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University of Michigan Ross 2012 Executive MBA Essay Questions & Tips

March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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This set of essay questions covers broad ground, eliciting information that will allow the adcom to get to know you professionally and personally and hence to determine your fit with the Michigan Ross EMBA program.  The straightforward, down-to-earth nature of the questions reflects the program’s practical slant, and you should reflect that quality back in your answers – indeed, with 500-word limits, you will have to be succinct and make good decisions about what content to include and what to leave out. 

Essay 1:  What has been your most significant professional achievement?  What has been your toughest professional challenge and how did you address it?  (500 word maximum)

Try to make this essay do “double duty”—while you present an impressive accomplishment and also your effective handling of a tough challenge, through the story you select also try to showcase some differentiating aspect of your profile, such as unique industry or role, important issue engaged, etc.  The accomplishment and challenge should be relatively recent.  It’s possible to use one experience and show how you turned the challenge into the significant achievement, but discussing two separate experiences allows you to broaden your picture.  Answer the question straightforwardly, telling the stories and adding a sentence or two afterward about why you consider the achievement significant and how you grew through the challenge.  Also, select an achievement that had a strong external impact – it should not just be about your own growth or development.

Essay 2:  What are your long-term professional goals?  How will a Ross Executive MBA help you achieve your goals?  (500 word maximum)

Notice the focus on long-term.  Respect that focus.  You can and probably should mention short-term goals and possibly pivotal aspects of your career to date, but only briefly, to create a relevant context for your long-term goals.  Then detail those goals – include what you’ll do, what motivates those goals, what you want to accomplish and what impact you want to have, and some practical aspects of how you’ll achieve them.  You might want to include some discussion of related points about the target industry and/or challenges you anticipate.   Your discussion of how the Ross Executive MBA will support your goals should be concrete and specific; avoid generalities and stock phrases (e.g., “renowned professors”).  One way to shape this part of the essay and keep the focus practical is to identify your more important learning needs and then discuss how the program addresses those needs.

Essay 3:  Describe how your professional and personal experiences will contribute to the Executive MBA class and teams.  (500 word maximum)

Selecting excellent topics is the key to taking full advantage of the opportunity this essay presents.  With 500 words, you have to be selective; you have to choose representative points. I suggest limiting the number of experiences described to three in order to have sufficient space to give a brief anecdote and some detail on each.  Therefore, select topics that (a) are relevant to future classmates and the program, (b) complement the preceding essays, (c) round out your profile, and/or (d) portray a relevant and differentiating or impressive aspect of your experience.  Convey the points through anecdote and story (succinctly, obviously). A discussion about something as common as playing tennis can become a memorable statement with an engaging, illuminating anecdote.  Do try to discuss a mix of personal and professional topics.

Essay 4:  Optional question:  Is there anything else you think the Admissions Committee should know about you to evaluate your candidacy?  (500 word maximum)

This question’s wording indicates that you can use it not just to explain a problem (low GMAT, employment gap) but also to present new material that you think will enhance your application.  However, if you are making the adcom read more than is required, there better be a darn good reason; not just that something is nice to know. First, succinctly explain any points that need explaining.  Then, if there is something you feel is important that you haven’t had a chance to discuss elsewhere, write about it, noting why it’s important for the adcom to know. 

Application deadline:  June 1, 2012

Classes start:  August 2012

If you would like help with these Ross EMBA essays, please consider Accepted.com’s EMBA admissions consulting and EMBA essay editing services.

The website advises, “Applications are reviewed as they are received, and admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis. Decisions are typically made within six to eight weeks after a completed application has been received. Admission into the Michigan Ross EMBA Program is highly competitive. If you are interested in pursuing your EMBA this fall, we encourage you to apply early.”

You can see the rest of our EMBA admissions essay tips here.

 Cindy TokumitsuBy , co-author of The EMBA Edge, and author of the free special report, “Ace the EMBA.”

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MBA Interviews: Startling Stats

December 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Poets and Quants published a revealing interview with Michigan Ross’s “gatekeeper,” Admissions Director Soojin Kwon Koh last week. Ms. Koh revealed in that interview a key piece of information for all Ross applicants especially but also for all MBA applicants in general: We’re “weighting the interviews …more heavily.” Ms. Koh asserts that “the interview will be a more helpful indicator [than the written application] of what will be useful for a business school experience.”

