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Top Graduate School Admissions Directors Share the Inside Scoop

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Applying to graduate school and overwhelmed by your options? Don’t know how to find the right program for you? Or have you already found your dream program, and need guidance for applying successfully? For the past few years, Linda Abraham has been interviewing the director of admissions at top graduate programs on the Admissions Straight Talk Podcast. Here …

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A Review of the Magoosh GRE Prep Program

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Update: In 2022, Magoosh launched Live Classes taught by instructors who cover essential GRE topics such as test-taking strategies, reading comprehension, statistics, and more. These are virtual classrooms where students can learn alongside others and ask questions for extra accountability and support. Learn more about the Live Classes here. Applicants preparing for the GRE have a …

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Why London Business School Might be the School for You! [Episode 186 – Encore]

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As most of you slow down for the holiday season, and some of you speed up to make the upcoming admissions deadlines, we thought it would be a great opportunity to do an encore of Linda’s excellent interview with Jamie Wright, the Senior Recruitment and Admissions Manager at London Business School – Early Career Programs. For the full …

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How to Give Your Application as Much Weight as Possible

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Although you may think that your grades, test scores, resume and application essay carry the most weight, the actual application form is important too. The boxes should contain valuable information that helps convince the admissions readers you will thrive at their school and add to their community. If you fill in the boxes at the last …

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Stand Out! A Critical Goal for Your Application [Episode 181]

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I covered the importance of showing fit in Episode 162 “Focus on Fit,” the second most popular show of 2016 and the most popular show of the second half of 2016. But there is a second focus you need if you want to apply successfully to highly competitive programs. You need a corollary to fit. …

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College Students, Recent Grads Interested in Business: London is Calling! [Episode 180]

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Click here for an updated interview: Early Career Management and European MBA Programs with Jamie Wright [Episode 249] Over the last ten years we have seen a lot more options in graduate management education. I’ve highlighted some on previous shows like the recent shows we have had on the CEMS Masters in International Management or UVA’s …

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Where’s the Poetry? The Secret Ingredient in Your Graduate Application Essays

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Strategy will necessarily guide your selection of essay topics, anecdotes/examples, and structure. Yet an essay built on calculation alone, even if the strategy is spot on, will often disappoint. Logically it all makes sense. But it doesn’t take flight. Poetry can be the secret ingredient to make your application essay sing – right into the heart of its readers. …

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Focus on Fit [Most Popular Show Rerun – Episode 176]

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The most popular post of the last six months is “Focus on Fit,” and since Linda is taking a brief vacation, we are reposting it for this week. In this show, she shares the four not-so-easy steps to make sure you show you belong at your target programs. Whether you heard it the first time or …

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HBX CORe: Teaching the Language of Business [Episode 175]

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At the AIGAC conference in June, I spoke to a couple of people on the HBS admissions staff and asked them how applicants with less than stellar records can show they are “new and improved” – focused, mature, and ready for business school. They responded that while HBX CORe doesn’t guarantee admission, completing it with …

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