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MBA Essay Questions: The Jokers
What should you do if you have to answer a question with no question? No guidelines? No direction?It’s wide open. You have wildcard. A joker. Watch this video to learn how best to play that colorful card. Have more questions about writing great MBA essays? Review MBA Essay 101!
London Business School Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We had an excellent Q&A last week with Mary Ferreira, Karen Benge, and Payal Patel from the London Business School. The excerpt below provides an insider look at how the adcom readers determine fit, especially when it comes to how applicants relate their career goals in their essays. Linda Abraham: Do you look for students…
2011 London Business School Admissions Director Interview Posted
We’d like to extend a hearty thank you to the London Business School representatives who helped make our recent Masters in Management Admissions Q&A a huge success. We discussed a wide range of topics, including London Business School admissions policies, the differences between the MiM and the MBA programs, student life, scholarships, and more….
Indian School of Business: Thoughts After My Visit to Hyderabad
Teeming, packed, noisy streets connecting the serene, sprawling, park-like campuses of Infosys and the Indian School of Business. Slum hovels just yards/meters away from beautiful apartment buildings. These are a few of the images from the busy three days I, and roughly 16 other MBA admissions consultants, spent in Hyderabad, India as guests of the…
LBS Sloan Fellows Guru Interview
During my recent visit to London, I spent the morning at London Business School. I have several posts worth of thoughts and material. The first one will focus on the Sloan Fellows program at LBS. I spoke interviewed Balbir Guru, Recruitment and Admissions Manager, Sloan and Executive MBA Although I am presenting our conversation in…
Interview with Peter Johnson London Business School Masters in Finance
During my recent visit to London, I spent the morning at London Business School. I have several posts worth of thoughts and material This is the first in a series of post stemming from my recent visit to London Business School. During my visit I interviewed Peter Johnson, Senior Admissions Manager, Masters in Finance. Although…
London Business School 2011 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
This London Business School 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 https://blog.accepted.com/acceptedcom_blog/tag/2011-mba-application-tips. My tips for answering LBS’s essay questions are in red below. London Business School 2011 MBA…
London Business School 2010 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
UPDATE- THE TIPS FOR LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL’S 2011 MBA APPLICATION ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE. PLEASE POST QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE NEW POST. London Business School 2010 MBA Essay Questions My comments are in red. The Admissions Committee will consider carefully your answers to the following questions. Please complete all of the essay questions beginning…
The European MBA Alternative
Mobility has long been a by-word for MBA graduates, so amidst the current economic woes and uncertain MBA job market, more and more applicants are considering an MBA outside the US. In fact, a study this month by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shows that a growing number of students believe they will find better…
London’s Zoe McLoughlin: Finance from Admissions Perspective
Part of an ongoing series “MBA in Finance: Forget It?” My question: Given the weakness in investment banking, hedge funds, and financial services in general how does LBS react to applicants who say that want an MBA to enter IB, PE, or a related field that has been devastated by the economic downturn? Is the reaction, “What planet have you been on?”…
Chats: Yale, Wharton, INSEAD
We are excited to host Yale School of Management and its representatives this Thursday September 25 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. Our guests will be: Bruce Delmonico, Director of Admissions Shelley Clifford, Deputy Director of Admissions Keith Morriss, Yale SOM Class of 2009 Please join us to learn more about Yale’s innovative…
See India In Your Future? Get Money for an MBA in Hyberadad!
Think you’re up against tough odds to get into a top MBA program? In India, over 200,000 applicants vie for 1600 spots at the country’s elite MBA schools—the IIMs (Indian Institute of Management). These programs aren’t ranked internationally. They mostly serve as a launching ground for Indian engineering students who seek management and finance exposure….
Rotterdam School of Management Has New Dean
From RSM’s announcement: Effective 16 January 2008, the Executive Board of Erasmus University Rotterdam has named George S. Yip as the new Dean of RSM Erasmus University. He will be succeeding Prof.dr. Han van Dissel, who, on 1 September 2007, became Managing Director of the European Centre for Executive Development (CEDEP) in France. In the…
MBA Admissions Chats Past and Future: Consortium, LBS, Haas, and INSEAD
We have two large chats planned for this week and are adding a couple of excellent new transcripts from recent chats. First the upcoming chats: The Consortium has put together an impressive group of career services professionals to answer your questions tomorrow December 11 at 5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET during an online chat in…
MBA Admissions Chats This Week: London Business School, CMU
Accepted.com is hosting two MBA admissions chats this week. London Business School Monday Oct. 15 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. David Simpson, Acting Associate Dean, Full-time MBA Programme, and several representatives from LBS’ career services and admissions along with members of the London Business School Class of ’08 will attend. There will…
London Business School 2008 MBA Essays, Deadlines, & Tips
UPDATE- THE TIPS FOR THE LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL 2009 MBA APPLICATION ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE- PLEASE POST QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE NEW POST. London Business School posted its 2008 MBA essay questions on Monday. Its submission and notification dates are still under review. I’ll add them when they are available. The questions are unchanged…
Stanford Sloan Master Program: Q&A with Dr. Bruce McKern, Director
Last week I had the pleasure of talking to Dr. Bruce McKern, Director of the Stanford Sloan Master’s Program. If you are a manager with more than eight years of impressive professional growth and interested in accelerating that growth by studying for a Masters of Science in Management, then you should be very interested in…
Q&A with Lyn Hoffman, Associate Dean of the Sloan Fellows Program at London Business School
How much experience do you like to see in applicants to the Sloan Fellows Program? The range of experience among the Sloan Fellows at London Business School is 8 – 22 years. The average amount of full-time work experience is 15 years, and the average age is 38-39. This program is about both seniority and…
Q&A with Stephen Sacca, Director MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership
Aug. 4, 2010: We just posted a new interview with MIT Sloan Fellows’ Director Stephen Sacca. Please read the updated post because it has current information. Last week I had the pleasure of talking to Stephen Sacca, Director of the MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership about the Sloan Fellows Program. If…
