Thank you to Sherring Ng, Head of Marketing & Admissions at HKUST Business School, and Pimluck Suvitsakdanon, a second year HKUST student, for an excellent admissions Q&A. The following excerpt offers some HKUST program highlights, a great introduction if you’re considering applying to this top Asian business school: Linda Abraham: Sherring, what is new at…
Pondering Paris: HEC MBA Admissions Q&A Next Week!
Paris, one of the world’s most beloved cities and a leading global and international business center, is also the home of one of the best international business schools. Ranked as one of the top 20 global business schools by the Financial Times and boasting a rich 130-year history, HEC Paris takes full advantage of its…
U.S. News 2013 Medical School Rankings
U.S. News provides two overall rankings of medical school: research and primary care. Here are the ten best in each category. 2013 Rank Best Medical Schools: Research 2012 Rank 1 Harvard 1 2 Johns Hopkins 3 3 University of Pennsylvania 2 4 Stanford 5 5 UC San Francisco 5 6 Washington University (St. Louis) 4…
USC Marshall MBA Admissions Director Interview Available Online
Thank you to the USC Marshall representatives for an excellent admissions Q&A. They covered lots of important topics, offering tips on all aspects of the admissions process. Read the excerpt below to learn more about the culture at Marshall and what qualities the adcom members look for in applicants: Linda Abraham: Art asks, “What strengths…
London Business School MiM Admissions Representative Interview Available Online
Thanks to the London Business School Masters in Management representatives, we had yet another successful London Q&A. See the chat excerpt below for important information on the difference between London’s MBA and Masters in Management programs. Linda Abraham: What is the difference between the MBA and the MiM? Lisa Mortini: That is a very valid…
College Values: A Discussion to Have with Your Eleventh Grader
A recent Today show segment highlighted Princeton Review’s Top College Values. In the short segment, they highlighted the top 3 public and private colleges deemed a ‘best value’. While the segment highlighted colleges that I hold in high esteem and have frequently recommended to students, I cringed. The cost of college is an important consideration…
Time Management on the GRE
This blog post is courtesy of our friends at Magoosh. Be sure to check out Magoosh for help when preparing for the GRE. All too often the advice on GRE time management is heaped with bromides: slow down, take a deep breath, and don’t lose focus. While not without their merits, such pearls of wisdom…
How to Choose a College Admissions Consultant
Earlier this week, my local high school had its college planning night for members of the class of 2013. As an admissions officer, I was often the guest speaker at such events, and as a high school counselor, the host. No matter how thorough we tried to be during that evening, families often left with…
Sunny SoCal: USC Marshall MBA Admissions Q&A This Week!
Situated in sunny Southern California, USC’s Marshall School of Business offers its students remarkable opportunities to develop their careers in a global context. If you have questions about Marshall’s strong ties to media and entertainment, its in-depth international focus (especially in the Pacific Rim and Latin American countries), its extensive “Trojan Network” for job opportunities,…
Do I Have to Write a Parent Letter of Recommendation?
As a parent, you might have thought your college application work was done, once you had overseen the last “submit” of the Common Application. And so it seemed — until you, or one of your friends, receive a letter inviting you to add a parent’s recommendation to your child’s college admission file. The parent recommendation,…
MBA Fair Tips from the CEO of The MBA Tour
Thank you to Peter von Loesecke, CEO and Managing Director of The MBA Tour for answering some of our most pressing questions about The MBA Tour’s popular MBA fairs. Upcoming MBA Tour events include fairs in Washington, D.C. on February 2nd, in New York City on February 4th, and in San Francisco on February 6th….
GMAT Integrated Reasoning Section FAQs
This blog post is courtesy of our friends at Magoosh. Be sure to check out Magoosh for help when preparing for the GMAT. This June the GMAT will introduce an entirely new section to the GMAT. The new section, called Integrated Reasoning, will replace the Issue Essay. Below are several common questions regarding the Integrated…
Behavioral MBA Interview Questions: Don’t Get Caught Off Guard!
The days of exclusively traditional MBA interview questions have passed. While you can expect the occasional softball question, like “Walk me through your resume” or “Tell me about your leadership experiences,” you are also likely to be asked behavioral questions, which are much more directed and focused. They begin along the lines of “Tell me…
Be Smart MBA Admissions Q&A Transcript Available Online
Our recent Be Smart MBA Admissions Q&A was a huge success with tons of excellent questions asked and detailed answers given by Linda Abraham, founder & CEO of Accepted.com. Here’s a particularly good question about the connection between the application essays and the MBA resume: Miriam Berlin: J asks, “How much overlap should there be…
NYU Stern Current MBA Student Interview
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 Huriyyah Muhammad, an NYU Stern student who is…
The Ultimate Timeline for Round 1 2013 MBA Applicants
Planning on applying to a top business school Round 1 in the fall of 2013? Follow this timeline to stay focused, get organized, and hit those R1 October deadlines on time (or better yet, in advance). Have a smooth, successful, and essentially stress-free application experience. January Read this post to get your bearings on what’s…
Hispanic Med School Students Living the Dream
The Chicago-Sun Times (“Hispanic Students Filling Medical Schools Nationwide”) looks at the story of Anthony Acosta, a young Hispanic fourth-year medical student at University of Illinois who is the first member of his family to complete medical school. Acosta is living his family’s dream by becoming a doctor, but he is also fulfilling a larger…
Kellogg MBA Admissions Director Interview Available Online
Thank you Jennifer Hayes, Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Kellogg, and Erik Mazmanian, a second-year student at Kellogg, for an excellent Q&A about life and admissions at Northwestern Kellogg. Jennifer and Erik covered a wide range of topics, including the following advice on how to avoid some common Kellogg application mistakes: Linda Abraham: What…
6 Things to Check Before You Submit
Not to sound like a broken record or anything, but I’m reposting this from last year as it’s really an important reminder for Round 2 applicants. WAIT! Don’t hit “submit” just yet! You may think you’re almost finished with your Round 2 MBA applications, but it can’t hurt to go over it one last time…
INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Available Online
If you attended our recent INSEAD Q&A then you know that Kara Keenan, the Assistant Director of Marketing for the Americas from INSEAD, covered a wide range of admissions topics, offering some excellent advice to our INSEAD applicants. Here’s an excerpt from the conversation in which Kara discusses the benefits of an INSEAD MBA –…