Take this as a warning, applicants. It isn’t good enough to submit strong essays revealing a pattern of success in your career and community. These will earn you an interview, but the interview is not just a conversation to weed out non-fluent, shy, or aggressive applicants: it is one of the most heavily weighted elements of the application.

Many applicants think that they interview well and do not believe that they need to conduct much interview preparation. Think again…

Just check out the statistics: BusinessWeek reports that 50% of Ross applicants were interviewed last year, but only 32% were accepted. Crunching the numbers using the total 2929 applications that Ross received shows that a full 36% of those interviewed were rejected.

And how do these numbers compare to other top programs? At MIT, 38% of those interviewed were rejected. McCombs dinged a full 51% of those interviewed. Duke decided against a whopping 53% of those it interviewed. And Carnegie Mellon rejected 62% of the students it interviewed!

Don’t make the mistake of assuming that you interview well: job interviews and admissions interviews are separate species. Take these numbers seriously and conduct a mock interview with an experienced admissions consultant who can guide you in demonstrating the interpersonal qualities that Ms. Koh and her fellow gatekeepers seek in their students.

Jennifer BloomJennifer Bloom has been conducting mock interviews with applicants since 1998 to help them prepare for this overlooked but essential element of every application.  

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MBA Admissions News Roundup

December 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
  • The New GMAT Is Coming!- The Wall Street Journal looks at the struggle future b-school applicants will face with the new “integrated reasoning” section of the GMAT.  While the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) announced the new section a year and a half ago, with registration for the test opening this month the details about the changes have only come out recently. According to many test-prep experts applicants are rushing to take the GMAT before June to avoid the new section.
  • Industries Fighting Over Harvard Students- Poets and Quants reports that for only 708 MBA students, 1,549 recruiters came to Harvard Business School this year (more than two companies for every one student, if you do the math). Although Harvard rarely shares information about which recruiters come to campus, P&Q lists all 1,549 alphabetically.  The 170 companies under the letter C alone beat out the number of companies that recruit at some other business schools.  To learn more about who is recruiting Harvard students, check out the full list here.
  • Need A Conscience for an MBA- The New York Times reports the story of Jeremy Bedzow, a graduate of the IE University’s MBA program, who chose to be part of a social enterprise after completing business school. Bedzow is from Saudi Arabia where “there’s an incredible discrepancy between capabilities and opportunities.” So he began working for Microsoft, helping them build a model program that provides information technology training to young people for private sector jobs. While this may seem like an unusual path, Bedzow is one of many MBA graduates who are now putting social values at the forefront of their careers.
  • Ross Takes EMBA to the West Coast- Michigan Ross School of Business announced that it is offering its 20-month Executive MBA program in Los Angeles, starting in August 2012. The school has been getting a lot of applicants from the West Coast and decided that many executives may be too busy to travel for their education so it makes sense to set up a program in LA. The program will follow a once-a-month format with programming from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon. Ross will start accepting applications for the program in January.
  • Base Salaries on the Rise- Poets and Quants announced that a Columbia Business School grad was offered $300,000-a-year starting salary at a hedge fund with a guaranteed a bonus of $235,000. While this does not beat the Stanford MBA grad who was offered an annual compensation of $675,000, it’s not too bad either.  However, more important than the exception is the norm:  the average Columbia graduate working at a fund earns $125,000 a year, and the median base salary for Columbia’s graduating class is $110,000.

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Consortium MBA Admissions Director Interview Available Online

December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Thank you for attending our recent Consortium Strategy Q&As with Travis McAllister and the reps from participating Consortium schools UT McCombs, University of Wisconsin, UC Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM, Michigan Ross, CMU Tepper, Indiana Kelley, and Rochester Simon. The school adcom representatives each talked about what’s new at their schools and how their programs view Consortium applicants.

Here’s an excerpt that covers some info on Consortium member perks:

Linda Abraham: Maria asks is, “What is the most valuable aspect of being a member of the Consortium?”

Robyn Winstanley: One of the most beneficial aspects is that it does allow you the opportunity to create a whole additional funnel of corporate sponsors and relationships that you can develop for your future career goals. So within each business school that you ultimately choose to attend, of course you can work through the Career Management Center and then networking opportunities available through the alums of that particular business schools, but being part of the Consortium will also provide you an additional set of organizations that can be very useful to you, depending on what your future career goals are….

