by Gregory Yang
Business Schools Battle Ghostwriters
Excerpt with Stratus Admissions Counseling is an expert source.
She tells Financial Times that admissions committees tend to cross-check written essays with GMAT verbal subscores. If a well-written essay does not match a GMAT verbal score, it raises a red flag.
“Admissions committees reach out to applicants with quick and easy questions via email and look at the writing in the email response to see if it matches what is in the essays,” Cera says.
Overall, it seems admissions committees have a zero tolerance for ghostwritten applications.
“We recently heard of a top MBA program rescinding an offer the month before the program was going to start,” Cera tells Financial Times.*
*Clarification. The rescinded offer was in conjunction with admissions committees using Re Vera to do background verification of admitted applicants, not due a ghostwritten essay or letter of reference.