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July 31, 2020

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INSEAD MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines [2020 – 2021]

INSEAD MBA application essay tips and deadlines

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… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / 2021 MBA Applications, INSEAD

June 4, 2020

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EMBA: The Ultimate Guide for Applicants

EMBA: The Ultimate Guide for Applicants

So, you’re considering an EMBA? Congratulations on considering this next step in your educational and professional journey! Still, the road to an EMBA acceptance can be complicated and unwieldy – especially if you’ve been out of the school-loop for a long time. But on the plus side, I’ve worked with so many clients who have… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / EMBA, INSEAD, LBS EMBA, MIT Sloan EMBA, Northwestern Kellogg EMBA, Wharton EMBA

May 4, 2020

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From the Mouths of MBA Adcom Members: How to Get Accepted

Business school admissions directors speak about how to get accepted

Looking for the best possible admissions advice? How about admissions advice from the admission committee members themselves? Linda Abraham, founder of Accepted and host of the Admissions Straight Talk Podcast has a collection of highly enlightening interviews with directors of admissions and adcom members of top business schools! Listen in as Linda asks her adcom… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Georgetown McDonough, HEC, INSEAD, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, podcast, Rotman, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, Vanderbilt Business School, Wharton, Wharton-Lauder, Yale SOM

February 17, 2020

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Your INSEAD Roadmap

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Learn proven strategies for each part of the INSEAD application with our Get Accepted to INSEAD webinar! The webinar is presented by Accepted’s founder and president Linda Abraham, who will show you how to fit in AND stand out with your INSEAD application. Watch the webinar:

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February 4, 2020

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Financial Times Ranks Harvard as #1 in 2020 Global MBA Ranking

Financial Times ranks Harvard as #1 in 2020 global MBA rankings

Harvard Business School has taken the top spot away from Stanford Graduate School of Business in the Financial Times 2020 global MBA ranking.  Although the Financial Times ranking is designed to favor non-U.S. programs, 15 of the top 25 MBA programs are based in the U.S. This result comes despite the decline in applications to… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, ESADE, Financial Times, Harvard Business School, HEC, HKUST, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Rankings, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Oxford Said, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UVA Darden, Wharton, Yale SOM

January 31, 2020

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INSEAD MBA Criterion #1: Ability To Contribute

What INSEAD is Looking For - Ability to Contribute

This is the first post in a 4-part series that examines INSEAD MBA’s 4 admission criteria.  The adcom gives, as its first admission criterion, “ability to contribute.” I take the liberty to add: ability to contribute as a person of quality and substance. All the criteria involve factors such as insight, growth, connection with people… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / INSEAD, What INSEAD is Looking For

January 31, 2020

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INSEAD MBA Criterion #2: International Motivation

What INSEAD is Looking For - International Motivation

This is the second post in a 4-part series that examines INSEAD MBA’s 4 admission criteria.  Sure, international experience is a big plus for an INSEAD applicant. But the website says that they seek candidates with international motivation which, in their eyes, means having “perceptive insights into the complexities of business in an international setting.”… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / INSEAD, What INSEAD is Looking For

January 31, 2020

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INSEAD MBA Criterion #3: Academic Capacity

What INSEAD is Looking For - Academic Capacity

This is the third post in a 4-part series that examines INSEAD MBA’s 4 admission criteria.  The operative word in this criterion is capacity. This word conveys the adcom’s perspective on the academic component of the application: it’s dynamic, focusing on how you can grow and perform and achieve academically going forward. The only way for the adcom… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / INSEAD, What INSEAD is Looking For

January 29, 2020

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How to Get Accepted to INSEAD?

Watch our free webinar, Get Accepted to INSEAD!

INSEAD is the “Business School For The World.” But is it the business school for you?  If you’re an internationally-minded leader, you could be on your way to a first-class international MBA program – but first, you need to show the admissions committee that you belong. To help you understand what the INSEAD adcom is… 

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January 22, 2020

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Applying to INSEAD? Read This!

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INSEAD’s intense, international MBA is one of the top-ranked graduate business programs in the world. Do you have what it takes to get accepted? The first step to crafting an effective application strategy for INSEAD is understanding what the admissions committee is looking for as they read and evaluate. How can you show INSEAD you’re… 

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December 30, 2019

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INSEAD MBA Criterion #4: Leadership Potential

What INSEAD is Looking For - Leadership Potential

This is the last post in a 4-part series that examines INSEAD MBA’s admission criteria.  What is leadership potential? INSEAD is not unique among MBA programs in desiring leadership potential in applicants. All do. It is unique in how it characterizes leadership and leadership potential. The adcom has a two-pronged view of leadership: factual (what you did, your… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / INSEAD, leadership, What INSEAD is Looking For

