{"id":9853,"date":"2012-09-04T12:07:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T18:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=9853"},"modified":"2012-09-10T09:48:32","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T15:48:32","slug":"mission-admission-requesting-last-minute-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/mission-admission-requesting-last-minute-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Admission: Requesting Last-Minute Feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Mission Admission is a series of MBA admission tips; a new one is posted each Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With deadlines looming for many candidates, we thought we would share a piece of advice that might help alleviate some deadline-related stress. After you have completed (but not yet submitted!) your application(s), find one individual you trust\u2014whether a professional consultant or someone with insight into the application process\u2014to read your essays one last time and give you feedback. We strongly suggest that you limit yourself to requesting feedback from\u00a0<em>just one or two<\/em>\u00a0individuals, however.<\/p>\n<p>Because the application process is subjective, you will discover that as you add readers, you will also add new and different opinions. Soon, a multitude of alternatives might appear, and although none of these varying ideas will necessarily be \u201cright\u201d or \u201cwrong\u201d\u2014considering that \u00a0a single candidate\u2019s stories can be marketed in almost countless ways\u2014they can create unnecessary uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>We are not suggesting that you ignore critical feedback, but rather that you not complicate your final days and create doubt where it may not be due. 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