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February 15, 2023

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Rejected by HBS – Now What?

Rejected by HBS Now what

February 1st was either an exciting day or a tearful one for Harvard Business School (HBS) Round 2 (R2) applicants: the school’s MBA Admissions Board notified candidates whether they were invited to interview or had merited “early release.” Euphemistic though it sounds, early release should really be viewed by R2 applicants as the blessing that it… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, MBA rejection

January 9, 2023

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M7 MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know in 2023

M7 MBA Programs: Everything You Need to Know in 2023 - Accepted

What are the M7 business schools? Talk about diversity! Seven distinct, vivid cultures – each with its own history, values, characteristics, opportunities, and challenges. Of course, there are many commonalities among the M7 schools: all are highly competitive, all feature deep academic resources, all are supported by committed and involved alumni, and all attract top-tier… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, Wharton

December 19, 2022

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Top STEM MBA Programs: A Comprehensive List and Overview of STEM-OPT Eligible B-Schools

Top MBA Programs get STEM Certified to Attract International Students

U.S. STEM MBA Programs: An Overview STEM certification programs have proven application bonanzas for top business schools. STEM certification may have begun pre-pandemic as a way to alleviate uncertainty in the visa process, but the programs have proven to be a robust inducement for MBA applicants, particularly from foreign countries. According to Poets & Quants,… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / MBA Admissions / Arizona State Carey, Babson, Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Delaware Lerner, Duke Fuqua, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, international student, Lehigh University College of Business, masters in data analytics, Masters in Finance, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Notre Dame Mendoza, NYU Stern, Pace University, Purdue Krannert, researching mba programs, Rice Jones, Rochester Simon, Rutgers Business School, Stanford GSB, STEM MBA, UC Berkeley Haas, UC Davis, UC Irvine School of Business, UC Riverside, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, University of Connecticut, University of Georgia Terry, University of North Texas Ryan, University of Wisconsin Madison, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Vanderbilt Business School, Washington Foster School of Business, Wharton

November 27, 2022

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Class of 2022 MBAs Earn Bullish Starting Salaries

Class of 2022 MBAs Earn Bullish Starting Salaries

Distance learning and unstable market conditions due to the Covid pandemic have not hurt the fortunes of MBA grads from top programs. The 2022 employment reports released in recent weeks from top schools, including NYU Stern School of Business, University of Michigan Ross School of Business, UC-Berkeley Haas School of Business, MIT Sloan, Harvard, and… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Dartmouth Tuck, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, MBA ROI, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, UC Berkeley Haas, UVA Darden, Wharton

November 8, 2022

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Stride Funding: Where Your Education is an Investment and not a Debt [Episode 495]

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Find out how you can benefit from Stride Funding [Show Summary] Tess Michaels shares what’s new at Stride Funding, the innovative educational financing company she founded, and reflects on the impact that her Harvard Business School MBA has had on her impressive success today. Interview with Tess Michaels, Founder and CEO of Stride Funding [Show… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / entrepreneurship, Grad Financial Aid, Harvard Business School, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, paying for med school, podcast

November 7, 2022

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8 Tips for Writing a Memorable MBA Interview Thank You Letter

8 tips for writing a memorable MBA thank you letter

You’ve finally finished your b-school interview and are thankful to cross this experience off your application to-do list. However, as you wait to receive your acceptance letter, it’s appropriate to also send thank you notes to all of the people who helped you during the day. Gratitude is key A thank you email follows a… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, MBA Interview

October 2, 2022

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7 Important Tips for Your HBS Post-Interview Reflection

7 Tips for Writing HBSs Post Interview Reflection

Congratulations! You’ve just completed another step on the road to acceptance to Harvard’s MBA program – your interview. Now you have 24 hours to send HBS your Post-Interview Reflection…so let’s get started! When it comes to carrying out this process, there’s really one major thing you need to do: Reflect!  How to reflect efficiently and… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, HBS Post Interview Reflections, MBA Interview

August 25, 2022

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Optional and Open-Ended Essay Questions: What’s the Best Strategy?

Open Ended Essay

Many business schools ask open-ended questions, many of which are variations of, “I wish the admissions committee had asked me…” or, “What is a question that you wish we had asked?” The most common among these open-ended questions is the optional essay, where you really have free rein to discuss anything you feel is important… 

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Article by Judy Gruen / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, mba application essays, optional essay

August 23, 2022

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Full Scholarships Based on Financial Need Now Available at HBS

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Harvard Business School is now offering full scholarships based on financial need for approximately 10% of its MBA candidates, according to an August 16 article in the Wall Street Journal. The article also quoted Accepted founder and CEO Linda Abraham, who noted that scholarships covering the entire cost of tuition and fees for the neediest… 

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Article by Judy Gruen / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, MBA Financial Aid

August 14, 2022

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What Does It Take to Get Into Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton?

