Just a quick note letting you know that our office staff will be out of the office on Monday. We will respond to all inquiries and emails first thing on Tuesday. Have a lovely weekend and keep working on those fantastic applications!
Making Friends with the GRE: How To Overcome Test Anxiety and Perform at Your Best
“I can’t stop trembling….can’t eat….cry for little or no reason….I am so nervous.” All of this from Janelle, a prospective graduate student on her response to scheduling a GRE test date. I was not surprised that Janelle was nervous as almost all prospective graduate students are a bit anxious about admissions’ tests. However, Janelle took…
MBA Interviews: Tell Me About Your Weaknesses
Reason for asking the question: To ensure the applicant is humble enough to recognize that nobody is perfect, and to see how introspective he or she can be in an assessment of oneself. How to prepare: This question requires some real reflection. Nobody is perfect, yes, but one can always be striving to be his…
Welcome to the Family!
We’d like to introduce you to Drew Colucci, the newest member of Accepted’s wonderful staff of consultants! Dr. Colucci graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 2012 and is current a senior resident in Diagnostic Radiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He teaches third and fourth year Harvard Medical School students…
Last Day to Beat Accepted’s Price Increase!
REMINDER: Today is your last chance to take advantage of Accepted.com’s current prices before we raise our prices tomorrow. Effective at 12:00 AM PT on September 1, 2014, we will increase our prices on our editing and consulting services. Accepted.com editors have helped literally thousands of MBA, law, med, grad, and college applicants reach their…
Heads Up: Price Increase Ahead
We just wanted to give you a head’s up that we’ll be increasing our prices September 1. So what does this mean for you? It means that you’ve got until August 31, 2014 to lock in a service at the current, low rate. Browse our catalog of services today to get an early start on…
Yale SOM 2015 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
Yale is down to one essay this year from two last year. 500 words max. What does this shrinkage imply? You need to make the most of that single essay, but you also need to take the time to make every box in the application a home run. They are not after-thoughts. Your job descriptions and…
Where Does Wall St. Hire: U.S. B-Schools Sending Grads into Financial Services
According to GMAC’s just released Prospective Students Survey Report, 37% of prospective MBA students hope to go into finance after they earn their degree, making it the most popular post-MBA destination. If you fall into this crowded category, then you’ll be interested in knowing which b-schools prepare the most grads for jobs in financial services. As…
How to Show that YOU Want to be a Doctor
“My mom is a doctor, my dad is a doctor. How can I prove to the med school admissions committees that I really want to be a doctor?”
M = Motivation
A good application essay is comprised of both anecdote and analysis, the what and the why of your personal experiences. Telling a straight story (anecdote without analysis) will leave your essay flat, with no depth or insight into your character or motivations; on the other hand, an essay that rattles on about the why but…
Stay safe, warm and dry
To all our readers in the eastern half of the United States, please stay safe, warm, and dry. Hang in there until tomorrow.
5 Days $5 off MBA Admission for Smarties
You can get the Kindle version of MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools at $5 off it’s regular price for the next 5 days. Normally $9.99, today, July 5, through July 10, it is only $4.99. It provides strategy and tactics that will guide you through the MBA application…
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…
Accepted’s Most in 2011
What worked for you last year? At least what worked at Accepted.com for our readers? And that’s YOU! Here are a few posts, articles, and resources that proved particularly popular: Top Ten Most Visited Accepted Admissions Blog Posts of 2011 Harvard Business School 2012 Essay Questions, Deadlines, Tips INSEAD 2012 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips…
MBA Admissions News Roundup
School Visits are Like Online Dating- The MBA Blog, “Por Qué….MBA?” One girl’s MBA application journey!, looks at the importance of visiting MBA programs before making any decisions about where to apply. MBA blogger Mango, visited both Columbia and Kellogg’s programs and learned about her “type” of program. She explained that the same way you…
Why Help Kids Kicking Cancer?
We are two days away from the end of Accepted’s Kids Kicking Cancer Holiday campaign. (Accepted will donate $1 for every Like we get on our FB wall through Sunday Dec. 18) We thank each and every one of you who has either liked our Facebook page or told your friend about our efforts on…
Happy Thanksgiving!
I have been remiss. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, but this year I spent the day helping my elderly mother pack up in preparation for an upcoming move to a retirement community. I am appreciative of the opportunity to help her at this time, but didn’t have a chance to send my usual…
Y iPad Contest Ends Tomorrow
Would you like to tool around school with a cool, shiny iPad? What would you do with it? How would you use it? Tell us in a 2-minute video, and you can win an iPad 2. BUT, the Y iPad contest ends tomorrow, Thursday Nov. 24, Thanksgiving in the U.S. For details, visit our Y…
4 Great MBA Admission Interview Resources
It’s that time of year. MBA interview invitations are going out. I just want to highlight my favorite free MBA interview resources for you: MBA Interview Feedback Database Review feedback from your interviewing school. Know what to expect. Then pay it forward by sharing your interview experience. MBA Interview Prep: How to Ace Your Interviews…
Steve Jobs: 4 Lessons for MBA Applicants
Steve Jobs never finished college, not to mention graduate business school, but he became a legendary business leader. As the world stops to consider the enormous contribution of this visionary, I also was thinking about his legacy, and after fifteen years as an MBA admissions consultant, I couldn’t help but think about lessons for MBA…
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