To submit Stanford application by third deadline

The last two months was pretty hectic for me. After submitting my HBS application, I realized that there was a lot of things which I had not addressed properly in my application such as the optional essay questions which asked about the career vision and how is it meaningful to you. I have done a lot of introspection from that time and I have found out what I really want to do. Somehow, that application has helped me tremendously even though I got rejected. I would recommend any person to apply as soon as they graduate or when they are in the final year so that they can truthfully judge themselves and see what lies ahead in store for them.

Regarding Stanford, I decided to apply just before the third deadline as I don't think it is going to make a difference whether I submit my application in my second round or in my third round as I am applying to the deferred program. It is very difficult to get selected for the Stanford's deferred program as they don't have any specific number of students to select such as HBS 2+2 program which selects about 100 students (10% of the total students selected). Since, it is very difficult to get selected I might as well apply as late as possible but bring out the best application that I can. The questions in Stanford application is more or less similar to the HBS 2+2 program, having said so, one must not cut and paste the answers. The answers to each school should be tailored to that particular school.