Today’s guest is Melissa Rapp, Director of Admissions – Full Time MBA & MSMS Programs at the Kellogg School of Management. Melissa has an extensive background in communications and admissions. She joined Kellogg in 2012 as Assistant Director of PT MBA admissions. She became the Director of Admissions for the PT MBA in 2015 and…
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Kellogg 2016 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
In September 2014, Kellogg “rebranded” itself and adopted a more concrete (and in my opinion better) mission statement: “Inspiring growth.” The video below explores and clarifies this mission as well as the values Kellogg holds dear. I highly recommend that you watch it to grasp Kellogg’s fundamental principles. A couple of key takeaways from the video: Kellogg seeks individuals…
Catching Up with Vandana About Kellogg, Apple & International Applicant Tips
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Vandana Sathpathy, a student at Northwestern Kellogg. (We first met Vandana last year – you can read our first interview with her here.) Accepted: Last we spoke,…
Putting Learning Above All: A Talk with Rohan from Kellogg
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Rohan Rajiv, a student at Northwestern Kellogg. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? …
The GMAT is Slipping and So are Applications
Good news for b-school applicants: There has been a decline in business school applications. While that might not mean that getting into MBA programs has gotten easier, it does mean that the median GMAT score has been lowered. Poets and Quants (“GMAT Scores Slip At Many Top Schools”) did an analysis of the median GMAT…
Kellogg Brings Back Entrepreneurship Specialist
Linda Darragh has been appointed executive director of the Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice and the Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Darragh had worked at Kellogg, as part of its entrepreneurship team, from 1999 to 2005. She then worked at the University of…
New Accelerated Part-Time MBA at Kellogg
In addition to their traditional Part-Time MBA Program, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern is now offering an Accelerated Part-Time Option. This new option caters to those who have fulfilled certain requirements as undergrads or graduates and can jump straight to the more advanced courses needed for an MBA. The Accelerated Option provides flexibility: Students…
A Hollywood Pro Finds her Niche at Kellogg
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Jackie, a student at Northwestern Kellogg. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Jackie:…
MBA/MMM Kellogg Interview with Shriansh: Explaining What Makes Kellogg, Kellogg
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Shriansh Shrivastava, a student at Northwestern Kellogg’s joint MBA/Masters in Design Innovation program. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where…
Kellogg 2015 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
In September 2014, Kellogg “rebranded” itself and moved away from the more obscure “Think Bravely,” which was difficult to wrap your mind around. It’s returning to its traditional core values or at least to a more concrete mission: “Inspiring growth.” The video below explores and clarifies this mission as well as the values Kellogg holds dear….
Kellogg 2014 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
Our 2015 Application Essay Tips for Kellogg are Now Live! Click Here to Check Them Out! While this year Kellogg changed its MBA application less than it did last year, it too has cut word limits and it also removed its one short-answer question. There may be short answers as part of the online application,…
Kellogg 2013 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
The 2014 Kellog tips are now available. Click here to check them out! The Kellogg application essays have been released. And there are lots of changes. As with so many schools this season, Kellogg has reduced the total word count. In addition it has changed all its questions significantly, reflecting the leadership of Dean Blount. 2013…
Kellogg MBA Admissions Director Interview Available Online
Thank you Jennifer Hayes, Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Kellogg, and Erik Mazmanian, a second-year student at Kellogg, for an excellent Q&A about life and admissions at Northwestern Kellogg. Jennifer and Erik covered a wide range of topics, including the following advice on how to avoid some common Kellogg application mistakes: Linda Abraham: What…