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August 18, 2015
Tuesday Tips: London Business School Fall 2016 MBA Essay Tips
London Business School is a close-knit program with an international focus, set in one of the most exciting centers of culture in Europe. Among one of the top-ranked programs in the world, LBS is equally …
London Business School is a close-knit program with an international focus, set in one of the most exciting centers of culture in Europe. Among one of the top-ranked programs in the world, LBS is equally valued by employers in both the US and Europe. LBS is an excellent choice for MBA hopefuls who have international experience, a goal to work in London or other parts of Europe, or just an interest in attending school outside the US.
LBS has a slim set of required questions. It will be a challenge for you to present everything you may want about your career, extracurriculars and personal attributes. Make sure you formulate a clear game plan for this set of essays so you can maximize the questions and the space permitted to make your case for admission.
Essay 1
What are your post-MBA plans and how will your past experience and the London Business School programme contribute? (500 words)
Most MBA applicants are pursuing the degree for a specific career goal post-MBA, but if you need a bit more reflection to answer this question it is worth doing the work. Self-awareness about your strengths and interests will help you refine what you want. To take your research deeper it could be helpful to talk to colleagues and alumni who have MBAs in your field to identify your career path options. Make sure that your career goals are both realistic and aspirational. An MBA will certainly open doors for you, and also may define a specific career path.
Your past experiences have certainly informed your post-MBA plans, and touching on those most relevant will be helpful to setting the background for your current pursuit of an MBA. To make this essay more than a rehash of your resume, think about explaining the rationale for your decisions throughout the essay. Why did you pursue your past experience and what has been the impetus behind subsequent career choices? At this point, why are you choosing LBS? If space permits, you will want to discuss the question of timing – why you have made the choice to pursue an MBA at this time, and why you want to attend LBS now.
Essay 2
What specific areas of London Business School life are you most excited about getting involved in and where will you add value? (300 words)
This essay is an opportunity to demonstrate passion for the school, London, activities and the community. Thorough research will be crucial here, whether online or in person. Consider both the academic community and the extracurricular communities. Reaching out to the clubs and organizations you are most interested in may allow you to interact with current students who can provide context for you. Visiting LBS would be an invaluable experience to feel the excitement in person.
To be most effective in answering this question you will want to be specific and logical in your choices of activities you will impact. What activities make the most sense in the context of your career and industry interests? What about your hobbies? Any community involvement you are currently pursuing and plan to continue could start to demonstrate your value to the groups you plan to join or lead at LBS.
International experience may be another area that is important to the LBS community and where you can add value. LBS is seeking applicants who are well traveled and thoughtful about cultural differences beyond their home countries. If you focus on your international background make sure you are able to explain what you have learned from interacting with cultures that are not your own, and relate your experiences back to what you will bring to LBS.
Optional Essay
Is there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee should know about you and your application to London Business School? (300 words)
This essay can be used to explain possible weaknesses in your application like a low GPA or GMAT score, or could be another opportunity to reveal an aspect of your candidacy that has not been covered in the previous questions.
If you use this space to explain a less than stellar aspect of your candidacy make sure you are offering explanations and not excuses. Keep all background information succinct and factual (no whining!) and explain the concrete steps you have taken to improve your candidacy and to be ready for an MBA programme like LBS.
If you are in the enviable position of having nothing to explain, this open-ended question would be a great opportunity to touch on a personal story or add color to your career goals. This could be the ideal place to describe a unique background, experience or attribute that did not fit elsewhere in the application.
Challenged by the LBS essay questions? Contact us to learn how Stacy Blackman Consulting can help.
August 4, 2015
Tuesday Tips: UCLA Anderson Fall 2016 MBA Essay Tips
UCLA Anderson is a small and close-knit school with particular focus on entrepreneurship, entertainment, real estate and other major industries in Southern California. While UCLA has a dominant position in the region it is also …
UCLA Anderson is a small and close-knit school with particular focus on entrepreneurship, entertainment, real estate and other major industries in Southern California. While UCLA has a dominant position in the region it is also a nationally known program that will position you well in whatever career you pursue.
Anderson can be selective about the composition of each MBA class, therefore your fit with the values and principles of the school is of primary importance. When approaching this set of essays make sure you understand what Anderson will do for you and what you plan to bring to the community.
We have helped countless applicants achieve their UCLA Anderson dreams. Contact us to learn how Stacy Blackman Consulting can help you.
Required Essay
We believe that the best results are achieved when you share success, think fearlessly and drive change. With this in mind, what are your goals at UCLA Anderson and in your short-term and long-term career? (750 words maximum)
UCLA Anderson's values are embodied by "share success, think fearlessly and drive change" and by demonstrating that you possess those qualities you will be demonstrating your fit with UCLA Anderson. Thorough school research will provide examples you can use to describe why these values and principles drive your goals while attending UCLA Anderson. Your career goals should be examined through the filter of Anderson's values and how you plan to use those values in your post-Anderson life.
When structuring this essay consider telling one or two pivotal stories to illuminate who you are. UCLA is looking for personal expression in this essay, and to understand how you are different from other applicants. Consider the turning points or moments that triggered reflection for you. Have you experienced a significant personal setback? What is your family background? Have you lived outside your home country? When did you face a turning point or make a big decision about your career? What were some of your proudest accomplishments? What moments have called upon your need to collaborate, lead or innovate?
For the second part of the essay briefly explain what you plan to do immediately after graduation, and then what you want to accomplish over the long-term with your career. A career path that focuses on demonstrated passions and interests throughout your life is going to be most compelling as you write this essay and each section should bridge seamlessly into the next.
For the part of the essay focusing on UCLA Anderson's part in your plans, UCLA specifically requests citing specific classes, professors and programs. To express a bit more on the personal side it will be helpful to include the social and extracurricular aspects that attract you to the small and close-knit experience at Anderson. Be specific as you discuss the clubs and conferences that are unique to the UCLA MBA.
Optional Essay
Are there any extenuating circumstances in your profile about which the Admissions Committee should be aware? (250 words maximum)
It is important to focus on explanations rather than excuses in this essay. Potential extenuating circumstances may be a very low GPA, academic probation or using a recommender other than your current supervisor. Clearly explain the situation, and if it is a situation from the past, explain why you have changed. Providing evidence that you will not repeat the actions in question will help to solidify your answer.
July 28, 2015
Tuesday Tips: Columbia Business School Fall 2016 MBA Application Essay Tips
Columbia Business School is highly concerned about fit and your knowledge of the program. New York City is another aspect of the school that pervades its culture and defines some of the unique opportunities of …
Columbia Business School is highly concerned about fit and your knowledge of the program. New York City is another aspect of the school that pervades its culture and defines some of the unique opportunities of the program. Thorough school research is crucial to your preparation for this application. Before you get started with this set of essays it will be helpful to brainstorm your career objectives, strengths and weaknesses, and to review the personal elements you will want to discuss.
Stumped by the Columbia essays? Contact Stacy Blackman Consulting to learn how we can help.
Short Answer Question:
What is your immediate post-MBA professional goal? (50 characters maximum)
This is a simple question, but may require you to condense your career goals into one clear career vision statement. Columbia presents several examples on their website, all of which have some unique aspect. Rather than a generic statement like: "Work in finance" the goal is to infuse some specificity. Something like: "Work in real estate finance within a private equity firm" tells the admissions committee far more about your interests and goals. Note that the limited character count is intended to get you to the point quickly and that all of the examples Columbia has provided are concise and lack any elaboration.
