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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been the interviewer for postgrad positions and trained university students in how to interview well. The essay is best used as a step-off for the interview. You ask students more details about situations they referenced, ask them to expand on the connections they drew, and the like. It is obvious pretty quickly which essays were written with passion from the heart, and which ones the supposed writers were barely familiar with. You can definitely still rig it. There are people who know to study their own essays and prepare. But it's hard to get that to hold up for repeated questions, especially if you dig down into the meat of it.[/quote] This does not apply to top 10 schools because alums do almost all the interviews and do not get the apps or grades. ... [/quote]
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