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December 13, 2019

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How to Write a Perfect Postbac Admissions Essay

How to Write a Perfect Postbac Admissions Essay

One of the most important parts of the application to postbac programs is your personal statement. This piece of writing allows the admissions committee to get to know you – to hear your voice – and learn more about the obstacles you have overcome to pursue your educational goals. 3 attributes of a successful postbac… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions / postbac

December 13, 2019

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Kellogg MBA Class of 2021 Profile

Kellogg MBA Class of 2021 Profile

Here’s a look at the Kellogg class of 2021 profile, taken from the Kellogg website. Class size: 474 Average age: 27 Work experience average: 5 years Work experience range (middle 80%): 3.5-7 Women: 43% International students: 32% U.S. minority students: 26% Average GPA: 3.6 GMAT average: 730 GMAT range: 620-780 Undergraduate majors Industry background Watch:… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / MBA Class Profile, Northwestern Kellogg

December 12, 2019

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Yale School of Management Receives Its Largest Gift Ever of $100 Million

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According to the Yale School of Management (SOM) website, the $100 million gift from the Broad Foundation will be used to develop research, teaching, and policy initiatives that will make the top leaders in America’s public school systems more effective. The Broad Center at Yale SOM will create a tuition-free master’s degree program for promising… 

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December 12, 2019

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Cornell EMBA Application Essay Tips & Deadlines [2019 – 2020]

Cornell EMBA 2019-20 essay tips & deadlines

The Cornell Executive MBA Program has three required essay questions, and the word count for all three is short. While no one is going to be counting individual words, the short word count guideline is a clear indicator that you should work on clarity of thought with all of your answers. Cornell interviews every applicant… 

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Article by Jen Weld / MBA Admissions / 2020 EMBA Application, Cornell Johnson, Cornell Johnson EMBA

December 11, 2019

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Predoc & Premed Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

Predoc & Premed Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

Often, top medical schools in the U.S. offer predoc and premed summer undergraduate research programs. We’ve compiled an all-you-need-to-know chart that includes school name, deadlines, and links to the specific predoc/premed programs for more information. Why do these undergraduate research programs exist? The purpose of these programs is to expose ambitious, talented college students to… 

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December 10, 2019

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Med School Applicants: Don’t Miss our Webinar on a Successful Framework for Your Applications!

Register for our webinar, The 5-Part Framework for a Successful Medical School Application!

There’s still time to register for this week’s free webinar, The 5-Part Framework for a Successful Medical School Application! Accepted’s founder, Linda Abraham, will guide you through the med school application process, providing you with a comprehensive approach to: Make the most of your strengths Mitigate your weaknesses Show you belong in med school …and… 

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December 10, 2019

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Entrepreneurship at HBS: How Stride will Help You Fund Your Future [Episode 341]

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Learn about HBS 2+2 from Tess Michaels, entrepreneur and HBS 2+2 student [Show Summary] Stride Funding is an innovative start-up that is revolutionizing student financing with income share arrangements instead of traditional student loans. Today Linda talks to Tess Michaels, founder of Stride Funding, and second-year student at Harvard Business School who joined the class… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / entrepreneurship, Grad Financial Aid, Harvard Business School, HBS 2+2, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, paying for med school, podcast

December 9, 2019

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How Can a Postbac Program Help You?

How can a postbac program help you?

You know you want to become a doctor, but you also realize that you’re not quite ready for medical school. Whether it’s because your profile isn’t as competitive as it could be or if you simply just need more time to study the basics to determine if this is truly the right path for you,… 

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Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Grad School Admissions, Medical School Admissions / postbac

December 9, 2019

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Last Call! Get Accepted to Columbia

Get Accepted to Columbia Buisness School

There is still time to participate in our Get Accepted to Columbia webinar, where Accepted founder Linda Abraham will share a proven strategy for application success and guide you through each part of the CBS application. When you’re applying to a program as competitive as CBS, it’s easy to be intimidated. But we can help!… 

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December 8, 2019

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Wharton MBA Class of 2021 Profile

Wharton MBA Class of 2021 Profile

Here’s a look at the Wharton MBA class of 2021 profile, taken from the Wharton website. Percent female: 47% International students: 30% U.S. students of color: 36% (students of African-American, Asian-American, Native American/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian descent & multiethnic backgrounds) LGBT students: 5% Countries represented: 64 Work experience (overall range): 0-16 years Mean years work… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / MBA Class Profile, Wharton

