Business school Round 2 and Round 3 deadlines are looming and many prospective applicants finding themselves needing to boost that all-important GMAT score to improve their chances of getting in. If that’s you, there are two crucial questions you need to answer before diving in: 1) Should I even retake the GMAT? 2) What should …
We’d like to introduce you to The MBA Story, an anonymous blogger who recently received her MBA from NUS Business School in Singapore. Read our interview with The MBA Story below, as well as her blog, The MBA Story, to learn about this recent grad’s unique story. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! …
We’d like to introduce you to our next blogger, fromgmattomba, an anonymous MBA applicant who describes himself as “a pretty average dude” with a mission to attend one of his top choice b-schools. Thank you fromgmattomba for sharing your story with us – we wish you loads of luck! (Readers: Don’t forget to check out …
Last week, Columbia School of Business announced that it will be offering two-year, full-tuition fellowships to four class of 2016 students. The fellowship – the Dong-Bin Shin Fellowship – is supported by the recent $4 million gift of class of 1981 alumnus, Dong-Bin Shin. The fellowships will be awarded to four students who demonstrate academic …
We asked 14 admissions directors, “What behavior or information would cause you to reject an MBA applicant who otherwise is a strong candidate?” While the recipe for instant rejection may vary slightly from school to school, the common ingredients are ethical lapses and poor behavior. These are broad categories that each admissions director elaborates on …
We are half way through November and there are a lot of lucky applicants who still face the Wharton Team-Based Discussion. Accepted hosted a mock TBD earlier this week. Frankly, that particular group did not do well during the mock. They received some fairly harsh feedback at the end, but the feedback seems to have …
I like to apply the principles established in Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s Made to Stick to personal statements and application essays. In this post I focus on concreteness. The third of Made to Stick‘s six key principles, concreteness, doesn’t seem to apply to intangibles like leadership, achievement, teamwork, or character – the topics you …
NYU Stern received a $10 million gift that will go towards a scholarship fund for college seniors who wish to pursue their MBAs at Stern after they graduate. The scholarship is named for the donor, William R. Berkley, NYU alumnus and vice chairman of the NYU board of trustees. Berkley’s $10 million gift is part …
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 …
If you are a pre-med in denial before the ominous MCAT, prepare yourself for a reality check. The time to start thinking about the MCAT is right now and our latest podcast episode is just what the doctor prescribed. Take the first step now by listening to the full recording of our interview with Don …
Journeys with Joshua: Joshua Wienczkowski walks us through med school at East Tennessee’s College of Medicine with his monthly blog updates. Get an inside look into med school down South through the eyes of a former professional songwriter with a whole lot of clinical experience — thanks Joshua for sharing this journey with us! Right …
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 …
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