Essay 1:
Through your resume and recommendations, we have a clear sense of your professional path to date. What are your career goals going forward, and how will the Columbia MBA help you achieve them? (Maximum 500 words)
Remember that this essay has two purposes: demonstrate that you know why you are interested in Columbia, and showcase why you are an excellent fit for the program. Both goals should be kept in mind as you answer the question.
This question is entirely future focused and specifically asks you to get away from a recitation of your resume. Spend the majority of the space describing your career goals and what you envision you will learn and experience at Columbia to help you achieve your goals. As you talk about your future you may need to refer to your past career and personal experiences. As you consider what to say make sure you are citing only relevant examples from your career. Think about the experiences you can describe that were truly pivotal and can support your future goals.
For example, perhaps you want to be a general manager of a company or division, and right now you have been working primarily in marketing. You might spend your time at Columbia learning about finance and strategy, being part of consulting projects and interning at a start up to round out your experience and start on your general management path. Make sure your goals are both achievable and aspirational and that you have specifics about Columbia to support your assertion that it is the right place for you.
Essay 2:
Columbia Business School's location enables us to bridge theory and practice in multiple ways: through Master Classes, internships, the New York Immersion Seminars, and, most importantly, through a combination of distinguished research faculty and accomplished practitioners. How will you take advantage of being "at the very center of business"? (Maximum 250 words)
As you decide how to approach this question make sure that your individual goals for learning and career are impacting how you answer. You should consider the industry you plan to enter, and either the key adjunct professors from that industry at Columbia or the access to major companies from that industry in New York City. Consider your personal interests and how you might pursue them in the diversity of such an international city, and also the ways that Columbia's alumni network can provide opportunities within the metropolitan area.
A mix of personal and professional interests may be covered in this topic, and you may want to emphasize either one of those angles depending on the answers you present to the other core questions.
Essay 3:
CBS Matters, a key element of the School's culture, allows the people in your Cluster to learn more about you on a personal level. What will your Clustermates be pleasantly surprised to learn about you? (Maximum 250 words)
If you watch the linked video, you'll see that CBS Matters is a part of the Columbia cluster experience that centers around a personal presentation. This essay is entirely about your life story and how you will be perceived by your peers at Columbia. If you did not cover anything personal in the prior two essays this is your opportunity to stand out from the pack of other applicants.
This essay is somewhat about what matters most to you, and what you would share if asked who you really are. Dig deep into your passions and background and find the aspects that resonate emotionally with you and seem to convey a truth about who you really are. If you are stumped by this essay prompt you may want to ask friends, family members or colleagues what they view as interesting and unique about you.
Once you have ideas about how to approach this question make sure that you are describing something about yourself that will be interesting both to your peers and to the admissions committee. Something that is a passion point for you and that demonstrates a bit more about your background and motivations will likely be interesting both your clustermates and the admissions committee.
Optional Essay:
An optional fourth essay will allow you to discuss any issues that do not fall within the purview of the required essays.
If there are any areas of concern, this is the correct place to address them. Strike an upbeat tone here and avoid excuses. Explain your issue clearly and focus most of the essay on the correction for the issue. For example, if you had a disciplinary issue in college, spend most of the essay demonstrating that you learned from the experience and have been an ideal citizen ever since.
If you do not have a weakness to address here, it's an ideal opportunity to provide any information that you were unable to work into the other three essays. If you have an unusual background, hobby or extracurricular experience, this may be an opportunity to showcase your unique profile.
July 21, 2015
Tuesday Tips: Chicago Booth Fall 2016 MBA Essay Tips
Chicago Booth School of Business is consistently rated in the top echelon of MBA programs in the United States and is known for a strong intellectual community. This application is designed to evaluate candidates on …
Chicago Booth School of Business is consistently rated in the top echelon of MBA programs in the United States and is known for a strong intellectual community. This application is designed to evaluate candidates on their ability to handle the Chicago curriculum, contribute to the community, and grow in their careers. This year Chicago has asked an entirely new essay question, focused specifically on the Chicago Booth community and your fit within it.
Academic ability will largely be communicated through your GPA/GMAT, transcripts and other fixed data points, though intellectual curiosity can be demonstrated in the essays and the interview. Along with academics, Chicago will be looking for demonstrated leadership, team building skills and community involvement, as well as your fit with Chicago Booth and the perspective you will share with your classmates.
Consider how to work in leadership and work accomplishments into your application. Certainly you can use the essay to discuss both in the context of community, or you may be able to use your resume and certainly the interview.
Essay Prompt
Chicago Booth values individuality because of what we can learn from the diverse experiences and perspectives of others. This mutual respect creates an open-minded community that supports curiosity, inspires us to think more broadly, take risks, and challenge assumptions. At Booth, community is about collaborative thinking and tapping into each other's different viewpoints to cultivate new ideas and realize breakthrough moments every day.
Using one of the photos below, tell us how it resonates with your own viewpoint on why the Booth community is the right fit for you.
Essay Guidelines
Choose the format that works for you. Feel free to submit a traditional essay, slide presentation or any format that you feel best captures your response. Please use the format you feel most comfortable with, the Admissions Committee has no preference.
Determine your own length. There is no prescribed minimum or maximum length. We trust that you will use your best judgment in determining how long your submission should be, but we recommend that you think strategically about how to best allocate the space.
The new Chicago Booth essay question gives you a set of photos depicting a range of student activities at Booth – from the classroom to experiencing the city of Chicago – and asks you to choose one that illustrates why Chicago Booth is the right community for you.
Your first step is to do as much school research as possible on Chicago. Visit campus. Attend events. Speak to alumni. Read the admissions blog. Whatever you are capable of doing to experience the community for yourself before starting your application will be invaluable as you set pen to paper.
Chicago Booth's open-ended essay format may be daunting. Whether you choose to write an essay or prepare a presentation, take a step back from the unique format and think about the question strategically. The format's agnostic setup simply gives you the freedom to express who you are in words, images, graphics or some combination.
The best essays will be simple, evocative and expressive. Remember, content is far more important than visual drama of presentation. Stacy Blackman Consulting has significant experience coaching applicants through the Chicago creative essay. Contact us to learn more about our strategic approach.
As your one opportunity to showcase why Chicago Booth is the right place for you to pursue an MBA, consider the photo that resonates most specifically with you. If it's a classroom photo, make sure you cover additional elements that may not be obvious at first like the interaction between students depicted, along with the professor and learning aspects.
Keep in mind what Chicago Booth represents in whatever option you choose. Booth is a school with a tradition of intellectual rigor, non-conformity, and innovation. When you introduce yourself to Chicago Booth you can share anything from any context, from work to home to extracurricular activities.
If you decide to write an essay response, you have enough space to tell a story that describes something new about yourself. If you decide to prepare a PowerPoint in response to this essay question, refine your story to its key elements. To keep a visual essay interesting and high-impact, consider how you will format. Can you use photos? Drawings? If you use words, keep them clear and focused. Take every point up a level, so you are communicating a vision rather than a thesis.
July 14, 2015
Tuesday Tips: Northwestern Kellogg MBA Essay Tips
Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management is a close-knit community that values leadership and teamwork. At the same time, diversity in experience, background and thought is important to the Kellogg admissions committee. Do your research …
Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management is a close-knit community that values leadership and teamwork. At the same time, diversity in experience, background and thought is important to the Kellogg admissions committee.