Obviously another large benefit is financially. We certainly encourage all students who believe that they can fulfill the values and mission of the Consortium absolutely to apply, as we’ve already mentioned the ability to receive a full-tuition fellowship….So a combination of both networking opportunities and the financial advantages are the two key things that I personally would highlight.

Jim Holmen: [R]emember that the Consortium has been around nearly 45 years. So when you join any Consortium member school, you become a member of their family of alums, but you are also part of the family of the Consortium alumni from all the member schools, and that significantly increases the pool of candidates that will be a part of your network of friends and colleagues.

Linwood Harris: I wanted to add the fabulous experience that students will actually gain by attending the Orientation program….You will get an opportunity to set your future career path on fire. And it’s a great way to connect with 300-400 students who are actually in the same shoes as you are, coming into this incoming class….Many of the students who actually come to campus in the fall, by attending that orientation program, they’ve already received some interviews and some great offers for internship before they even step foot into any class because of their relationship of being involved in the Consortium.

For the entire conversation, please view the transcript or listen to the audio file on our website. (This excerpt is from the second Consortium Q&A event we held. Here’s the link to the first.) You can also read up on Consortium-related news and advice by visiting the Consortium Zone.

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The GMAT is Slipping and So are Applications

December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Good news for b-school applicants: There has been a decline in business school applications. While that might not mean that getting into MBA programs has gotten easier, it does mean that the median GMAT score has been lowered.

Poets and Quants (“GMAT Scores Slip At Many Top Schools”) did an analysis of the median GMAT score at the top 25 US business schools and discovered that median scores are slowly dropping. MIT Sloan, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Carnegie-Mellon’s Tepper School, North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, and the University of Southern California’s Marshall School all reported a 10-point drop in their median GMAT scores.

Poets and Quants analysis also reveals that a larger percentage of students were accepted to some b-schools this year than in 2010. USC’s Marshall School accepted 38% of applicants, in comparison with 22% last year, Georgetown’s McDonough School accepted 49% of its applicants, up from 42% last year, and Michigan’s Ross School accepted 32% of its applicants, up from 25% last year.

Implications for MBA applicants:

This is an excellent year to apply to business school.

While you still can’t slap together a mediocre application and expect to get accepted to a top-tier MBA program, if you know why you want an MBA and where you would like to get it, now is the time to apply. If you are competitive at your target schools, invest the time in your MBA essays, work with your recommenders, and submit for the round 2 deadlines.

You may also want to apply to an additional “reach” school or two. However, don’t get too cocky. This data does not imply that all your target programs should be “reaches” or that the GMAT no longer matters.

There is just a little less competition to enter the MBA class of 2014, especially for those not coming from super-competitive cohorts in the applicant pool.

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Michigan Ross Student Interview

December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Accepted.com is continuing a blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you should consider as you prepare your MBA application.

Here’s a talk with Katie Tamarelli, a second year student at Michigan Ross – a Michigan native who just can’t seem to get enough of the area! Thank you Katie for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us!

Accepted: First, can you tell us a little about yourself – where are you from? What did you study as an undergraduate and when did you graduate?

Katie: I am basically from the Detroit area, Beverly Hills, MI to be exact. I studied Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan and graduated in 2007. I lived in New York City for three years before business school working as a software developer/business analyst for an investment bank.

Accepted: Why did you decide to attend Michigan Ross School of Business? Was it that you just couldn’t pull yourself away from the UMich system? Is the program meeting your expectations?

Katie: I decided to attend Michigan for a number of reasons, one of which does include that I do love Ann Arbor and love the University. I was looking for a strong general management and leadership programs, both of which Ross excels in.

I like the strength of the other graduate programs at Ross and how Ross encourages dual degrees. I find this really enriches the classroom as so many of my classmates are approaching programs in different angles. The College of Engineering, which I attended for undergrad, has a dual program with the business school in the Tauber Institute.

I do love the University and Ann Arbor. Ross actually has a high number of people returning for their second degree at Michigan. I am not sure of the exact percent, but my guess is that it is about 7-8% of students, which seems higher than what I hear from students at other schools. I think Ann Arbor offers an interesting atmosphere where you are definitely in a college town with great collegiate sports, but also a town that attracts very important performers, speakers, and shows.

