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May 12, 2022

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How Personal is Too Personal?

How Personal is Too Personal in Your Application Essays?

The personal statement is a terrific opportunity to share an intriguing and unique aspect of your life with the admissions committees. How much should you tell? At what point are you crossing the line into TMI?  When I applied to college, I wrote a personal statement describing some challenging family circumstances I’d had while growing up…. 

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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, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

May 11, 2022

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Suffering From Personal Statement Writer’s Block?

How to Write a Compelling Med School Personal Statement register now

Your hands are hovering over the keyboard, but the words aren’t coming. Or maybe they do, but they don’t feel right. You delete them all and are back to staring at a blank screen. Don’t worry—this is normal! It’s not easy for people to write about themselves, yet penning an effective and reflective personal statement… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions

May 10, 2022

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Tulane School of Medicine: How to Get In [Episode 469]

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Interested in a spot in Tulane SOM? Hear all about what the program has to offer [Show Summary] Set in vibrant New Orleans, the Tulane School of Medicine offers students an outstanding medical education with opportunities for community involvement and research. Mike Woodson, Director of Admissions, explains what it takes to get accepted to this… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions / podcast, Tulane School of Medicine

May 5, 2022

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What Makes a Personal Statement Compelling?

How to Write a Compelling Med School Personal Statement register now

Competition for top med school programs is always intense. You may be an exceptional student, but so are the thousands of other applicants vying for a small number of spots at your target school. To earn that acceptance letter, you must submit an outstanding application that will help you stand apart from the rest of… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions

May 3, 2022

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Andy’s Unique Undergrad Journey and How Medical Training Has Pushed Him Far Beyond His Comfort Zone

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Learn how real students and recent grads have navigated their way through the medical school admissions process and med school itself with our What is Medical School Really Like? series. Meet Andy, a second year medical student studying at The Medical College of Georgia, as well as a freelance photographer/videographer with a vision to showcase a more… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / Medical College of Georgia, what is medical school like series

May 3, 2022

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How to Get Into UVA Law [Episode 468]

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So you want to attend UVA Law? Here’s what you need to know [Show Summary] Are you interested in a top law school located in a beautiful city at a historic university? UVA Law, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, may be just the one for you, but it has only a 9.7% acceptance rate…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Law School Admissions / law school interview, optimize your law admissions profile, podcast, UVA Law

May 1, 2022

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Should You Take the GMAT, the GRE, or Seek a Test-Optional Program?

Should You Take the GMAT, the GRE, or Seek a Test-Optional Program?

Test-optionality had been a growing trend in undergraduate admissions, and during COVID it became common for many graduate programs as well. While the pandemic is largely over, test-optionality even in grad programs shows no signs of disappearing. A growing number of programs offer test-optional applications or test waivers, and decisions that were previously non-negotiable, such… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / executive assessment, GMAT, GRE, optimize your mba admissions profile, test optional mba

April 26, 2022

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Applying to U.S. Business Schools from Europe, Asia, the Middle East [Episode 467]

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What international applicants to U.S. business schools need to know [Show Summary] Michelle Stockman has a Master’s in Journalism, 15 years of experience as an Accepted admissions consultant, and has lived all around the world. Bridging all of these experiences, Michelle gives her tips for international students applying to U.S. MBA programs.  Interview with Michelle… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / international student, mba application essays, optimize your mba admissions profile, overrepresented mba applicants, podcast

April 24, 2022

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MBA Admissions Tip: Explaining Frequent Job Switching

Explaining Frequent Job Switches

You’ve got a strong transcript, a solid GPA, and you aced the GMAT. You know you’re a strong candidate for pretty much any top MBA program. There’s just one thing standing in your way…your resume. You’ve had some good jobs—that’s not the problem. The problem is that you’ve had too many of them, very close… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / mba work experience

April 20, 2022

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MBA Options: Full-Time MBA vs. Part-Time MBA vs. EMBA

Full-time MBA vs Part-time MBA vs EMBA

At its core, the MBA is a graduate program in business administration for professionals who seek knowledge, skills, a credential, and/or a network to advance in business and to maximize their business performance. While “MBA” makes many people automatically think of a two-year, full-time program, in recent years the variations on the MBA theme have… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / EMBA, Part time MBA, researching mba programs

April 19, 2022

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Encore: UW School of Medicine: Interview with Admissions Dean, Dr. LeeAnna Muzquiz [Episode 466]

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Thanks for joining me for the 466th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. I am taking a week off for family time this week. As a result, I decided to air an encore of our most popular premed podcast so far in 2022. It is my interview with Dr. LeeAnna Muzquiz, UWSOM Associate Dean for Admissions…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions / podcast, UWSOM

April 18, 2022

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How Do Your Top Choice MBA Programs Rank in Accepted’s Selectivity Index?

