Jul, 12, 2012
The essays for the Class of 2016 are the same. See here. I revised 2016 version of this post will be up soon. This is the second of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015 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 […]
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 […]
Jul, 10, 2012
I have been doing Q&As on my blog with former clients as well as admissions officers since 2009. I know these Q&As have helped both my own clients as well as my readers with their MBA application school selection and applications. As my client base was initially mostly Japanese in 2007 when I launched my […]
Jun, 29, 2012
This is the seventh in series of eight posts. My analysis of the HBS Application for the Class of 2015 (and 2+2 Class of 2017) consists of: Changes to the HBS application An overall introduction to HBS Who should apply to HBS? Essays Recommendations Interviews Post Interview Reflection 2+2 Program My comprehensive service […]
Jun, 26, 2012
This is the forth in series of eight posts. My analysis of the HBS Application for the Class of 2015 (and 2+2 Class of 2017) consists of: Changes to the HBS application An overall introduction to HBS Who should apply to HBS? Essays Recommendations Interviews Post Interview Reflection 2+2 Program My comprehensive service […]
Jan, 30, 2012
Here I discuss INSEAD’s essays for September (Class of July 2013) 2012 intake and the January (Class of December 2013) 2013 intake. The questions are taken from the PDF. INSEAD changed the essays for the first time in many years. In 2011, INSEAD changed the essays for the first time in many years. The deadlines […]
Jan, 29, 2012
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE QUESTIONS FOR IMD HAVE CHANGED FOR JANUARY 2014 ADMISSION. THE POST BELOW IS ONLY OF HISTORICAL VALUE. GO HERE FOR THE CURRENT QUESTIONS AND MY ANALYSIS. IMD (The Institute for Management Development), consistently ranked among the best MBA programs in the world, is a small intensive one-year program that starts […]
Oct, 26, 2011
“Oh Joy!” alludes to the subject of the most interesting of UC Berkeley Haas MBA essay questions for Fall 2012 admission. You can find my joyful take on that essay question along with the rest in this post. The University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business is one of the hardest MBA programs to […]
Oct, 18, 2011
While most of the essay questions for Fall 2012 admission to the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program are the same as those for the regular MBA program at MIT Sloan, there are two additional questions that I wanted to comment on. You can find my analysis of the cover letter, the three other essays, […]
Aug, 19, 2011
In this post I will discuss the Class of 2014 MBA application admissions essays for MIT Sloan. I have taken the essay topics from the online application for 2012 admission. My analysis of LGO specific questions can be found here. You can read testimonials from some of my clients admitted to MIT Sloan for the […]
