissions Director, Bruce DelMonico, noted,<\/p>\n

I can certainly bust that myth\u2026.Our admit rate for reapplicants is actually the same as it is for first-time applicants. It\u2019s important, though, for reapplicants to explain to us how their candidacy has improved from the previous time they applied. Reapplicants need to make sure they enhance their application, rather than just resubmitting the same application.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, in short, reapplicants, you have no reason to believe that you only have one chance. Like any competitive MBA applicant, continue to strive and achieve; if it does not work out this time, it just might happen next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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