I also have a long term interest in philanthropy either within a corporation or large foundation. I found that Ross has a number of programs to support those interests including the Nonprofit Management Center and the William Davidson Institute.

Accepted: Can you share your thoughts on Ross’s signature Multidisciplinary Action Project (MAP)? (Note to readers: MAP is a program that all students participate in at the end of their first year.)

Katie: I had such a great experience with MAP last year. I was selected for a project with Fauchier Partners (my number one choice!), a hedge fund provider, based in London. My team of 4 basically was tasked with assessing the globe and finding attractive new markets for them regarding a certain type of investor.

I think this project is definitely the cornerstone of the MBA program. As Ross pushed you through the core curriculum, sometimes it is hard to see how things come together. Our project involved marketing, finance, MO (Management and Organizations), strategy and a little bit of econ. They truly are multidisciplinary.

The MAP project also gives you a second internship, which can be great for career switchers or if you have side interests or just want to try something completely different for a few months. My project was in an industry that I had worked in previously, but a totally different function.

Our project sponsor was fantastic. They had spent a number of meetings identifying and specifying our project. When we arrived in London, our liaison had arranged over a dozen meetings for us with all of our key stakeholders including the CEO and his two direct reports. Throughout the project, we interacted with a number of high ranking investment officers to learn about their views on alternative investments. I was amazed that these people were willing to take the time out of their day to help us with our project. About 90% of these people were either alums or alums put us in contact with them.

Accepted: You already mentioned some of the reasons why you love Ann Arbor. Can you share a few more of your favorite things about the city? Least favorite?

Katie:         Favorite:

  1. All the students live relatively close to one another.
  2. Very walkable town for nightlife.
  3. Close to Detroit, 30 minutes to a major hub airport.

Least favorite:

  1. You do need a car to drive to the grocery store.
  2. Unfortunately Ann Arbor does NOT do a good job plowing in the winter.

Accepted: Can you recommend any cozy places to study, drink coffee, and shmooze near campus?

Katie: Some of my favorite places in Ann Arbor are:

  • Potbellys for studying and lunch.
  • The Grange on Main Street for their cocktails and appetizers.
  • Ashley’s on Liberty for their wide variety of beers on tap.
  • Knights (a little out of downtown) for its unbelievable meat selection. They have their own butcher shop and supply most of the nice restaurants in Ann Arbor with its meat.

Accepted: In terms of job search/recruitment, what is the best thing Ross has done? I see you worked at Amazon.com last summer — what role did Ross play in that?

Katie: I think the best thing Ross has done is hire so many of the second year MBAs (MBA2s) to act as peer counselors for the other students. At Ross, the career office handles general career preparation, but most of the functional specific information comes from the professional clubs (like the Finance Club, Marketing Club or Consulting Club) and MBA2s.

Ross brought Amazon.com to campus last year for interviewing and the clubs helped create networking opportunities with Amazon prior to the interviews.

Ross does a great job of bringing just about every large company you can think of to campus from all over the US in just about every industry. They enable opportunities for students to interact with the companies. I definitely got my full time job through them as well.

Accepted: Congratulations on the job! Could you tell us a bit more about that? What’s the job and what steps were taken (on your side and Ross’s) to secure it?

Katie: I am going to be working for Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as a consultant in their Detroit office located in the suburb of Troy, MI. Ross is considered a core school for BCG. As I approached my final (for a while at least!) job search, I was really interested in positions within the Detroit area particular within corporate finance or consulting. Ross’s relationship with BCG was very important. I became intrigued when they had a corporate presentation on campus and I had a chance to interact with Detroit office consultants and partners. I worked with the Consulting Club and peer counselors in the Office of Career Development (OCD) to prepare for the case interviews. I had a number of informational interviews with BCG consultants and used my own network as well to prepare for the interviews. First round interviews were held on campus through OCD with the second round following shortly after in the Detroit office.

I am very excited to be staying in the Detroit office and working on exciting, challenging projects with BCG! I am very lucky that my career search wrapped up so early.

The second wave of offers (primarily from marketing and corporate finance) are coming out right now.

Accepted: Now that you are a second year student, can you offer advice to incoming students on how to make the most of their first year in business school?