Do your research on the programs, activities, clubs, classes and professors at Kellogg as you approach your essays. While you are reading and conversing with students and alumni, envision how you will contribute to the community.
Kellogg has two mandatory video essays as part of the application process. After you submit your essays you will receive the questions, one of which will focus on Why Kellogg and another will be a general "getting to know you" question. The video essay is an opportunity for the admissions committee to see the person behind the accomplishments you will describe.
Prepare as if you would for an interview, drafting the topics you want to cover and practicing your presentation. The video should accurately portray your personality and demeanor, and extensive preparation will help you be comfortable and be yourself.
Video essays can be daunting, and Stacy Blackman Consulting has developed customized preparation to help you practice for this important component of the application and provide our expert feedback. Contact us to learn more about how we can prepare you for the entire Kellogg application.
Essay 1
Leadership and teamwork are integral parts of the Kellogg experience. Describe a recent and meaningful time you were a leader. What challenges did you face, and what did you learn? (450 words)
This essay focuses on leadership and teamwork using a behavioral essay framework. By seeing the details about exactly what you did and said in your leadership story, Kellogg admissions will understand how you are likely to perform in the future. When approaching this essay spend some time on set up to explain the background, and then use the majority of the space describing specifically what you did, thought, felt and how you behaved.
As the question specifically asks about challenges, it will be useful to show how you have overcome difficulty as a leader or learned from a tough situation. Don't be nervous about showing weakness here. Every leader has to learn and develop, and willingness to be open to feedback and improve will be an asset to your profile.
Do not neglect mentioning teamwork, which is a core value of Kellogg's culture. Your leadership experience is likely part of a team at work or in an extracurricular activity, and sensitivity to teamwork and collaboration in any leadership story demonstrates maturity and people skills.
Essay 2
Pursuing an MBA is a catalyst for personal and professional growth. How have you grown in the past? How do you intend to grow at Kellogg? (450 words)
This essay question is a hybrid of a classic career goals essay and a personal essay. Kellogg is interested in candidates who are able to integrate their personal and professional goals and show how a Kellogg MBA will serve both sides of life.
When you describe professional and personal growth in the past, make sure it is relevant to your plans to pursue an MBA at Kellogg. The story you tell in this essay should provide insight into your decision to pursue an MBA and allude to your future goals. Because this isn't a question about your entire career thus far you can choose just one or two main experiences to share.
The topic of this essay should also be an experience that did show growth over time. Something like starting in an entry level position at work and progressing into a management role comes to mind easily, but also consider something like developing leadership skills over time and personal investment in your career. You could also focus on a passion outside of work that has developed over time and led to personal growth.
Dual-degree Applicants
For applicants to the MMM or JD-MBA dual degree programs, please explain why that program is right for you. (250 words)
Doing your research on Kellogg MBA's academics and resources will help you answer the question about why you need a dual degree to achieve your goals. If you are applying to the MMM program, you'll have to show how the degree will prepare you more effectively for your career goals than the MBA alone.
Be able to articulate what is different about the Kellogg MMM program as compared to the MBA and other joint degrees. Know the classes you want to take, the professors you hope to work for, and how the MMM experience will be an asset in your future career.
Similarly, the JD-MBA at Kellogg is a highly competitive admissions process and will require a very clear explanation of what you will do with both degrees after school. Consider the unique attributes of the Kellogg JD-MBA program as compared to others, and also why you specifically need both a JD and an MBA.
Re-Applicants Only
Since your previous application, what steps have you taken to strengthen your candidacy? (250 word limit)
In answering this question make sure you provide tangible evidence that you have improved the overall package you are submitting this year. Improvements like GMAT score or new quantitative classes are especially tangible, but a promotion, increase in responsibility at work, a job change or even a change of goals and mission can apply.
Additional Information (Optional)
If needed, use this section to briefly describe any extenuating circumstances (e.g. unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, etc.) (no word count)
If there are any areas of concern, this is the correct place to address them. Strike an upbeat tone here and avoid excuses. Explain your issue clearly and focus most of the essay on the correction for the issue. For example, if you had a disciplinary issue in college, spend most of the essay demonstrating that you learned from the experience and have been an ideal citizen ever since.
Low GPA issues should be explained here, and if there is a grade of C or below on your transcript the admissions committee will want to know why and feel comfortable it is an outlier in your overall academic record. For academic questions make sure you emphasize your improved performance either later in your college career or in subsequent work or classes since college.
July 7, 2015
Tuesday Tips: Duke Fuqua Fall 2016 MBA Essay Tips
Duke Fuqua's website tells applicants to "Be a leader who demonstrates competence, character, and purpose—a thinker and a doer who can maneuver the complexities of interdependent issues." With the right application strategy you can use …
Duke Fuqua's website tells applicants to "Be a leader who demonstrates competence, character, and purpose—a thinker and a doer who can maneuver the complexities of interdependent issues." With the right application strategy you can use this set of essays to demonstrate you are the kind of leader the admissions committee is looking for.
Don't forget the personal – in this essay set you have the opportunity to add 25 new facts to round out your profile. As always, it is important to demonstrate that you know Duke Fuqua well and are a strong fit with the program. Starting your research and personal networking now will put you in a solid position to prepare the most specific and effective essays.
Stacy Blackman Consulting can help you prepare a compelling, individualized strategy to approach your Duke Fuqua application this year, contact us to learn more.
Instructions: Answer all 3 of the following questions. For each short answer question, respond in 500 characters only (the equivalent of about 100 words).
1. What are your short-term goals, post-MBA?
2. What are your long-term goals?
3. Life is full of uncertainties, and plans and circumstances can change. As a result, navigating a career requires you to be adaptable. Should the short-term goals that you provided above not materialize what alternative directions have you considered?
This career goals essay asks for your plan in three parts. First, you should describe what you plan to do immediately after your MBA. Then you'll explain the long-term vision for your career. Finally, Duke admits that many career paths are forged through circumstance, and asks you for your Plan B.
Think big picture and focus on the overall story trajectory. What would be the most logical (and interesting) progression from your current skill set and MBA education? How will your next step flow from the combination of those experiences? And your alternative path ideally isn't a massive departure, but simply shows the areas you could see yourself exploring if your primary plan doesn't materialize.
For example, perhaps you are focused on becoming a marketing executive at a CPG company. If you don't find the suitable position after Duke, maybe you would consider marketing for a retailer as your alternate career path because marketing is still the core function you are interested in. Alternatively, you may have two disparate interests and want to consider both of them. Perhaps your Plan A is to join a consulting firm after graduation, but if you don't receive a spot among your top choices you would think about being in management for a start up as another possible path. Think about your range of interests and go from there.
Because you have limited space, you'll have to boil your plans down in a clear statement of what you plan to do, but ideally any plans are supported by the information provided in your resume, recommendations, and other essays.
Instructions: Answer the following question — present your response in list form, numbered 1 to 25. Some points may be only a few words, while others may be longer. Your complete list should not exceed 2 pages.
The "Team Fuqua" spirit and community is one of the things that sets The Duke MBA experience apart, and it is a concept that extends beyond the student body to include faculty, staff, and administration. When a new person joins the Admissions team, we ask that person to share with everyone in the office a list of "25 Random Things About Yourself." As an Admissions team, we already know the new hire's professional and academic background, so learning these "25 Random Things" helps us get to know someone's personality, background, special talents, and more.
