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, […]
Jan, 12, 2014
In this post I provide advice on how to prepare for a Columbia Business School MBA interview. You can find my post on Columbia Essays here. The advice I offer here is based on having helped numerous clients prepare for interviews and gain admission to Columbia Business School. My client results and testimonials can be found here. […]
May, 25, 2013
In this post I analyze the Columbia Business School MBA recommendation MBA for January and August 2014 admission. For my analysis of the MBA application essays and whether to select J-term Class of 2015 or August Class of 2016, please see here. For my analysis of Columbia Business School application interviews, please see here. […]
May, 21, 2013
Columbia Business School has again changed their MBA application essay set. Those applying for January and August 2014 entry will find that they are likely to spend as much time thinking about how to answer Columbia’s essay questions as answering them. Given the limited space applicants will have to work with, coming up with […]
May, 21, 2013
This is the second of a three part series of posts on the overal topic of “Do you really need an MBA?” In the first post in this series, I discussed that overall question directly. I suggest reading that post, “Do You Really an MBA,” before proceeding to the post below. What Kind of MBA […]
Sep, 07, 2012
In this post I provide advice on how to prepare for a Columbia Business School MBA interview. You can find my post on Columbia Essays here.For general advice on interview preparation, please see here, here, and here. Columbia Business School offers only one flavor of admissions interview: “Columbia Business School Ambassador” alumni invitation-only interviews. You […]
Jul, 12, 2012
Columbia Business School has again changed their MBA application essay set for January and August 2013 entry. As has been the trend at other top US programs, applicants for the Class of 2015 to CBS will have to write less than those who applied last year. You can find testimonials from my clients admitted for […]
Oct, 14, 2011
Michael Melmed, a current Columbia Business School student, has put together a really great Youtube video on Why CBS. Michael writes:“ I made a youtube video in my Social Media Marketing class inspired by this year’s 200-character “Twitter” question on Columbia Business School’s application. The video includes current student tweets exclaiming why they love Columbia. Also […]
Jun, 28, 2011
Columbia Business School has again changed their essay set. This year, applicants applying for 2012 admission will need to write three essays and answer one short question. You can find testimonials from my clients admitted for CBS here (including one client admitted for J-Term 2012!). Before discussing the essays, I will discuss who J-Term is for […]
Aug, 30, 2010
You can find my Twittercast for the Columbia Business School Tokyo Event at http://twitter.com/adammarkus. The date would be August 30, 2010 from about 7pm-8:30pm Japan time. Main takeaways of interest (at least to me): 1. I had a chance to ask the admissions officer if much had changed since the former Director of Admissions, Linda […]
