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April 19, 2018

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Sustainable MBAs

Thinking about a career in sustainable enterprise?  Each year the Aspen Institute ranks MBA programs in their Beyond Grey Pinstripes edition on the schools’ ability to provide curriculum, research and careers while looking at the triple bottom line.  This list continues to grow, but according to the 2010 rankings, candidates looking at MBA programs that… 

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Article by Natalie Grinblatt / Columbia, Cornell Johnson, INSEAD, MBA Admissions, Michigan Ross, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UNC Kenan Flagler, UVA Darden, Yale SOM / Columbia Business School, INSEAD, Rankings

March 20, 2017

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MBA Admissions: Case Studies’ Ambiguous Advantage

According to Businessweek‘s Geoff Gloeckler writing in “The Case Against Case Studies,” executives find MBA’s lacking in decision-making ability when faced with incomplete information — in other words, almost all the time. Case studies, the exclusive teaching method used by Harvard and Darden,are frequently used by top business schools worldwide.  Critics feel the cases spoon-feed… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, Harvard HBS, MBA Admissions, UVA Darden

March 1, 2015

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Writing Effective Wait-List Letters: A Quiz

Think you know how to write an effective wait-list letter? Test your knowledge with the following quiz: 1. Wait-list letters may be three or more single-spaced pages long:  (a) when the applicant has a lot of accomplishments to talk about, (b) they should never exceed two pages, (c) only for law school wait-list letters, (d)… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Columbia, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, MBA Waitlist, Medical School Admissions, Wait List / waitlist

November 20, 2014

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Admissions Consultants and Conflicts of Interest

Since last week the activities of three admissions directors have raised a storm of controversy in the admissions world. These directors serve or have served on an advisory board at a private admissions consultancy in Japan. The directors have positions at Wharton, UNC Kenan-Flagler, and Columbia Teacher’s College. Wharton has since requested that the director… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, BBA Admissions, College Admissions, Columbia, EMBA, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, UNC Kenan Flagler, Wharton / AIGAC, GMAC, UNC Kenan Flagler, Wharton

April 18, 2012

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Making Your MBA Essays Do “Double Duty”

With the new MBA essay questions coming out, you may be starting to sketch out your answers.  Of course first and foremost answer the given questions thoroughly and thoughtfully.  But how can your essays work for you to the max, especially when the questions don’t seem to provide opportunities to portray experiences, skills, qualities, or… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / Columbia, MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, EMBA, finance, goals essay, leadership, optional essay

May 27, 2010

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Columbia 2011 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips.

Update: The tips for the Columbia 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.  This Columbia 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, MBA Admissions / 2011 MBA Application, Admissions Consulting, Columbia Business School, Fellowship, optional essay

October 28, 2009

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Beyond Grey Pinstripes Ranking of MBA Programs

The Aspen Institute published last week its biannual ranking of MBA programs, “Beyond Grey Pinstripes.” This ranking ignores admissions criteria and abandons ROI. Through surveys of 149 participating schools, it attempts to rank the programs according to their “social impact management” or addressing of social, environmental or ethical topics. The goal: “spotlight innovative full-time MBA… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, MBA Admissions, Michigan Ross, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM / entrepreneurship, Michigan Ross, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, Yale SOM

April 23, 2009

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US News Grad Rankings Are Out!

The US News just released its 2009 Grad School Rankings. I’m going to list the top ten for business school, law school, and medical school (research) and provide links to the ranking methodology for each category. For other graduate specialties, please visit the US News site. Business School Rankings and methodology 1. Harvard2. Stanford3. Northwestern Kellogg… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Chicago, College Admissions, Columbia, Columbia University, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Duke Law, Grad School Admissions, Harvard HBS, Harvard Law HLS, Law School Admissions, LLM, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, Stanford Law, UC Berkeley Boalt Law, UC Berkeley Haas, USC, UVA Darden, UVA Law, Wharton, Yale Law YLS, Yale SOM / Northwestern Kellogg, Rankings, UC Berkeley Haas, US News

March 10, 2009

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7 Signposts to Differences Among MBA Programs

After reading “Musings on Kellogg’s Differentiators” by Managing Magic, who describes well a few distinguishing characteristics at Kellogg, I decided to explore the factors MBA applicants should examine to uncover the differences between programs. Researching these elements will help MBA applicants as they start their school research. They may also be worth a second look… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Chicago, Columbia, Dartmouth Tuck, Harvard HBS, MBA Admissions, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UVA Darden, Wharton, Yale SOM / MIT Sloan, Wharton

September 23, 2008

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Chats: Yale, Wharton, INSEAD

We are excited to host Yale School of Management and its representatives this Thursday September 25 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. Our guests will be: Bruce Delmonico, Director of Admissions Shelley Clifford, Deputy Director of Admissions Keith Morriss,  Yale SOM Class of 2009 Please join us to learn more about Yale’s innovative… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, Cornell Johnson, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Admissions, MIT Sloan, UCLA Anderson, Wharton, Yale SOM / INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, UCLA Anderson, Wharton, Yale SOM

