Ben Faw, a combat veteran and former Army Captain, shares his thoughts on how prior members of the military can use their unique skill sets to battle the dangerously high young-veteran unemployment rate of 21.4%. Rank never equaled respect in the military, and neither will your title in the private sector Pinning the 2nd Lieutenant…
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Goals on Steroids
“Goals on Steroids” is excerpted from the Accepted.com special report, Why MBA? To download the entire free special report, click here. First, I must thank Linda Abraham for this wonderful phrase. I had previously used the blander designation, “goals plus.” By following the advice in the previous post you can create goals that are clear,…
Future Harvard Business School MBAs – Tune in on Thursday!
If you plan on applying to Harvard Business School or another top-tier MBA program, then you’ll want to make sure you catch the important advice that Linda will cover in Get Accepted to Harvard Business School! The webinar will take place this Thursday, June 26 at 10:00 AM PST/1:00 PM EST. The webinar is free but…
Is a Harvard MBA in your future?
If you want to answer that with a resounding “yes” then you need to tune in to our upcoming webinar, Get Accepted to Harvard Business School. The webinar will take place on Thursday June 26th at 10 AM PT/1:00 PM EST. You can look up what time that is for you here. Reserve your spot for…
Harvard Business School: Analytical Aptitude and Appetite
So HBS wants “analytical aptitude and appetite.” What is there to add? I mean, it’s pretty obvious. We didn’t really need HBS to say it. Yet they did say it. Maybe it’s not as obvious as it sounds. Let’s take a look. Analytical: This concept encompasses a range of things – quantitative methods, various tools…
Applying to Harvard Business School – A How-To Guide
If you’re seeking expert tips on how to apply successfully to Harvard Business School or another top-ranked MBA program, then you’ll want to attend Accepted’s upcoming webinar, Get Accepted to Harvard Business School. During the webinar, Linda Abraham, Accepted’s CEO and founder, will discuss important application tips that apply specifically to Harvard’s application, including 4…
How Many B-Schools Should You Apply To?
“How Many B-Schools Should You Apply To” is excerpted from the Accepted.com special report, Best MBA Programs: A Guide to Selecting the Right One. To download the entire free special report, click here. Deciding how many schools to apply to is another often shortchanged step in the pre-application process. It’s something that people seem to…
MBAs Across America: Entrepreneurs with a Heart
Michael Baker and Casey Gerald, CEO & CFO of MBAs Across America are making the American dream come true in towns and cities across the country. Listen to the full recording of our conversation to learn about MBAxAmerica’s past experiences, plans for the future, and what these two Harvard MBAs have to say about their…
What Does Harvard Business School Want?
Wondering what applicants who were accepted to Harvard Business School have in common? For more resources to help you get into HBS, check out: • Harvard Business School 2014 MBA Essay Questions & Tips • HBS Post-Interview Reflections, a video • The Accepted Guide to Getting into Harvard Business School, a free webinar • What HBS is Looking for:…
4 Reasons You Got Dinged (And What You Can Do About It)
Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, and Cornell (among others) released decisions last week. More schools, including Wharton, Chicago, and Ross, release decisions this week. Did your app hit the chopping block? Here’s why: 1) You didn’t qualify. You gotta call a spade a spade sometimes (or always, really). If you had weak test scores, low grades, or inadequate…
Choose the Best Ph.D. Program for YOU
PhD applicants – we have a present for you! It’s a new special report that will help you launch your application effort by guiding you through the process of choosing the best PhD program for you. The free report, Choosing a PhD Program: 3 Tips will teach you how to evaluate your goals and interests, honestly…
Should You Retake the LSAT?
Completing the LSAT requires both time and money – you must dedicate extra effort to preparing for the test in order to earn as high a score as possible. After you receive your initial LSAT score, you must then decide if it is worth the additional resources necessary to retake the test, aiming for a…
Future Whartonites…Tune In Today!
The webinar you’ve all been waiting for, What’s Right with Wharton (and How to Get In), will take place TODAY (Wednesday, October 30th), at 10:00 AM PST/1:00 PM EST/5:00 PM GMT. Reserve your spot now and tune in a few hours to hear important Wharton application tips that could transform your Wharton dream into reality!…
Studying for the GMAT: Start Before You Start
Dr. Seuss once pondered: “How did it get so late so soon?” In our hectic, electronic-media-driven age, this observation is all too apt on any one of a number of occasions. In particular, something like the GMAT can “sneak up” on folks before they feel fully prepared. If you know a GMAT lies in your…
Recommenders and Recommendations
Some applicants have this idea that if they can just get their company CEO, whom they have never met, to write their business school recommendation, then the admissions committee will cower in awe and immediately accept them. It’s not a new idea; applicants have asked me every year for the last ten years if they…
MIT Sloan Launches New Healthcare Certificate Program
MIT Sloan’s MBA program will now offer students a Healthcare Certificate, giving all MIT students who are passionate about healthcare and health management an opportunity to participate in innovative research and healthcare related educational activities. After completing the certificate program, students will be prepared for careers in the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries, healthcare management positions,…
INSEAD Appoints Ilian Mihov New Dean
Big news at INSEAD! The top European business school just appointed Ilian Mihov, an INSEAD economics professor, as dean. Mihov will be the first new dean appointed from “the inside” in more than 12 years and the first dean ever to carry out his deanship at the Singapore campus. A Poets & Quants article states…
Healthcare Management at Wharton and at Large
Healthcare related opportunities for MBA graduates are on the rise, and the Health Care Management Program is at the cutting edge of preparing students to enter this exciting and dynamic field. Listen to the full recording of our podcast interview with June Kinney to learn more about healthcare management’s past, present, and future. June is…
Cornell Introduces New Joint Program With Israel’s Technion
Cornell Innovation Institute at Cornell Tech and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are introducing a new joint program: an M.S. in Information Systems with a specialization in Connective Media. Students will receive degrees from both institutions. According to the Cornell Tech website, the program will meet “the growing demand for trained technologists and entrepreneurs in…
Med School Applicant Blogger Interview with Chantal Mendes
We’d like to introduce you to Chantal Mendes, a small town girl looking to make a big impact in the medical field. You can read about Chantal’s med school application experience right here and on her blog, Journalist Doing Science. Thank you Chantal for sharing your story with us –we wish you lots of luck…