What It Takes HSW BLOG2

Are you the Harvard, Stanford, or Wharton “type?” Each year, Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton are flooded with applicants who have great experience and powerful stats. However, most are not the applicants these programs are looking for. If these elite programs are on your radar, you need to know if you will be considered a viable… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, mba webinar, optimize your mba admissions profile, Stanford GSB, Wharton

May 12, 2022

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Harvard Business School MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023], Class Profile

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HBS has not changed its essay question (one of my favorites) this year, BUT it has provided a word limit (900 words). Per Chad Losee, Director of HBS Admissions, the admissions staff hopes that “including a limit provides applicants with a little more direction and eliminates the stress about how much is too much to… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / 2023 MBA Applications, Harvard Business School, HBS Post Interview Reflections, MBA Class Profile

March 31, 2022

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U.S. News MBA Rankings 2023 [Full-Time & Part-Time]

2023 mba rankings us news

Chicago Booth and Wharton (University of Pennsylvania) share the #1 spotlight in U.S. News’ Best Business Schools of 2023 rankings, released March 29. The metrics for the rankings are based on career placement success, student excellence and qualitative assessments by experts. MBA rankings are studied voraciously by applicants, students, and alumni but remain controversial.  Notable changes… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth Tuck, Harvard Business School, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Part time MBA, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, US News, Wharton, Yale SOM

February 17, 2022

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Financial Times Ranks Wharton as #1 in 2022 Rankings

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The Financial Times has released its global rankings of the best MBA programs and has considerably shuffled the deck. Several top-ranked programs fell several notches, while others rose considerably. For the first time since 2011, Wharton has returned to its status as #1 in FT’s list.  Other programs that made giant strides in the rankings… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, HEC, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, SDA Bocconi, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Washington Foster School of Business, Washington Olin, Wharton, Yale SOM

November 17, 2021

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MBA Students Pay Off Student Loans Faster Than Other Grad Degrees

MBA Students Pay Off Loans Faster 2021

Most grad students take out student loans to finance their higher education and can end up saddled with debt running into hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time they graduate. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal student loan data for nearly 600 programs, graduates of approximately 98% of universities that offer… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth Tuck, Harvard Business School, MBA Financial Aid, MBA ROI, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, Wharton, Yale SOM

June 27, 2021

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Applying to HBS? Watch this Video First!

Get Accepted to Harvard Business School Watch Now 1

In our recent masterclass, Get Accepted to Harvard Business School, we shared must-have information about how to approach the elements of the HBS application in a way that will maximize your chances of acceptance. If you couldn’t join us, make sure you watch the recording of the session before you even consider getting started on… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, mba webinar

June 3, 2021

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What Harvard Business School Is Looking For: Engaged Community Citizenship

What is HBS looking for engaged community citizenship

This is the third post in our series, What HBS is Looking For. This is not about “community service” — it’s not about doing halo-worthy things in your free time. (Though neither Harvard Business School nor I will discourage that, and “engaged community citizenship” and “community service” certainly can overlap.) Community service is an activity… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, What HBS is Looking For

May 28, 2021

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What Harvard Business School Is Looking For: Analytical Aptitude and Appetite

What is HBS looking for analytical aptitude and appetite

This is the second post in our series, What HBS is Looking For. So, HBS wants “analytical aptitude and appetite.” Hardly a surprise. You might be tempted to simply skim that section of the website message without giving it much thought. Maybe it’s not as obvious as it sounds. Let’s break it down. Understanding the… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, What HBS is Looking For

May 25, 2021

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An MBA Success Story Reflects on His HBS Experience, 7 Years Later [Episode 419]

Podcast interview with Ben Faw

How can an MBA degree help an entrepreneur? [Show summary] Entrepreneur and Harvard Business School grad Ben Faw reflects on the value of his MBA and the role it played in his successful career. Why this serial entrepreneur feels his time at HBS was invaluable [Show notes] What happens to Harvard Business School MBAs after… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School, podcast

May 24, 2021

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What Harvard Business School Is Looking For: The Habit of Leadership

Harvard Business School Habit of Leadership

Thank you, Harvard Business School. That’s what applicants should think when they visit the program’s website and find “habit of leadership” on its “Who are we looking for?” admissions page. It’s common knowledge that HBS values leadership, but with this phrase, the adcom succinctly expresses how they view leadership – dynamic, deep, intrinsic, long-term. It’s… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / Harvard Business School, leadership, What HBS is Looking For

April 15, 2021

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U.S. News MBA Rankings 2022 [Full-Time & Part-Time]

U.S. News Announces 2022 Ranking of Best MBA Programs

The U.S. News 2023 ranking is now live! Click here to check it out >> U.S. News has just released its 2022 rankings of the best full-time and part-time MBA programs. The rankings are based on surveys sent out to the 486 business schools with master’s-level business programs in the US, accredited by AACSB International. … 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth Tuck, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, US News, Wharton, Yale SOM

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