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Admissions Advice for MBA Management Consulting Applicants

Are you a practicing management consultant applying to business school? If so, you have several advantages over the general applicant. Mainly, your success as a consultant reveals that your work ethic, analytical abilities, and teamwork skills are probably better than most people’s. As a result, MBA programs will likely give you the benefit of the …

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Ensuring You Stand Out as an Overrepresented MBA Applicant

When I was an admissions director attending MBA fairs and visiting companies to recruit candidates for our program, I often got questions about how a candidate can stand out in the business school applicant pool. Whether they were in consulting, banking, the military, or IT engineering, most of the applicants who approached me were worried …

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Admissions Tip: Be Yourself!

Psst! How would you like to know the one thing that admissions committee members really want from applicants? Here it is: they wish – sometimes they even dream – that applicants would stop writing what they imagine the adcom wants to hear. Instead, they want candidates to just be themselves, presented articulately, of course. We …

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Three Challenges Asian Applicants Must Overcome When Applying to Business School

One of my favorite times of the year when I worked at London Business School was the applicant recruiting and interview season. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel across Asia, meeting prospective candidates and interviewing applicants. In addition to thoroughly enjoying exploring India and Greater China over the years, I found these …

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Applying to U.S. Business Schools from Europe, Asia, the Middle East [Episode 467]

MICHELLE STOCKMAN March 2022

[powerpress] What international applicants to U.S. business schools need to know [Show Summary] Michelle Stockman has a Master’s in Journalism, 15 years of experience as an Accepted admissions consultant, and has lived all around the world. Bridging all of these experiences, Michelle gives her tips for international students applying to U.S. MBA programs.  Interview with …

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Different Dimensions of Diversity [Episode 193]

different dimensions of diversity

In reviewing our stats for last year, I noticed that one of our most visited pages is an article on writing about diversity. That’s not shocking since Accepted’s consultants are frequently asked by stressed, panicked clients from well-represented groups in the applicant pool, “How can I answer this diversity question?!?!” Given the high interest in …

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