It gives me great pleasure to welcome back to AST Shari Hubert, Associate Dean of Admissions at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Shari earned her BA at Dartmouth and her MBA at Harvard. She worked at several elite companies, and in 2009 became Director of Recruitment for the Peace Corps. In 2012 she returned …
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with medical school applicants and students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top medical schools and the med school application process. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? UAG …
Are you a nontraditional medical school applicant? If you’re not fresh out of college, or have a more distinctive background, then the answer is yes, but don’t despair – a medical education and career can still be in your future! Here’s some advice for you from the experts: • Consultant Dr. Barry S. Rothman, PhD …
You didn’t get into any of the programs you applied to. Understandably, you are pretty upset about it, and wondering a few things: Should I reapply? If so, which programs should I reapply to, and when? Should I apply to some different schools? The decision to deny an applicant is usually a combination of factors, …
Eight years is a long time to wait, but that’s how long it took for Stanford Graduate School of Business to once again be named the best MBA experience in the world, according to the Financial Times. This is only the second time in 23 years that Stanford has taken the top spot. Stanford replaced …
This post is part of a series exploring the different forms MBA interviews take and how you can ace them all! Many MBA adcoms delegate the interviewing to alumni and students. In this scenario, typically second-year students interview the applicants who come to campus, and alumni interview off-campus – though in some cases, they also …
INSEAD is the “Business School For The World.” Is it the business school for you? If you’re an internationally-minded leader, you could be on your way to a first class international MBA – but first, you need to show the admissions committee that you belong. To help you understand what the INSEAD adcom is looking …
Dr. Andrea Tooley is currently an ophthalmology resident at the Mayo Clinic who will soon start a fellowship in oculoplastics in NYC.[powerpress] I know you’re a returning guest, but can you tell us a little about yourself? Your background, where you grew up, went to college and medical school? [1:22] I am originally from Sarasota, …
You’ve made it to the interview stage of the MBA admissions process. Now what? How can you prep for the your interview so that you enter the scene prepared, confident, and ready to answer those questions? This video will get your started: ? Video transcript: Congratulations! You’ve been invited to your first MBA admissions interview. …
Have you received a med school interview invite? Nice job winning the attention of the adcom by writing persuasive essays! But you’re far from done…now you have a whole new set of challenges to prepare for in order to receive that golden acceptance. To help you prepare for your interview, I will dispel some of …
In our Choosing the Best MBA Program for You series, you’ll learn how to create a list of business schools that are the best fit for your educational, social, and professional preferences and how creating this list will boost your chances of getting accepted. In the last seven posts in this series, we’ve gotten our school selection …
We cannot stress enough the importance of understanding and thinking about a medical school’s missions statement – while doing school research at the beginning of the admissions process and then later on while writing secondaries and preparing for interviews. Knowing the school’s mission statement will help you narrow down your choices and apply only to …
In this 30-minute session, one of our admissions consultants will review your profile, assess your chances of acceptance at your target programs, and tell you exactly where you stand.
