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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

September 4, 2022

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The Consortium Application: Tips for Your CGSM Essays [2022 – 2023]

Consortium Tips 2022 2023

Are you committed to increasing diversity and inclusion of underrepresented populations in education and business? If so, applying to MBA programs through The Consortium of Graduate Study in Management might be for you. Besides the opportunity to receive a full-tuition scholarship to one of the top MBA programs, Consortium fellows get to enjoy the benefits… 

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Article by Esmeralda Cardenal / MBA Admissions / 2023 MBA Applications, Consortium, diversity, MBA Financial Aid, underrepresented mba applicants

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 2, 2022

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Applying to the Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program: Everything You Need to Know [2022 – 2023]

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Everything you need to know about the Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program Overview: What is the KHS Program? Who is eligible to apply? Unique application deadlines and procedures KHS Acceptance Rate Application elements: Resume Recommendation letters Institutional letter of endorsement Short answer questions Essay question Video statement What is the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program? The Stanford Knight–Hennessy… 

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Article by Rebecca Lippman / Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / Grad Financial Aid, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, Stanford GSB, Stanford Law, Stanford MSx, Stanford University School of Medicine

June 21, 2022

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Empowering International Students with the Financing for Grad Ed [Episode 475]

Sasha Ramani May 2022

How can an international student pay for grad school in the U.S. or Canadian graduate education? [Show Summary] MPOWER Financing has changed the graduate education financing industry by offering international students loans with no collateral or co-signer requirement. Sasha Ramani, the Associate Director of Corporate Strategy explains how they do this responsibly and shares his… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions, Other Healthcare Admissions / Grad Financial Aid, Harvard Kennedy School, international student, Law Financial Aid, Masters in Public Policy, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, podcast

June 9, 2022

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The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Application Essay Tips

The Paul Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Application Essay Tips

Paul Soros was often overshadowed by his younger brother, financial wizard George Soros, but he was a successful businessman and multi-millionaire in his own right. In contrast to George Soros’s success in the financial industry, Paul Soros made his mark on the world by innovating in the shipping industry, filing patents, and winning several engineering… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / diversity, Grad Financial Aid, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid

March 29, 2022

Reading Time: 17 minutes

Elissa Sangster, CEO of the Forte Foundation, Returns for AST’s 10th Anniversary [Episode 463]

Elissa Sangster Feb 2022

A peek into what change the Forte Foundation is implementing [Show Summary] In honor of Admissions Straight Talk’s 10th anniversary episode, our first ever guest is back. Elissa Sangster is the CEO of the Forte Foundation which is at the forefront of increasing female representation in the business world – from the classroom to the… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / diversity, Forte, leadership, MBA Financial Aid, MBA Interview, podcast, underrepresented mba applicants

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

March 19, 2021

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Applying for Your MBA Through The Consortium: Best Deal in Town

Applying for your MBA through the Consortium

Our consultants receive a lot of questions from clients about applying to MBA programs through The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. I’ve heard myths flying around that suggest that applying to one (or more) of the 20 Consortium schools through The Consortium’s application is disadvantageous. But as the former director at two Consortium schools,… 

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Article by Natalie Grinblatt / MBA Admissions / CMU Tepper, Columbia Business School, Consortium, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, diversity, Emory Goizueta, Georgetown McDonough, Indiana Kelley, MBA Financial Aid, McCombs, Michigan Ross, NYU Stern, Rice Jones, Rochester Simon, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, underrepresented mba applicants, USC Marshall, UT McCombs, UVA Darden, Washington Foster School of Business, Washington Olin, Wisconsin School of Business, Yale SOM

February 14, 2021

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Kellogg Receives Transformative Gift to Accelerate Women Leaders

Kellogg receives transformative gift to accelerate women leaders

Kellogg alumna Ann M. Drake ’84 has made a transformative gift to establish the Drake Scholar Network, according to the Kellogg website. This formal, global network will emphasize Kellogg’s long-term dedication to educating future female business leaders by fostering powerful, intergenerational connections between women students, faculty, and alumnae. In the words of Dean Francesca Cornelli,… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / diversity, MBA Financial Aid, Northwestern Kellogg

December 8, 2020

Reading Time: 11 minutes

What the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Can Do for MBA Applicants [Episode 395]

Podcast interview with Danni Young

Learn about The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, and how it can help YOU gain acceptance at a top business school. [Show summary] Danni Young, Director of Recruiting for the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, breaks down how the Consortium helps hundreds of students from target populations get accepted to top MBA programs… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, MBA Admissions / Consortium, diversity, MBA Financial Aid, podcast, underrepresented mba applicants

