You’ll be applying to b-school this fall, aiming for the Round 1 deadlines. You may also be working full-time, juggling a few other responsibilities, and perhaps trying to hike up that GMAT score. You really don’t have time to spare. So let’s get down to business and start crossing items off your application to-do list…
4 Things To Do If You Can’t Define Your MBA Goals
Top MBA programs are looking for candidates who’ve got their heads on straight and have a clear idea of how a business degree will help shape their futures. It’s for this reason that the MBA goals essay is such an important element in the b-school application. So what do you do if you don’t know…
Final Miscellany – Plan B, Research, Professional Support
I will wrap up this series with a few miscellaneous points. Plan B Think you’re done with MBA goals? Think again… In the current global economic volatility, having a Plan B for your immediate post-MBA goal can be not only good planning for you, but also enhance your goal essay’s credibility. It’s particularly important if…
Write an MBA Goals Essays that Turns the Adcom into Your Cheerleaders!
By following the advice in the previous post you can create goals that are clear, credible, and convincing, but they won’t necessarily be exciting. They won’t make the adcom reader think as she reads, “Wow, it would be great if he could do that!” And this latter reaction is really what the goals essay should…
Why Write a Series About MBA Goals?
A few years ago, in the good old days when Wharton still offered feedback to rejected applicants, I talked with a potential client who happened to be reapplying to Wharton. I asked him whether he’d obtained feedback on his application, and he said yes. Well? “Actually they said they really liked my application. They said I…
6 Ways to Prepare for Your Compelling MBA Goals Essay
Most schools ask why you want an MBA and why you want it from this school. And really, even if they didn’t ask you, you should still ask yourself. Before you invest the time and money in an MBA, you should know the answers to those questions. It’s not “just” an admissions question. When you…
The Importance of Defining Your MBA Goal
Goals are not an afterthought in MBA admissions. They are front and center in the minds of many admissions directors. Put them front and center in your mind as you prepare to apply. What is an MBA Goal? A goal is something you want to do (not just study), and for MBA admissions purposes it should relate…
MBA Admissions Advice for Career Changers
As an IT consultant, how do you know equities research is the right career for you? How do you know you can handle the hours, the more Darwinian industry and company culture, the stress of having a pivotal impact on huge investment decisions? The MBA applicant pursuing career change carries a burden spared other applicants:…
What Your Work Experience Reveals About You in Your MBA Application
Work experience is important because of what it reveals about you in terms of your character, maturity, and abilities. Even if your GPA and GMAT/GRE scores are spectacular, your work experience still needs to impress the admissions readers. Post-college employment reveals that you have “grown-up” experience in taking direction, meeting deadlines and working in teams. These…
What is a Goal? (And What is Not)
Let’s start by talking about what ISN’T a goal. When an applicant says something along the lines of: “I’m interested in investment banking or consulting or marketing,” then I know there’s significant work to be done, because THIS is NOT a goal. A strong, clear MBA goal should guide your admissions research and your choice…
What You Must Know Before Meeting Admissions Directors
Goals are not an afterthought in MBA admissions. They are front and center in the minds of many admissions directors. Put them front and center in your mind as you prepare to apply. Coming to MBA events with a clear goal will make you a much more appealing candidate to business schools. What’s An MBA…
Goal Setting as an Entrepreneur
I always ask my clients to state their long and short-term goals for me on our first meeting. Eighty percent of the time I hear the response, “I want to be an entrepreneur.” So I begin to peel away at the onion. • What problem is your business going to solve? • Why is it different than…
MBA Admissions: INSEAD and Marketing
A quick glance at INSEAD: INSEAD currently ranks in second place in Businessweek’s full-time global MBA rankings and in sixth place according to The Financial Times (2013). INSEAD Class of 2014 Profile Key facts: • Average age – 29 years old • Average years work experience – 5 years • Average GMAT score – 702 • Total number of…
London Business School & Finance
A quick glance at London Business School: LBS currently ties for first place as the best international business school in the world (alongside Chicago Booth in the U.S.), according to Bloomberg Businessweek (2012) and fourth place in the world by The Financial Times (2013). London Business School’s Class of 2013 This year’s graduating class had…
MBA Admissions: Duke Fuqua & Marketing
A quick glance at Duke Fuqua: Fuqua currently ranks in 12th place as one of the best business schools, according to US News & World Report (March 2012). It is ranked in third place for marketing. Duke Fuqua’s Class of 2014 and Marketing The class of 2014 Daytime MBA class size is 432 students with…
What’s New in MBA Admissions? A Report from the 6th Annual AIGAC Conference [Part 2]
Five Accepted.com editors, including company president and founder Linda Abraham, attended the 6th annual conference of Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants in Philadelphia in mid-June. We were graciously hosted by Wharton on day two, and on day one, we met with admissions directors from a dozen top MBA programs who told us about the…
MBA Admissions: Columbia Business School & Management
A quick glance at Columbia Business School: Columbia currently ranks in eighth place as one of the best business schools, according to US News & World Report (March 2012). It is ranked in ninth place for management. Columbia’s Class of 2014 and Management 5409 people applied to Columbia Business School; 741 applicants were accepted. The middle…
Getting Your MBA Goals in Shape
Knowing they’ll have to write essays about their goals, most b-school applicants have identified their goals prior to starting the application process. But I’ve found that “identified” often has a very narrow scope, too narrow to effectively serve the purpose of the essays. With some moderate effort now, you can flesh out your goals message…
MBA 2014 – READY, SET, GO!
It’s not even spring yet. So why am I nagging you to get moving on your MBA application prep? Not just because those Round 1 deadlines creep up with wicked stealth and speed (last year, HBS broke the September barrier). But also because there is so much you can still do between now and then…
MBA Admissions: NYU Stern & Media/Entertainment
NYU Stern currently ranks in 11th place as one of the best business schools, according to US News & World Report (March 2012). It is known for having a particularly strong media and entertainment track. Stern’s Class of 2014 and Media/Entertainment 3907 people applied to NYU Stern in 2012; the entering class size was 389….
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