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Harvard Law School LL.M. Program Deadlines for September 2014

Jun, 08, 2013


Harvard Law School has announced the LL.M. Program deadlines: “For the LL.M. class beginning in September 2014, the application deadline is December 1, 2013. (We strongly encourage all application materials be submitted by November 15, 2013.)”   The application form has not been updated yet, but based on the deadline and materials page, it appears that nothing will […]


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Q&A with a Member of the INSEAD Class of July 2013

Jun, 01, 2013


My former client, Singy 2013, is a management consultant with 8 years experience, joining straight after graduating from a national university in Tokyo.  He had no experience working/living outside Japan before INSEAD. Singy 2013 provides some really great advice below.  —————————————————————————————————————————————   Adam: What parts of the INSEAD program have you liked the most? The […]


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The HBS Class of 2016 MBA Application Essay: Any size, fits all

May, 30, 2013


  Dee Leopold just announced (30 May 2013)  the full application deadlines and key application components on the From the Admissions Director blog. I will post my full analysis of the entire application after its release, but I wanted to provide an immediate reaction to what is a dramatic change: This is the only “essay” […]


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Stanford GSB: Additional Info, Resume, Employment History, Activities for Class of 2016 Admission

May, 27, 2013


This is the fifth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 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 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay 3 for Class of 2016 Admission

May, 27, 2013


This is the forth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 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 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]


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Class of 2016 Stanford GSB Essay 2: What do you want to do—REALLY—and why Stanford?

May, 27, 2013


This is the third of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 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 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]


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Class of 2016 Stanford GSB Essay 1: What matters most to you, and why?

May, 27, 2013


This is the second of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 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 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016

May, 27, 2013


This is the first of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 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 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you […]


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INSEAD MBA Essay Questions for January 2014 and September 2014

May, 26, 2013


Here I discuss INSEAD’s essays for  January 2014 (Class of December 2014) and September 2014 (Class of July 2015). In 2011, INSEAD changed the essays for the first time in many years. The deadlines for September 2014 and January 2014, can be found here. For information about INSEAD interviews, please see here.   By the way, for […]


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Columbia Business School MBA Recommendation for January and August 2014 Admission

May, 25, 2013


In this post I analyze the Columbia Business School MBA recommendation MBA for January and August 2014 admission.  For my analysis of the MBA application essays and whether to select J-term Class of 2015 or August Class of 2016, please see here. For my analysis of Columbia Business School application interviews, please see here.   […]


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