In this spirit, the Admissions Committee also wants to get to know you–beyond the professional and academic achievements listed in your resume and transcript. You can share with us important life experiences, your likes/dislikes, hobbies, achievements, fun facts, or anything that helps us understand what makes you who you are. Share with us your list of "25 Random Things" about YOU.
This essay is entirely open ended and you can cover topics spanning your personal background, work experiences, values or extracurriculars. If you have a particularly interesting story in any of those areas, this is the place to tell that story. Whatever areas you choose to highlight, make sure you are following the admissions committee's advice to share what makes you a dynamic, multi-dimensional person.
Coming up with 25 random things to list in this essay may seem daunting at first. To jumpstart your creative process you may want to brainstorm with friends and family about what is most interesting and memorable about you. Or keep a notebook with you to record thoughts as you go about work and personal activities.
When you have decided what the 25 random things about you are you'll likely be wondering how to set up the list. There's a few possible ways to structure the list: chronologically, chunking the list into themes, or even alphabetically. Structuring the list to make it easy to read and follow will be appreciated, but resist the urge to package the list too perfectly. Remember that the primary purpose of this essay/list is to show Duke your multi-faceted life and interests.
Instructions: Choose only 1 of the following 2 essay questions to answer. Your response should be no more than 2 pages in length, and should reflect your knowledge of the Fuqua program and experience, and the types of activities and leadership you would engage in as a Fuqua student.
Both of these essay question options are entirely focused on why the Duke MBA program is the right place for you specifically. This may be another opportunity to demonstrate your multi-dimensional personality as you explain which classes, clubs, and community activities most resonate with you.
Option 1: Why Duke: When asked by your family, friends, and colleagues why you want to go to Duke, what do you tell them? Share the reasons that are most meaningful to you.
The best essays will be both specific and personal. While everyone benefits from a diverse alumni network, what specifically do you want to give and receive from your classmates? If you describe clubs and classes you are attracted to, also offer specific examples from your past experiences to show your consistent personal or professional passions.
While the focus of the essay is the Duke MBA program, you are also being asked why these aspects are most meaningful. Your fit with the program is crucial, and therefore you must exhibit the qualities Duke is seeking as well. The Duke MBA program is especially interested in your role within the community, and will place significant weight on this factor. If you research thoroughly and are specific, you should be able to clearly demonstrate why you are going to be strong contributor and teammate.
This essay can also be a place to talk about how the Duke MBA fits into your career goals. What do you know now that will be enhanced through your MBA education? And what crucial aspects of the skill set required for your future career will be augmented by attending Duke?
Option 2: Team Fuqua Principles: The Team Fuqua community is as unique as the individuals who comprise it. Underlying our individuality are a number of shared ideas and principles that we live out in our own ways. Our students have identified and defined 6 "Team Fuqua Principles" that we feel are the guiding philosophies that make our community special. At the end of your 2 years at Fuqua, if you were to receive an award for exemplifying one of the 6 Principles listed below, which one would it be and why? Your response should reflect your knowledge of Fuqua and the Daytime MBA program and experience, and the types of activities and leadership you would engage in as a Fuqua student.
1. Authentic Engagement: We care and we take action. We each make a difference to Team Fuqua by being ourselves and engaging in and supporting activities about which we are passionate.
2. Supportive Ambition: We support each other to achieve great things, because your success is my success. The success of each individual member of Team Fuqua makes the whole of Team Fuqua better.
3. Collective Diversity: We embrace all of our classmates because our individuality is better and stronger together.
4. Impactful Stewardship: We are leaders who focus on solutions to improve our communities both now and in the future. We aren't satisfied with just maintaining the status quo.
5. Loyal Community: We are a family who looks out for each other. Team Fuqua supports you when you need it the most.
6. Uncompromising Integrity: We internalize and live the honor code in the classroom and beyond. We conduct ourselves with integrity within Fuqua, within Duke, and within all communities of which we are a part.
This option for the "Why Duke" essay requires as much introspection as the previous option, but more explicitly asks for research into the community and the aspects you identify with most. In some ways this a more structured question to answer and it may be a reasonable place to start whether you choose to answer this option or the previous option.
Choosing one of the six principles certainly doesn't mean the other five are not relevant. While you will want to choose the one you think resonates most with your personality and values, it will enhance your application to touch upon the others that are particularly meaningful to you.
As in the prior option you can use this essay to also communicate a bit about your career goals at Duke, particularly if you focus on Supportive Ambition or Impactful Stewardship and factors of how the community will impact your future career and how you plan to give back to others or what kind of leader you will be. However, the main focus should be your community involvement and how you plan to improve the experience of others at Duke both in and outside the classroom.
Optional Essay
If you feel there are circumstances of which the Admissions Committee should be aware, please explain them in an optional essay (e.g. unexplained gaps in work, choice of recommenders, inconsistent or questionable academic performance).
Do NOT upload additional essays nor additional recommendations in this area of the application.
The Optional Essay is intended to provide the Admissions Committee with insight into your circumstances only.
Limit your response to two pages.
As with most optional essays, the Duke MBA asks that you use this space only to explain extenuating circumstances. If you have a low GPA, lack a recommendation from your current supervisor or gaps in work history this is the correct place to address those issues. If you do not have any of those areas to explain, it's best to skip this question and focus only on the previous three essays.
When approaching any concerns about your background in the optional essay it's important to focus on recent performance, whether academic or professional, and what such performance demonstrates about your ability. Your goal is to remove questions from your application and to address in a factual manner any information the admissions committee needs to know to fairly evaluate your application. The essay should convey, in a positive manner, that you know there could be questions about your background but you have thoroughly improved in any areas necessary.


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Senior guard/forward James Ennis has been named a Lou Henson All-American, an honor which goes to 25 players at mid-major schools. Ennis had a banner senior year with the 49ers, earning Big West Player of the Year honors, Big West First-Team All-Conference accolades and a spot on the All-District IX team.
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Rather than assemble a first team, second team, third team and honorable mention; the Lou Heson All-America team is one squad consisting of 25 players.
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Oh, animal spirits! they've been moving the Nasdaq Composite consistently higher for months now: It ended this week up 12% for the year, closing in on the 13% return of the Standard & Poor's 500. Much of the Nasdaq's gains arrived in the last two weeks amidst some very frantic trading and eye-popping moves.
The Nasdaq's performance has even edged out the S&P's since Feb. 21, returning 7.9% to the S&P's 7.5%. I went to my calendar to check what happened on that Wednesday to prompt this period of outperformance.
The rather humble events of that midwinter day give little indication of the rally to come: Dell (ticker: DELL) had just modestly beaten earnings expectations; Microsoft's MSFT 0.8286760454808249% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD52.32 0.43 0.8286760454808249% /Date(1464382800494-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 16877199 AFTER HOURS USD52.3 -0.0200000000000031 -0.0382262996941896% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 844239 P/E Ratio 41.523809523809526 Market Cap 411259620413.676 Dividend Yield 2.7522935779816513% Rev. per Employee 732415 More quote details and news » (MSFT) next version of Windows, Windows Blue, was rumored to be reaching a "half-way" mark to becoming available; and semiconductor tool vendor Synopsys SNPS 0.7985975847292559% Synopsys Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD51.75 0.41 0.7985975847292559% /Date(1464382800373-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 590649 AFTER HOURS USD51.75 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3935 P/E Ratio 34.5 Market Cap 7856995708.46558 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 224795 More quote details and news » (SNPS) had also beaten earnings expectations.