Katie: As I am sure everyone says, try not to get behind. I think going back to school is a different experience for some, especially since recruiting tends to not have hard and fast deadlines. It seems really easy to slip on those and just push back what needs to get done. Don’t let that happen! It was nice going into recruiting last year feeling in control and like I knew what would happen next.

Also, be aware that everyone has different priorities and just try to get those on the table early. Most group work problems seem to stem from a lack of communication about priorities and commitments.

Don’t get sucked into saying yes to certain events just because “everyone is doing it.” I think it is really important to figure out your personal priorities.

Accepted: Do you have any admissions tips to offer our Ross applicants?

Katie: Even if you cannot make it to Ann Arbor, try to find Ross alumni in your area to speak to, ideally in person and if that doesn’t work, speak to someone over the phone.

I also receive a lot of questions about employment opportunities for Ross graduates. I would recommend reviewing the Career Development report to answer those questions. Ross grads are really hired all over the U.S. in all sorts of industries and company sizes.

Please visit our Michigan Ross B-School Zone page for more Ross-specific advice. Still haven’t decided which b-school are best for you? Download our FREE special report, Best MBA Programs: A Guide to Choosing the Right One for You, to help you narrow down your choices and begin your application efforts out on the right foot.

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Get Your MBA Admission Smarts ON!

December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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MBA Admissions News Roundup

October 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
  • How To Write Your Michigan Ross Essay- The Ross Admissions Blog offers great advice on what the admissions committee at Michigan Ross School of Business is “looking for” in the essay portion of its application (and probably what other schools are looking for, as well). The blog reminds applicants to tell an admissions committee about you, and not just regurgitate what you think they want to hear.  The school will be able to tell the difference!
  • Wharton Round 1 Deadline Around the Corner- Wharton’s MBA Admissions Blog reminds Round 1 applicants what to double-check before hitting the submit button on their application.  While triple checking your spelling may be an obvious tip, Ankur Kumar, director of admissions at Wharton School of Business, also reminds applicants to get in touch with their recommenders and make sure they remember the deadline.
  • UCLA Changes International Application Requirements- The UCLA MBA Admissions Blog announced that UCLA Anderson School of Business will now accept 3-year bachelor’s degrees if it feels that the rest of an applicant’s academic profile is strong enough.  The school will also no longer insist on a TOEFL or IELTS if the applicant received a degree from an institution where the only language of instruction was English.
  • Wharton Rides the Wave of Innovation- BusinessWeek looks at the new Wharton Innovation Fund, created to inspire students and faculty to develop inventions that affect “business or society as a whole.” The start-up money for the new fund was given by Alberto Vitale, a Wharton alum and former CEO of Random House.  The fund will provide around $125,000 of grant money a year for innovative projects.
  • Duke Goes to Dubai- Duke’s Fuqua School of Business announced that it will launch a Dubai Duke Leadership Workshop on December 13-15, 2011.  The goal of the workshop will be to help people in the region tackle the leadership challenges they face.
  • Does an MBA Give You Enough Bang for your Buck?- The Wall Street Journal asks current, past and future MBA students, “Is an MBA Worth it?” It turns out, despite the difficult economy, most interviewees still believe in the power of an MBA. What turned out to be the most interesting outcome of the interview is the way in which individuals’ perspectives changed depending on whether they had finished the degree, were in the midst of it, or had just started.
  • Duke Fuqua Helping Nazarbayev University of Kazakhstan- Duke Fuqua School of Business announced that it will offer its leadership, faculty and staff expertise to help Nazarbayev University (NU) establish a business school in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana. Fuqua already has a presence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; London, England; New Delhi, India; Shanghai/Kunshan, China; and St. Petersburg, Russia.

- How To Write Your Michigan Ross Essay- The Ross Admissions Blog offers great advice on what the admissions committee at Michigan Ross School of Business is “looking for” in the essay portion of its application (and probably what other schools are looking for, as well). The blog reminds applicants to tell an admissions committee about you, and not just regurgitate what you think they want to hear. The school will be able to tell the difference!

- Wharton Round 1 Deadline Around the Corner- Wharton’s MBA Admissions Blog reminds Round 1 applicants what to double-check before hitting the submit button on their application. While triple checking your spelling may be an obvious tip, Ankur Kumar, director of admissions at Wharton School of Business, also reminds applicants to get in touch with their recommenders and make sure they remember the deadline.

