A quick glance at Stanford Graduate School of Business: currently ties in first place (with Harvard Business School) as the best business schools, according to US News & World Report (March 2012). It was ranked #2 for entrepreneurship. Stanford GSB Class of 2013 and Entrepreneurship 6618 people applied to Stanford GSB in 2011; 7% were admitted…
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University of Pennsylvania 2013 Medical School Secondary Application Essay Tips
With excellent ratings in research and primary care, UPENN is looking for students with strong communication skills who can articulate their motivations to study medicine and serve as community leaders. Providing further information and insight in this secondary application about the reasons why you are motivated to study medicine at UPENN will be important. Even…
MBA Admissions: How to Show Growth in Your MBA Application
If you work in a flat organization, how do you demonstrate advancement and growth? After all, your progress will be compared to that of other candidates who have regular promotions with clearly delineated expanded responsibilities. In a flat organization, you may hold the same title for five years. It is a point that your MBA…
MBA Admissions: Creativity Lessons from Pogue’s Wedding Proposal
You may be familiar with David Pogue, who writes articles for The New York Times about technology (and writes dozens of books about technology, and hosts many television programs about technology, and so on). Recently he proposed to his fiancée in a most unusual way: through a fake movie trailer he created and showed at…
Successful Medical School Secondary Application Strategies
1. Time Management Depending on how many medical schools you have applied to this cycle, you may have a large volume of secondary applications to return in a short period of time. To stay on top of all of your deadlines, create a table with the name of the medical school, date you submitted the…
Law School Admissions Tip #8: Reasons for Choosing a School
The Top 15 Things Every Law School Applicant Should Know is a series that will teach you the ins and outs of successful law school applications. Stay tuned for the remaining elements. This week we’ll discuss reasons for choosing a school. Just as students like to be courted and wooed when they are looking for…
Med School Blogger Interview: Doctor Model’s Journey
Next up in our series of featured med school bloggers is Natalie, aka Doctor Model, a medical student, mother, fashion model, and blogger at doctormodel.wordpress.com. If you’ve ever wondered how someone can combine medicine, motherhood, and modeling – and even if you didn’t – you’ll enjoy Natalie’s thoughtful perspective. Use it to help you make…
Yale SOM Has 5-Point Plan to Boost Brand
Yale’s School of Management needs a plan, and according to a Poets & Quants article, Dean Edward Snyder, dean since last August, is taking definitive steps to boost Yale SOM’s standing in the b-school playing field, as well as end the financial losses that totaled $15 to $20 million over the last 15 years. Yale…
Law School Admissions Tip #7: The not so optional “optional” essay
The Top 15 Things Every Law School Applicant Should Know is a series that will teach you the ins and outs of successful law school applications. Stay tuned for the remaining elements. This week we’ll discuss the not so optional “optional” essay. Almost every law school will ask for a personal statement as part of…
University of Washington Medical School 2015 Secondary Application Essay Tips
Given UWSOM’s top ranking in primary care, they will be looking for applicants with a strong interest in patient education and community health. This secondary application will require that you provide an autobiographical essay and answer three to four short essay questions. In constructing your responses, focus on highlighting those life experiences that will demonstrate…
Athletic Appeal in Admissions
Long before Gabby Douglas flew through her floor exercise and Michael Phelps dominated the pool, admissions directors have been impressed by athletes. From stories about the perfect basket, goal, spike or serve, athletes have wonderful stories that display their endurance, strength, leadership and team skills. Fascinated by the applicant who used his marathon run as…
Kellogg 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2014 Kellog tips are now available. Click here to check them out! The Kellogg application essays have been released. And there are lots of changes. As with so many schools this season, Kellogg has reduced the total word count. In addition it has changed all its questions significantly, reflecting the leadership of Dean Blount. 2013…
Med School Blogger Interview: Steven’s MD Journey
Next up in our series of featured med school bloggers is Steven, author of the blog MD Journey and student at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Enjoy Steven’s thoughtful answers and use them to help you make your way through the med school admissions process. Accepted: First, can you tell us a…
Current Student Interview – Anthony from Harvard Business School
Here’s a talk with Anthony Lallier who just graduated from Harvard Business School and will start work at Bain & Company in the Paris office beginning in September. Thank you Anthony for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us! This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students,…
MBA Admissions: Wharton and Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotechnology
A quick glance at Wharton: Wharton currently ranks in third place as one of the best business schools, according to US News & World Report (March 2012). In 2011, 5.89% of Wharton graduates accepted job offers with health care/pharmaceuticals/biotechnology functions. Incoming Wharton Students and Health Care/Pharmaceuticals/Biotech The class of 2013 has an average of four years…
Med School Blogger Interview: Mrs. Mommy MD’s Journey
Next up in our series of featured med school bloggers is Jasmine Johnson, author of the blog The Mrs. The Mommy, The M.D., mother, wife, and last but not least, future doctor/med student. Enjoy Jasmine’s thoughtful answers and use them to help you make your way through the med school admissions process. Accepted: First, can…
MBA Student Interview – Ben from NYU Stern
Here’s a talk with Ben Loveland who recently graduated from NYU Stern and is now working as an Associate at Credit Suisse in the Global Industrials Group for the Investment Banking Division. Thank you Ben for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us! This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews…
MBA Admissions: Wharton and Consulting
A quick glance at Wharton: Wharton currently ranks in third place as one of the best business schools, according to US News & World Report (March 2012). For consulting, Poets & Quants recently ranked Wharton as eighth. In 2011, 30.1% of Wharton graduates accepted job offers in the consulting industry. 33.8 reported job functions of consulting/strategy….
Top Feeder Schools to Big Law
Wondering which law school will lead you to that coveted Big Law job? Well, the WSJ Law Blog broke it down for you using newly released data from the ABA. This data involved employment summary reports for individual schools, revealing that only about 8% of 2011 grads found jobs at big law firms. Plus, “schools…
Darden and Stamps Foundation to Jointly Offer Full Scholarships
The Stamps Family Charitable Foundation has generously offered a gift of $1.8 million to the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. The gift will be used to match support from Darden in establishing 26 full-tuition scholarships that will be presented over the next six years starting in the fall of 2013. The Penny and…
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