You’ll find loads of articles online enumerating the ways in which you can use the MBA rankings to your benefit. Most of these articles are found on the ranking websites. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t trust what you read on BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, or U.S. News – after all, the rankings do offer…
3 Elements of Leadership
What does it mean to be a good leader? Here’s a simple definition: A good leader moves people in thought or in action. This definition, however, beckons the question: How? How does a leader urge or encourage people to act or think in a particular manner? Furthermore, what sorts of qualities must a leader possess…
CMU Tepper 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2014 CMU Tepper tips are now available. Click here to check them out! The key to admissions success here is to exhibit your keen analytical capabilities through your essays—that and your strong passion for learning and your desire to expand your role as an innovative leader. Get those points across to the adcom members…
Kellogg 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2014 Kellog tips are now available. Click here to check them out! The Kellogg application essays have been released. And there are lots of changes. As with so many schools this season, Kellogg has reduced the total word count. In addition it has changed all its questions significantly, reflecting the leadership of Dean Blount. 2013…
MIT Sloan 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2014 MIT Sloan tips are now available. Click here to check them out! Cover Letter Please prepare a cover letter (up to 500 words) seeking a place in the MIT Sloan MBA program. Your letter should describe your accomplishments, address any extenuating circumstances that may apply to your application, and conform to standard business…
Cornell Johnson 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2014 Cornell Johnson tips are now available. Click here to check them out! Cornell Johnson has released its 2013 MBA Application Essay Questions. My tips are in blue below. As it did last year, Cornell Johnson asks you to respond to three questions. It dumped last year’s “legacy” question and this year gives applicants…
Should Gupta Conviction Affect Your MBA Decisions?
I recently received the following comment from ANP on an April 2011 MBA Admissions News Round Up: “I had posted that you are not giving a fair view to potential ISB applicants by ignoring the fact that Rajat Gupta was accused in the Galleon insider trading scandal. But well he has been convicted now. How…
Columbia 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2014 Columbia Business School tips are now available. Click here to check them out! My tips are in blue below. Columbia Business School MBA Essay Questions Applicants must complete one short answer question and two essays. Short Answer Question What is your immediate post-MBA professional goal? (200 characters maximum) Note the character limit. This…
New Accelerated Part-Time MBA at Kellogg
In addition to their traditional Part-Time MBA Program, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern is now offering an Accelerated Part-Time Option. This new option caters to those who have fulfilled certain requirements as undergrads or graduates and can jump straight to the more advanced courses needed for an MBA. The Accelerated Option provides flexibility: Students…
MBA Admissions: Dartmouth Tuck and Marketing
This post about Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, focusing on marketing, is part of a series of interviews about top MBA programs called “MBA Career Goals and the B-Schools that Support Them.” Please subscribe to our blog to ensure that you receive all the posts exploring the elements at each school that will help you…
GRE vs GMAT
Kaplan announced last week the results of a survey showing that only 16% of business school applicants even considered taking the GRE despite the fact that most business school say they will accept either the GRE or the GMAT. Kaplan assumes that the real issue is ignorance of the many, many programs that accept the…
What Adcoms and Admissions Consultants Share
While going through security at the airport recently, I had a first-ever experience: A TSA agent examining my ID suddenly said, “I know you. You’re Linda Abraham from Accepted.com!” Surprised, I replied, “You’re right. How did you know?” Accepted.com is not on my ID. “I’ve attended your webinars.” Why should I have cared, or actually…
WSJ Interviews Dee Leopold: HBS Admitting More Engineers
Today’s Wall St. Journal provides an excellent interview with Dee Leopold, Director of Admission at Harvard Business School. A few highlights: WSJ: “Ms. Leopold personally reads applications for the 1,800 candidates invited to interview. About half of those are accepted.” Dee Leopold: “Sometimes the challenge in the essays is to be honest and to be…
The President Wrote My Letter of Recommendation!
“Wouldn’t that be great. I’m in!” Or are you? On this President’s Day, let’s think about it: Would a letter of recommendation from President Barack Obama, POTUS himself, ensure your acceptance? I’m sure a letter from President Obama would get passed around the admissions office. That presidential seal and signature (even if from a machine)…
Financial Times 2012 Rankings Are Out!
The Financial Times published its annual ranking of MBA programs today. And the top 10 are: Stanford (3 year average: #3; last year tied for #4) Harvard (3 year average: #3; last year’s #3) Wharton (3 year average: #2; last year tied for #1) London Business School (3 year average: #2; last year tied for #1) Columbia (3…
What is the Real Value of an MBA?
“What is the real value of an MBA?” This is the question that all applicants to MBA programs must ask themselves at one point or another. A recent survey by the Graduated Management Admissions Council (“Graduate Management Alums Report 100% ROI After Four Years”) offers one answer to this question. The survey discovered that: 87%…
4 New Year’s Resolutions for Medical School Applicants
Do you want to be in medical school in Fall 2013? Then resolve to: Sign up ASAP for an MCAT course so that you are fully prepared to take the test early. Ideally you want to ace it no later than the April 28th administration because then your scores should be released by May 30,…
MIT Sloan Fellows 2012 Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
MIT Sloan Fellows 2012 Essay Questions Statement of Objectives: What are your immediate and ultimate professional objectives for attending the program. Specifically, please indicate how your objectives fit with the purposes of the MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership and indicate what you would contribute to the Sloan Fellows community. (500 words…
MBA Round 1 Deadlines are Here! Yikes!
There are lots of first round MBA application due between now and Oct. 14. Here is a partial list. Sept. 29 Duke (Early Option) Oct. 3 Harvard Business School Oct. 3 Wharton Oct. 5 Columbia (J-term) Oct. 5 Columbia ( Early Decision) Oct. 5 London Business School Oct. 6 Yale SOM Oct. 10 Michigan Ross…
UT McCombs 2012 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2013 UT McCombs MBA Tips are now available. Click here to check them out. UT McCombs 2012 MBA Essay Questions This UT McCombs 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. Check out the entire…
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