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U.S. News Answers All Your Rankings Questions [Summary] Normally, when U.S.-based applicants talk about “the top programs,” especially when they refer to the top X, as in the top 10 or the top 20, they are referring to U.S. News Rankings, the granddaddy of educational rankings. Today we’ll hear from U.S. News Executive Editor, Anne…
How Your Undergrad GPA & Test Scores Affect Your Masters in Finance Application
Your undergrad GPA and GMAT or GRE score are pillars of your Masters in Finance (MFin or MSF) application. What can you do to integrate these elements – whether high, average, or low – effectively in your application? Follow these 4 steps to evaluate your scores for your Masters in Finance application. 1) Understand How…
Tips For Answering Common Application Essay Prompts
A large number of colleges and universities across the United States and in many countries around the world use the Common Application. There are over 500 Common Application members in 47 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Qatar, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom….
Why Are Secondaries So Important?
Now that you’ve (hopefully) finished up your primary med school application, what’s next? Ideally, not stressing yourself out by reading the forums on SDN for the next six months…you’ll go mad! Instead, how about conquering your anxiety by slicing through all the noise and misinformation about med school admissions – and getting a dose of…
6 Tips for Creating Your Compelling MBA Goals Essay
Ask yourself this question: Is THIS the program that will help you reach your goals? Most schools ask why you want an MBA and why you want it from this school. And really, even if they didn’t ask you, you should still ask yourself. Before you invest the time and money in an MBA, you…
Why Should You Consider Becoming a PA?
Most of the clients I work with are dead set on becoming doctors. I believe this mindset exists because doctors have such a visible role in patient care historically, and in the media, are represented as being at the very top of the healthcare hierarchy. Physician assistants (PAs) are a relatively new member of the…
Michigan Ross MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
The Michigan Ross MBA program is thriving. Its graduates are getting jobs throughout the United States and the world. Here are a few of the stats: • 97% had at least one job offer within three months of graduation. • Per Poets & Quants, Amazon is the top employer of Ross grads, and their 2017…
How Does Your Top Choice Law School Rank in Accepted’s Selectivity Index?
Applying to law school is a long, costly process. Every applicant believes that the schools they are applying to are the correct fit for them, and then are devastated if and when they receive rejection letters in place of the acceptance letters they were expecting. Unfortunately, many applicants make several critical errors during the application…
Kellogg MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
As I write this post I’m on an airplane after spending two days on the gorgeous Northwestern campus and at Kellogg as part of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants’ annual conference. I have come away not only with a deeper appreciation of the Kellogg MBA and its admissions process, but immense admiration for…
What to Expect During Medical School
You’re about to embark on four years of learning, working, socializing, and then learning and working some more. The best way to prepare for the long road ahead is to know what to expect. This post will walk you through the various avenues of medical school education, from reviewing what and how you’ll learn to…
MBA Applicants: Time to Get Started!
You’ve been putting a plan together for a while now – researching business schools, taking the GMAT, reviewing your transcript, thinking about recommenders – and now is the time to put that plan into action. Top business schools are extremely competitive, with acceptance rates ranging from 5%-20%. Since you hopefully are already familiar with statistics…
How to Get Accepted to Masters in Finance Programs
You know what you want: a Master’s in Finance (MFin, also sometimes MSF). That goal raises questions, perhaps the most important one being: What does the Master’s in Finance adcom want to see in you, the applicant? And that leads to two additional critical, practical questions: • How do you determine what MFin programs are…
Johns Hopkins Postbac Programs: An Interview with the Director [Episode 264]
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About the Johns Hopkins University Postbac Program [Show Summary] For many future doctors, the simple step between college and medical school is not so clear cut. For various reasons, some sudents will choose to attend a pre-medical post-baccalaureate program to help boost their skills and experiences and to help them get into medical school. Dr….
Free Webinar Recording: Can You Apply to Med School with Low Stats?
Answer: YES! Now’s your chance to catch up on the valuable information that Alicia shared during last week’s webinar, Get Accepted to Med School with Low Stats. Med school applicants with a low GPA and/or MCAT score – let Alicia’s expert guidance give you confidence to apply! View Get Accepted to Med School with Low…
7 Signs An Experience Belongs In Your Application
You want your medical school application to make it to the top of the accepted pile. Your medical school personal statement and secondary essays are one way to make your application really stand out. How do you choose which of your lifetime of experiences to include in your application? Let’s see what the 7 signs…
Should You Apply to a Safety School?
Many applicants who are targeting top ranked programs wonder if they should consider adding a lower-ranked school to their list as a “safety school.” Should you? And is there such a thing? What is a safety school? A safety school is one where you are highly competitive, that is strong in your area of interest,…
How Americans Save for College
The majority of American parents endeavor to be financially prepared to send their children to college. Almost 66% of parents with children under the age of 18, who they expect will attend college someday, are saving or planning for how to pay for this expense. If you fall into this age demographic, you may be…
The Clock is Ticking for Your HBS App!
We know there’s a lot of information out there about MBA applications – it can be overwhelming. And if you have unanswered questions about what a school like HBS is looking for or how your profile measures up, it can be stressful. That’s why we created our free webinar, Get Accepted to Harvard Business School….
What to Look for When Selecting a Physician Assistant (PA) Program
One of the key requirements for choosing physician assistant (PA) programs is having information about the programs, including data on the programs’ matriculants. Unfortunately that’s more difficult to come by for PA applicants since the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants, (“CASPA”) simply does not provide data on applicants or matriculants for individual PA…
London Business School MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
London Business School boasts one of the most diverse student bodies, with 90% of its 425 students hailing from a total of 69 countries outside of England. If you are looking for a globally focused MBA program in a city bursting with culture, finance, and industry, then LBS is certainly a program to consider. My…
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