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Kaplan Test Prep Survey Reveals Drops in Applications to U.S. MBA Programs

Kaplan Test Prep Survey Reveals Drop in Applications to U.S. MBA Programs

Kaplan Test Prep has been surveying business admissions officers for more than 10 years. These surveys provide MBA-hopefuls, as well as those involved in business school education, with the most current information about admissions. 2018 survey highlights The 2018 survey reveals something that top U.S. b-schools haven’t experienced in years – a substantial drop in …

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Northwestern Kellogg Announces New Dean

Northwestern Kellogg Announces New Dean

President Morton Schapiro and Provost Jonathan Holloway have announced that Dr. Francesca Cornelli will begin her tenure as Northwestern Kellogg’s new dean on August 1, 2019. Prof. Cornelli will be replacing Kathleen Hagerty who has been serving as interim dean since September 1, 2018. Cornelli will be leaving her position as professor of finance, deputy …

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Exploring London Business School’s Master’s in Analytics and Management [Episode 297]

Podcast interview with Garth Howells

[powerpress] Interview with Gareth Howells, Executive Director of the MBA, MiF & Early Career Programmes at London Business School [Show Summary] Harvard Business Review declared in 2012 that being a data scientist is the “sexiest job of the 21st century.” Bloomberg Businessweek’s headline in May 2018 pronounced, “This Is America’s Hottest Job.” Let’s hear from …

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MIT Sloan Early Admission Initiative Announced

MIT Sloan Early Admission Initiative Announced

According to MIT’s website, the Sloan School of Management MBA Early Admission program is now accepting applications from enrolled students who will complete their bachelor’s or first degree by July 2019. Applicants who are admitted to the program are required to work for 2-5 years after graduating college before attending Sloan. MIT is the latest …

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Michigan Ross MBAs, Entrepreneurs, and Founders of Bschool Travel [Episode 295]

Podcast interview with Dale Jarosz and Dhruv Dhawan

[powerpress] Interview with Dale Jarosz & Dhruv Dhawan, MBA Students and Founders of Bschool Travel [Show Summary] Two Michigan Ross MBA students launched their brand new business, Bschool Travel while attending the Michigan Ross School of Business. Let’s learn how these two very busy MBA’s managed to start and run a business while attending a demanding …

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Connections Count. And You Can Create Them.

Connections count and you can create them

I worked with a client, who due to medical reasons, only earned a 2.2 GPA in a social science degree program. After graduating, he decided that the right career path for him was computer science so that he could realize his dream of becoming a tech entrepreneur. He had an ideal school in mind and …

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EMBA Programs and the GMAT

EMBA Programs and the GMAT

With full time MBA programs, it is fairly obvious why the GMAT is such an important component to one’s application – with less work experience, admissions committees need to find other measurements to gauge potential success in a program. Academic preparedness can clearly be evidenced with a strong undergraduate GPA coupled with a strong GMAT …

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MBA Applicants: How to Get Accepted in 2019-20

An Open Letter to MBA Applicants How to Get Accepted in 2019 20

  It’s time for my annual harangue/plea/rant. If you are planning to apply 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! I would like to help you avoid the …

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Encore: Interview with Dartmouth Tuck’s Admissions Director, Luke Pena [Episode 292]

Podcast Interview with Luke Anthonly Pena Ex Dir of Admissions and Financial Aid at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

  [powerpress] I am swamped at this time of year with clients facing early January deadlines so I decided to start 2019 with one of our most popular shows of 2018, my interview with Tuck’s MBA Admissions Director, Luke Pena. In the show, Luke discusses the importance of Tuck’s mission to the school and in the application …

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Encore: Bain & Company’s Keith Bevans Talks About Careers, Life at Bain [Episode 291]

Podcast interview with Keith Bevans a Bain Company Partner

[powerpress] As this show airs,  I’m really busy helping applicants with the end of the year application crunch. And you are probably also really busy, either with your own applications, year-end at work, or with holiday and family events and parties. Now is an excellent time for an encore show. Consequently, I decided to replay …

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Your 5-Item Checklist for Submitting Your Applications

Your 5 Item Checklist for Submitting Your Applications

Whether you’re applying to b-school, law school, med school, grad school, or college, this checklist will be the same. Don’t hit that “Submit” button until you’ve checked off the following 5 to-do’s: You’ve made sure that your application presents a holistic, multi-dimensional picture of you. Each section of your application should not just present you …

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