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The Biggest Application Essay Mistake [Video]
What is the very worst thing you could possibly do in your application essays? Watch Linda’s answer and add your own comments below: Accepted.com ~ Helping You Write Your Best
What is Accepted?
So, what does Accepted actually do? Here is the short answer: For more information about how we can help you get accepted, drop us an email at onlinesupport@accepted.com, explore our About Us section to get to know our expert admissions consultants, and check out our A-Z admissions services. Accepted.com ~ Helping You Write Your Best
How Can I Get Accepted to Stanford GSB?
Stanford GSB is the most competitive MBA program in the United States. Before you apply, make sure you really know what Stanford is looking for – and how to show the adcom that you’ve got it. Looking for advice on how to write the Stanford application essays? Check out our Stanford GSB 2015 MBA Essay…
MBA Rankings: Why Should I Care?
In March, U.S. News released its Best Business Schools Ranking. The big question that follows, of course, is: “So what?” Check out Linda’s 1-minute answer to find out why the rankings matter (and if they matter at all). We’d love to hear your thoughts about the value of b-school rankings. Just leave us a comment below to…
4 MBA Resume Tips [Short Video]
This is a must-see for all MBA applicants! Linda Abraham shares four MBA resume tips that you simply need to know before you submit your application! Do you need help putting together a stand-out MBA resume? Check out our Admissions Resume Services and work one-on-one with an expert advisor who will help you create a…
Stanford GSB MBA Applicant? Watch this!
Thanks to MBA Podcaster for updating its Stanford video with my tips for this year’s essay questions. For one-on-one guidance through the Stanford MBA application process, please check out Accepted.com’s Stanford Application Package or our other MBA essay editing and MBA admissions consulting packages. Accepted.com ~ Helping You Write Your Best
7 Signs an Experience Belongs in Your Application Essay
You have a lifetime of experiences. Which should you include in your application essays or personal statement? How do you choose? The more of the seven signposts of significance discussed in this video that an experience has, the more it merits a place in your critical essay. Accepted.com ~ Helping You Write Your Best
Optional Essays: When and How to Write Them
In this short video, Linda Abraham explores the two kinds of optional essays, who should write them, and what should go into them. Don’t miss the crucial warning at the end. Related Resources: • 5 Fatal Flaws to Avoid in Your Application Essays, a free guide • How to Edit Your Application Essays, a podcast…
4 Great MBA Admission Interview Resources
It’s that time of year. MBA interview invitations are going out. I just want to highlight my favorite free MBA interview resources for you: MBA Interview Feedback Database Review feedback from your interviewing school. Know what to expect. Then pay it forward by sharing your interview experience. MBA Interview Prep: How to Ace Your Interviews…
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!
Epidemic Among Applicants!
Your personal statements, application essays, and statements of purpose are suffering. It’s serious. And could be fatal to your application. This latest epidemic of vacuous, declarative sentences that either state the obvious or make non-credible claims has reached epic proportions in applicant essays, personal statements, and statements of purpose. The cure? Substance and specifics. Stories…
MBA Admissions: Thoughts on Chicago 2
I find Chicago 2, a new question this year, to be a thought provoking one. It asks: “At Chicago Booth, we believe each individual has his or her own leadership style. How has your family, culture, and/or environment influenced you as a leader?” In a recent Eye on Admissions video, which I have also…
MBA Admissions: Research the B-Schools
Get your goals. Study the schools. Evaluate your qualifications. Check off the items on this list, and you will be ready to choose your target programs and begin work on those applications. Skip any of these steps, and your MBA applications will be weaker. This video, Explore MBA Programs from Accepted’s Eye on Admissions…
Hone Your MBA Admissions Goals!
“Begin with the end in mind” intones Stephen Covey, management guru. Indeed a solid MBA goal should drive many of the decisions surrounding your MBA application and education. Watch this video, Hone Your MBA Admissions Goals from Accepted’s Eye on Admissions series, to explore the essential components of a compelling MBA goal and acquire…
Reminder for Your Resume
Some of you are gung ho, chomping at the bit. You’re raring to start your MBA applications for 2012.You have your GMAT, know what schools you are targeting. You’re good to go. BUT, most 2012 MBA applications are not out yet. What can you do now? Work on your MBA resume, frequently the first…
4 To-Do’s for Accepted Grad School Applicants
Should you kick back on a beach? Or go for a latte with a colleague? Find out why both may be in order in this video from Eye on Admissions where Linda Abraham outlines four action items that should be on the to-do lists of all accepted graduate school applicants matriculating this fall?.
MBA Admissions Interviews: Behavioral AND Qualitative Questions
Even though behavioral questions have been used for the last several years, since “WhartonLeaks” broke in November and Wharton promptly moved away from exclusive use of the leaked questions, applicants have wondered if they should prepare for behavioral questions or the more general, qualitative questions that had been the backbone of MBA admissions interviews for…
Two Steps to Showing Commitment in Your Executive MBA Application
An essential element of your executive MBA application (and most other school-specific applications) is demonstrating commitment to the program. For EMBA programs, commitment requires the ability to meet the demands of the EMBA along with your other responsibilities. Completing these two steps in your application enables you to demonstrate that commitment: Show knowledge of the…
Strengths and Weakness Essays: Turning Lemons into Lemonade
At least three MBA programs, including INSEAD — the focus of this video — and several medical secondary applications ask about strengths and weaknesses. The weakness part of the question bedevils applicants. Everyone squirms when they have to write about their flaws, especially when striving to present their qualifications and strengths. In this video, I…