Check out Accepted's MBA Selectivity Index!

This year’s MBA Selectivity Index™ is here! Accepted developed the MBA Selectivity Index to help you apply realistically and effectively to business school. The index takes the most recent U.S. News rankings data and reflects the schools’ average GPA, test scores, and acceptance rates so that you can assess the relative difficulty of acceptance. You… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / GMAT, MBA Rankings, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB

April 12, 2022

Reading Time: 16 minutes

How To Get Into Dental School [Episode 464]

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Wondering if Dental School is for you? [Show Summary] Dr. Barry Rothman shares everything students should know about the dental school application process drawing on his knowledge as an Accepted Admissions Consultant and former Health Professions Advisor and Director of SFSU’s Pre-Health Profession Certificate Program. Interview with Barry Rothman, Dental School admissions expert [Show Notes]… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / dental school admissions, podcast

April 6, 2022

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U.S. News Best Medical School (Research and Primary Care) Rankings 2023

U.S. News Best Medical School (Research and Primary Care) Rankings 2023

U.S. News has released the 2023 ranking of Research and Primary Care Medical Schools. A total of 192 medical and osteopathic schools, accredited in 2021 by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or the American Osteopathic Association, were surveyed. This information, along with the results of peer assessment surveys, was used to calculate both… 

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Article by Accepted / Medical School Admissions / Columbia Medical School, duke university medical school, Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins Medical School, med school rankings, NYU Medical School, Oregon Heath & Science University, researching med schools, Stanford University School of Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, UCSF med school, University of Colorado School of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, University of Minnesota Med School, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UWSOM, where to apply to med school, Yale School of Medicine

April 6, 2022

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U.S. News Best Law School Rankings 2023

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U.S. News has released its ranking of best law schools for 2023. U.S. News looked at 14 indicators (down from 20 last year) and 13 law school specialty rankings, to determine overall ranking as well as each school’s usnews.com profile. The rankings were determined by surveys sent to 192 law schools that were fully accredited… 

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Article by Accepted / Law School Admissions / Harvard Law School, law school rankings, researching law schools, Stanford Law

April 5, 2022

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Applying to Wharton Lauder? Do Your Research! [Episode 465]

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Discover what opportunities the Wharton Lauder MBA program offers [Show Summary] Kara Keenan Sweeney, Director of Admissions Marketing and Financial Aid at the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Penn Law School shares how the program continues to offer global opportunities during a COVID influenced world. [Show Notes] Welcome to the… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Grad Adcom podcast, international student, MBA Adcom podcast, podcast, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, Wharton-Lauder

March 31, 2022

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U.S. News MBA Rankings 2023 [Full-Time & Part-Time]

U.S. News MBA Rankings 2023 [Full-Time & Part-Time]

Chicago Booth and Wharton (University of Pennsylvania) share the #1 spotlight in U.S. News’ Best Business Schools of 2023 rankings, released March 29. The metrics for the rankings are based on career placement success, student excellence and qualitative assessments by experts. MBA rankings are studied voraciously by applicants, students, and alumni but remain controversial.  Notable changes… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth Tuck, Harvard Business School, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Part time MBA, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, US News, Wharton, Yale SOM

March 29, 2022

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Elissa Sangster, CEO of the Forte Foundation, Returns for AST’s 10th Anniversary [Episode 463]

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A peek into what change the Forte Foundation is implementing [Show Summary] In honor of Admissions Straight Talk’s 10th anniversary episode, our first ever guest is back. Elissa Sangster is the CEO of the Forte Foundation which is at the forefront of increasing female representation in the business world – from the classroom to the… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / diversity, Forte, leadership, MBA Financial Aid, MBA Interview, podcast, underrepresented mba applicants

March 24, 2022

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Shortlisting and Visiting Business Schools

Shortlisting and Visiting Business Schools

In deciding whether to apply to specific MBA programs, you need to understand how the schools differ. What are their relative strengths and weaknesses? It isn’t easy to get a real sense of what makes a school unique: they all claim top faculties, great student bodies, and professional networks that will sizzle when you graduate…. 

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March 23, 2022

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Check Out Our Recent Q&A with Medical School Experts!

Your Burning Med School Questions Answered: Q&A

What an amazing turnout we had for our recent live session, Your Burning Questions – Answered! A Live Med School Admissions Q&A! Our panel of experts served up vital information and our attendees asked them great questions that were of interest to everyone.  Did you miss the event? No worries. We’ve made the session available… 

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