Not exactly bracing stuff -- certainly nothing that should propel the Nasdaq from laggard to leader amidst the backdrop of bad news to come. And that was some very bad news, indeed.
Last month, research firms IDC and Gartner reported the first quarter of this year saw the worst decline in personal-computer shipments in years. Dell, moving through a battle to take itself private, released data indicating that challenges in both personal and enterprise computer sales were much tougher than anyone on the outside thought.
Meanwhile, some technology companies reporting either very early in the season or on an offset fiscal calendar gave an early indication that selling to corporations is tough at the moment, perhaps in part because of the U.S. sequester.
There was F5 Networks FFIV -0.18346940647647006% F5 Networks Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD108.81 -0.2 -0.18346940647647006% /Date(1464382800164-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 856885 AFTER HOURS USD108.81 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5896 P/E Ratio 21.589285714285715 Market Cap 7288202751.96899 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 468657 More quote details and news » (FFIV) warning on April 4 that its March-ending quarter was weaker than expected because telecommunications operators were spending less and U.S. federal government spending was "down significantly."
Amazingly, technology investors took all of that and shrugged it off, even as a tepid earnings season proceeded to produce revenue just in line with expectations or, for many companies, less than the Street was hoping for.
There was Intel INTC 0.2540489044140997% Intel Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD31.57 0.08 0.2540489044140997% /Date(1464382800000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12787378 AFTER HOURS USD31.51 -0.0599999999999987 -0.19005384859043395% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 553918 P/E Ratio 13.434042553191489 Market Cap 149073538558.96 Dividend Yield 3.2942667089008553% Rev. per Employee 524473 More quote details and news » (INTC) on April 16 delivering revenue merely in line with expectations, and missing on the bottom line by a penny. Google (GOOG) and Microsoft followed on April 18, both missing revenue expectations. A few days later chip-maker Texas Instruments TXN 0.41138719763040976% Texas Instruments Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD61.02 0.25 0.41138719763040976% /Date(1464382800231-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3711431 AFTER HOURS USD61.02 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 95650 P/E Ratio 21.335664335664337 Market Cap 61277931374.0053 Dividend Yield 2.490986561783022% Rev. per Employee 428929 More quote details and news » (TXN) just barely beat expectations; Apple AAPL -0.05975500448162534% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD100.35 -0.06 -0.05975500448162534% /Date(1464382800000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 35537811 AFTER HOURS USD100.23 -0.11999999999999 -0.11958146487294469% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 803329 P/E Ratio 11.162402669632925 Market Cap 549659570792.504 Dividend Yield 2.2720478325859492% Rev. per Employee 2050050 More quote details and news » (AAPL) topped consensus estimates when it reported April 23, but not by wide margin, and the outlook for this quarter was lousy. Amazon.com AMZN -0.3734735840875075% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD712.24 -2.67 -0.3734735840875075% /Date(1464382800447-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2216517 AFTER HOURS USD712.26 0.0199999999999818 0.0028080422329551835% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 32647 P/E Ratio 293.1028806584362 Market Cap 336054772198.945 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 491412 More quote details and news » (AMZN) followed two days later and -- you guessed it -- missed revenue estimates.
Facebook last Thursday delivered a mere 1% outperformance in first-quarter revenue, just $20 million above what had been modeled for the company.
Perhaps the pinnacle of an earnings season with little to write home about was fiber optics component maker JDS Uniphase (JDSU), which last Wednesday missed quarterly revenue and profit estimates and forecast this quarter's results well below expectations as well.
BUT A FUNNY THING HAPPENED amidst all this. JDS's stock actually rose sharply in late trading upon that grim report, and rose fractionally the next day. And many of its tech brethren have surged as well, despite the rough earnings landscape.
Apple, down 15% for the year, is up 11% since its April 23 announcement that it will more than double its dividend and share repurchases to $100 billion over three years. Microsoft stock is up 22% since Feb. 21 and 16% since its earnings report.
Intel, likewise, is up 18% since Feb. 21 and 9% since its earnings report. Even more striking were some double-digit jumps in just the last week alone. Tiny networking vendor Procera (PKT) surged 27% on Friday in response to the company announcing the night before it had marginally beat revenue expectations.
Internet recommendations site Yelp YELP 0.779423226812159% Yelp Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD25.86 0.2 0.779423226812159% /Date(1464382922482-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 841767 AFTER HOURS USD25.86 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15314 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 1977427565.89609 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 154160 More quote details and news » (YELP) jumped 27% the day after reporting a similarly modest beat. Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices AMD 5.747126436781609% Advanced Micro Devices Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD4.6 0.25 5.747126436781609% /Date(1464382800293-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 34325596 AFTER HOURS USD4.59 -0.00999999999999979 -0.21739130434782608% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 104024 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 3650192014.16778 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 416813 More quote details and news » (AMD), which labors in the shadow of Intel, saw a 36% rise last week despite no news whatsoever.
Sure, there are tangible signs of hope, including Friday's better-than-expected jobless claims data, and the dip in the jobless rate.
And there was the less-bad data point, also Friday morning, of nondefense capital-goods orders rising 0.9% in March, with shipments up 0.5%. I say less-bad because the Bureau of Economic Analysis' report still said that computer orders were down 26%, year over year, for the three-month period ending in March, and electronic components orders were down 9.5% in that time.
SO WHAT IS DRIVING SHARES higher amidst all this mediocre -- or downright bad -- news? It appears to be little more than frantic buyers chasing returns as the Dow worked its way up to a record 15,000 on Friday.
A whole host of guests on CNBC Friday trumpeted the return of technology as a desirable sector; one pointed out that $53 billion of inflows have come to stock mutual funds in the last 17 weeks.
Altaira Wealth Management's Ralph Acampora had a one word answer in his stint on the cable channel, when asked about what to buy: "Tech!" he said, enthusiastically, adding that semiconductors were especially worth looking at.
The technology sector's glorious springtime even roped in the fixed-income crew, with both Apple and International Business Machines IBM 0.26239832065074786% International Business Machines Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD152.84 0.4 0.26239832065074786% /Date(1464382977576-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2399867 AFTER HOURS USD152.84 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 57245 P/E Ratio 11.584580168872314 Market Cap 146720584758.44 Dividend Yield 3.6639623135304893% Rev. per Employee 213989 More quote details and news » (IBM) able to lure buyers for bonds yielding less than those stocks' dividends.
All of which makes one wonder what, if anything, is tangible. The massive unleashing of cash by Apple, and by IBM's announcement April 30 of a $5 billion repurchase authorization, and the 12% increase in its quarterly dividend, has reminded investors of the financial firepower of the group.
Then, too, the results at Intel and Microsoft were significant, even if both companies remain weighed down by a lousy personal-computer market.
Microsoft's Windows division, excluding special one-time revenue recognition items, was basically flat with the prior-year period, not as disastrous as might have been implied by market data. Its other lines of business, morevoer, turned in decent results.
The conversation started to turn as people looked beyond the PC market. For instance, analyst Mark Moerdler with Bernstein Research, who rates Microsoft shares an Outperform, noted last week that Microsoft's revenue from "cloud computing," where Microsoft hosts software for a fee rather than selling it outright, is approaching as much as $2.6 billion.