December 23, 2019

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INSEAD Announces Opening of First Permanent North American Facility

INSEAD Announces Opening of North American Campus

According to their website, INSEAD will be opening the INSEAD San Francisco Hub for Business Innovation in 2020. The downtown San Francisco facility will join campuses in Europe (Fontainebleau), Asia (Singapore), and the Middle East (Abu Dhabi), ensuring INSEAD’s position as a global program. Students at INSEAD’s San Francisco program will benefit from INSEAD’s decades… 

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December 16, 2019

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Big Changes in Economist 2019 MBA Rankings

Big changes in Economist 2019 MBA Rankings

  Chicago’s Booth School of Business remaining at the top of The Economist’s ranking of the world’s top MBA programs for the second year in a row is only one of a few stable things in this year’s ranking, according to the Poets & Quants website. This is the seventh time Booth has taken the… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Georgia Tech Scheller, Harvard Business School, HEC, IESE, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, SDA Bocconi, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, UVA Darden, Warwick, Washington Foster School of Business, Wharton, Yale SOM

November 15, 2019

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Top MBA Programs for Entrepreneurs

Top MBA Programs for Entrepreneurs

Poets & Quants has just released their inaugural rankings for the top MBA programs for entrepreneurs, and Washington University’s Olin Business School tops the list. 20.7% of its graduates from 2016-2018 launched companies within three months of graduation, and has a whopping $1 million in annual funding available for student entrepreneurs. By comparison, the second… 

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Article by Jen Weld / MBA Admissions / Babson, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Emory Goizueta, entrepreneurship, ESADE, Georgetown McDonough, Harvard Business School, Indiana Kelley, INSEAD, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, researching mba programs, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, UT McCombs, UVA Darden, Washington Olin, Wharton, Yale SOM

October 30, 2019

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INSEAD Master’s in Management (MIM) Essay Questions, Tips & Deadlines [2019 – 2020]

INSEAD 2019-2020 MIM application essay tips and deadlines

One of the top European business schools has this year joined the MIM market. Enter stage right INSEAD with its new Master in Management. Currently accepting applications for its 2020 intake, INSEAD’s entry into the pre-experience market is a signal that there’s not only a demand for this early career degree, but there’s much traditionally… 

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Article by Jamie Wright / MBA Admissions / INSEAD, Masters in Management

September 26, 2019

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Forbes 2019 Best Business Schools: Booth Tops the List

Forbes Releases 2019 Best Business Schools Rankings

Forbes has released its 2019 rankings of full-time MBA programs in the U.S. and one-year programs internationally. These rankings are based on responses from more than 100 schools and 17,500 alumni around the world. Graduates’ earnings in their first five years after graduation from business school were compared to their opportunity cost, which gave Forbes… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, ESADE, Forbes, Harvard, IESE, IMD, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Oxford Said, Stanford GSB, Wharton

June 1, 2019

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INSEAD Announces New 10-Month Master’s in Management (MiM) Program

INSEAD Announces New 10-Month Master in Management (MIM) Program

INSEAD has announced an innovative 10-month, full-time MiM program, designed to develop the next generation of leaders in business to be able to successfully navigate the rapidly evolving business environment. According to Urs Peyer, Dean of Degree Programmes at INSEAD, “By engaging talented young people, the MiM will contribute to the INSEAD mission to develop… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / INSEAD, Masters in Management, mba news

February 24, 2019

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INSEAD MBA Class Profile [Class of 2020]

INSEAD Class Profile

Here’s an inside look at who makes up INSEAD’s entering 2018-2019 class. Data taken from the INSEAD website. Applications received: 2000+ Admits: 600 Average student age: 29 Nationalities: 94 Women: 33% Average GMAT: 709 Percent with GRE: 2% Average work experience: 6 years Breakdown of Undergraduate Majors: Business administration 34% Engineering 29% Economics 11% Sciences… 

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January 2, 2019

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B-Schools That Rank for Landing Jobs in Investment Banking

schools that rank for investment banking hiring

When looking to fill investment banking positions, top firms tend to direct their searches towards cream of the crop universities. Here are the top b-schools you should be looking at to give yourself the best chance of getting hired after graduation, according to the latest eFinancialCareers findings. * For a complete list of the top… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, finance, Harvard Business School, HEC, INSEAD, investment banking, London Business School, Masters in Finance, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Yale SOM

December 5, 2018

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Tips for Applying to European B-Schools

Applying to a European MBA program isn’t quite the same as applying to an American program. The programs themselves often have a different focus than U.S. schools, and adcoms therefore look out for different skills and qualifications. I’d like to direct you to the following resources on our website – blog posts that focus specifically… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / ESADE, European B-Schools, HEC, HKUST, IMD, INSEAD, international student, London Business School, NUS, Oxford Said

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