Support Emails

Congratulations! 4 Aringo clients were accepted to Columbia's September 2012 intake (out of 9 clients who applied!)

Aringo's Columbia admission rate: 44%.

Congratulations! 4 Aringo clients were accepted to INSEAD (out of 6 clients who applied!)

Aringo's INSEAD admission rate: 67%.

Congratulations! Three Aringo clients were accepted to Wharton in 2011!

Aringo's Wharton admission rate is more than 50% higher than Wharton’s regular admission rate.

Congratulations! 8 Aringo clients were accepted to Duke in 2011 (out of 9 clients who applied!)

Aringo's Duke admission rate: 89%. Duke regular admission rate: 24%.

Aringo's Stanford admission rate: 27%. Stanford regular admission rate: 6%.

Congratulations! 5 Aringo clients were accepted to UCLA in 2011 (out of 6 clients who applied!)

Aringo's UCLA admission rate: 83%. UCLA regular admission rate: 29%

Congratulations! 5 Aringo clients were accepted to IE in 2011 (out of 5 clients who applied!)

2 Aringo clients were accepted to Cambridge in 2011 (out of 2 clients who applied!)

Congratulations! An Aringo client has been accepted to Wharton with a $50,000 scholarship

An Aringo client, with a GMAT of 600, has been accepted to Duke!

Two Aringo clients have been accepted to Stanford with $30,000 scholarships

An Aringo client, with a GMAT of 580, has been accepted to Harvard!

Congratulations! An Aringo client has been accepted to Harvard with a $65,000 scholarship

An Aringo client, with a GMAT 640, has been accepted to Wharton!

An Aringo client has been accepted to UCLA with a $35,000 scholarship

An Aringo client, with a GMAT of 670, has been accepted to Harvard!

Three Aringo clients have been accepted to Chicago with scholarships of $130,000 each!

Congratulations! An Aringo client, with a GMAT of 630, has been accepted to INSEAD!

Two Aringo clients have been accepted to Chicago with scholarships of $110,000 each

Two Aringo clients, GMAT 660, accepted to Harvard! (MBA)

Congratulations! Two Aringo clients have been accepted to Chicago with scholarships of $125,000 each

An Aringo client, with a GMAT of 640, has been accepted to Kellogg!

An Aringo client has been accepted to NYU with a $45,000 scholarship

An Aringo client, with a GMAT of 660, has been accepted to Wharton!

Congratulations! Four Aringo clients have been offered $20,000 scholarships to attend Stanford

An Aringo client, with a GMAT of 630, has been accepted to LBS!

An Aringo client has been accepted to Darden with a $34,000 scholarship

Congratulations! An Aringo client has been accepted to Columbia with a $30,000 scholarship

An Aringo client, with a GMAT of 640, has been accepted to Duke!

An Aringo client has been offered a $40,000 scholarship to attend Tuck

Two Aringo clients with GMAT scores of 640 have been accepted to INSEAD!

An Aringo client has been offered a $22,000 scholarship to attend Kellogg

Three Aringo clients with GMAT scores of 680 have been accepted to MIT! (MBA)

Two Aringo clients have received $25,000 scholarships to attend Wharton

Congratulations! Five Aringo clients have been accepted to Michigan with a $20,000 scholarship each

Support Emails

Dear all,

Support e-mails are short letters sent by an MBA student, alumnus or professor of a certain school to the admission committee of that school.

Level of impact on admission chances: 1 out of 5

Here is the 2012 briefing on support e-mails, based on past meetings with admission committee representatives:

1. The support e-mail is written in an informal "internal memo style" to the admission committee or, preferably, to a specific admissions officer that is responsible for your region. It could also be addressed to the head of admissions.

2. The support e-mail is written, among other reasons, because the writer is concerned that the school will have the best student body possible.

3. The support e-mail honestly describes the length and nature of the relationship. The "superlatives" should be in accordance with the nature and length of the acquaintance. The support e-mail should be "gentle" in nature.

4. Support e-mails are usually sent in the few weeks following the application submission date.

5. We recommend up to two supporters per school.

6. Do not feel discouraged if you have no e-mail supporters. Most candidates do not have any. Effective support e-mails could give you a small advantage in the admission process.

7. Extraordinarily strong support e-mails may significantly enhance your candidacy.
Ineffective support e-mails may hinder your candidacy (for example, lukewarm content, e-mails that "smell" from nepotism, e-mails that seem to originate from the candidate rather than from the supporter).

8. Support e-mails must feel and be authentic. Therefore, they should be different for each "supporter" and each candidate.

9. Harvard Business School seems to be exceptional among the b-schools in its approach towards support e-mails this season. HBS will probably be less influenced by such e-mails, at least during this season.

Hope this helps. Much much luck with the process,

The Aringo Research Team