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Jul, 21, 2011
One question that I frequently asked is about the minimum GMAT required for INSEAD. What INSEAD’s site says is the following:While we do not have a minimum score required for admission, we advise candidates to aim for a score at or above the 70-75th percentile for both the quantitative and verbal sections of the GMAT […]
Jul, 21, 2011
One strategy that I consistently use with all of my MBA, LL.M., MPA, MPP, Ph.D., and other graduate program clients is that I encourage them to initially not worry about word count (or page count, line count, or character count). The reason to write more than the word count is that the best part of […]
Jul, 20, 2011
7/23 Update. Wharton has added the word counts (300 words for the professional objectives essay and 600 words for the other three). My analysis will come out next week. Thanks to a reader for letting me know. Well, Wharton’s MBA Class of 2014 admissions essays are up. Kind of. Here they are: “REQUIRED QUESTION: […]
Jul, 19, 2011
This is the first of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2014 posts, I also […]
Jul, 19, 2011
This is the second of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2014 posts, I also […]
Jul, 19, 2011
This is the third of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2014 posts, I also […]
Jul, 18, 2011
This is the fourth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2014 posts, I also […]
Jul, 18, 2011
This is the fifth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2014 posts, I also […]
Jul, 17, 2011
I wanted to briefly discuss the HBS Class of 2013’s profile and consider what it means for future applicants. For my analysis of the essays and recommendations for the Class of 2015, please see: Changes to the HBS application An overall introduction to HBS Who should apply to HBS? Essays Recommendations Interviews Post Interview Reflection […]
Jul, 16, 2011
I wanted to provide some admissions advice for MBA applicants with entrepreneurial goals. As with all my advice, it is based simply on what is intended to generate a positive admissions result from an MBA program and is not primarily intended to be actual career advice. How will a specific MBA program help you achieve […]
