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Oct, 05, 2013
In the post, I analyze Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business 2014 Application Essay Questions for the MBA and MMM programs. I have taken the questions from Kellogg’s website. By the way, I had five clients admitted to Kellogg’s MBA Class of 2015. You find can my Kellogg results and client testimonials here. Kellogg’s […]
Aug, 30, 2013
Please see IMD MBA Admissions Essays for January 2015 Admission (R2-R5) for my full analysis of IMD MBA application. While I frequently prepare clients for interviews, I don’t do case preparation interview training myself. This becomes an issue for IMD interviewees, so I am pleased to be able to refer my clients and blog readers to a Mock […]
Aug, 19, 2013
In this post I will discuss the Class of 2016 MBA application admissions essays for MIT Sloan. I have taken the essay topics from the online application for 2013 admission. You can read testimonials from some of my clients admitted to MIT Sloan for the Classes of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 here. Before analyzing MIT Sloan […]
Jul, 22, 2013
In what follows, I will analyze the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s MBA Essay(s) for Fall 2014 Admission. If you want to enter the Class of 2016, you will encounter only one required essay and it is most basic of all questions. ACTUALLY IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED IN UCLA, APPLY! Assuming you […]
Jul, 22, 2013
In this post I analyze the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA Application Essay Questions for Academic Year 2013–14 (Class of 2016). Tuck is great school in a small town. This is both its strength in terms of forming a close knit community and weakness in terms of being a location that some find […]
Jul, 22, 2013
This post is on the University of Chicago Booth’s MBA application essays for 2013-2014 admission to the Class of 2016. The University of Chicago is a very intellectually serious place. Booth reflects that culture. Not everyone who goes there is an intellectual, but most are quite smart. Your objective is to show you understand yourself, understand […]
Jul, 13, 2013
In this post, I analyze the essay questions for Wharton for Fall 2014 admission. You can find testimonials from my clients admitted to Wharton in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 here. For my most recent post on Wharton interviews, please see Preparing for Wharton Interviews for the Class of 2016. Wharton’s essay questions have again changed. This […]
Jul, 08, 2013
This is my post on the UC Berkeley Haas MBA Essays for Class of 2016 admission. You can find my post on Haas interviews here. This is how I started my Haas essay analysis last year: “Haas always asks weird questions. Years ago, they asked who the applicant would invite to dinner and why. Last year, it […]
Jun, 17, 2013
My former client, MBA2014 is Japanese. He worked in Tokyo in Investment Banking for four years as a credit trader He received MBA sponsorship from his company and joined the MBA program at London Business School in August 2012. ————————————————————————————————————————————— Adam: What parts of the London Business School program have you liked the […]
Jun, 17, 2013
My former client, HBS 2014, provides great insight and strong opinions to this Q&A. HBS2014 says about himself: “I am an international student in the HBS Class of 2014. After spending two years in Asia to finish my studies as an engineer, I started working as a consultant in Europe. I decided to apply for […]
