Frequently Asked Question: What is the distinction between presenting a weak application and presenting a weak candidacy?
Dr. Shel Watts of MBA Admit.com: A weak candidacy means there is something about your qualifications that makes you less attractive to the admissions committee of a particular school. For example, if you have a 2.0 GPA, but the average GPA for matriculating students at a particular MBA program is a 3.8, you might be considered to have a weaker-than-ideal candidacy. If you presented a weak application, however, this does not necessarily mean that your candidacy is weak. You could have wonderful qualifications, but you failed to present those qualifications to the committee in the best way. Perhaps your essays were not strong. Perhaps you presented two recommendations that were lukewarm in their endorsement of you. Perhaps you failed to correct a lot of typos in the application form itself, leaving the impression that you put the application together in haste. Your aim is to present both a strong candidacy and a strong application. Significantly, though, the stronger you make your busine
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