Apr, 22, 2016
Columbia Business School has, as they do every year, modified their MBA application essay set, but the changes are small. The application is not up yet, but the questions for 2017 entry (J-Term Class of 2018 and August for Class of 2019) are. You can find testimonials from my clients admitted for Columbia August and […]
Jun, 07, 2015
In this post I analyze the Harvard Business School MBA Application for the Class of 2018. In addition to discussing overall HBS application strategy and the required essay, I will discuss key parts of the application form, resume, and transcript. I also provide some advice at the end of this post for HBS reapplicants. I […]
May, 17, 2014
This is the second post in a series. In the first post, I looked at competition from the macro-level of Acceptance Rates, Number of Applicants, Number of Enrolled, and Yield. Given the global nature of my client base and my experience over the past twelve and half years, I am able to assess the competition […]
May, 16, 2014
Harvard Business School’s Round One Deadline of September 9th is perfectly designed to make the decision to apply to Columbia Business School Early Decision easier than ever before because applicants who time their ED applications right can know whether they have been invited to an HBS interview long before paying Columbia’s deposit and even possibly […]
May, 16, 2014
While Columbia Business School is the only one of the three to actually have the application online for 2015 entry, Harvard Business School and Stanford GSB have also announced their essay and recommendation topics. I have already written about Stanford’s Class of 2017 essays and recommendations very briefly in Stanford GSB cuts 1 Essay […]
May, 11, 2014
While I have had very few clients apply to MBA programs with a GRE rather than a GMAT score, as Poets & Quants’ John Byrne reports in “GRE Gaining Ground On The GMAT“, it is clear that is GRE becoming a real alternative to the GMAT. GRE is now important enough that US News & World […]
May, 07, 2014
Amongst the many different types of clients I work with, applicants whose careers and/or future goals are related to their family businesses have special advantages and challenges. My family business clients have come from very diverse backgrounds. I have had applicants whose families controlled businesses that were quite small, $1 million or less in annual sales, […]
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 […]
Jan, 14, 2013
I wanted to let readers to my blog know about my resources for reapplicants. I think the best place to start is my June 2010 Reapplication for Success Webinar Transcript and Slides. Also see MBA Reapplication: Why were you dinged? Now what? For a more introspective take on graduate admissions rejection and recovery, please see The Warren […]
Jan, 11, 2013
This is an updated and expanded version of a previous post on what do if you are waitlisted at an MBA program. As MBA results roll in with all their joy, pain, and annoyance have more or less emerged, some people will find themselves admitted, others outright rejected, and others in that netherworld known as waitlist. […]
