IMD, the International Institute for Management Development, in Lausanne, Switzerland, offers a 1-year MBA program focused on general management and leadership. While there are only 90 students in each class, the diversity among that class is wide: students hail from 45 countries: 43% from throughout Europe, 26% from Asia, 11% from the Middle East and…
CEIBS 2015 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
CEIBS (China Europe International Business School, pronounced “Seebs”), located in Shanghai, is the longest-running MBA program in China, boasting the largest MBA alumni pool in China and over 10,000 alumni around the world. Ranked by the Financial Times as the best in China and 11th in the world, the program focuses on endowing students with…
HKUST 2015 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
HKUST aims to educate global leaders with cultural insight and strong Chinese business understanding. HKUST prides itself on the large percentage of career function and industry changes that its graduates are able to make: 77% of grads switch job functions and 67% change industries from their pre-MBA role after HKUST. Its essay questions aim to…
Lies, Darned Lies, and Misleading Statistics: Duke Fuqua’s Early Action
GMAT Club is a wonderful forum for insights into MBA admissions: it offers discussions, interviews, surveys, and expert feedback for all aspiring MBAs. One unique element of GMAT Club is its Calling All Applicants features in which current applicants can share their major data points – the deadline to which they applied, their GMAT scores,…
Brand vs. Fit in MBA Admissions (and Choosing Shorts)
My Liz Claiborne shorts! How I loved them! I felt worth a million bucks when I bought them – on sale! – at Macy’s when I was in college. Liz Claiborne was usually out of my price range but the sale and a bit of a splurge made it possible, and I felt great! But…
Will Facebook Destroy Your Admissions Chances?
When Kaplan Test Prep released the results of its survey of business school admissions officers, revealing that 32% of business school admissions officers performed internet searches on applicants, 27% visited an applicant’s social media (Facebook, Myspace, etc.) page, and 10% had found something online that negatively impacted an applicant’s admission chances, applicants around the world…
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…
CEIBS Application Essays, Tips, and Deadlines
This CEIBS 2012 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. You can access 2011’s series at https://blog.accepted.com/acceptedcom_blog/tag/2011-mba-application-tips. CEIBS (China Europe International Business School), located in Shanghai, is the longest-running MBA program in China, boasting the largest…
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University 2012 MBA Application Questions, Deadline, and Tips
believes
Admissions Resume: What to Include
Recently in “MBA Admissions:The May-October Romance,” I suggested that applicants for Fall 2011 entry begin assembling materials for their applications now – a full five months in advance of the first fall deadlines. One of the ideal documents to begin now is a resume, something that any professional should always have updated and at the…
No-Cosigner Loans for International Students at Darden
Darden Admissions Director Sara Neher recently posted a new video blog on the Darden Admissions News Blog about international student loans. She proudly announced that Darden has formally signed an agreement to secure loans for international students without a US cosigner. The lack of non-US-cosigner loans – which became an issue last year in the…
MBA Essay Tip: Responding to Criticism
2012 MBA Applicant posted recently that thanks to an upcoming employment review he will have material for the question, “What is the toughest criticism you have ever received and what did you learn?” While we’re glad that 2012 MBA Applicant has material, I thought you (and maybe even 2012 MBA Applicant) may want tips on…
Indian School of Business 2010 Application Deadlines and Essay Questions
UPDATE: The tips for the ISB 2012 MBA Application are now available online. Please review the tips and post questions or comments to the new post. Check out the entire 2012 MBA Application Tips series for more valuable MBA application advice. The Indian School of Business is one of the newest graduate business programs in…
MBA Admissions: No-Cosigner Loans for International Students
There has been a lot of talk about the sudden dearth of financing options for international students who would like to attend American MBA programs. Some applicants are questioning whether to apply if they will have no way of paying for the degree. I decided to research the situation and find out just how bad…
Demonstrating a Growth Mindset
The New York Times‘ article “If You’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow” was practically a step-by-step guide for applying to MBA programs. In it, science writer Jane Rae-Dupree discusses the three-decade research of Stanford Professor Carol Dweck. The article discusses Dweck’s research into brain development and learning behavior and Dweck’s conclusion that business…
MBA Admissions: Dreading Community Service
I have been responding for a few months to questions on the PaGalGuy forum for aspiring MBA applicants from India, and I received a very interesting question recently. Siddharth is brutally honest and admits that he has no interest in community service – certainly not the hypocritical community service that is simply executed to earn…
The Stanford Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowship
All Indian students considering applying to the Stanford MBA program should check out the new Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowship. The scholarship covers everything for up to 5 Indian students to attend Stanford GSB, and the top 50 finalists for the Fellowship will even receive a break on applying – taking the GMAT and submitting Stanford’s application…
Innovation and Leadership
I just read McKinsey Consulting’s fascinating interview with director Brad Bird. While McKinsey’s focus was on the lessons one can learn about innovating from one of the world’s most innovative companies, Brad Bird’s story was also a story of laudable leadership. Many applicants find "leadership" the most difficult of the MBA qualities to demonstrate in…
