{"id":9175,"date":"2018-01-12T16:13:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T21:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stratusadmissionscounseling.com\/?p=9175"},"modified":"2018-09-17T17:32:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T21:32:52","slug":"financial-times-business-schools-clamp-ghostwritten-applications-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratusadmissionscounseling.com\/blog\/financial-times-business-schools-clamp-ghostwritten-applications-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Poets &#038; Quants: Top MBA Schools Are On Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Gregory Yang<\/p>\n<h5>Business Schools Battle Ghostwriters<\/h5>\n<p><em>Excerpt with Stratus Admissions Counseling is an expert source.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She tells\u00a0<em>Financial Times\u00a0<\/em>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdmissions 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,\u201d Cera says.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it seems admissions committees have a zero tolerance for ghostwritten applications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recently heard of a top MBA program rescinding an offer the month before the program was going to start,\u201d Cera tells\u00a0<em>Financial Times.*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poetsandquants.com\/2018\/01\/12\/top-mba-schools-are-on-sale\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>*Clarification. The\u00a0<\/em><span class=\"s1\"><em>rescinded offer was in conjunction with admissions committees using Re Vera to do background verification of admitted applicants, not due a ghostwritten essay or letter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.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gregory Yang Business Schools Battle Ghostwriters Excerpt with Stratus Admissions Counseling is an expert source. She tells\u00a0Financial Times\u00a0that admissions committees tend to cross-check written essays with GMAT verbal subscores. 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