If true, that would make the company suddenly the second-biggest cloud-computing company behind momentum darling Salesforce.com CRM 0.5038992201559688% Salesforce.com Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD83.77 0.42 0.5038992201559688% /Date(1464382949893-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3114852 AFTER HOURS USD83.63 -0.140000000000001 -0.16712426883132386% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 24815 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 56754172725.6775 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 372245 More quote details and news » (CRM).
Intel's revenue in the same quarter actually declined, but by Thursday morning of last week, the market was looking forward, not backward. Intel named chief operating officer Brian Krzanich, a 31-year veteran, to replace CEO Paul Otellini, who steps down May 16.
Given that Otellini's departure amidst a severe PC slump had cast a pall over the company, hope has sprung forth that Krzanich can lead Intel to make inroads in the market for chips that go into smartphones and tablets, where the company badly trails Qualcomm QCOM 0.10867596449918493% Qualcomm Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD55.27 0.06 0.10867596449918493% /Date(1464382800436-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5529932 AFTER HOURS USD55.4 0.129999999999995 0.23520897412701286% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 388219 P/E Ratio 17.43533123028391 Market Cap 81186934881.4003 Dividend Yield 3.8357155780712864% Rev. per Employee 685273 More quote details and news » (QCOM), Nvidia NVDA 0.547645125958379% NVIDIA Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD45.9 0.25 0.547645125958379% /Date(1464382800500-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6884408 AFTER HOURS USD45.9 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 50981 P/E Ratio 39.23076923076923 Market Cap 24510600814.8193 Dividend Yield 1.0021786492374727% Rev. per Employee 559662 More quote details and news » (NVDA), and others.
I'm delighted to see both Microsoft and Intel get their due for the things going right with the rest of the business.
BULLS EXPECT THE PC MARKET to rebound in the latter half of year, a perspective I view as wishful at best. The momentum in sales of tablets and smartphones continues to push out any return to growth for the PC business.
But at the same time, valuations are attractive for both: Intel trades for just 12 times next year's projected earnings, Microsoft for 11 times, and that's not counting their enormous cash balances.
The same goes for much of tech.
The lack of any top-line outperformance in many of the reports I've mentioned suggests there is vulnerability across numerous subsectors of technology, while valuations are reasonable.
Apple, of course, trades for 10 times fiscal 2014 projected earnings, not counting its cash. JDS Uniphase and its brethren such as Infinera INFN 1.0719754977029097% Infinera Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD13.2 0.14 1.0719754977029097% /Date(1464382800175-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1616200 AFTER HOURS USD13.2 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 24004 P/E Ratio 37.714285714285715 Market Cap 1867351218.13469 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 459470 More quote details and news » (INFN) and Ciena CIEN 2.0166073546856467% Ciena Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD17.2 0.34 2.0166073546856467% /Date(1464382829049-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2737579 AFTER HOURS USD17.2 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10751 P/E Ratio 95.55555555555556 Market Cap 2365842835.65445 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 465785 More quote details and news » (CIEN) fetch above-market multiples, but some of that reflects depressed estimates that could improve with the slightest sign of a pickup in spending.
The sum total, then, of these furious recent weeks of buying technolgy stocks is that investors will likely not go away in May; they will likely stay. Cheap valuations, tons of cash, rising payouts, and low expectations should continue to power tech's gains through the summer months.
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HARRISBURG — A new legislative study examining the financial picture for more than 600 nonprofit organizations in Pennsylvania appears as state lawmakers are moving a bill to assert their right to define what a public charity is.
The Senate-approved bill is a proposed constitutional amendment declaring the General Assembly has the sole authority to set standards in this regard. It is in response to a recent state Supreme Court ruling giving precedence to a 1985 court case in defining what is a public charity and therefore, exempt from paying property taxes and state sales taxes. The bill would restore the pre-eminence of a 1997 law setting five criteria to make that determination.
The study by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee looks at data involving executive compensation, assets and administrative expenses for nonprofits that receive state aid to provide a number of human services.
It shows that many types of organizations ranging from community and regional service providers to large health care complexes fall under the nonprofit umbrella. Specifically, it looks at how many employees at each nonprofit are being paid more than $100,000 annually in total compensation.
Generally, a large number of community nonprofits have few employees above the $100,000 threshold. It's a different story with the large health care providers.
Geisinger Medical Center reported 12 employees earning more than $200,000, but that number can be viewed in the context of a regional health care provider with assets of $627 million, according to the study.
Geisinger is licensed by the state to provide hospitalization and psychiatric unit services, the study said.
Geisinger's compensation packages are based on the market, position and experience, said spokesman Matthew Van Stone in response to the study.
"We use an independent contractor to assess salaries in the market and set executive compensation," he added. "We feel we more than earn our nonprofit status because of the community benefit we provide and the free charity we provide each day."
In light of the study, some lawmakers are questioning whether community nonprofits and hospital nonprofits belong under the same law given the disparities in the size of their operations and scope of their charitable missions.
The question arises because of debate about whether the recent Supreme Court ruling in the case denying tax-exempt status to a religious camp in Pike County will lead to more financially strapped municipalities challenging the tax-exempt status of nonprofits. Pittsburgh recently challenged the tax-exempt status of UPMC, a large health care provider in that city.
The statewide hospital association wants the 1997 law restored and supports the proposed constitutional amendment.
"The (court) decision will place the public charity status of other charitable organizations in question, and hospitals may be impacted by increased legal challenges," said the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
The five criteria in the 1997 law are the most comprehensive in the nation for determining state tax exemption status, HAP added.
Pennsylvania's hospitals provide nearly $1 billion in uncompensated care annually to the uninsured, which is one of the means by which tax-exempt status is justified, said HAP official Timothy Ohrum at a recent hearing in Pittsburgh.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ballistic Sue and jockey Rosie Napravnik led all the way Friday to pull a 14-1 upset in the $72,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park.
Napravnik, who had three wins on the card, guided the 5-year-old to her fourth win in 15 starts. The time was a 1:07.65, less than a second slower than Gantry's track record of 1:06.87 for 6 furlongs on the grass.
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not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Aug 23, 2008 16:15 Flag
Dawson's problems Continue
I only saw the highlights, but it seemeed to me some of Dawson's mistakes were errors by Woody that he managed to pass off as someone elses - too many times Middlesborough were on the counter attack and Woody was nowhere to be seen. There were also times when he was miles off his man, leaving Dawson to cover two, which was enough to confuse Dawson's little head. I don't think either of the goals was as a result of one of these, but it worried me that our 'reliable' defender was making basic cock-ups such as these.
The other thing I noticed was the complete lack of any communication between the defence - what happened to the wonderful back four lines we had last season?? That was the warm up, today's the real match (I'm not feeling confident...)Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Aug 23, 2008 17:41 Flag
Not blonde, good couple of points there!!
But I suppose it's time to focus on the positive's ( if there are any ) rather then the negatives ( lots of those!! ).
Traditionally, we always do well against the deck-chair attendants at WHL ( sorry, but the Sundeland shirts really do remind me of deck-chair covers ).
I can't remember when it was the last time that Sunderland beat us at the Lane - but it was quite some time ago. So we have recent history on our side.
As far as Daws is concerned, i think that Leds will be back today and we will revert to the same team that has seen us do so well in pre-season games.
