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Ambition & Vision are Good: Thoughts on MBA Career Goals

Aug, 02, 2011


THE SOLE FUNCTION OF MBA APPLICATION CAREER GOALS IS TO GET YOU ADMITTED Please keep in mind that I am a graduate admissions consultant, not a life coach or career counselor.  My advice regarding goals is strictly limited to what I think will get an applicant admitted, not what they actually do.  I think applicants […]


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Wharton MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014

Aug, 02, 2011


In this post, I analyze the essay questions for Wharton for Fall 2012 admission. You can find testimonials from my clients admitted to Wharton in 2009, 2010, and 2011 here. My preparation guide to Wharton interviews is here. NOT SUCH A GOOD SET OF ESSAYS TO START WITH If you ask generic questions, you get generic answers. […]


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Kellogg 2012 MBA Application Essay Questions

Jul, 21, 2011


In the post, I analyze Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business 2012 Application Essay Questions for the MBA and MMM programs. I have taken the questions from Kellogg’s website. I had three clients admitted to Kellogg’s MBA Class of 2013, You can find testimonials from two of them here.  On my admissions consulting service website there […]


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Word Count Later, Ideas and Stories First!

Jul, 21, 2011


One strategy that I consistently use with all of my MBA, LL.M., MPA, MPP, Ph.D., and other graduate program clients is that I encourage them to initially not worry about word count (or page count, line count, or character count).  The reason to write more than the word count is that the best part of […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014

Jul, 19, 2011


This is the first of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 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 2014 posts, I also […]


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

Jul, 19, 2011


This is the second of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 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 2014 posts, I also […]


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

Jul, 19, 2011


This is the third of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 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 2014 posts, I also […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay 3 for Class of 2014 Admission

Jul, 18, 2011


This is the fourth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 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 2014 posts, I also […]


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Stanford GSB: Additional Info, Resume, Employment History, Activities

Jul, 18, 2011


This is the fifth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 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 2014 posts, I also […]


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HBS CLASS OF 2013 PROFILE

Jul, 17, 2011


I wanted to briefly discuss the HBS Class of 2013’s profile and consider what it means for future applicants.  For my analysis of the essays and recommendations for the Class of 2015, please see: Changes to the HBS application An overall introduction to HBS Who should apply to HBS? Essays Recommendations Interviews Post Interview Reflection […]


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