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Sep, 17, 2009
This is the first in a series of five posts on the University of Chicago Booth’s MBA application essays for Fall 2010 admission. The parts are Essay 1, Essay 2, Slide Presentation, Optional Essay, and Overall Plan. As is usual, Chicago Booth has again changed Questions 1 and 2. I have taken the questions from […]
Sep, 15, 2009
This is the forth in a series of five posts on the University of Chicago Booth’s MBA application essays for Fall 2010 admission. The parts are Essay 1, Essay 2, Slide Presentation, Optional Essay, and Overall Plan. The University of Chicago Booth’s MBA application for the Class of 2012 also includes space for an optional […]
Sep, 15, 2009
This is the third in a series of five posts on the University of Chicago Booth’s MBA application essays for Fall 2010 admission. The parts are Essay 1, Essay 2, Slide Presentation, Optional Essay, and Overall Plan. This is the third year that the University of Chicago Booth has required a slide presentation as part […]
Sep, 15, 2009
My guest blogger Steve Green has submitted the following post. -Adam Steve Green’s Report on the NYU Stern Admissions 9/15/2009 Event in Tokyo I have just returned from the NYU Stern Admission Event in Tokyo. There were about 70-80 people in attendance tonight. The main points covered: Stern students love Stern: The entire first-third of […]
Sep, 15, 2009
Harvard Law School has “updated” their Master of Law application page for Fall 2010 admission, so I am updating my post Harvard LL.M. program as well. This year HLS only has an online application. That is the big change! Actually the application has not changed for years, so this post is only slightly modified from […]
Sep, 03, 2009
Steve and I attended The MBA Tour tonight. The location, the Keio Plaza, was rather nice and real improvement on The Palace Hotel (now being rebuilt). The crowd was good and with 39 schools in attendance, it was a large event. Below we discuss the event, which undermined my old pen theory. We also discuss […]
Sep, 02, 2009
Steve Green and I attended The World MBA Tour here in Tokyo tonight. I had initially posted this as video that was so awful that I had wanted to just upload the audio, but unable to do it myself, I initially posted the video. Luckily, one of my clients was kind enough to create an […]
Sep, 02, 2009
Before analyzing MIT Sloan School of Management MBA Essays for Fall 2010, I think it is important to take a look at MIT Sloan’s core values: Mind and Hand The moment you step onto the MIT Sloan campus, you feel the palpable sense of energy and opportunity that is fueled by MIT’s credo of mens […]
Sep, 01, 2009
At the time I write this, London Business School has not yet updated their website, but their newsletter of 8/31/09 (Thanks to a client who told me about this!), indicates that their essay questions for the Class of 2012 (August 2010 admission) will not change from those of the Class of 2011 (August 2009 admission).While […]
Aug, 31, 2009
If you have not familiar with The Forbes’ Business School Calculator, I highly recommend using it. It is an easy and effective way to look at the ROI you can expect from an MBA program. As my readers know, I am a big believer in assessing the market value of MBA programs and Forbes has […]