I predict a 2-1 win to the lillywhites.
Bentley & GDS as our scorers!!
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Kentish Maid Kentish Maid Aug 24, 2008 00:06 Flag
Well Mike, mark the date in your diary as you'll now be remembering the last time Sunderland beat us at the Lane.
Your score was right, but the wrong team had 2.
On the plus side Leds played the whole game but that's about all we can be pleased about I suppose. Interesting to get views from those actually there.
MOTD tonight will no doubt show up all our failings.


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Greg Norman knows a thing or two about the back-nine collapse Rory McIlroy suffered last Sunday at the Masters.
"It is a horrible, horrible feeling," he told me this week. "Your mind is completely disconnected from the feel of your body, or vice versa, the feel of your body is completely disconnected from your mind. There is nothing worse than to be a finely tuned athlete and to go completely out of sync, under the microscope of one of the greatest golf events in the world, with hundreds of millions of people watching you. Nothing worse."
Norman, you recall, booted a six-stroke lead in the final round of the 1996 Masters and finished second to Nick Faldo. On Sunday, McIlroy squandered a four-stroke lead, crumbling on the back nine to shoot 80 and tie for 15th place.
He isn't the only young gun recently to fall apart in the final round of a major. Last summer at the PGA Championship, Nick Watney, 29, held a three-shot lead at 54 holes and shot 81 on Sunday to finish T18. Dustin Johnson, then 25, quickly blew a three-shot lead in the final round at the U.S. Open in June. He played the first four holes in six over par, shot 82 and finished T8.
The biology of such unravelings is surprisingly well understood. The prefrontal cortex of the brain, which normally helps keep thoughts and emotions in check, becomes overwhelmed by worries and the intense desire to succeed. The pulse quickens, adrenaline surges and the mind races wildly. Most damaging to an athlete are the renegade thoughts that try to hijack control of well-rehearsed movements like the golf swing. As every player knows, too much thinking is the ruin of a rhythmic, natural swing.
Supportive crowds and high expectations, such as come from sleeping on an overnight lead, can make this untimely self-consciousness even more disruptive, according to Sian Beilock, associate professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and director of the Human Performance Lab there. Beilock's 2010 book, "Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To," is based on more than a decade of studying performance under pressure.
"We know that we can train our prefrontal cortex to effectively exert control over the emotional centers of the brain such as the amygdala," she said. Simple tricks like counting backward or thinking of an encompassing swing thought like "smooth" can sometimes focus the erupting mind enough to restore performance. But, in reference to McIlroy at the Masters, she told me Friday, "less experience in these types of high-stakes situations likely means he had less practice controlling his emotional reactions when the heat was on."
Norman describes the quick transition from being "on song" to being a mess: "When everything is in sync, you feel like you're gliding through space. Things happen in slow motion. The wind feels different, the light is different, your eyesight is more acute. Each blade of grass seems to pop out. You've pushed yourself to the very maximum of your finely tuned ability to play. That's why you're leading the tournament," he said.
But then, especially at courses like Augusta National or others set up at maximum difficulty for majors, a shot or two goes wrong, with bad consequences, and doubt creeps in. "Even just a little derailment becomes a major derailment, with every car in the train sliding off the track. It's very hard to make a quick adjustment. Your legs feel heavy, your body feels heavy, your breathing gets short and fast, not deep. The synapses in your brain are just firing and you can't slow anything down. The 2½ hours to play the back nine seem like an eternity. It's like a light switch clicking off, where it all falls away."
Norman said he has a few techniques to help in such circumstances, and has often used them successfully to get back on track (although not, alas, at the 1996 Masters). "The light switch can work the other way, too," he said. He wasn't keen to share them all but said that some are physical, like pressing his thumb hard on a pressure point "so you feel a bit of pain to snap yourself out of it."
Gary Player has thought a lot about performing under the gun, too, and last year compiled his wisdom in a book called "Don't Choke: A Champion's Guide to Winning Under Pressure." In claiming his first Masters title 50 years ago, Player, then 25, also slept on a four-stroke lead before the final round, just like McIlroy this year. He credits his ability to stare down Arnold Palmer, then at the peak of his career, to transforming potential negatives into positives.
"I filled myself with positive vibes," he told me this week. "I had a hard upbringing and that stood me in good stead. I told myself nobody was going to do this for me, I had to be aggressive, I had to believe I was going to win, I had to get in there and just win the damn tournament. I saw it as a chance to defeat the aura [of Palmer] and I made sure there wasn't time to think about choking and nerves."
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There have been plenty of memorable days in the Center Grove High School's girls swimming and diving team's 25-year reign as sectional champions.
But Saturday's performance likely will rank among the best.
The Trojans swept the relays, won seven of eight individual races and claimed the top three spots in the diving competition as they easily captured the team championship at the Franklin Sectional.
Three Center Grove swimmers earned four sectional titles each.
Junior Caroline Sheehan won the 200 individual medley, the 500 freestyle and swam with the winning 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams. Emily Saugstad, a sophomore, captured the 100 and 200 freestyle races and joined Sheehan on the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.
And Amanda Ward, also a sophomore, collected titles in the 100 backstroke, 200 medley relay, and the 200 and 400 freestyle relays for the Trojans.
The day wasn't just about wins, though. The Trojans placed at least one swimmer in the top three of every individual event. They claimed two of the top three spots in five other races. And Sheehan, Claire Cross and Annie Rich went 1-2-3 in the 500 freestyle.
Center Grove coach Jim Todd was proud of the Trojans.
"I told them after the meet that if I were to have written a script for how I wanted today to work out, (they) almost hit it exactly the way we wanted it," he said. "They really stepped up and did a great job. They competed and had a lot of fun."
Martinsville's Deanna Ford was the only swimmer who got in the way of a complete Center Grove sweep of the meet. The senior won the 100 butterfly in 1:00.58.
All individual sectional winners advance to Friday's preliminaries of the IHSAA Girls State Championships at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. The championship finals are Saturday.
Center Grove will look to improve on last year's 14th-place finish at the state meet. Saugstad was the only Trojans swimmer to advance to a final race a year ago, taking eighth in the 100 freestyle.
Todd said that goal is within reach.
"We'll shoot for the top 10. That's a goal we set at the beginning of the year," he said. "We're really looking forward to next weekend."
In diving, Center Grove junior sensation Maddie Gordon continued her spectacular season.
She posted a score of 504.30 which set a personal- and school-record standard.
"I am ecstatic with the way I dove," Gordon said. "I broke my record and the school record. I am so excited."
Gordon, who placed fifth in last year's state meet, said her strategy for Tuesday's diving regional and the state meet will be simple.
"(I'll) just try to dive the same I dove today," she said, "and hopefully it will be good enough."
Joining Gordon at Tuesday's regional meet at Bloomington North will be teammates Rachel Smallwood and Maddie Keeley, along with Greenwood sophomore Krista Jones.
Center Grove earned 508 points to defend their team championship. Franklin finished second with 349.5. Greenwood was third with 277. Perry Meridian was fourth (207.5), and Whiteland was fifth (201). Indian Creek was seventh with 132.
