Jun, 21, 2025
In this post, I analyze the MIT Sloan MBA application for Class of 2028. I will discuss the Cover Letter, Video Questions 1 & 2, “The World that Shaped You” essay, Organization Chart, and Resume in this post. My clients have been admitted to the MIT Sloan MBA almost every year since 2002. Since I […]
Jun, 17, 2025
In this post, I analyze Kellogg’s MBA essay and video essays questions for admission to the MBA program for the Class of 2028. I have taken the written essay questions from Kellogg’s website. The deadlines for Kellogg are Round 1: Sept 10, 2025, Round 2: Jan 7, 2026, and R1: Apr 1, 2026. PLEASE NOTE: […]
Jun, 16, 2025
In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2028. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. For an overall quick analysis on M7 schools essays see here for an earlier post. You can find results and/or testimonials from my clients admitted to […]
May, 11, 2025
The most important thing I can tell you about gaining admission to Columbia Business School, aside from my essay analysis below, is to apply in Round 1 for either January (Deadline: June 17) or August (Deadline September 3). Based on what has occurred in prior years, Round 1 is best to maximize admission because the […]
Aug, 09, 2023
My clients frequently ask me how much time they have to invest in learning about the MBA programs they will be applying to. That is, how many live or online information sessions, how many alumni and/or current students do they need to contact, and how much do they need to master the school’s curriculum and […]
Jan, 31, 2020
For my overall suggestions on Chicago Booth MBA interviews, please see here. For my Class of 2022 Booth essay analysis, see here. The interview essay R1 and R2 questions are not the same. For the current admissions cycle, Booth started asking for essays for those who receive interviews.In addition to the essays required for applying to […]
Oct, 21, 2019
The following post is based on a workshop I did in Tokyo in September 2019. I needed to analyze and explain the essays for the M7 (HBS, Stanford, Booth, Columbia Business School, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT Sloan) in 3 hours. To do so, I structured key teaching points related to each school, which are often applicable […]
Feb, 16, 2017
IF YOU ARE INVITED FOR AN MBA INTERVIEW AT MIT SLOAN Those invited to interview will be asked to answer the following question: The mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice. Please share with us something […]
Jul, 21, 2016
Here I discuss INSEAD’s essays for September 2017 Entry (Class of July 2018). The application has been updated and now there is a video component. As the details of what the video component is are not fully available at this time, I will update this post soon (July 21, 2016). Since 2001, when I began doing […]
Apr, 22, 2016
Chances are extremely high that when you initially write any application essay and even when you have a good working version of it going, it is likely to be over the word count. If it is not over the word count, especially at the initial stage that itself is actually a problem. In another blog post, […]
