We are having a fantastic response to tomorrow's telethon. Frankly, it's a tad overwhelming.

If you want to obtain a free mini-consultation or profile evaluation, please sign up ASAP. During the telethon, Accepted.com admissions consultants will be available to take your call, review your resume, and answer your questions. Free. However, we have only twenty spots left.

Here is feedback from participants in previous telethons:

"Everything was great. Inge Miller was very kind and helpful. I dont know how you can make it better..."

"The telethon was very useful, Cindy helped me look at a couple of aspects from a different angle which will help me throughout my application process..."

"During these 15 mins i got much info. regarding the apps."

"Yes, Mr. Bodine was very knowledgeable and helpful."

"The telethon was extremely useful. I found out more information in 15 minutes than I did reading through all of the 'how to' books out there. No complaints. For a free service, it exceeded my expectations."

Please sign up for one of the remaining spots in tomorrow's MBA admissions telethon. This is the last telethon before the Round 1 deadlines.

On Friday I promised a whole new Accepted.com,and it's up! Please check it out. We know there a few items to clean up, but please let us know what you like and dislike. You can let us know in comments below or just by contacting us.

We have also implemented a change that many of you requested in a last spring's survey. We asked if you would like excerpts from blog posts on the home page as opposed to full blog posts. A plurality preferred excerpts, and they now display on Accepted's home page. (RSS feeds, Facebook, etc. still provide full posts.) How do you like it?

A few other happenings at Accepted.com:

• We received great feedback from the almost 300 people who attended the recent Roadmap to Bold & Brilliant MBA Essays webinar. For example, @CammiJC on Twitter wrote "Just finished listening in to a fantastic essay MBA webinar. Thanks to Linda @accepted for the wonderful tips!!" If you missed the live event or simply want to review the information a second time, the recording is now online. Feel free to tell your friends about it too.
• The last MBA Admissions Telethon before Round 1 deadlines is this Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Obtain your free profile evaluation or mini-consultation. Sign up today for the MBA Admissions Telethon.
• Early-Bird MBA Special ends July 31, 2009. Save 15% on all MBA Essay Editing and Program-Specific Services.
• Residency & Fellowship Special ends Judy 31, 2009. Save 15% on all medical residency and fellowship essay services.

There has been so much happening in the admissions world, that I have really failed to keep you current on events at Accepted.com. I am going to remedy that omission now. Here's what's going on:

• MBA Early Bird Special Start early, submit early, and access expert guidance for your essays. Plus through July 31, you can save 15%.
• Submit a Stellar Application II, my latest ebook, is now available. Containing my 56 favorite admissions tips from the last three years of the Accepted Admissions Almanac, AKA this blog. It's 25% off through August 15. Use coupon code PUB at checkout to get these great tips and the discount.
• Roadmap to Bold & Brilliant MBA Essays is TODAY! This free webinar has generated an overwhelming response, but there is still room for you. Register to attend.
• MBA Admissions Telethon. The next telethon takes place on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Don't miss it. Register to obtain your free consultation.
  
• How to Write an MBA Admissions Essay. Great article by BW's Francesca DiMeglio quoting author and Accepted.com Senior Editor, Paul Bodine, and me. It will whet your appetite for tomorrow's webinar.
• Facebook Fan Page. Now its easy to find. Please connect with us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Accepted.
  
• Site Redesign. It's coming. Easier navigation. Updated look. Stay tuned.

Wow has it been busy in the MBA world! Take a couple of days off and everything starts happening.

• Chicago Booth announced the availability of no-cosigner loans for its students. Chicago Booth and Associate Dean Rose Martinelli have worked hard to ensure access to international students since alternative sources of funding for international students dried up last fall. With this deal involving Deutsche Bank and The International Student Loan Program they appear to have a means of ensuring that all Booth MBA students will have access to funding "up to the total cost of attendance, less any financial aid received"
• Harvard Students Voluntarily Take Ethics Oath. A growing percentage of Harvard's Class of 2009 is pledging itself to an ethical code drafted by HBS students. In less than one week, slightly less than 30% of the HBS class has agreed to the oath and as of today it is about 37%. However commendable this initiative, the cynical comments that accompany the NY Times article about the oath say much about the reputation of business and MBAs. Only widespread living up to the oath can repair that sullied reputation.
• Wharton releases deadlines for 2009-10. The submission deadlines are October 1, 2009, January 5, 2010, and March 9, 2010. Yes. You read correctly: The first round submission deadline is October 1, and that is 9 days earlier than last year's deadline. The first round deadlines have been edging  earlier and earlier. Wharton's questions should be released in "mid-July."
• Kellogg announces the retirement of Dean Dipak C. Jain after eight years in office. Reasons for the departure were not revealed. Kellogg will appoint an interim dean and then launch a national search for Jain's replacement.
• BusinessWeek has published excellent interviews with the respective admissions directors of UCLA Anderson and INSEAD. 

At Accepted.com there is also a lot going on for MBA applicants.

• Accepted is hosting a telethon tomorrow June 3 at 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT/4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM GMT where you can have a mini-consultation at a much reduced price with an Accepted.com consultant. Ask your most important admissions questions. Proceeds go 100% to MBA Diversity. Sign up today!
• "Best Practices for MBA Admissions" webinar is online and available for you to view or download. FREE. A great introduction to MBA admissions. Lots of tips on evaluating your candidacy, improving your profile, and launching your MBA application effort on the right foot.

Many of you asked if we will post the recording from our recent webinar "Best Practices in MBA Admissions." The answer is "Yes!" 

If you are struggling to determine your competitiveness, your strengths and weaknesses, and your MBA admissions strategy, Best Practices in MBA Admissions" can provide you with needed guidance.

You can watch it online or download it for later viewing. And if you have friends who are applying to top MBA programs, please feel free to tell them about the webinar.  

We received excellent feedback after the event.

• @CammiJC tweeted"Great webinar! Thank you for the valuable information - it is helping point me in the right direction!"
• Another attendee wrote " yes I found this to be a useful,  brief, and organized outline of how to look at one's profile when applying.

A great follow-up to the webinar is the MBA Admissions Telethon taking place on Thursday June 3 at your local telephone. Sign up for the telethon to obtain a mini-consultation from an Accepted.com consultant.