MIT Sloan: For Rising Executives Considering an MBA [Episode 563]
Show Summary Are you a mid-career manager hoping to elevate your career to senior management? Do you feel your business…
MBA Admissions
Proving Character Traits in Your Essays
When you write an application essay or statement of purpose, you’re trying to accomplish two equally vital goals at once.…
How an Admissions Committee Views Your MBA Work Experience
As you apply to MBA programs, you need to think about your work experience and how it fits into your…
Strategy for Writing an Accomplishment Essay (with examples)
Maybe you’re familiar with macros – the nutrients your body needs to function. Achieving the proper balance of macros leads…
MBA Application Timeline: How to Get Accepted in 2024
Warning: You are about to be nagged. If you are planning to apply to business school in Round 1 in…
M7 MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know in 2024
Talk about diversity! The M7 business schools represent seven distinct, vivid cultures – each with its own history, values, characteristics,…
Deferred MBA Programs and Other Options for MBA Hopefuls With No Work Experience
For many business degree hopefuls, the MBA remains the gold standard of graduate management education, and not without reason –…
Seven Important Tips for Your HBS Post-Interview Reflection
Congratulations! You’ve just completed another step on the road to acceptance to Harvard Business School (HBS) – your interview. Now,…
Get Off That Waitlist!
Landing on a school’s waitlist can be disappointing and even nerve-racking. As a result, waitlisted applicants sometimes let their anxiety…
MBA Round 3: Should I Apply Now or Wait until Next Year?
If you’ve found yourself in Round 3 of the MBA admissions season and haven’t yet submitted your application(s), you might…
Retaking the GMAT with a 700 – Should You Consider It?
You’ve taken the GMAT test, and you scored a 700. Is that good enough? Should you take it again and…
Advice for Applicants: Moving from 2023 to 2024 [Episode 557]
Show Summary In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk, host Linda Abraham looks back at her predictions for the 2023/2024…
Michigan Ross MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2023 – 2024]
The Michigan Ross MBA program is thriving. Its graduates get jobs throughout the United States and around the world. Here…
What MBA Admission Officers Think of Applicants Using ChatGPT and AI [Episode 556]
Show Summary In this podcast episode, Linda Abraham discusses the use of ChatGPT in MBA application essays with admissions directors…
4 Tips for Demonstrating Professional Growth in a Flat Organization
How do you demonstrate advancement and growth if you work in a flat organization? After all, your career progress will…
Admissions Advice for MBA Management Consulting Applicants
Are you a practicing management consultant applying to business school? If so, you have several advantages over the general applicant.…
How to Get Into CMU Tepper’s NEW MS in Management Program [Episode 553]
Show Summary Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business is welcoming a newly launched Masters of Science in Management (MSM)…
Three Ways Writing About Obstacles Strengthens Your Application Essays
Applicants love to write about their accomplishments, whether in a personal statement for graduate school or in a b-school essay that…
ROI and NYU’s Part-time MBA [Episode 552]
Show Summary In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk, Linda Abraham discusses MBA return on investment (ROI) and NYU Stern's…
Seven Tips for MBA Applicants from a Family Business Background
You work for the family business and are applying for an MBA. Will this background be a net plus for…