Adam in P&Q’s “What MBA Admission Consultants Charge”
May, 28, 2014
My perspective on why hourly rates instead of per school packages are fair was given extensive coverage in Poets & Quants.
READ MORE
B
Blog
KEY POSTS
Be sure to read my key posts on the admissions process.
Topics include: Essays, resumes, recommendations, rankings, and more!
READ MORE
Interview with TOEFL and IELTS Expert Taichi Kono
May, 17, 2014
The highly experienced TOEFL, GMAT and IELTS instructor, Taichi Kono , author of five English language textbooks including two on TOEFL , was kind enough to answer my questions on TOEFL and IELTS. I previously posted Taichi’s Japanese language blog posts on GMAT Sentence Correction (The whole series can be found on Taichi’s blog). The […]
READ MORE
Beating the Competition, Gaining MBA Admission: Averages & the 80% Range
May, 17, 2014
This is the second post in a series. In the first post, I looked at competition from the macro-level of Acceptance Rates, Number of Applicants, Number of Enrolled, and Yield. Given the global nature of my client base and my experience over the past twelve and half years, I am able to assess the competition […]
READ MORE
TOEFL To Be Accepted for UK Student Visas Under Certain Conditions
May, 16, 2014
Update: TOEFL will be accepted in the UK under certain conditions. See Using TOEFL® Scores to Apply to U.K. Universities. Except for this paragraph and the title, the rest of this post has not been updated. If you have been preparing to take the TOEFL and plan to apply to graduate programs in the UK and […]
READ MORE
The Possible Impact of the HBS Round 1 Deadline on Columbia Early Decision
May, 16, 2014
Harvard Business School’s Round One Deadline of September 9th is perfectly designed to make the decision to apply to Columbia Business School Early Decision easier than ever before because applicants who time their ED applications right can know whether they have been invited to an HBS interview long before paying Columbia’s deposit and even possibly […]
READ MORE
Columbia MBA Essays for January and August 2015 Admission
May, 16, 2014
Whoever designed Columbia Business School’s The MBA Application Process webpage deserves a design award. If you have not done so, take a look at that page. It does a really nice job laying out the admissions process in a visually appealing way. Columbia Business School has modified their MBA application essay set, but only one question has […]
READ MORE
Columbia, HBS, and Stanford Essays and Recs
May, 16, 2014
While Columbia Business School is the only one of the three to actually have the application online for 2015 entry, Harvard Business School and Stanford GSB have also announced their essay and recommendation topics. I have already written about Stanford’s Class of 2017 essays and recommendations very briefly in Stanford GSB cuts 1 Essay […]
READ MORE
Columbia Business School MBA Recommendation for January and August 2015 Admission
May, 16, 2014
In this post I analyze the Columbia Business School MBA recommendation MBA for January and August 2015 admission. For my analysis of the MBA application essays and whether to select J-term Class of 2016 or August Class of 2017, please see here. For my analysis of Columbia Business School application interviews, please see here. Before reading my […]
READ MORE
Stanford GSB cuts 1 Essay and 1 Recommendation for Fall 2015 Admission
May, 16, 2014
The Stanford MBA Admission Blog announced the following on May 15, 2014 (My comments follow the announcement): “Get Ready to Apply for Fall 2015 We’re gearing up for a new application season and we hope you are, too. We’ve made some changes to this year’s application. To help you prepare, whether you’re a first-time applicant […]
READ MORE
GMAT or GRE? Both?
May, 11, 2014
While I have had very few clients apply to MBA programs with a GRE rather than a GMAT score, as Poets & Quants’ John Byrne reports in “GRE Gaining Ground On The GMAT“, it is clear that is GRE becoming a real alternative to the GMAT. GRE is now important enough that US News & World […]
READ MORE