The big winners in this year’s U.S. News derby… uh, I mean rankings: • Chicago Booth tied with Harvard and leapfrogged Wharton to snag the top spot for the first time ever. • Michigan Ross jumped 4 places into the top 10. There were also a few “losers” although the losses, much like the wins,…
A Roadmap for Future Application Success
7 Steps to MBA Acceptance in 2019 was a great success! Attendees learned what they can do right now (and over the next few months) to ensure that their b-school applications next year are as strong as they can possibly be. If you missed it, or if you’d like to view it again, it’s now…
Ace the AMCAS Essay: What Should You Include in Your Essay?
In this blog series, you’ll get succinct, practical tips on how you can optimize your AMCAS application for acceptance to top medical schools. As I discussed in the first post of this series, your AMCAS essay serves as your introduction to the med school admissions board. In this way, your essay much more resembles a human interest…
Yale SOM Dean Ted Snyder to Step Down in 2019
Edward (“Ted”) A. Snyder will step down at the end of the 2019 academic year as the Indra K. Nooyi Dean of the Yale School of Management. Snyder, currently on sabbatical, will return to his position on July 1, 2018, and will complete his term on June 30, 2019. Snyder’s retirement as Yale’s dean will…
How Can an Accepted MBA Admissions Consultant Help You?
There are so many pieces to the MBA application puzzle. And with your busy lives, the fierce competition, and the constantly-changing admissions landscape, don’t you think you’d benefit from having an expert on your side? Video transcript: MBA applicants face grueling competition and an unfamiliar, difficult journey to acceptance. Let me show you how we…
Ace the AMCAS Essay: Why Do We Have Personal Statements?
In this blog series, you’ll get succinct, practical tips on how you can optimize your AMCAS essay for acceptance to top medical schools. Do the essays in your med school applications serve as mere padding for the rest of your application? Or do they have some higher purpose? I’d like to propose three important reasons WHY…
Bain & Company’s Keith Bevans Talks About Careers, Life at Bain [Episode 251]
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One of the biggest motivations, if not the biggest motivation, for applying to graduate school is career enhancement and achievement of professional goals. For many MBAs and some other graduate students, consulting has irresistible appeal. Today it is my distinct pleasure to have on Admissions Straight Talk Keith Bevans, Partner and Global Head of Consulting…
The Inside Scoop on Life as a PA
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. And now, introducing Andrea… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as…
5 Key Qualifying Factors the EMBA Adcoms Look For
This is the fifth post in our Ace the EMBA series on how to apply successfully to a top executive MBA program. After you decide which programs you’ll apply to, you’re ready to start the hands-on application work. As you update your resume, plan your essays and choose recommenders, keep in mind several “qualifying” factors that EMBA…
How Do You Compare to Last Year’s Admitted Medical School Applicants?
In reviewing the matriculation data for the 2017-18 cycle from AMCAS, there are several trends that can be used to inform your application strategy and increase your chances of acceptance. For last cycle, 816,153 applications were submitted by 51,680 applicants, and 21,338 were accepted. In other words, 41.3% of applicants matriculated. AAMC’s data about applicants…
3 Ways to Prepare for Your 2018 MBA Application
You can feel it in the air: the excitement of the just-published U.S. News and other business-school rankings, the proud chatter of accepted candidates on MBA forums worldwide, the articles speculating on just how many more people will apply to business school this year and how acceptance rates seem to be getting lower and lower. Whether you’re…
10 Reasons Why You Should Consider Participating in a Special Masters Program (SMP)
You’ve completed your undergraduate degree and are looking forward to attending medical school, but are looking for a way to set your application apart. If you have a strong undergrad science GPA, pursuing an SMP can be a fantastic way to do just that. There are currently more than 75 different science-based SMPs nationwide. There…
Top 6 Tips for Visiting Business Schools
Now is a great time for business school applicants to visit their top choice programs – classes are in session, students and professors aren’t yet stressed by exams, recruiting may be in action, and the weather is warming up (well, in some places). While it’s a good idea to visit your target b-schools, only do…
Ace the AMCAS Essay: Who Should Write Your Essays?
In this blog series, you’ll get succinct, practical tips on how you can optimize your AMCAS essay for acceptance to top medical schools. Who Should Write Your AMCAS Essay? The obvious answer here is that YOU should (and if anyone else does for you, then you can expect to be found out and rejected). But…
6 Fatal Resume Flaws to Avoid
The MBA resume. Done right, this one-to-two-page list of accomplishments can woo the adcoms towards acceptance; done wrong, a resume could be your ticket to ding-hood. Here are 6 fatal mistakes to avoid when creating this important first-impression-making document: Fatal Resume Flaw #1: Viewing your resume as an afterthought Your resume should not be your…
EMBA Employment and Career Services
This is the fourth post in our Ace the EMBA series on how to apply successfully to a top executive MBA program. Given today’s volatile business climate, almost everyone in the business world must continuously evaluate and recalibrate their career path, whether they are planning an imminent change or not. It’s an ongoing part of being…
Early Career Management and European MBA Programs with Jamie Wright [Episode 249]
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Our guest today is Jamie Wright. She grew up in California, started her career in PR in Chicago, and then crossed the pond in 2009 to become the Client Services Manager at London Business School’s then brand-new Masters in Management (MIM) program. Jamie rose to become the admissions director for all early career programs at…
Med School Rejection Doesn’t Need to Be the End of Your MD Dreams
There’s still time to register for The Reapplicant’s Guide to Med School Acceptance! This is your chance to learn from what went wrong with this year’s med school application and take steps to strengthen your profile and application for next year. If you’re still dreaming of a career as a physician, don’t miss this opportunity…
4 Tips for Applying to Part-Time MBA Programs
The extensive available advice about applying to MBA programs was largely created with applicants to full-time MBA programs in mind. If you are applying to part-time MBA programs, most of this advice will be pertinent for you as well. But there are some nuances to applying to part-time programs that warrant attention. Here are a few things that set the…
How Important is Research for Medical School Admissions?
Why Medical Schools Value Research Experience Research experience isn’t a requirement for med school admission. You won’t find a section about it on your application, but it is still valued and important. So important, in fact, that at some of the most competitive research-oriented med schools, 80-90% of admitted applicants have at least some research…
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