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…
INSEAD 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 Kelly Sun, a student who is wrapping up…
The GMAT is Slipping and So are Applications
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…
4 Application Strategy Tips: Stand Out AND Fit In
It can be confusing: Half of the advice you read urges you to stand out in your application, while the other half advices you to explain how you’ll fit in. So which is it? Should you stand out or fit in? The answer, unsurprisingly, is BOTH. You need to show your distinction and demonstrate fit…
Get Your MBA Admission Smarts ON!
Are you looking for ways to boost your MBA admissions IQ? Interested in acquiring wisdom that will send you to the head of the class? Want advice that covers every aspect of the MBA admissions process that’s all wrapped up nicely in a single, coherent, and succinct BOOK? Look no further – the MBA book…
Duke Fuqua MBA Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We hope you enjoyed our recent Duke MBA Q&A with Megan Lynam, Director Admissions, and Catherine Tuttle, Associate Program Director of Career Services from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. You all asked excellent questions, including this one on MBA application mistakes: Linda Abraham: What are the most common mistakes MBA applicants make? Megan Lynam: One…
Cornell Johnson Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We hope you enjoyed our recent Q&A with Cornell Johnson‘s Christine Sneva, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, and Ann Richards, Associate Director of Admissions & Director of Financial Aid – we know we did! The following excerpt offers applicants advice on how to approach the MBA application essays, particularly those that may ask applicants…
The 5 Most Important Tips for Your Medical School Interview
The 5 Most Important Tips for Your Medical School Interview Looking for med school interview secrets? You’ve come to the right place. Read on to discover the 5 most important tips for acing your medical school interview. Stay informed. It’s important that you know what’s going on in the world of medicine. Stay abreast of…
Businessweek Releases Top Part-Time MBA Rankings
Along with its Executive MBA rankings, BusinessWeek also recently released its rankings of Part-Time MBA programs. This is only the third year that BusinessWeek ranked part-time MBAs, which is why there is still quite a bit of volatility in the rankings. In addition, while all the other BusinessWeek rankings use three years of data, the…
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Worry about Your Med School Interview Invite
Yes, it’s November and some of your fellow applicants may have already been invited to their medical school interviews. But that doesn’t give you due cause to throw a fit and assume you’re as good as dinged. Don’t worry. There’s still hope for you. Consider the following: When did you submit your application? Did you…
HKUST 2012 MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has been climbing the global MBA rankings for years, this year reaching 6th in the Financial Times Global MBA rankings. It is a small program with only 100 students and another 100 exchange students from 56 global programs in the class. What makes the program worthwhile? The diversity…
2012 UC Berkeley Haas Admissions Director Interview Posted
The UC Berkeley Haas Q&A was a huge success, with Stephanii Fujii, Executive Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions, answering questions on a wide variety of topics. You can read the whole Haas Q&A transcript or listen to the full audio clip online. (You can also catch previous Q&As for other top programs on our MBA…
Focus on Fuqua: Duke MBA Admissions Q&A This Week!
Are you interested in gaining a clearer outlook on Fuqua’s general management curriculum, student life, and admissions policies? Are you wondering how you can contribute to the leadership-driven, spirited Fuqua student body? Then you don’t want to miss Accepted.com’s upcoming Q&A on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT with…
A Cornell Conversation: Johnson MBA Admissions Q&A Next Week!
Join us for an in-depth conversation about Cornell Johnson with Christine E. Sneva, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, and Laurie Shunney, Assistant Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. If you’re intrigued by Johnson’s close-knit, active student body, strong business fundamentals, and…
Current Full-Time HKUST Student Interview
Accepted.com is continuing a blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at selected 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 a student who traveled half way around the…
2012 Yale SOM Admissions Director Interview Posted
We covered a wide range of admissions-related topics during our recent Yale SOM Q&A. Thank you to Bruce DelMonico, Director of Admissions at Yale SOM, for an excellent conversation! You can read the whole Yale Q&A transcript or listen to the full audio clip online. (You can also catch previous Q&As for other top programs…
2012 UCLA Anderson Admissions Director Interview Posted
Our recent admissions Q&A with UCLA adcom members Dean Andrew Ainslie, Jessica Chung and Craig Hubbel covered lots of admissions topics and proved extremely helpful for those applicants interested in applying to UCLA Anderson. You can read the whole Anderson Q&A transcript or listen to the full audio clip online. (You can also catch up…
Wharton Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We had an excellent Q&A last week with Ankur Kumar and Anthony Penna, admissions directors at Wharton. The excerpt below provides an insider look at how the adcom readers approach your goal essays – how you should bridge your past and present experiences to what you’d like to be doing in the future. Linda Abraham:…
Emory Goizueta 2012 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2013 Emory MBA tips are now available. Click here to check them out! Emory Goizueta 2012 MBA Essay Questions This Emory Goizueta2012 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. Check out the entire 2012 MBA…
IE Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We had an excellent Q&A last week with Jean-Marie Winikates and Nita Sinsick, admissions directors at IE. The excerpt below summarized key differences between the international IE experience and the typical US b-school experience: Linda Abraham: IE obviously is a leading international business school. It is located in Spain. What distinguishes the IE experience from…