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Topics include: Essays, resumes, recommendations, rankings, and more!
Jun, 20, 2008
The post has been updated and expanded since I first posted it on September 7, 2007. Also see my essay analysis for September 2009 Term Admission. In what follows, I provide: my answer to the question of who should apply for Columbia Business School’s Early Decision, one reason why I think Columbia has an application […]
Jun, 18, 2008
This is the second of two posts on MBA Rankings. The first post is here. See also my ranking of these programs by acceptance rate. Click here for all of my rankings tables together in one post.In what follows, I have built upon the data I collected on the 54 programs worldwide (Table 1) that […]
Jun, 18, 2008
This is the first of two posts on MBA Rankings. The second post is here. See also my ranking of these programs by acceptance rate. Click here for all of my rankings tables together in one post. MBA Rankings are important because applicants, recruiters, students, and the schools themselves pay great attention to them. As […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the forth of the four “Question 3” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. You must answer two out of four of these questions. To see all the posts in this series: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. 3-4.What is your career vision and […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the third of four “Question 3” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. You must answer two out of four of these questions. All my posts in this series: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. Question 3: 3.What area of the world are you […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the second of four “Question 3” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. You must answer two out of four of these questions. All my posts in this series: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. Question 3: 2. Discuss how you have engaged with […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the first of four “Question 3” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. You must answer two out of four of these questions. Here are all the posts in this series: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. Question 3: 1. What would you like […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the second of two required questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. My posts in this series are: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. 2. What have you learned from a mistake? (400-word limit)I think the reason HBS, as well as many other schools, […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the first of two required questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. All my posts in this series: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. 1. What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you view them as such? (600-word limit) HBS has […]
Jun, 15, 2008
This post is focused on overall strategy for HBS MBA Questions for Fall 2009 Admission. All the posts in this series are: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4.THE QUESTIONS Two Required Questions: 1. What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you view them as such? (600-word limit) 2. What have […]
