HBS has not changed its essay question (one of my favorites) this year, BUT it has provided a word limit (900 words). Per Chad Losee, Director of HBS Admissions, the admissions staff hopes that “including a limit provides applicants with a little more direction and eliminates the stress about how much is too much to…
7 Simple Steps to Writing an Excellent Diversity Essay
What is the diversity question in a school application, and more importantly, why does it matter when applying to leading programs and universities? A diversity essay is an essay that encourages applicants with minority backgrounds, unusual education, distinctive experience, or unique family histories to write about how these elements will contribute to the diversity of…
Help, I Was Rejected by All the Med Schools I Applied To!
Here’s my 2-minute answer to the question I hear every application season: “I was rejected by every single medical school I applied to. What can I change?” There’s a simple 2-step process that rejected med school applicants need to follow: Assess what went wrong, Fix it! What exactly was your application weakness? Did you apply…
Top 10 or Bust: Dispelling 2 MBA Myths
I constantly hear two comments from applicants related to MBA admissions. Both of them are myths that I want to bust once and for all: Myth #1: Once you attend an MBA program outside the Top 10, it doesn’t matter which school it is, so you may as well go to the least expensive one…
MBA Application Timeline: How to Get Accepted in 2022
It’s time for my annual harangue/plea/rant. If you are planning to apply to business school in Round 1 in the fall, but have not yet thought about why you want an MBA, taken the GMAT/GRE, researched schools, or evaluated your qualifications, please please please keep reading. And then get started! Why starting now will help…
Survey Says: MBA Applicants Have Increased Chances of Acceptance in 2021-22
The booming job market coupled with the emergence of the Delta variant spells “o-p-p-o-r-t-u-n-i-t-y” for MBA applicants and those contemplating an MBA, according to Linda Abraham, president and founder of Accepted. In October Accepted conducted a survey to gauge how these two trends were affecting MBA application plans. The results based on close to 250…
Retaking the GMAT With a Score of 700+: Should You Consider It?
This may seem hard for some test-takers to believe, but sometimes even the high-scorers contemplate retaking the exam. It’s not unheard of for someone with a score of 700 – or even higher – to retake the GMAT to see if they can hit a higher number. But should they? As is usually the case…
Michigan Ross MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
The Michigan Ross MBA program is thriving. Its graduates are getting jobs throughout the United States and the world. Here are a few of the stats: 98% of 2021 grads had at least one job offer within three months of graduation. McKinsey and Amazon were the 2021 top employers of Ross grads, and the school’s…
The 9 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make on an MBA Waitlist
So close, and yet so far. That’s the frustrating, even agonizing feeling you can have after receiving a waitlist notification from a b-school. You’re in no-man’s land, neither here nor there. They liked you enough to say, “Maybe in six months, we’ll see,” but they didn’t fall in love with you at first sight. Now…
Why Should I Spend Money on an Accepted MBA Admissions Consultant?
How can investing a few hundred, or even a few thousand dollars in Accepted’s MBA Admissions Consulting make you thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars? I’ll tell you right now. Transcript There are basically five ways that Accepted’s MBA Admissions Consulting service can pay you back multiples of what you invest. Reason #1:…
The 9 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make on a Med School Waitlist
“How bad is it, doc?” Well, clients don’t quite ask me that. But, as they clutch their waitlist notification, there can be immense tension and anxiety, as if life itself hangs in the balance. Waitlisted applicants begin to ask: What does it all mean? What should I do? And when, oh when, will it end?…
Why Should I Spend Money on an Accepted Med School Admissions Consultant?
Why should I spend money on an Accepted med school admissions consultant? That’s a good question, and I’ll tell you why: Because it can pay off big time, pay off financially, pay off in all kinds of other ways, and it can actually make you thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. “What?!” you’re…
How to Answer MBA Application and Interview Questions about COVID-19 and Other Major Events of 2020 [Video]
2020 has been a dark, dismal year, but as it draws to a close there’s light at the end of the tunnel. A vaccine is on the horizon. The election is behind us. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll soon be able to gather, hug, meet, and travel. Maybe we’ll be able to largely return to the…
How to Answer Med School Questions about COVID-19 and Other Major Events of 2020 [Video]
2020 has been a dark, dismal year, but as it draws to a close there’s light at the end of the tunnel. A vaccine is on the horizon. The election is behind us. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll soon be able to gather, hug, meet, and travel. Maybe we’ll be able to largely return to the…
Oh No! A Typo!!
Will that lonely typo doom your otherwise perfect application to the great round file in cyberspace, putting the kibosh on years of effort and nixing your attempt to walk through the hallowed halls of your favored institution? No. A single, minor typo will do nothing. So don’t sweat one minor spelling mistake, a missed comma,…
Columbia MBA Essays: Tips for a Successful Application [Video]
Gain insight into how to best answer each of the Columbia Business School application essay questions from admissions expert, Linda Abraham: Video transcript “What do schools want? The essay questions seemed random.” This is a very common question and comment that I get from applicants trying to deal with their MBA applications. And while it’s…
4 Tips for Highlighting Your Strengths in Your Application Essays
One of the most important pieces of advice I can give you regarding your personal statements and application essays is this: Show, don’t tell. But you may have been given this advice before and you may be wondering how to go about it. Let’s dive into how to show effectively. Here are four tips to…
How to Clarify Your Goals for Your MBA – And Beyond
Some applicants may be very clear about either the industry in which they want to work or the function or job title they’d like to have, but not always both. For example, you may be certain that you want to grow into a marketing executive role but are much less clear about what product or…
Forbes 2019 Best Business Schools: Booth Tops the List
Forbes has released its 2019 rankings of full-time MBA programs in the U.S. and one-year programs internationally. These rankings are based on responses from more than 100 schools and 17,500 alumni around the world. Graduates’ earnings in their first five years after graduation from business school were compared to their opportunity cost, which gave Forbes…
Generic-itis Prevention [Warning: If Untreated, Can Cause Rejection]
Each year, Accepted consultants are witnessing a recurring epidemic. And it’s worse than you can imagine: Generic-itis. What generic-itis looks like Here is an example of a severe case of generic-–itis that I drafted based on several different examples I recently read, along with 25 years of experience in this business: I find Top Choice’s…
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