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"We do not want a strike," David J. Vitale, president of the Chicago Board of Education, said late Sunday as he left the negotiations, which he described as extraordinarily difficult and "perhaps the most unbelievable process that I've ever been through."Union leaders said they had hoped not to walk away from their jobs, but they said they were left with little choice."This is a difficult decision and one we hoped we could have avoided," said Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union.The political stakes now may be highest for Rahm Emanuel, the Democratic mayor in a city with deep union roots. He took office last year holding up the improvement of public schools as one of his top priorities, but now faces arduous political terrain certain to accompany Chicago's first public schools strike in 25 years.Late Sunday, Mr. Emanuel told reporters that school district officials had presented a strong offer to the union, including what some officials described as what would amount to a 16 percent raise for many teachers over four years — and that only two minor issues remained. "This is totally unnecessary, it's avoidable and our kids do not deserve this," Mr. Emanuel said, describing the decision as "a strike of choice."
Dear Mike, Now that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has announced that CTU will strike Monday morning, it is very clear: Children are not the top priority for teachers who belong to the Chicago Teachers Union. The two things that matter most to these teachers are money and avoiding accountability for poor performance.Lewis and the CTU waited hours to announce the teacher walkout so they could hold a live press conference at the top of the 10 p.m. news hour. This focus on press impact rather than the impact on children's and parents' lives should once and for all tell Chicago Public School negotiators and Mayor Emanuel this: The time is now for the transformative reforms the children and parents need. The Mayor and CPS should pull all offers from the table and reset the negotiations.The fiscal reality is that Chicago Public Schools are broke. CPS will be draining cash reserves this year just to stay afloat, and will be $1 billion in the red next school year. The 30 percent raise CTU originally asked for is out of the question, and so are other double-digit raises that CTU has demanded. Average teacher pay in Chicago is already at $71,000 without benefits, while the average Chicagoan makes only $30,203 and the unemployment rate in the city is nearly 11 percent.The reality facing students is much more grim. Four out of 10 children who enter a CPS high school will not graduate. That's why the focus of these negotiations should be on reforms that empower parents rather than perpetuating a broken system. Monday morning, more than 80,000 kids in Chicago will show up to be taught in charter schools or independent private schools, and those teachers will be showing up to work – unlike the teachers who belong to the CTU. These schools have something in common that is different from those CPS schools that will not operate tomorrow: the CTU is not the monopoly provider of labor to those schools.At minimum, CPS must put the option of merit pay back on the table. Chicago cannot be a place where bad teachers are protected at the expense of great teachers who deserve to be recognized and rewarded. And Chicago must allow for more educational competition. As Milton Friedman said, "The only solution is to break the monopoly, introduce competition and give the customers alternatives." By expanding the number of charter schools and establishing opportunity scholarships, we can begin to chip away at the monopoly that the Chicago Teachers Union has over the city's educational system. We must empower parents to choose what is best for their children, instead of letting Karen Lewis decide when kids can and cannot learn.John TillmanCEO
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No time for Tebow in STL: Hill ready to roll as Rams' No. 1 QB
If you've heard any rumors about who the Rams are targeting now that Sam Bradford is out for the year, forget 'em. Jeff Fisher made it clear Monday that Shaun Hill is the guy going forward for St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS -- It didn't take long for virtually everyone to chime in with an opinion on who should replace injured Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, including a former starter looking for a job.
But despite rumors that calls were already being made to find someone else, coach Jeff Fisher remained firm that Shaun Hill will be the man Week 1 against Minnesota after Monday's practice. The veteran's knowledge of the offense and leadership abilities made him an easy choice over any potential suitors.
"What I like is, 'According to sources close to the situation we're...' I love that," Fisher said. "No, we have not had any conversations with anybody. There's a lot of players out there that are under contract, and so you can't discuss those things, but we've not had anybody."
That might come as a disappointment for former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard, who tweeted "Would love a call from the Rams!" at about 9 a.m. Monday morning. Subsequent retweeting of a few tongue-in-cheek messages from supporters showed the 36-year-old may not have been totally serious himself, which is probably a good attitude for a guy who went 39-37 as a starter and hasn't thrown a pass in the NFL since 2010.
Twitter also gave notorious contrarian and highly successful Internet troll Skip Bayless of ESPN's "First Take" a platform to helpfully suggest Tim Tebow, drawing more than 2,500 retweets to go along with plenty of hateful comments. However, a few more legitimate options might become available by this Saturday, when teams are required to make their final roster cuts to get down to 53 players.
None of that speculation seems to have bothered Hill, who learned about Bradford's injury at Sunday's team meeting. Hill also rebuffed the comparisons to the 1999 Super Bowl team led by backup Kurt Warner after Trent Green suffered a massive knee injury in the preseason.
"This is a totally different situation," Hill said. "This is the 2014 Rams team. We're going to go out and our attitude has not changed."
But it's hard to ignore some of the parallels, even if Hill had a much cooler summer job than Warner's work as a grocery store bagger. The Parsons, Kan., native said he worked as a teenager in packaging and shipping for a small operation called Jake's Fireworks in nearby Pittsburg, Kan., which now claims to be "the leading distributor of wholesale and retail fireworks in the United States."
The only fireworks Warner dealt with were on the field, where The Greatest Show on Turf proved nearly unstoppable with such weapons as Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt. Hill's young supporting cast falls well short of that pedigree, but he's confident the group will be able to put up enough points to win with an aggressive, talented defense.
"All the pieces are in place," Hill said. "I've been able to work with all those guys. I've definitely developed a rapport with those guys and continue to do so."
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Fisher reiterated Monday that the offense won't change with a new quarterback under center, which means it will still be heavily reliant on the running game and tailback Zac Stacy. Wide receiver Tavon Austin doesn't expect the switch to be much of an adjustment, despite the pain he and his teammates feel for Bradford after his second ACL tear in less than a year.
"We definitely follow (Hill) now and this team, we're going to keep on moving forward," Austin said. "He knows all the right throws and he's smart."
Rams fans might have some not-so-fond memories of Hill from the best performance of his career, when he threw for three touchdowns and no interceptions in the Lions' 44-6 rout of St. Louis in October 2010. That snapped a four-game losing streak to open the season and preceded six consecutive losses that cost him his starting spot.
But Hill, who took over in Week 1 when Matthew Stafford suffered a season-ending shoulder injury, would get his redemption. He got back in the lineup and closed out 2010 by leading the Lions to wins over Miami and Minnesota.
The 34-year-old hasn't started since, and he's younger than only five of the NFL's 32 projected starting quarterbacks, including future Hall of Famers Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning. The other two are Arizona's Carson Palmer and Tampa Bay's Josh McCown, who probably would be on the bench for at least half the teams in the league.
St. Louis doesn't need a Hall of Fame-caliber quarterback to have a successful season, although it certainly wouldn't hurt. What this team does need is someone capable of confidently running the offense, making some big throws and providing leadership for all of its inexperienced skill players.
Fisher hasn't ruled out the possibility of picking up another option if a good one hits the waiver wire, so that's something to keep an eye on later this week. But it seems highly unlikely anyone would be good enough to unseat Hill before Sept. 7, when he'll finally get the opportunity he's been waiting for the last four years.
"I've always gone into every week, even if I was the backup, as if I was going to play," Hill said. "That's the only way I prepare. That's the only way I know how to do it."
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My commute is about 4 miles out, South Philly to Drexel campus through the nice shady urban jungle. I personally prefer to have less stuff and attract less attention. I change into my work/school clothes and just hop on the bike and head out for about 10 minutes.
Who else doesn't have to plan for a commute?