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Apr, 20, 2013
I know my blog has been quiet since April 2nd. For spring vacation, I went to Chicago, where I froze most of the time in very un-spring-like conditions. My parents and brother live there, so it was time to spend some quality time with the family. In addition, I visited both Booth and Kellogg. Both […]
Apr, 02, 2013
“HBS2014” was kind enough to answer my questions. HBS2014 is a former client and a member of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2014. HBS2014 is Asian and in his early 30s. ———————————————————————————————————————– Adam: How hard has the first year at HBS been for you? HBS2014: The day-to-day work is not […]
Apr, 01, 2013
Disclaimer: While none of the following can be confirmed at this time, based on past posts prepared with the assistance of my Indian colleague, Mada Sukram, this is surely worthy of my readers’ consideration. The ever shrinking “Why MBA?” question at HBS As appears to be the pattern from last year, top MBA […]
Mar, 24, 2013
I had the pleasure of meeting IESE’s Dr. Kimio Kase in February. While that conversation was off-the-record, Dr. Kase was kind enough to answer my questions below. Dr. Kase has had extensive experience assisting Japanese applicants with IESE’s MBA program. While his remarks below will be of particular interest Japanese applicants, I believe anyone considering […]
Feb, 23, 2013
My five-part analysis of the application for admission to the Stanford Class of 2015 (2013 entry) begins with Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015. The following post focuses on admissions interviews for Stanford GSB. Stanford GSB’s is the hardest MBA admission interview invitation to get on the planet. If you have been […]
Feb, 04, 2013
This will be a rather brief post on MBA Admissions Interviews for the Yale School of Management MBA Class of 2015. Based on a client report (I had one client who was admitted there in R1, you can find that client’s testimonial as well) and the sole report in Clear Admit (Accepted had no reports for […]
Feb, 03, 2013
In this post, I discuss how to prepare for Wharton Round 2 Interviews for fall 2013 entry. This post consolidates my three previous posts on Wharton Interviews for the Class of 2015: Wharton Group Interview Questions Now Made Public (Round 1, not Round 2) More details about Wharton MBA Interviews for 2013 entry Wharton Interviews for […]
Jan, 28, 2013
As I have been doing since 2008, I wanted to provide my Global Top 100 MBA Rankings for 2013. The rankings below should hopefully be of value for both those engaged in initial school application selection and for admitted applicants who have been accepted to multiple programs and need to determine where to go. Programs […]
Jan, 27, 2013
This is my analysis of IESE Essays (2012-2013) for admission to the MBA Class of 2015. IESE offers an intensive case study based MBA program. It was founded with the active cooperation of HBS and its first-year is a core curriculum program where a section of approximately 70 students will take all the same […]
Jan, 20, 2013
This post has been greatly expanded from prior versions and has been updated for admission to the Kellogg MBA Class of 2015. Just as with essays, interviews for the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management MBA applicant interviews are all about fit. I could not really tell you how many Kellogg mock sessions I have conducted since 2001, […]
