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April 17, 2019

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Stand Out in Your MBA Applications!

The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Competitive MBA Applicant

You’ve heard the stories about a friend of a friend with a 780 GMAT who wasn’t accepted to Harvard, or a family member with stellar work experience at Goldman Sachs who wasn’t accepted at Stanford, and you’ve wondered how that could be. An acceptance to a top MBA program doesn’t have to do with just… 

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February 22, 2018

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Which B-School is the Best for You?

MBA Admissions Profile Which B School is Best for You

Today and for more than 50 years, the MBA has been the most popular and profitable graduate degree in the world. That’s why year after year, thousands of candidates apply for the MBA. However, today, there are increasingly more “flavors” of the MBA — from the traditional full-time two-year program to the one-year program very… 

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Article by Esmeralda Cardenal / MBA Admissions / Creating a Competitive MBA Admissions Profile, Part time MBA

December 25, 2017

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English Language Skills & Your MBA Admissions Profile

MBA Admissions Profile Your Knowledge of English

In the previous articles of this series we explored the first four elements of your MBA Profile: your Academic Performance, your GMAT, your work experience, and your extracurricular activities. The topic of the last post of this series is probably the most under-rated in business school admissions, and many times the one that non-native English… 

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Article by Esmeralda Cardenal / MBA Admissions / Creating a Competitive MBA Admissions Profile, international student

June 11, 2017

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Academic Performance in Your MBA Admissions Profile

MBA Admissions Profile Your Academic Performance

In my last article we laid out the five elements that you must pay attention to when planning your MBA application. We will talk about the first of those five in this post: academic performance. Your academic performance as an undergrad, from the first to the last year, is extremely important for any graduate program,… 

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Article by Esmeralda Cardenal / MBA Admissions / Creating a Competitive MBA Admissions Profile

June 11, 2017

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The GMAT and Your MBA Admissions Profile

MBA Admissions Profile Your GMAT Score

The GMAT, along with your undergraduate academic performance, is the most commonly used predictor of how you will do in the MBA coursework and plays a key role in the MBA application. Your GMAT score is sometimes also used by prospective employers (consulting firms and investment banks mostly) in the pre-screening process for interviews, as… 

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Article by Esmeralda Cardenal / MBA Admissions / Creating a Competitive MBA Admissions Profile, GMAT

June 11, 2017

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Work Experience in Your MBA Admissions Profile

MBA Admissions Profile Your Work Experience

The last two articles explored the importance of the academic portion of your MBA application, including your undergraduate performance as well as your GMAT. This article will focus on the other, equally important, side of the coin: your work experience. Although more schools are now open to considering candidates without post-college experience, most top MBA… 

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Article by Esmeralda Cardenal / MBA Admissions / Creating a Competitive MBA Admissions Profile, mba work experience

June 11, 2017

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Extracurricular Activities in Your MBA Admissions Profile

MBA Admissions Profile Your Extracurricular Activities

While business schools deeply value your academic background, GMAT, and work experience, they also ascribe significant weight to your extracurricular and community service activities. Why? Because they want to see that you are an individual who is not just focused on work, that you have other passions, and that you are well rounded. Whether it… 

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