Dear Ben:

Its nice hearing that you are doing well and that you are taking MBA
finance classes --- are these at U. of Houston?

The admissions people mentioned that your GMAT score was too low when you
applied last year.  They said that if you had a higher GMAT score we could
consider you as a special case because of your background in energy
finance.  Basically, my impression was that you didn't need to have a score
close to the 660 median, but you need to improve a lot.  I would also
recommend that you work more on the quantitative sections, since it is
clear to me that your verbal skills are quite good.

Keep in touch.

regards,

Sheridan

At 10:52 AM 10/2/00 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Professor Titman:
>     I hope you had an enjoyable summer and it didn't go too quickly.   I
>hope you remember who I am from last years application process.  I enjoyed
>meeting you last year and talking with  you regarding the curriculum and
>admissions process.  I wanted to let you know that I am still very much
>interested in attending the Business School.
>     I took your advice this summer and took a graduate level finance class
>(Financial Management), which I received an A.  I was very pleased with
>myself, because I had not taken this type of class in quite some time.  I
>have decided to take another graduate level finance class (Macroeconomics),
>which I am currently taking and runs through December.
>     I also sent my information regarding my learning disability into GMAC
>to try and receive a "special testing status" for the GMAT.   I am
>currently waiting to hear back from them with their decision.
>     As you can see, I am still very much interested in attending the
>Business School for next year and I'm in the process of doing whatever I
>can to increase my application profile.  I am also sending an e-mail to
>Carl Harris, who heads up the admissions process  to inform him of these
>recent developments.
>     Please let me know if there is anything else you think I need to do to
>enhance my application profile.   Again, I hope all is going well and I
>look forward to hearing from you soon
>
>Regards,
>
>Ben Rogers
>Enron Corp.
>
>P.S. David Martin says hello!
>
>
Sheridan Titman
Department of Finance
College of Business Administration
University of Texas
Austin, Texas 78712-1179

512-232-2787 (phone)
512-471-5073 (fax)

titman@mail.utexas.edu