Jul, 11, 2025
This will be a four part series of blog posts on the essays and rest of the application for admission to the Harvard Business School Class of 2028: –This post focuses on overall strategy. It will provide the basis for thinking about what HBS wants to know about you and why. It will discuss the […]
Jun, 21, 2025
In this post, I analyze the MIT Sloan MBA application for Class of 2028. I will discuss the Cover Letter, Video Questions 1 & 2, “The World that Shaped You” essay, Organization Chart, and Resume in this post. My clients have been admitted to the MIT Sloan MBA almost every year since 2002. Since I […]
Jun, 17, 2025
In this post, I analyze Kellogg’s MBA essay and video essays questions for admission to the MBA program for the Class of 2028. I have taken the written essay questions from Kellogg’s website. The deadlines for Kellogg are Round 1: Sept 10, 2025, Round 2: Jan 7, 2026, and R1: Apr 1, 2026. PLEASE NOTE: […]
Jun, 16, 2025
In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2028. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. For an overall quick analysis on M7 schools essays see here for an earlier post. You can find results and/or testimonials from my clients admitted to […]
May, 11, 2025
The most important thing I can tell you about gaining admission to Columbia Business School, aside from my essay analysis below, is to apply in Round 1 for either January (Deadline: June 17) or August (Deadline September 3). Based on what has occurred in prior years, Round 1 is best to maximize admission because the […]
Jan, 30, 2025
In this third of three posts I provide advice for HBS Admissions Interviews. This third post focuses on preparation. The first post discusses logistics and content. The second post focuses on strategy. These posts are a January 2025 revision of posts originally written in 2021. In light of overall changes to HBS’s admissions criteria (See […]
Jan, 30, 2025
This is the second of three posts I provide advice for HBS Admissions Interviews. This second post focuses on strategy. The first post discusses logistics and content. The third post focuses on preparation. These posts are a January 2025 revision of posts originally written in 2021. In light of overall changes to HBS’s admissions criteria […]
Jan, 30, 2025
This is the first of three posts I provide advice for HBS Admissions Interviews. It is a January 2025 revision of a post originally written in 2021. These posts are a January 2025 revision of posts originally written in 2021. In light of overall changes to HBS’s admissions criteria (See my 2024 post on that […]
Sep, 11, 2024
This is a short post on the MIT Sloan Essays for the Class of 2027. I am too busy to do a full post right now, but wanted to provide basic essay analysis. This is an update and revision to my prior posts on MIT. CORE LEARNING POINTS: (1) Making a pure fit argument (2) […]
Aug, 07, 2024
This will be a five part series of blog posts on the essays and rest of the application for admission to the Harvard Business School Class of 2027: –The first post focuses on overall strategy, the 3 essays and the goals statement. –The second post focuses on the application form questions. It will focus on […]