- UCLA Changes International Application Requirements- The UCLA MBA Admissions Blog announced that UCLA Anderson School of Business will now accept 3-year bachelor’s degrees if it feels that the rest of an applicant’s academic profile is strong enough. The school will also no longer insist on a TOEFL or IELTS if the applicant received a degree from an institution where the only language of instruction was English.

- Wharton Rides the Wave of Innovation- Businessweek looks at the new Wharton Innovation Fund, created to inspire students and faculty to develop inventions that affect “business or society as a whole.” The start-up money for the new fund was given by Alberto Vitale, a Wharton alum and former CEO of Random House. The fund will provide around $125,000 of grant money a year for innovative projects.

- Duke Goes to Dubai- Duke’s Fuqua School of Business announced that it will launch a Dubai Duke Leadership Workshop on December 13-15, 2011. The goal of the workshop will be to help people in the region tackle the leadership challenges they face.

- Does an MBA Give You Enough Bang for your Buck?- The Wall Street Journal asks current, past and future MBA students, “Is an MBA Worth it?” It turns out, despite the difficult economy, most interviewees still believe in the power of an MBA. What turned out to be the most interesting outcome of the interview is the way in which individuals’ perspectives changed depending on whether they had finished the degree, were in the midst of it, or had just started.

- Duke Fuqua Helping Nazarbayev University of Kazakhstan- Duke Fuqua School of Business announced that it will offer its leadership, faculty and staff expertise to help Nazarbayev University (NU) establish a business school in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana. Fuqua already has a presence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; London, England; New Delhi, India; Shanghai/Kunshan, China; and St. Petersburg, Russia.

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2012 Michigan Ross School of Business MBA Admissions Q&A with Soojin Kwon Koh and Jon Fuller Posted

September 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

 

Michigan RossHave you been trying to understand what top MBA programs look for in their applicants? Then check out the 2012 Michigan Ross School of Business MBA Admissions Q&A with Soojin Kwon Koh and Jon Fuller. You can read the transcript and access the audio of the Q&A on our website, to learn more about how Michigan Ross selects the best and the brightest.

To give you an idea of the kind of tips Soojin Kwon Koh offers future applicants, here is a helpful excerpt describing the best way for an MBA re-applicant to make sure their application stands out the second time around:

Linda Abraham: Cyril asks, “What advice would you offer to re-applicants? Does it make sense to apply early? What difference does the admissions team expect to see in this year’s application as opposed to the one they’ve rejected last year?”

Soojin Kwon Koh: We get that question on the road quite a bit. We are always welcoming re-applicants…. It shows that they’ve really thought about the school. What we encourage re-applicants to do is to look at your own application from the eyes of the admissions committee, keeping in mind that we are looking at over 3,000 applications. We are evaluating people relative to the pool…….What we are really looking for is somebody to be thoughtful about why they think they are a stronger applicant now. What have I accomplished? … If over the past year, between applications, you really haven’t done that much, then I would advise maybe waiting until round 2 instead of applying in round 1, to make sure you’ve got the enhancements strongly in place, whether it is a new test score and/or accomplishments at work, or rewriting an essay or two if you think that was the area where you may not have been as competitive…

So it’s really taking a strong, hard look at your application. Not just thinking about yourself where you are now, but relative to what you’ve submitted before. Think about how far you’ve come. And that is what we are going to look for – where you are now….We actually do admit quite a few re-applicants, though the ones that are most successful are the ones who have some significant improvements and enhancements to their candidacy over the past year.

To learn more about how to apply, or reapply to Ross check out the full transcript here. And don’t forget to also check out Accepted’s website for MBA admissions consulting and editing to help you when you apply – whether you are a first-time applicant or MBA reapplicant.

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Get Ready for Ross MBA Admissions Q&A Next Week!

August 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

  

Do you have questions about the Michigan Ross School of Business’s unique leadership-driven MAP program or its action-based learning methods? Do you want to find out more about the school’s flexible self-directed curriculum and cross-disciplinary electives? Join us for a question and answer session on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT during which Ross’s Soojin Kwon Koh, Director of Admissions, and Jon Fuller, Senior Associate Director of Admissions, will answer your questions and teach you how to smoothly navigate the complicated admissions process.

Michigan RossRegister now to reserve your spot for Get Ready for Ross MBA Q&A.

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