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September 13, 2020

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London Business School Master’s in Finance Application Essay Questions, Tips & Deadlines [2020 – 2021]

London Business School MiF application essay tips

The LBS Master’s in Finance (full-time program) essay questions, taken together, convey the adcom’s interest in two interrelated points: (1) how you envision and plan your future career; (2) your knowledge of and interest in the LBS Master’s in Finance program. Showing fit is particularly important because this is a rare MiF program that targets… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / Grad School Admissions / finance, London Business School, Masters in Finance

September 9, 2020

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USC Marshall MBA Application Essay Tips & Deadlines [2020 – 2021]

USC Marshall MBA essay tips and deadlines

Along with academic excellence, the USC Marshall MBA program is characterized by a powerful global network with special emphasis on the Pacific Rim, a close-knit and passionate community, and a strong regional presence. Your essays should show how you will both fit in and contribute to this dynamic environment, and the questions provide interesting opportunities… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / 2021 MBA Applications, USC Marshall

September 3, 2020

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Indiana Kelley MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines [2020 – 2021]

Indiana Kelley MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines

These questions are a straightforward mix of professional and personal. The adcom wants assurance that you have a clear professional focus and a solid plan for making productive use of the Kelley MBA resources. Beyond that, they’re looking for engaging applicants who are willing to share their life experiences and understand what they can contribute…. 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / 2021 MBA Applications, Indiana Kelley

July 31, 2020

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INSEAD MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines [2020 – 2021]

INSEAD MBA application essay tips and deadlines

Communication is key for INSEAD – in part because it is a key factor that their recruiters look for. Hence the INSEAD application elicits your communication effectiveness. First, INSEAD asks you to write reflective essays – and to do so succinctly. Balancing this emphasis on written communication is a video component – the adcom wants to… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / 2021 MBA Applications, European B-Schools, INSEAD

May 25, 2020

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MBA Admissions Turn a Corner, Thanks to HBS…

MBA admissions turn a corner, thanks to HBS

Amidst the angst, chaos, and exhaustion of the last rounds of 2020 MBA admissions disrupted and in many cases extended by the COVID-19 pandemic, a sign of new life, a ray of light… Normalcy never glowed so appealingly: Harvard Business School has announced its 2021 MBA application deadlines. Harvard Business School 2020-2021 application deadlines While… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / COVID-19 MBA, Harvard Business School

January 12, 2020

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7 Ways to Make the Most of B-School Visits, Fairs & Receptions

7 ways to make the most of business school visits, fairs and receptions

  Applying to MBA programs in the fall? Then you’re probably planning to meet with MBA admissions committee members at various types of events – school visits, MBA fairs, school receptions, etc. – as part of that process. Adcom members are preparing for you as well. In their interactions with prospective applicants, they look to… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / business school visits, MBA fair

May 4, 2020

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Identifying and Articulating Fit with the Booth MBA: How Will You Contribute to the Booth Community?

How will you contribute to the Booth community?

The Booth MBA admissions committee focuses on three key dimensions in evaluating applicants: Intellectual fit in terms of ability and motivation to optimize its Curriculum Personal and cultural fit in terms of synergy with its Community Professional fit in terms of past and future Career This short series of posts will explore each of these… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / What Chicago Booth is Looking For

October 17, 2019

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Finding and Articulating Fit with the Booth MBA

Will the Booth curriculum work for you?

The Booth MBA admissions committee focuses on three key dimensions in evaluating applicants: Intellectual fit in terms of ability and motivation to optimize its Curriculum Personal and cultural fit in terms of synergy with its Community Professional fit in terms of past and future Career This short series of posts will explore each of these… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / What Chicago Booth is Looking For

April 8, 2019

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How MBA Adcoms Evaluate Your GPA

How MBA Adcoms Evaluate Your GPA

“But my undergrad school was highly competitive…” “But I worked 20 hours a week during college…” “But I was a varsity athlete at a Division I school…” “But even though it took me a couple of years, once I got it together I made dean’s list every semester…” “But my PhD GPA was 3.9…” These… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / mba low stats, optimize your mba admissions profile

February 24, 2019

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7 Tips to Jumpstart Your 2019 MBA Mission – Ready, Set, Go!

