Be sure to read my key posts on the admissions process.
Topics include: Essays, resumes, recommendations, rankings, and more!
May, 11, 2025
The most important thing I can tell you about gaining admission to Columbia Business School, aside from my essay analysis below, is to apply in Round 1 for either January (Deadline: June 17) or August (Deadline September 3). Based on what has occurred in prior years, Round 1 is best to maximize admission because the […]
Jan, 30, 2025
In this third of three posts I provide advice for HBS Admissions Interviews. This third post focuses on preparation. The first post discusses logistics and content. The second post focuses on strategy. These posts are a January 2025 revision of posts originally written in 2021. In light of overall changes to HBS’s admissions criteria (See […]
Jan, 30, 2025
This is the second of three posts I provide advice for HBS Admissions Interviews. This second post focuses on strategy. The first post discusses logistics and content. The third post focuses on preparation. These posts are a January 2025 revision of posts originally written in 2021. In light of overall changes to HBS’s admissions criteria […]
Jan, 30, 2025
This is the first of three posts I provide advice for HBS Admissions Interviews. It is a January 2025 revision of a post originally written in 2021. These posts are a January 2025 revision of posts originally written in 2021. In light of overall changes to HBS’s admissions criteria (See my 2024 post on that […]
Sep, 11, 2024
This is a short post on the MIT Sloan Essays for the Class of 2027. I am too busy to do a full post right now, but wanted to provide basic essay analysis. This is an update and revision to my prior posts on MIT. CORE LEARNING POINTS: (1) Making a pure fit argument (2) […]
Aug, 08, 2024
This will be a five part series of blog posts on the essays and rest of the application for admission to the Harvard Business School Class of 2027: –The first post focuses on overall strategy, the 3 essays and the goals statement. –The second post focuses on the application form questions. It will focus on […]
Aug, 07, 2024
This will be a five part series of blog posts on the essays and rest of the application for admission to the Harvard Business School Class of 2027: –The first post focuses on overall strategy, the 3 essays and the goals statement. –The second post focuses on the application form questions. It will focus on […]
Aug, 07, 2024
This will be a five part series of blog posts on the essays and rest of the application for admission to the Harvard Business School Class of 2027: –The first post focuses on overall strategy, the 3 essays and the goals statement. –This second post focuses on the application form questions. It will focus on […]
Jul, 07, 2024
This will be a five part series of blog posts on the essays and rest of the application for admission to the Harvard Business School Class of 2027: –This post focuses on overall strategy. It will provide the basis for thinking about what HBS wants to know about you and why. It will discuss the […]
Jun, 15, 2024
In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA (also MBA and MSX) essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2027 . 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 […]