December 6, 2019

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Writing About Overcoming Obstacles in Your Application Essays

Writing About Overcoming Obstacles in Your Application Essays

What does the adcom actually want to know about the challenges you’ve overcome? In this short video, Linda Abraham shares the answer to this often-asked question: Why obstacles? When applicants write about their accomplishments, whether in personal statements for graduate school or in b-school essays that ask for greatest accomplishments, challenges, and the like, they… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, College Video Tips, grad application essays, Grad Video Tips, law application essays, Law Video Tips, mba application essays, MBA Video Tips, med application essays, Med Video Tips

December 5, 2019

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Eli’s Journey to Columbia B-School and His Passion for Being at the Very Center of Business

What is business school really like? Hear it from Eli, a first-year MBA student at Columbia Business School!

Learn how real students and recent grads have navigated their way through the business school admissions process and b-school itself with our What is Business School Really Like? series. Meet Eli, a first-year MBA student at Columbia Business School with unique international experience. Eli, thank you for sharing your story with us! We’d like to… 

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December 4, 2019

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Premeds, Is Your Profile Strong Enough to Show You Belong in Med School?

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When the admissions committee reads your med school application, you want them to recognize in you the potential to be a great doctor. What does that mean? How will you demonstrate that to them? And how will you put your best foot forward in your applications? These are questions underlying much of the anxiety that… 

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December 3, 2019

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Columbia Business School: Do You Have What it Takes?

Get Accepted to Columbia Buisness School

An MBA is a serious investment in your future – it’s two years away from your money-earning career, but it provides great training, a powerful credential, and a network that you’ll have for the rest of your life. Those benefits are why your application strategy is so important: choosing (and getting accepted to) the right… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions

December 10, 2019

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How to Present a Winning Wharton Application [Episode 342]

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Learn what makes an applicant stand out at Wharton [Show Summary] What is Wharton looking for? What about its new deferred admission programs? Most importantly, what do you need to do to get in? If these questions reside in your head, listen in! Wharton’s Director of Admissions, Blair Mannix, is our guest today. Interview with… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / podcast, Wharton

December 2, 2019

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Yale School of Management MBA Class of 2021 Profile

Yale SOM MBA Class of 2021 Profile

  Here is a look at Yale SOM’s class of 2021 profile, taken from the Yale SOM website. Total enrollment: 345 Women: 42% International passport holders: 44% (includes U.S. permanent residents and dual citizens) U.S. Students of Color: 29% (includes U.S. citizens and permanent residents who identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Islander, or Multiethnic)… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / MBA Class Profile, Yale SOM

December 1, 2019

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Med School Applications Kick Off: Ten Tips to Get You Through the Season

Med School Applications Kick Off

Medical school hopefuls are getting ready to work on those applications. This can be a hectic time as you try to stay on top of everything. Here are ten tips to help you hit the ground running: Get cozy with the AMCAS/AACOMAS. These two services – the American Medical Colleges Application Service (AMCAS) and the… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / AACOMAS, AMCAS, TMDSAS

November 29, 2019

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Columbia Business School Class of 2021 Profile

CBS MBA Class of 2021 Profile

Here is a look at Columbia Business School’s class of 2021 (info from the Columbia Business School website). Applications received: 5876 Admitted: 1122 Enrolled: 754, divided into 11 clusters January entry class size: 203, divided into 3 clusters August entry class size: 551, divided into 8 clusters GMAT scores (average): 727 GMAT scores (range): 560-790… 

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December 1, 2019

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Top MBA Programs Get STEM-Certified to Attract Int’l Students

Top MBA Programs get STEM-Certified to Attract International Students

  Here’s a question for all MBA applicants: what do you do if the product you are selling suddenly becomes significantly less appealing to your international markets? Evolving conditions have made your customers doubt your product is worth as much as you are charging, and fewer potential customers are taking the risk on your product…. 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / MBA Admissions / CMU Tepper, Cornell Johnson, international student, masters in data analytics, Masters in Finance, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, Rochester Simon, UC Berkeley Haas, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Vanderbilt Business School, Wharton

November 28, 2019

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Inspiring and Providing a Voice for the Underrepresented Med Community

What is medical school really like? Hear it from Kai, University of Kansas School of Medicine!

Learn how real students navigate their way through the medical school admissions process and med school itself with our What is Medical School Really Like? series. Meet J. Kai, a medical student with a passion for inspiring members of underrepresented groups to pursue a healthcare career. Kai, thank you for sharing your story with us! Where do… 

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