This application is unchanged from last year. As applicants have done for the last few years when applying to Yale SOM, you need to make the most of its single required essay, but you also need to take the time to make every box in the application a homerun. They are not afterthoughts; your job…
NYU Stern MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022-2023], Class Profile
In addition to its traditional two-year, full-time MBA, NYU Stern offers a menu of options in graduate management education including a one-year Tech MBA and a one-year Fashion and Luxury Goods MBA. Stern MBA students can select up to three specializations or choose not to specialize at all. Ready to get to work on your…
Dartmouth Tuck MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023], Class Profile
Tuck has developed a very purposeful process focused on admitting people who meet its four criteria, summed up as: smart, accomplished, aware and encouraging. The criteria match my understanding of the Tuck community, and also are relatively easy to grasp. Once Tuck established and defined these criteria, it designed its application process to unearth the…
Columbia Business School MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023], Class Profile
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Columbia Business School changed its application a bit this cycle. It removed choice from the essays and is now requiring three essays as well as providing an optional question. Last year it required two essays with one optional, but you had a choice of topics in responding to the second question. Ready to get to…
Harvard Business School MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2022 – 2023], Class Profile
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…
Kellogg MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2021 – 2022], Class Profile
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If there is one theme I heard over and over during my interactions with Kellogg representatives, whether at AIGAC or on an Accepted podcast interview with Admissions Dean Kate Smith, it’s “intentionality.” They want to see it in you. They really want to understand why you’re making the choices that you are making. Keep that…
Stanford GSB MBA Application Essay Tips and Deadlines [2021 – 2022], Class Profile
In terms of its application, Stanford is once again re-using its essay questions. And there’s good reason for the recycling: Stanford has excellent questions that succinctly get to the heart of what Stanford wants to know about you. They are not easy questions to answer, but they are thoughtful, probing ones. A few years agp,…
MIT Sloan MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines [2021-2022], Class Profile
This year’s MIT Sloan MBA application, like most MIT applications in the last fifteen years, includes its signature cover letter and resume. It also retains the video component. If you are planning to apply to MIT Sloan in round 2, you need to get work asap. Below is must-know advice based on our experience helping…
Stanford MBA Class of 2023 Profile
Here’s a look at the Stanford Class of 2023, taken from the Stanford Graduate School of Business website: Applicants: 7,367 New students: 426 Women: 44% US students of color: 48% International students: 47% International student community is comprised of: DACA and otherwise undocumented in the US: 33% Dual citizens: 10% US permanent residents: 4% Countries…
Wharton MBA Class of 2023 Profile
Here is a look at the Wharton MBA Class of 2023, taken from the Wharton website: Applications: 7,338 Enrolled Class: 897 Female: 52% LGBTQ+ Students: 7% US Race/Ethnicity: White: 28% Asian American: 20% Black/African American: 8% Hispanic/Latinx: 7% Did not report: >1% Native American/Indigenous/ Native Alaskan: >1% International Students: 36% WATCH: International MBA Applicants and…
Chicago Booth Class of 2022 Profile
Here’s a look at the Chicago Booth Class of 2022, taken from the Chicago Booth website: Length of program: 21 months Accepted job offers within 3 months of graduation: 95.1% Student-led groups: 70+ Leadership effectiveness and development (LEAD): 1 required course Qualified work experience (summer internship or other): 1 required Concentrations: 13 Number of courses per quarter: 3–4 Class size: 621…
Berkeley Haas MBA Class of 2022 Profile
Here is a look at the UC Berkeley Haas MBA Class of 2022, taken from the Haas website. Class size: 331 Female: 39% Years of work experience: Average: 5.3 Middle 80% range: 3-8 U.S. minorities (Includes U.S. citizens and permanent residents who identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, or Multiethnic): 39% Underrepresented minorities (Includes…
Columbia Business School MBA Class Entering 2020 Profile
Here’s a look at the CBS MBA Class entering 2020, taken from the Columbia Business School website: Applications received: 6,971 Admissions: 1,130 Enrolled: 782, divided into 11 clusters January Entry class size: 211, divided into 3 clusters August Entry class size: 571, divided into 8 clusters GMAT scores (average): 726 GMAT scores (range): 580–780 GMAT…
