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HBS MBA Questions for Fall 2011 Admission

Jul, 05, 2010


This post is focused on overall strategy for HBS MBA Questions for Fall 2011 Admission. All the posts in this series: Overall Strategy, Accomplishments, Mistake, Option 1, Option 2, Option 3, and Option 4.  My post on HBS interviews can be found here. My post on HBS recommendation questions can be found here. THE ESSAYS Two […]


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

Jun, 21, 2010


This is the fifth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2010/2011 Admission. The first post provides an overall perspective on applying to Stanford GSB. The second post is on Essay 1. The third post is on Essay 2. The forth post is on Essay 3.  My analysis of Stanford GSB […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay 3 for 2010/2011

Jun, 15, 2010


This is the forth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2010/2011 Admission. The first post provides an overall perspective on applying to Stanford GSB. The second post is on Essay 1. The third post is on Essay 2.  The fifth post is on additional information, resume, employment history, and activities. […]


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Stanford GSB Essay 2: What are your career aspirations? What do you need to learn at Stanford to achieve them?

Jun, 15, 2010


This is the third of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2010/2011 Admission. The first post provides an overall perspective on applying to Stanford GSB. The second post is on Essay 1. The forth post is on Essay 3. The fifth post is on additional information, resume, employment history, and activities. […]


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

Jun, 15, 2010


This is the second of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2013 Admission. The first post provides an overall perspective on applying to Stanford GSB. The third post is on Essay 2. The forth post is on Essay 3. The fifth post is on additional information, resume, employment history, […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2010/2011

Jun, 15, 2010


This is the first of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2010/2011 Admission. It provides an overall perspective on applying to Stanford GSB. The second post is on Essay 1. The third post is on Essay 2. The forth post is on Essay 3. The fifth post is on additional information, […]


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Reapplication for Success Webinar Transcript and Slides

Jun, 12, 2010


Below are the slides and an edited version of the transcript for my Reapplication for Success Webinar.  The actual 48 minute Webinar can be found at http://www.aigac.org/summit/SummitVideos/summitVideo12.aspx.  This seminar was part of AIGAC’s 2010 Graduate Admissions Virtual Summit.  See here for a full list of all the presentations. WARNING: The 48 minute transcript and slides […]


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MBA Reapplication: Why were you dinged? Now what?

Apr, 14, 2010


On April 28th at 9pm PST, I will be presenting a webinar version of the post below as part of the AIGAC Graduate Admissions Virtual Summit.  I will be taking questions as part of that webinar.  For details, see http://www.aigac.org/summit/2010.This post has been updated from last year. Was your admissions game plan for Fall 2010 […]


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Waitlisted? Now what?

Mar, 26, 2010


This is an updated and expanded version of a previous post. Now that 2nd round MBA results are rolling in all their joy, pain, and annoyance have more or less emerged, some people will find themselves in that netherworld known as waitlist. For some, the wait will actually end once 3rd round results are released, […]


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INSEAD MBA Essay Questions for January & September 2011

Mar, 24, 2010


This post is a greatly revised version of my previous INSEAD essay analysis. Most notably, it covers the two job related essays. that I have previously not written about.  I am posting my analysis of INSEAD’s essays for the January and September 2011 Intake. The questions are taken from the PDF. INSEAD has continued to […]


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