The UC Berkeley Haas Q&A was a huge success, with Stephanii Fujii, Executive Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions, answering questions on a wide variety of topics. You can read the whole Haas Q&A transcript or listen to the full audio clip online. (You can also catch previous Q&As for other top programs on our MBA…
Focus on Fuqua: Duke MBA Admissions Q&A This Week!
Are you interested in gaining a clearer outlook on Fuqua’s general management curriculum, student life, and admissions policies? Are you wondering how you can contribute to the leadership-driven, spirited Fuqua student body? Then you don’t want to miss Accepted.com’s upcoming Q&A on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT with…
A Cornell Conversation: Johnson MBA Admissions Q&A Next Week!
Join us for an in-depth conversation about Cornell Johnson with Christine E. Sneva, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, and Laurie Shunney, Assistant Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. If you’re intrigued by Johnson’s close-knit, active student body, strong business fundamentals, and…
Current Full-Time HKUST Student Interview
Accepted.com is continuing a blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at selected MBA programs. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you should consider as you prepare your MBA application. Here’s a talk with a student who traveled half way around the…
2012 Yale SOM Admissions Director Interview Posted
We covered a wide range of admissions-related topics during our recent Yale SOM Q&A. Thank you to Bruce DelMonico, Director of Admissions at Yale SOM, for an excellent conversation! You can read the whole Yale Q&A transcript or listen to the full audio clip online. (You can also catch previous Q&As for other top programs…
2012 UCLA Anderson Admissions Director Interview Posted
Our recent admissions Q&A with UCLA adcom members Dean Andrew Ainslie, Jessica Chung and Craig Hubbel covered lots of admissions topics and proved extremely helpful for those applicants interested in applying to UCLA Anderson. You can read the whole Anderson Q&A transcript or listen to the full audio clip online. (You can also catch up…
MBA Applicant Blogger Interview: Motown, Ms. HR, and Mads Mom’s Journey
Next up in our series of featured MBA applicant bloggers are Motown, Ms. HR, and Mads Mom from the blog, “Fortune 800: Our Journey to an MBA.” Please enjoy their thoughtful answers and use them to help you make your way through the MBA admissions process. Accepted: First, can you tell us a little…
Wharton Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We had an excellent Q&A last week with Ankur Kumar and Anthony Penna, admissions directors at Wharton. The excerpt below provides an insider look at how the adcom readers approach your goal essays – how you should bridge your past and present experiences to what you’d like to be doing in the future. Linda Abraham:…
IE Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We had an excellent Q&A last week with Jean-Marie Winikates and Nita Sinsick, admissions directors at IE. The excerpt below summarized key differences between the international IE experience and the typical US b-school experience: Linda Abraham: IE obviously is a leading international business school. It is located in Spain. What distinguishes the IE experience from…
4 Ways You Should NOT Use the MBA Rankings
You’ll find loads of articles online enumerating the ways in which you can use the MBA rankings to your benefit. Most of these articles are found on the ranking websites. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t trust what you read on BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, or U.S. News – after all, the rankings do…
2011 INSEAD Admissions Director Interview Posted
If you attended our recent conversation with INSEAD‘s Kara Keenan and Melissa Jones, Assistant Directors of Marketing, then you know what a success it was. You can review the Q&A by reading the whole INSEAD Q&A transcript, by listening to the full audio clip online, or by subscribing to our podcast in iTunes and…
MBA Admissions Advice for Career Changers
MBA career switchers carry a burden that other applicants don’t: the need to demonstrate an understanding of and fit with a new industry or job function. For example, if you’re already an IT consultant and your post-MBA goals involve IT consulting, then you should have no trouble drafting an MBA goals essay that explains…
2011 London Business School Admissions Director Interview Posted
We’d like to extend a hearty thank you to the London Business School representatives who helped make our recent Masters in Management Admissions Q&A a huge success. We discussed a wide range of topics, including London Business School admissions policies, the differences between the MiM and the MBA programs, student life, scholarships, and more….
U.S. News’ Best Medical Schools 2012
U.S. News released its 2012 best medical schools report today. The lead article in the med school component of the rankings reports a few of the highlights. You’ll see that Harvard Medical School again snagged the first place spot among the best research universities. While that seems to be pretty constant year-to-year, there were…
U.S. News’ Best Law Schools 2012, Ranked Two Ways
U.S. News released its law school rankings today, with few surprises among the top 20. Yale Law School took its place at the top of the list (where it has been for the last two decades) and was followed by the rest of the top 5 regulars—Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, and Chicago. There is one…
MBA Admissions Tip: Handling a Low GMAT Verbal Score
Yesterday I talked about overcoming the challenge of a low GMAT quant score. Today we’ll discuss how to handle a less-than-perfect verbal score. With such a strong emphasis on teamwork and communication in b-school (and for the rest of your life as a successful businessperson), it’s no wonder that stellar written and spoken verbal skills…
2011 UNC Kenan-Flagler Admissions Director Interview Posted
We hope you enjoyed our recent Q&A with Sherry Wallace of UNC Kenan-Flagler. During the session we discussed a number of important topics related to UNC admissions, student life, scholarships, and more. If you missed this informative event, or if you’d like to review, you can read the whole UNC Kenan-Flagler Q&A transcript, listen…
2011 UT McCombs Admissions Director Interview Posted
If you attended our recent conversation with UT McCombs‘s Vicki Duran, Director of MBA Admissions, Jolene Ashcraft, Senior Associate Director, and Jaryn Creasy, a second-year student at UT, then you know what a success it was. You can review the Q&A by reading the whole UT McCombs Q&A transcript, by listening to the full…
2011 Dartmouth Tuck Admissions Director Interview Posted
We covered a wide range of admissions-related topics during our Dartmouth Tuck Q&A last week. Thank you to Dawna Clarke, Director of MBA Admissions, and Pat Harrison and Amy Mitson, Associate Directors at Tuck, for an excellent conversation! To review, you can read the whole Tuck Q&A transcript, listen to the full audio clip…
2011 Indian School of Business Admissions Director Interview Posted
Last week’s conversation with Hima Bindu, the assistant director of admissions and financial aid at the ISB, and current ISB students Atma Shivalanka and Chandrasekhar Ghoda, was yet another Q&A success. If you missed the ISB event or if you wish to review it, you can read the whole transcript, listen to the full…