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How much do I really need to know about an MBA program to prepare a strong application for it? It varies!

Aug, 09, 2023


My clients frequently ask me how much time they have to invest in learning about the MBA programs they will be applying to. That is, how many live or online information sessions, how many alumni and/or current students do they need to contact, and how much do they need to master the school’s curriculum and […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essays and Application for the Class of 2026

May, 18, 2023


In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA (also MBA and MSX) essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2026 . My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. For an overall  quick analysis on M7 schools essays see here for an earlier post.   You can find results and/or testimonials […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essays and Application for the Class of 2025

Jun, 27, 2022


In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA (also MBA and MSX) essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2025 Admission. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. For an overall  quick analysis on M7 schools essays see here for an earlier post.   You can find results and/or testimonials […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essays and Application for the Class of 2023

May, 29, 2020


In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA (also MBA and MSX) essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2023 Admission. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. For an overall  quick analysis on M7 schools essays see here (Will update to a 2020-2021 version when all the schools post […]


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A QUICK GUIDE TO WRITING SUCCESSFUL MBA ESSAYS FOR CLASS OF 2022 ADMISSION TO THE M7 (BUT APPLICABLE TO OTHER SCHOOLS)

Oct, 21, 2019


The following post is based on a workshop I did in Tokyo in September 2019.  I needed to analyze and explain the essays for the M7 (HBS, Stanford, Booth, Columbia Business School, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT Sloan)  in 3 hours. To do so,  I structured key teaching points related to each school, which are often applicable […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essays and Application for the Class of 2022

Jun, 25, 2019


In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA (also MBA and MSX) essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2022 Admission. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2022 post, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want to get into Stanford GSB?” which was […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essays and Application for the Class of 2021

Jul, 04, 2018


In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA (also MBA and MSX) essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2021 Admission. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2021 post, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want to get into Stanford GSB?” which was […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essays and Application for the Class of 2020

Aug, 16, 2017


In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2020 Admission. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2020 post, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want to get into Stanford GSB?” which was made to a Japanese […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essays and Application for the Class of 2019

May, 17, 2016


In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2018 Admission. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2019 post, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want to get into Stanford GSB?” which was made to a Japanese […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Admissions Interviews

Sep, 29, 2015


Stanford GSB’s is the hardest MBA admission interview invitation to get on the planet.  If you have been invited, your chance of admission just went from about 6.5% (depends on the year) to 50%.   The odds are much better, now you must close the deal.  While a poor interview is unlikely to result in admission,  the […]


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