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School Selection: Academic Fit

May, 15, 2008


Whether you are in the process of deciding where to go or are deciding where to attend, academic fit is an important part of school selection. For some strategic advice on school selection, please read my earlier post here. Beyond other considerations, such as ranking, location, financing your education, academic fit should be key consideration […]


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How Important Are Extracurricular Activities for MBA Applicants?

May, 07, 2008


Imagine the following scenario: You are filling out your MBA applications to Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, Chicago, LBS, INSEAD, or any other MBA program, and you are asked to list your post-undergraduate extracurricular activities. You scratch your head, you break into a cold sweat, and wonder whether watching every episode of LOST, reading two science fiction […]


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PREPARING A FULBRIGHT GRANT APPLICATION

May, 05, 2008


H. Steven Green on the Fulbright In Steve’s second post, he has provided a comprehensive guide to the Fulbright. Steve is a past recipient of Japan’s equivalent of the Fulbright, the Monbukagakusho Dissertation Research Fellowship that is awarded by the Japanese government scholarship to facilitate two years of research, which he conducted at the Faculty […]


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Guest Blogger Steve Green on Resumes & CVs

May, 04, 2008


UPDATE: You can find Adam’s suggested resume template for graduate school admissions here. Introducing Guest Blogger: H. Steven Green I am happy to announce that as of this blog post, my good friend and colleague, Steve Green will be contributing to my site. Steve and I have worked together since 2001 and, like me, he […]


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Harvard LL.M. Essay Questions for Fall 2009

May, 03, 2008


Harvard Law School has already “updated” their Master of Law application page for Fall 2009 admission, so I am updating my post Harvard LL.M. program as well. Actually the application has not changed for years, so this post is only slightly modified from my previous analysis of the questions. I know it is only May, […]


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School Selection: Higher Ranked Program or A Huge Scholarship?

Apr, 03, 2008


See here for my other posts on school selection. A reader of this blog poses the following problem: He has been admitted to both Chicago GSB and Indiana University Kelley MBA programs. Kelley is offering him a very huge scholarship that completely pays for his two year MBA. Chicago GSB is offering no scholarship. He […]


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School Selection: Paying for It

Mar, 21, 2008


This is the third in series of posts on school selection for both those in the process of selecting where to apply to and those deciding where to attend. The first post is here. The second post is here.How I can pay for tuition and all related costs? Except for the rich, the cost of […]


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School Selection: Location Matters!

Mar, 19, 2008


This is the second in series of posts on school selection for both those in the process of selecting where to apply to and those deciding where to attend. The first post is here. The third post is here. LOCATION really does matter. Be sure that you will be able to thrive in whatever kind […]


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School Selection: Where to apply? Where to go?

Mar, 18, 2008


This is the first in series of posts on school selection for both those in the process of selecting where to apply to and those deciding where to attend. See my other related posts on academic fit, ranking, location, financing your education, and prestige. From my perspective, when deciding where you are going to spend […]


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MBA First Round Blues: Learn from Failure

Dec, 15, 2007


Situation: You applied first round and were rejected by one or more Business Schools for Fall 2008 admission. Alternatively you applied first round, but have been put on the waitlist. In any event, your first round MBA applications have been less than a success, if not an outright failure. This is a common enough situation […]


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