If you are looking for a one-year, full-time MBA program, then IMD may be the perfect fit for you. The typical age of IMD MBA students is 25-32 with 7 years of work experience, but IMD recently announced that it wants more younger applicants too. The program begins in January every year and runs through…
Toronto Rotman MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is one of the leading business schools in Canada. Known for its design approach to MBA education and strong emphasis on problem solving, Rotman’s program continues to grow in renown. Through the uniquely engaging essay question and the opportunity to shape a rich and in-depth message over…
CMU Tepper MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022-2023]
You know how you’re always reading that “all MBA programs are different” but after you’ve spent weeks and even months reading all of their websites, do they start to seem pretty much the same? Well, not Carnegie Mellon Tepper. Tepper continues to march to the beat of its own drum. CMU is committed to the…
Oxford Saïd MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
Oxford lets your resume, recommendations, application form, and transcript(s) speak for themselves. The one required MBA essay question indicates that the adcom wants a glimpse of you beyond these core elements. It seems like a simple question – but there is a little twist in it that amplifies its importance in the application and its connection…
UC Berkeley Haas MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023], Class Profile
While Haas has made it very clear that you need outstanding academics to get in, they will not compromise their values to maintain those stats. The Four Defining Leadership Principles are taken very seriously by Haas’ administration and admissions team. You need to show you share and live by those principles if you are to…
Cambridge Judge MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
The Cambridge Judge MBA program is a one-year program with a small class of around 200 students from approximately 40 countries. The Judge MBA is a very experiential program, with three required team projects and another optional one, engaging students with external companies or organizations. Judge is seeking applicants with proven academic abilities, ambition, the ability to…
UVA Darden MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
If you are excited about the prospect of taking on the decision maker’s role by using the case method to navigate real-life business situations, then consider applying to University of Virginia’s Darden MBA program. Darden is one of the largest case publishers in North America, and because of Darden’s commitment to the case study method,…
UCLA Anderson MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022-2023]
Accepted’s B-School Selectivity Index shows that UCLA Anderson is 23rd in selectivity and 17th in the U.S. News’ ranking. Its average GMAT is 713, up six points from last year. The acceptance rate at Anderson climbed from 20.7% for the class that entered in 2016 to a high of 34.4% for the class that entered…
Emory Goizueta Business School MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
Taken together, these essay questions cover a lot of ground: your professional path and plans, your alignment with the program’s core values, and your interpersonal and communication responsiveness. Moreover, this vast ground is covered in few words – the written essays are short, requiring tough decisions about what key points and anecdotes to include and…
Georgetown McDonough MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
Georgetown’s MBA application essay questions and video component remain the same as last year, however there are three essay options as opposed to last year’s four. My advice is below for each of Georgetown’s prompts. Georgetown MBA application essays 2022–2023 We want to hear your story. When responding to our required essays, be authentic and…
Duke Fuqua MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
Leadership, teamwork, and ethics are essential elements of the Duke Fuqua MBA, which is why you’ll need to make sure you express your passion for these qualities in your application essays. Impress the Fuqua adcom by positioning yourself as an innovative leader and team player, as someone who can see the big picture, work collaboratively,…
Indiana Kelley MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
These questions are a straightforward mix of professional and personal. The adcom wants assurance that you have a clear professional focus and a solid plan for making productive use of the Kelley MBA resources. Beyond that, they’re looking for engaging applicants who are willing to share their life experiences and understand what they can contribute….
Cornell Johnson College of Business MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
If you are looking for a small MBA class in an idyllic location with warm and genuine classmates, then Cornell Johnson may be your program. While Johnson places the largest portion of its class in the financial industry after graduation (36% of the class of 2021), 27% entered the consulting industry, 17% joined the technology…
MIT Sloan MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022-2023], Class Profile
This year’s MIT Sloan MBA application, like most MIT applications in the last fifteen years, includes its signature cover letter and resume. It also retains the video component. Below is must-know advice based on our experience helping thousands of successful MBA applicants: MIT Sloan application elements: Cover letter and resume Video statement More about MIT…
Chicago Booth MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
The two required questions have 250-word minimums. While specifying MBA essay length minimums is very unusual, it fits with Booth’s history of breaking the mold. At the same time, don’t infer that the absence of a maximum is a license for verbosity. As Booth says, “We trust that you will use your best judgment in…
University of Washington Foster School of Business MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
Are you seeking an MBA program with a strong record of job placement in the technology industry? Then the University of Washington Foster School of Business may make an excellent choice for you. A full 45% of the class of 2021 joined the technology industry after graduation. Next in magnitude is the consulting industry with…
Stanford GSB MBA Application Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023], Class Profile
In terms of its application, Stanford is once again re-using its essay questions. And there’s good reason for the recycling: Stanford has excellent questions that succinctly get to the heart of what Stanford wants to know about you. They are not easy questions to answer, but they are thoughtful, probing ones. A few years ago,…
Michigan Ross MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
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: 98% of 2021 grads had at least one job offer within three months of graduation. McKinsey and Amazon were the 2021 top employers of Ross grads, and the school’s…
Kellogg MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023], Class Profile
If there is one theme I heard over and over during my interactions with Kellogg representatives, whether at AIGAC or on an Accepted podcast interview with former Admissions Dean Kate Smith, it’s “intentionality.” They want to see it in you. They really want to understand why you’re making the choices that you are making. Keep…
INSEAD MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines [2022 – 2023]
Communication is key for INSEAD – in part because it is a key factor that their recruiters look for. Hence the INSEAD application elicits your communication effectiveness. First, INSEAD asks you to write reflective essays – and to do so succinctly. Balancing this emphasis on written communication is a video component – the adcom wants to…