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Topics include: Essays, resumes, recommendations, rankings, and more!
Aug, 26, 2007
This is the fourth post in a four part series. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Before discussing an overall plan for addressing the 2008 Chicago GSB’s MBA application questions, we need to look at the optional essay. The University of Chicago GSB’s MBA application for Fall 2008 also includes space for an optional essay […]
Aug, 26, 2007
This is the third post in a four part series. Part 1. Part 2. Part 4.After you read the post below, for my additional comments regarding this question, see here. It is not often that a school’s essay question gets the attention of the press, but the University of Chicago GSB’s Question Three has done […]
Aug, 25, 2007
This is the second post in a four part series. Part 1. Part 3. Part 4.I really like Chicago GSB MBA Application Question 2 for Fall 2008 admission because it uses a great idiom, “step into someone else’s shoes.” The question as a whole reads:2. If you could step into someone else’s shoes for a […]
Aug, 24, 2007
This is the first of a series four posts on the University of Chicago GSB’s MBA application essays for Fall 2008 admission. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. While I know everyone wants to know about Question 3, the PowerPoint (not Power Point or power point) question, I will begin with the basics. As I […]
Aug, 24, 2007
I am pleased to announce my membership in AIGAC, The Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants. I am now the first admissions consultant in Japan to be accepted as a member of the sole professional organization for graduate admissions consulting. All MBA and other graduate school applicants would benefit from taking a look at the […]
Aug, 24, 2007
I have launched THE MBA, LAW & GRADUATE ADMISSIONS BOOKSTORE. I have included both books that I can personally recommend, Adam’s Picks, and books in categories that are most likely to be useful to readers of this blog. All of Adam’s Picks have my mini-reviews.Frankly, I have no idea whether anyone will use this, but […]
Aug, 22, 2007
Now for a moment of shameless promotion for the MBA program at my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (I can’t really help it because both my brother and I studied there. He did his BA and JD and I did my MA there. Plus when an alumni tour came to Tokyo this year, they […]
Aug, 21, 2007
I just found Second City, who has begun reporting on her life in the University of Chicago LL.M. program. She has already provided very interesting information on the entering class:Total of LL.M. students 2007-2008: 50Total of countries represented: 221 Argentina1 Australia4 Brazil1 Belgium1 Chile5 China2 Finland2 France3 Germany1 Hong Kong1 Israel1 Italy8 Japan4 Mexico1 Peru1 […]
Aug, 21, 2007
The Times of India has a very interesting article on the increased demand for MBAs worldwide:Recruiters around the world are on a big MBA talent hunt. The UK is now paying the highest salaries for MBAs worldwide. China is the hottest market with more and more MBAs joining Chinese companies. Asian students are among the […]
Aug, 21, 2007
No matter whether you are applying for an MBA, LL.M., Ph.D. in Computer Science, a Masters in Arts Management, a MPA, or any other graduate degree, you will be required to write about your goals. This can take the form of a Statement of Purpose, Personal Statement, Application Essay, Goals Essay and/or a Why MBA […]