September 18, 2008

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Laid off! How Will It Affect Your Application

A friend of ours is a financial adviser who likes to compare the gyrations of the stock market to a yo-yo being carried upstairs. My husband emailed him this morning and asked, “What happens if the guy carrying the yo-yo drops it?” It’s been a dizzying few days in the financial market. I have heard… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Chicago, Columbia, Law School Admissions, LLM, MBA Admissions, NYU Stern, Wharton

September 18, 2008

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Accepted Welcomes Natalie Grinblatt

It is with great pleasure that I welcome Natalie Grinblatt to Accepted’s staff. Natalie previously served as: Assistant Dean at Arizona State University’s W P Carey School of Management. Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Cornell’s Johnson School Director of MBA Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at the University of Michigan (where she also… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Babson, BBA Admissions, Chicago, CMU Tepper, College Admissions, Columbia, Consortium, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, EMBA, Emory Goizueta, Financial Aid, Georgetown McDonough, GMAT, Harvard HBS, IMD, Indiana Kelley, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Admissions, MBA Interview, MBA Waitlist, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Wharton, Yale SOM / Financial Aid

December 7, 2007

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Columbia Changes MBA Core

Columbia Business School announced yesterday that it is modifying its core curriculum to increase flexibility. The new requirements will go into effect in Fall 2008. The new core will be divided into required and flexible segments. Students will be required during the first two semesters to complete each required course or to seek an exemption… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, finance

September 24, 2007

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MBA Admissions Chat News: Columbia, Kellogg

I just want to update you about an exciting chat this week and a couple of MBA admissions chat transcripts that are now available. Linda Meehan, Columbia Business School’s Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, and Lauren Sickle, CBS MBA ’08, will be our special guests at a chat this Wednesday Sept. 26 at… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Columbia, MBA Admissions, Northwestern Kellogg / Columbia Business School, Financial Aid, investment banking

July 25, 2007

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Columbia 2008 MBA Essays, Deadlines, & Tips

UPDATE- THE TIPS FOR COLUMBIA’S GSB 2009 MBA APPLICATION ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE. PLEASE POST QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE NEW POST. Columbia has made changes to it application for the class entering in September 2008. Specifically #2 is an entirely new question. In addition, #4 last year allowed you to choose one of two… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, MBA Admissions / Admissions Consulting, Columbia Business School, optional essay

July 3, 2007

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Michelle Stockman Joins Accepted

I am pleased to announce that Michelle Stockman has joined Accepted’s staff of experienced editors and admissions consultants. Michelle comes to Accepted with extensive experience as: An application reader at Columbia Business School. As a writer and editor. A corporate trainer. Welcome Michelle.  

Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School

May 10, 2007

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Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants

Two years ago I attended Tuck’s first Conference of International Educational Advisors. I went with the purpose of  learning more about Tuck. And I did learn a lot about Tuck, as expected, but I discovered that I enjoyed meeting my competition and professional colleagues much more than I anticipated. The networking was great!  I have… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Admissions Consulting, Babson, Chicago, CMU Tepper, Columbia, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Dental School, Duke Fuqua, EMBA, Fellowship, Grad School Admissions, Harvard HBS, Harvard Law HLS, IMD, INSEAD, Law School Admissions, LLM, London Business School, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Residency, Stanford GSB, Stanford Law, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UCLA Law, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, UVA Law, Wharton, Yale Law YLS, Yale SOM / Admissions Consulting, AIGAC, GMAC

March 23, 2007

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MBA Admissions: Visit to Columbia Business School

I had a most enjoyable morning yesterday. I visited Columbia Business School, met with Linda Meehan, a few students, and attended a class. In our meeting I asked Linda about the possible tension that exists between being a top (in her words “the top”) finance program with roughly 50% of all MBA’s going into finance-related… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, Dartmouth Tuck, MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, Columbia University, ebook, finance

October 12, 2006

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Businessweek B-School Rankings 2006

Businessweek has published its bi-annual b-school rankings. The Top 10 US schools Chicago Wharton Kellogg Harvard Michigan Stanford MIT Sloan UC Berkeley (Haas) Duke (Fuqua) Columbia   Businessweek prides itself on presenting a ranking of customer satisfaction. The "customers" are MBA students and recruiters, who are surveyed for this report.  To use Businessweek’s data, please first… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Chicago, Columbia, Duke Fuqua, Harvard HBS, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Admissions, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, Wharton / Rankings

June 30, 2006

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The Struggle for a Compelling MBA Goals Essay

About a month ago UniQpath aptly named her post on the challenge of writing a compelling MBA goals essay: “Struggle.” It ain’t easy. Most schools ask why you want an MBA and why you want it from this school. It only makes sense before you invest the time and money in an MBA that you… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / Columbia, MBA Admissions, MIT Sloan / entrepreneurship, finance, goals essay

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