The Forté Foundation is accepting applications for MBALaunch 2019 through October 22nd! MBALaunch is an intensive business school prep program designed to help women apply successfully to business school by providing a strong support network and a structured roadmap of the application process. GMAT exam prep is also a focus, as well as interview skill building….
Tips for Answering the Dartmouth College Supplemental Essay Prompts
Dartmouth College, like the other Ivy League schools, accepts both the Common Application and the Coalition Application. Regardless of the application you select to use, you will be asked to respond to the same essay prompts. In addition, Dartmouth also requires supplemental essay responses. The additional essays help the admission committee round out the overall…
How to Apply to Wharton [And Get Accepted]
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Applicants who joined us for Get Accepted to Wharton got a great head start on creating their application strategy! Guided by Accepted founder Linda Abraham, they learned what the adcom is looking for, and how to approach the application effectively to achieve that. If you missed it – or if you’d like to view it…
Will Your Med School App Earn You an Interview?
It’s October – we know you’re busy. But here’s something worth making time for this week: our free one-hour webinar, How to Create Successful Secondary Applications. In your secondaries, you have the chance to show each school why it’s a great fit for you – and why you’re a perfect fit for their program. It’s…
The Berkeley MFE: One Tough Program with Amazing Opportunities for Grads [Episode 279]
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The Scoop on Berkeley’s Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) [Show Summary] Dr. Linda Kreitzman, Executive Director of the Master of Financial Engineering Program at UC Berkeley – Haas is passionate about the program. On today’s podcast Linda will take us through specific aspects of the program and what makes it unique, what it takes to…
Baylor College of Medicine Secondary Application Essay Tips
Given the principles for BCM, I recommend covering your clinical, research and community experience in their secondary application essays. They place special emphasis on recruiting students from diverse backgrounds and from ethnicities that are underrepresented in medicine. Highlight your personal connections, volunteer work, and leadership roles in medically underserved communities. Baylor College of Medicine 2018-19…
Common Application Essay Selection Strategies for NYU
2018-2019 applicants to NYU’s class of 2023 have a variety of prompts to choose from for their Common Application Personal Essay, which has a 650-word limit. This is fitting, since NYU itself sits squarely in the middle of bustling lower Manhattan, but also has degree-granting campuses in the Middle East and Asia (Abu Dhabi and…
Secondary Essays: Completing the Jigsaw Puzzle
By the time admissions people start reading the secondaries they already know a little bit about you. They have seen your transcript, GPA, and MCAT score. They have also reviewed your AMCAS essay so they should know what you think is most important for them to know. But of course pieces are still missing from…
Tips for Answering the University of California Application Essay Questions
If you’re submitting an undergraduate application to one of California’s 23 world-class state university campuses, you’ll be tasked with selecting and completing 4 of 8 distinct essay prompts with a word limit of 350 words for each essay. The University of California Admissions online portal emphasizes that you “should select questions that are most relevant…
UCSF School of Medicine Secondary Application Essay Tips
“At UCSF, our mission is to advance health worldwide, and we are attracting some of the nation’s best and brightest students to help us achieve that goal. One of the reasons our students come to UCSF is to work in a culture of discovery and innovation.” The feeling that applicants often get from a UCSF…
13 MBA Resume Tips to Help You Get Accepted
“13 MBA Resume Tips to Help You Get Accepted” is excerpted from MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools, by Linda Abraham and Judy Gruen. Want to get accepted into a top business school? Check out our 13 MBA resume tips below! The MBA Resume Rules Limit resumes to…
How to Boost Your Med Application in One Hour
We know the stress of the med school application process doesn’t stop when you hit “Submit” on your AMCAS/AACOMAS app — far from it. Almost as soon as you’ve patted yourself on the back for a brilliant primary application, it’s time for another round of hard work on your secondaries. And this is especially true…
Encore: How to Get Into NYIT’s College of Osteopathic Medicine [Episode 278]
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Gina Moses is the Director of Admissions at New York Institute of Technology’s (NYIT) College of Osteopathic Medicine, and in this episode she discusses the state of the art technology at NYIT as well as the wonders of osteopathic medicine. She also shares information on the application process, and distinctions between the two campuses in…
Secondary Application Tips: The Experts Speak
Congrats! You’ve completed your AMCAS app and are starting to hear back from med schools. It’s not time to sit back on your laurels just yet. You’ve still got a lot of work ahead of you, and a great secondary essay is one of the keys to a med school acceptance. But how do you…
Getting Your MBA Goals in Shape
Knowing they’ll have to write essays about their goals, most b-school applicants have identified their goals prior to starting the application process. But I’ve found that “identified” often has a misconstrued scope, either too narrow or too broad to effectively serve the purpose of the essays. With some moderate effort, you can flesh out your…
Post-Interview Advice for Med School Applicants
As the interview day is nearing its end, you may find yourself in the company of other applicants. Try not to engage in discussion about your interview in detail. These conversations only serve to increase anxiety and often lead to self-doubt. Talking about the school or topics you may have discussed with current students is…
London Business School Executive MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
The LBS EMBA program goes beyond delivering necessary skills for senior managers; it is for managers who have a dynamic sense of their future and a willingness to change and grow; people who are open to being inspired. At the same time, the program reflects, and the adcom seeks in applicants, a practical perspective. You know what it…
Tips for Answering the Yale University Short Answer and Supplemental Essay Prompts
Not surprisingly, Yale University is consistently ranked among the top universities in the world. It accepts the Common Application, Coalition Application, and QuestBridge Application. All three applications require a personal statement essay plus additional Yale-specific short answers and a Yale writing supplement. For applicants interested in engineering or computer science, there is a third optional…
When the MBA Optional Essay is No Longer Optional
You’ve already written the required essays that most business schools ask for – do you really need to write the optional essay? If you’re a strong applicant who doesn’t need to explain weaknesses, low stats, or application inconsistencies, then you may be able to skip the optional question. But the optional essay is NOT AN…
Glenn Hubbard to Step Down as Columbia Business School Dean
After serving 15 years as Dean of Columbia Business School (CBS), Glenn Hubbard will step down at the end of the 2018-19 school year. Hubbard began his tenure at Columbia in 1988, and was selected as Dean in July 2004. When Hubbard steps down from the deanship on June 30, 2019, he will return to…