7 Tips to Jumpstart your 2019 MBA Mission

It’s not even spring yet. So why are we nagging you to get moving on your MBA application prep? It’s not just because those Round 1 deadlines creep up with wicked stealth and speed, but also because there is so much you can still do between now and then to improve your candidacy (sometimes a… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / optimize your mba admissions profile

December 13, 2018

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Masters in Finance Interviews: What You Need to Know to Ace Them

MFin Interviews What You Need to Know to Ace Them

Congratulations! You received an invitation to interview for a Masters in Finance (MFin or MSF) program. That invitation is usually competitive, so you should feel great that you’ve cleared the first bar! Now, how do you avoid potential interview pitfalls, and how do you make the interview work for you? Let’s start at the beginning… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / Grad School Admissions / Masters in Finance, The Ultimate Guide for Applying to Masters in Finance Programs

December 5, 2018

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Backup Plans, Research and Professional Support

Backup plans, research and professional support

I will wrap up this series with a few additional points. Creating a backup plan Think you’re done with MBA goals? Think again… In the current global economic volatility, having a backup plan for your immediate post-MBA goal can be not only good planning for you, but also enhance your goal essay’s credibility. It’s particularly… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / MBA career goals, Why MBA Series

November 27, 2018

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Masters in Finance Alternatives to Consider

MFIN alternatives to consider

For some people, it’s the Masters in Finance (MFin or MSF), period. It’s the right type of program at the right time. Yet, the MFin has some overlaps and similarities with several other types of masters programs, and some people’s educational needs may be met by more than one type. In fact, I’ve known and… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / masters in data analytics, Masters in Engineering, Masters in Finance, Masters in Financial Engineering, Masters in Management, The Ultimate Guide for Applying to Masters in Finance Programs

November 30, 2018

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Which Applicants Get Accepted to Chicago Booth?

Which Applicants Get Accepted to Chicago Booth

This is part 2 in a series about the “Chicago Approach.” If you missed part 1, check it out here. Introducing 4 Chicago Booth Students: Qi: A female Chinese investment banker (who is also a fashion blogger). Goals: A leadership role in Chinese PE or VC focusing on consumer goods following a stint in private… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions

November 29, 2018

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How to Edit Your MBA Goals Essay

How to Edit Your MBA Goals Essay

Short- and long-term goals Before you start drafting your MBA goals essays, work out three levels of goals: short-term, intermediate, and long-term. It helps to have this whole picture in your mind regardless of where you’ll “zoom in” for a particular essay. Short-term applies to the timeframe immediately post-MBA to about two years later; intermediate… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / MBA career goals, Why MBA Series

November 26, 2018

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The Chicago Booth Approach – and You

The Chicago Booth Approach and You

Freedom and culture. These are the two operative factors for Booth’s MBA program. And they are not unrelated: Both forge a connection between the inner person and the outer world. Freedom is prominent in the full-time Booth MBA landing page and is portrayed in 3 facets: “academic freedom, freedom to take risks, and freedom to… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions

November 21, 2018

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Write an MBA Goals Essays that Turns the Adcom into Your Cheerleaders!

Write a Goals Essay that Turns to Adcoms into Your Cheerleaders

By following the advice in the previous post you can create goals that are clear, credible, and convincing, but they won’t necessarily be exciting. They won’t make the adcom reader think as she reads, “Wow, it would be great if he could do that!” And this latter reaction is really what the goals essay should… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / MBA career goals, Why MBA Series

November 14, 2018

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Researching the Right Masters in Finance Programs for You

Researching the Right Programs for You

You want a Masters in Finance. And you know that finding the right ones to apply to will take some work, some research. Well, the web makes that research easy, right? Sort of. You’ll certainly find a lot of programs and lots of info about those programs online. But how do you plan your search… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / Grad School Admissions / Masters in Finance, The Ultimate Guide for Applying to Masters in Finance Programs

November 14, 2018

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What Exactly Are Goals?

Why MBA: Get your free guide!

“I want to move from the buy side to the sell side.” “I want to shift from technology consulting to investment banking.” Not goals. An engineer once said to me, “I want to go into either finance or consulting.” Not goals. A goal isn’t something you want, it’s something you do, something you want to… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / MBA career goals, Why MBA Series

November 7, 2018

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Why Write a Series About MBA Goals?

A few years ago, in the good old days when Wharton still offered feedback to rejected applicants, I talked with a potential client who was reapplying to Wharton. I asked him whether he’d obtained feedback on his application, and he said yes. Well? “Actually they said they really liked my application. They said I was… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / MBA career goals, Why MBA Series

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