When you’re in college, the work outside of class can be a lot more stressful than the time you actually spend in class. And if you’re not careful, your studies can follow you everywhere, always hanging over you head like a cloud, and never being finished to your satisfaction… or to the satisfaction of your …
According to a Poets & Quants article, graduating MBAs have more debt than ever, “so much so that a record number of the leading business schools now decline to even share the embarrassing burdens they have put on their students.” Combined, students who graduated last year from the top 10 U.S. business schools borrowed $317.4 …
The Application Essay Do’s: Unite your essay and give it direction with a theme or thesis. The thesis is the main point you want to communicate. Before you begin writing, choose what you want to discuss and the order in which you want to discuss it. Use concrete examples from your life experience to support …
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Sonie Guseh a Columbia Business School…. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Sonie: I …
Rankings have always been a mixed blessing – they provide so much valuable information, but if you don’t know how to analyze or use that data properly, then best case scenario, they become worthless, and worst case scenario, they become harmful. GMAC has just released a new tool, User’s Guide to Full-Time MBA Rankings, that …
The curriculum and goals of George Washington SMHS center on its ability to graduate “Physician Citizens.” Since the school is located in the most powerful city in the U.S., Washington D.C., GW emphasizes the opportunities to treat the area’s diverse communities. It is essential to have years of service, either clinical or nonclinical, with diverse …
On September 1st of this year, Sunil Kumar will be leaving his post as dean of the Chicago Booth School of Business to become the next provost of Johns Hopkins University. Prior to his position at Booth (dean since 2011), Kumar had spent 14 years on the Stanford GSB faculty. In a Chicago Tribune article, …
Today we welcome Keith Vaughn, a highly experienced MBA admissions professional. He started as an Associate Director of MBA admissions in 1994 at USC Marshall, moved up to Director in 1997 and to Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions at USC Marshall in 1997. In addition, he served briefly at different points in time as Interim …
Applying to Wharton? You are invited to attend our upcoming webinar! On August 10th, Accepted CEO and b-school admissions expert, Linda Abraham, will share the secret to creating a standout application including: The 4 ingredients of a successful Wharton application Insights into what the adcom is looking for How to ace Wharton’s TBD/interview Spaces are limited! Reserve your spot for Get Accepted …
Given the sheer number of elite MBA programmes in the United States, it’s hardly surprising that a lower percentage of Americans look overseas for graduate business courses than those in other parts of the world. According to the GMAC 2015 Prospective Student Survey Report, only 17 percent of American MBA applicants plan to submit applications …
Harvard Business School is often seen as a “finance” school, or a “consulting” school, or a “general management” school—and usually isn’t the first MBA program you’d think of when it comes to entrepreneurship. My experience, though, was that HBS had a great entrepreneurial curriculum—and despite the fact that I’d founded two businesses prior to the …
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. And now, introducing Whitley P. McIntosh… Accepted: Tell us a bit about yourself! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an …
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