Last week I had the pleasure of talking to Dr. Bruce McKern, Director of the Stanford Sloan Master’s Program. If you are a manager with more than eight years of impressive professional growth and interested in accelerating that growth by studying for a Masters of Science in Management, then you should be very interested in…
Consortium MBA Admissions Director Interview Available Online
Thank you for attending our recent Consortium Strategy Q&As with Travis McAllister and the reps from participating Consortium schools UT McCombs, University of Wisconsin, UC Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM, Michigan Ross, CMU Tepper, Indiana Kelley, and Rochester Simon. The school adcom representatives each talked about what’s new at their schools and how their programs view…
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…
HEC MBA Admissions Interview Available Online
Thank you Marie-Laurence Lemaire, HEC Paris MBA‘s Senior Business Development Manager, for an excellent admissions Q&A. The excerpt below emphasizes the importance of describing clear post-MBA career goals in your HEC MBA application: Linda Abraham: What role does “hire-ability” and clear career goals play in the evaluation process? Marie-Laurence Lemaire: We ask this question in…
Cambridge Judge MBA Admissions Interview Available Online
Thank you to Conrad Chua, Head of MBA Recruitment and Admissions at Cambridge Judge, for an informative admissions Q&A. You all asked excellent questions and we hope you benefited from the ensuing discussion. Read the following excerpt to learn about some of the adcom’s considerations when evaluating applications: Linda Abraham: When you are evaluating applications…
2012 Indian School of Business MBA Admissions Q&A with Hima Bindu Posted
Have you been trying to figure out how some MBA programs fit everything you need to know into one year instead of two? Then check out the 2012 Indian School of Business MBA Admissions Q&A with Hima Bindu and Linda Abraham. You can read the transcript and access the audio of the Q&A on…
IE Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We had an excellent Q&A last week with Jean-Marie Winikates and Nita Sinsick, admissions directors at IE. The excerpt below summarized key differences between the international IE experience and the typical US b-school experience: Linda Abraham: IE obviously is a leading international business school. It is located in Spain. What distinguishes the IE experience from…
Wharton Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We had an excellent Q&A last week with Ankur Kumar and Anthony Penna, admissions directors at Wharton. The excerpt below provides an insider look at how the adcom readers approach your goal essays – how you should bridge your past and present experiences to what you’d like to be doing in the future. Linda Abraham:…
London Business School Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We had an excellent Q&A last week with Mary Ferreira, Karen Benge, and Payal Patel from the London Business School. The excerpt below provides an insider look at how the adcom readers determine fit, especially when it comes to how applicants relate their career goals in their essays. Linda Abraham: Do you look for students…
2012 UCLA Anderson Admissions Director Interview Posted
Our recent admissions Q&A with UCLA adcom members Dean Andrew Ainslie, Jessica Chung and Craig Hubbel covered lots of admissions topics and proved extremely helpful for those applicants interested in applying to UCLA Anderson. You can read the whole Anderson Q&A transcript or listen to the full audio clip online. (You can also catch up…
2012 Yale SOM Admissions Director Interview Posted
We covered a wide range of admissions-related topics during our recent Yale SOM Q&A. Thank you to Bruce DelMonico, Director of Admissions at Yale SOM, for an excellent conversation! You can read the whole Yale Q&A transcript or listen to the full audio clip online. (You can also catch previous Q&As for other top programs…
2012 UC Berkeley Haas Admissions Director Interview Posted
The UC Berkeley Haas Q&A was a huge success, with Stephanii Fujii, Executive Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions, answering questions on a wide variety of topics. You can read the whole Haas Q&A transcript or listen to the full audio clip online. (You can also catch previous Q&As for other top programs on our MBA…
The Consortium Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We had an excellent Q&A last week with Consortium‘s Kellie Sauls, Libby Livingston, and Shandra Jones. The excerpt below provides advice on what Consortium applicants can do to make their applications stand out: Linda Abraham: Angela asks, “What helps make the application stand out and get the attention of those making the selection? Kellie Sauls: …
Cornell Johnson Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We hope you enjoyed our recent Q&A with Cornell Johnson‘s Christine Sneva, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, and Ann Richards, Associate Director of Admissions & Director of Financial Aid – we know we did! The following excerpt offers applicants advice on how to approach the MBA application essays, particularly those that may ask applicants…
Duke Fuqua MBA Admissions Director Interview Available Online
We hope you enjoyed our recent Duke MBA Q&A with Megan Lynam, Director Admissions, and Catherine Tuttle, Associate Program Director of Career Services from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. You all asked excellent questions, including this one on MBA application mistakes: Linda Abraham: What are the most common mistakes MBA applicants make? Megan Lynam: One…
INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Available Online
If you attended our recent INSEAD Q&A then you know that Kara Keenan, the Assistant Director of Marketing for the Americas from INSEAD, covered a wide range of admissions topics, offering some excellent advice to our INSEAD applicants. Here’s an excerpt from the conversation in which Kara discusses the benefits of an INSEAD MBA –…
UVA Darden MBA Admissions Representative Interview Available Online
Thank you Sara Neher, Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions at UVA Darden, for an excellent Q&A. Sara answered lots of questions, and spent some time talking about the application essay question for this year. That’s right, this year UVA Darden asks only ONE question. Here are Sara’s thoughts on the issue: Linda Abraham: I have…
Cornell Johnson MBA Admissions Committee Interview Available Online
Thank you to the Cornell Johnson adcom team for an excellent Q&A. The following excerpt offers some important insights into ways you can demonstrate fit in your Johnson application. This is such an important topic, so please read on! Linda Abraham: How does an applicant demonstrate fit with Johnson? Laurie Shunney McCloskey: I think there…
London Business School MiM Admissions Representative Interview Available Online
Thanks to the London Business School Masters in Management representatives, we had yet another successful London Q&A. See the chat excerpt below for important information on the difference between London’s MBA and Masters in Management programs. Linda Abraham: What is the difference between the MBA and the MiM? Lisa Mortini: That is a very valid…
USC Marshall MBA Admissions Director Interview Available Online
Thank you to the USC Marshall representatives for an excellent admissions Q&A. They covered lots of important topics, offering tips on all aspects of the admissions process. Read the excerpt below to learn more about the culture at Marshall and what qualities the adcom members look for in applicants: Linda Abraham: Art asks, “What strengths…
