You’re busy with a job, family, and social obligations. How are you supposed to keep all those balls in the air AND still apply successfully, not to mention efficiently, to a top EMBA program? You need the BEST resources to help you get it all done – but who has time to scour the internet…
Residency Applicants: We’ve Got a New Book for YOU!
We’ve recently made some significant tweaks, changes, and updates to our already popular residency application ebook, Write Your Way to a Residency Match. If you thought our book was good before, you’ll love it even more now that it’s FULLY UPDATED with info for 2014 applicants! A taste of what you’ll find in the new…
MBA Admissions Tips Exclusively for Techies
MBA applicants with technical backgrounds have the distinct challenge of distinguishing themselves from a large, overcrowded, highly qualified pool of applicants. You probably have solid work experience, impressive skills, and high test scores – but so do the other thousands of techies vying for the select spots at top business schools. How are you going to…
Techies, Do You Need MBA Application Advice?
Ever feel like your technical background pigeonholes you into a too-common MBA profile category, making it impossible to make yourself stand out in a crowd? True, the number of people applying to top MBA programs with strong techie skills is high, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t create an application that highlights your…
Save 20% on June Featured Ebooks for Medical Residency and Fellowship Applicants
There’s only one thing better than a monthly featured ebook…TWO monthly featured ebooks! Between now and Thursday, June 30, 2011, you can save 20% on both Write Your Way to a Residency Match and Write Your Way to a Fellowship Match with coupon code MATCH20. Write Your Way to a Residency Match…
Happy Ebook Sale to You! Happy Birthday to Me!
It may be my birthday, but it’s your day to celebrate with super savings! Today is the FINAL day of Accepted’s birthday ebook sale, so browse our growing collection of ebooks, choose the one (or more) that best suit your needs, and then checkout using coupon code SAVE50. You’ll save 50% on your entire…
MBA Admissions Interviews: Behavioral AND Qualitative Questions
Even though behavioral questions have been used for the last several years, since “WhartonLeaks” broke in November and Wharton promptly moved away from exclusive use of the leaked questions, applicants have wondered if they should prepare for behavioral questions or the more general, qualitative questions that had been the backbone of MBA admissions interviews for…
MBA Admissions:The Cure for “Final Application Fatigue”
The blogger known as Eternal Enthusiasm has a problem – namely, he is running nearly on empty in the Department of Enthusiasm as he faces his last MBA application. “I approached this last first-round application as a simple task. I knew exactly how to sum up my candidacy and the points I wanted to hit….
Stanford GSB 2011 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips.
UPDATE- THE TIPS FOR STANFORD‘S 2012 MBA APPLICATION ARE NOW ONLINE- Please post questions or comments to the new post. This Stanford GSB 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. You can access the entire series at…
Do Not Leave It Up To The Admissions Committee To Decide Why Your Grades Were So Poor During A Particular Semester
If your grades were weak during a particular semester or year, it is important that you address this somewhere in your application or in a letter to the admissions committee. Do not leave it up to the admissions committee to determine what was going on in your life during that time. The committee will notice…
Harvard HBS 2011 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips.
Update: The tips for the HBS 2012 MBA application are now available online. Please review the tips and post questions or comments to the new post. Check out the entire 2012 MBA Application Tips series for more valuable MBA application advice. This HBS 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts…
MBA Admissions:The May-October Romance
It’s only May and the first MBA application deadlines for the Fall 2011 MBA classes will only arrive in another five months, but there still are plenty of steps you should be taking if you are hoping to meet those deadlines. First, now is the perfect time to research the programs that best fit your…
Medical School Admissions: Apply Early!
Medical school admission is very competitive, so you must get your applications in early. Schools with rolling admissions review their applications as they come in. As students are accepted, there will be more and more competition for the smaller number of remaining spots available. Admissions committees will then have a greater number of other applicants…
HBS 2+2 2010 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips.
Harvard Business School 2+2 Program Essay Questions: UPDATE: The tips for the HBS 2+2 2012 MBA Application are now available online. Please review the tips and post questions or comments to the new post. Check out the entire 2012 MBA Application Tips series for more valuable MBA application advice. The Harvard 2+2 application is…
From Example to Exemplary #4: Let’s Get Drafted!
Lesson #4 of a five-part series for drafting exemplary essays. Now that you have a clear sense of what makes an essay effective, and have reflected on the questions that have helped you develop your theme, it’s time to start writing. Before you begin, write an outline, even if it’s only a very informal list…
From Example to Exemplary #3: Writing the MBA Goals Essay
Lesson #3 of a five-part series for drafting exemplary essays. The MBA career goals essay, a close cousin to the graduate school statement of purpose, demands a laser-like focus. Unlike personal statements, which may discuss career goals but also allow for more flexibility in content, the MBA career goals essay has a specific and packed…
Make (and Complete) Your Interview Checklist
For some of you, it may be just a little too late. For others, this post is right on time. Because it’s about interviews—how to prepare for them, excel in them, and follow up after them. Whether you’re applying to college, graduate school, or a job, you’ll likely have to interview. Here are items to…
12 Secrets to the Good Life at HBS: Tips and Advice
The HBS cheerleaders at the Harbus newsletter tip off future HBS students about student life at one of the world’s best business schools. If you want to get to campus and already be in the know, read on for our interpretation of “12 Things You Should Know About Life at HBS”! Harvard Business School will…
Passionate Optimism: It’s Nice, but Will it Land You a Job?
A few weeks ago we reported on the bleak career future for humanities PhD holders. Our post concluded on a rather pessimistic note, sharing the advice of Thomas H. Benton who warns humanities students against pursuing higher degrees in the humanities. Recently The Daily Pennsylvanian expressed a glimmer of hope on the otherwise rather depressing subject…
5 Tips for Essay Writing: Plan With a Calendar, Not an Egg Timer
The blogger of MBA on the Horizon recently noted the irony of her situation: after devoting months to prepare for her MBA applications, including attending information sessions, reading blogs, and researching through other means, she ended up cramming all her essay writing for Wharton into a single weekend. A Saturday marathon writing session produced a…