September 24, 2020

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$10 Million Gift to Wharton Creates Full-Tuition MBA Fellowships for Israeli Students

10 Million Gift to Wharton Creates Full Tuition MBA Fellowships for Israeli Students scaled

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Wharton Dean Erika H. James announced the establishment of a new fellowship that will provide full-tuition financial support to Israeli students attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The Friends of Israel MBA Fund was established with a $10 million pledge from Wharton alumnus Yuri Milner… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / international student, MBA Financial Aid, Wharton

December 10, 2019

Reading Time: 7 minutes

Entrepreneurship at HBS: How Stride will Help You Fund Your Future [Episode 341]

Podcast interview with Tess Michaels

Learn about HBS 2+2 from Tess Michaels, entrepreneur and HBS 2+2 student [Show Summary] Stride Funding is an innovative start-up that is revolutionizing student financing with income share arrangements instead of traditional student loans. Today Linda talks to Tess Michaels, founder of Stride Funding, and second-year student at Harvard Business School who joined the class… 

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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, HBS 2+2, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, paying for med school, podcast

September 19, 2019

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Yale’s School of Management Increases Financial Aid to Veterans

Yales SOM increases financial aid to veterans

According to Yale Daily News, the School of Management is the first private business school in the U.S. to provide a complete subsidy for tuition and fees to eligible vets admitted to the MBA program. Eligible vets must have had at least three years of service besides any service that paid for their undergrad education… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / MBA Financial Aid, military applicants, Yale SOM

June 2, 2019

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How to Leverage an HBS Education: The Story of LeverEdge [Episode 313]

Podcast interview with Nikhil Agarwal Chris Abkarians

How to leverage an HBS education: The story of LeverEdge [Show Summary] Do you want to save money on your student loans? Interested in earning an MBA with entrepreneurship as your goal? Considering Harvard Business School as the place to earn that degree? Pull up a chair, or at least plug in your ear buds…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / b-school life, entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, Med Financial Aid, podcast

May 7, 2019

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Stanford Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowship Application Essay Tips

Stanford Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowship

Indian students considering applying to the Stanford MBA program should check out the Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowship. The scholarship covers approximately 80% of the Stanford MBA tuition and fees for up to five Indian students to attend Stanford GSB. The top 50 finalists for the Fellowship will even receive a break on applying – submitting Stanford’s… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / MBA Admissions / MBA Financial Aid, Stanford GSB

May 6, 2019

Reading Time: 9 minutes

Schwarzman Scholars: For Global Leaders Interested in China [Episode 267]

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Gaining Leadership Skills & In-Depth Knowledge of China through the Schwarzman Scholars’ Program [Show Summary] Dr. Rob Garris, Global Director of Admissions for the Schwarzman Scholars Program, discusses the Schwarzman Scholars’ program and admissions policies. Through the program, participants from around the world earn a Masters in Global Affairs at Tsingua University in Beijing. The entire… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Grad Financial Aid, international student, MBA Financial Aid, podcast, Schwarzman Scholars

January 30, 2019

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We Can Help You Pay for Graduate School!

10.24.18 Prodigy Finance Webinar Blog Watch

While we’re not offering to foot the bill for you (sorry!), we are more than happy to share advice on how you can pay for graduate school abroad. Check out the recording of our recent webinar, How to Fund Your International Graduate Degree, during which Prodigy Finance’s Zack Hirschfeld discusses the steps you need to… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Grad Financial Aid, international student, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, mba webinar, prodigy finance, webinar

October 17, 2018

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How to Understand the Relationship Between CoA and Visa Applications

The Relationship Between CoA and Visa Applications

You may have heard that you shouldn’t worry about financing until you get accepted. And, to some extent that’s true; the first hurdle is achieving that admit. But that doesn’t mean you should ignore the financing side of the admissions process – you’ll need to face it at some point, and the earlier you begin,… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Grad Financial Aid, international student, Law Financial Aid, MBA Financial Aid, prodigy finance

October 17, 2018

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International Student Financing Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make

International student financing mistakes you dont want to make

While you’ll spend a lot of your pre-study time preparing your applications, it’s never too early to cast an eye on your finances. They’re a big part of international study and it’s easy to become confused or – even or worse – backed into a corner you don’t want to be in. A little time… 

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