Introducing a new essay or changing the interview format is not intended to raise the stress levels of the candidates, but to encourage introspection and candid self evaluation that will allow readers of the application to understand why a candidate considers the MBA experience critical for their professional goals and how it will be a transformational experience for them.

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That self-evaluation became a self-fulfilling prophecy in his first debate with Mitt Romney.

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"This requires a combination of increasingly sophisticated data, self-evaluation and local knowledge, " she said.

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Clearly, our resistance to frank self-evaluation has been going on for a long, long time.

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Self-evaluation was an improvement, making schools look hard at how they were performing, she said.

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Despite the tough self-evaluation, the quarterback looked pretty good during practice.

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Whereas guilt is a negative evaluation of a particular action, shame is defined by these researchers as a negative judgement on the whole self.

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