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If you hesitate in answering \u201cyes\u201d then best to hold your application until you have something pretty close to perfect.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Do you know the school?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>As deadlines approach, one thing that always falls by the wayside is the school specific research that you need to write the essay not just why an MBA, but why an MBA at this particular program. The result is frequently a cut and paste job where different schools essentially get the same essay with only marginal changes. Read the essays you are considering submitting. If your essay is appropriate for ANY school then better to apply round 2. Take your time to do your research and really understand the nuances of one school versus another and then communicate appropriately.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Do you have time for the small stuff?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Frequently, where good applications are lost is in those small things that is easy to skip over. Examples include never doing a final read on the essays and the short answer questions, together, so you never pick up on any duplication; running out of time to proofread and certainly no time to have someone else proofread. Good proofreading includes printing out a final version of the application \u2013 in PDF form from the school website \u2013 and painstakingly reading it through for the truly dumb stuff. And dumb stuff exists. Ask me about a client who spelled Columbia, Colombia \u2026 no recovering from that even for the best application.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Finally, you\u2019re reading this.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>If at this point, with less than ten days to go (and likely much shorter) you are still debating if you should apply Round 1 or Round 2, the answer is almost certainly go for Round 2. A good application ends with a slow descent, not a crash landing. 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