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Columbia Business School MBA Class of 2020 Profile

CBS MBA Class of 2020 Profile

Here’s a look at CBS’s MBA entering 2018 class profile, taken from the Columbia Business School website: Applications received: 6029 Admitted: 1028 Enrolled: 756, divided into 11 clusters January entry class size: 204, divided into 3 clusters August entry class size: 552, divided into 8 clusters Average GMAT scores: 732 Range of GMAT scores: 530-790 …

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Taboo No More: Depression & Burnout in the Medical Field [Episode 282]

Podcast interview with Dr. Elisabeth Poorman

[powerpress] Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Poorman, Internist at Cambridge Medical [Show Summary] There’s a lot of talk (and only that) about burnout and depression among medical students, residents, and physicians, but Dr. Elisabeth Poorman is attempting to do something about it. Listen in to today’s episode and understand a bit more about the realities of working …

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Wharton Receives Largest Gift Ever

Wharton Receives Largest Gift Ever

According to a Wharton press release, Marc J. Rowan and Carolyn Rowan have pledged $50 million to the Wharton School to entice and keep world-class faculty and provide funding for the University of Pennsylvania’s economic policy program, Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM). Poets & Quants reports that this pledge is part of Wharton’s More Than …

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Personal Statement Tip: Less is More

Personal Statement Tip  Less is More

Most of us have heard the saying “less is more,” but how many of us put it into practice when it counts? Your application essays are the perfect forum for reaping the benefits of this deceptively simple principle. What does “less is more” really mean? It’s the idea that we must resist our natural tendencies …

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International Student Financing Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make

International student financing mistakes you dont want to make

While you’ll spend a lot of your pre-study time preparing your applications, it’s never too early to cast an eye on your finances. They’re a big part of international study and it’s easy to become confused or – even or worse – backed into a corner you don’t want to be in. A little time …

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How to Get Into Grad School, and Get Jobs After Grad School [Episode 281]

Podcast interview with Dr. Shirley Chan blog size

[powerpress] Interview with Dr. Shirley Chan, Accepted Admissions Consultant [Show Summary] In this episode you’ll hear Accepted’s own Dr. Shirley Chan share her soup-to-nuts perspective for graduate school applicants. She has worked as an academic advisor, career advisor, and admissions committee member and views the process holistically. During this show Dr. Chan provides information on …

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Why Your Resume Deserves Your Attention

admissions resume guide

Many adcom readers will begin their review of an application by going over an applicant’s resume. That’s right – your resume isn’t just some quick document that’s there for show! It’s really your unique one-page introduction to the admissions board. This is not something you want to put on the back burner! In The Quick …

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Ingredients of a Great MBA Letter of Recommendation

Ingredients of a Great Letter of Recommendation

“Ingredients of a Great MBA Letter of Recommendation” is excerpted from MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools, by Linda Abraham and Judy Gruen. You may view the job of gathering strong Letters of Recommendation (LORs) as an annoying chore, or even redundant. Haven’t you already proven in your essays …

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Walk Me Through Your Resume [MBA Interview Questions Series]

Walk Me Through Your Resume

This blog post is the first in a series of articles analyzing some of the most popular MBA interview questions and how to best respond to them. In this post, we’ll address “Walk Me Through Your Resume“: Reason for asking the question: This question (or some version of it) is very often the first question asked …

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