Nov, 04, 2014
UPDATE: We held our mock TBD on November 18th. Thanks to excellent turnout, participants got an opportunity to practice for the real thing. John and I plan to conduct more TBDs as well as other interview workshops in Tokyo for Round Two. For those not located in Tokyo, I would love to do virtual TBDs […]
Sep, 11, 2014
In this post I will be analyzing the optional essay question and key components of the HBS Application for the Class of 2017 as indicated by the optional MBA essay topic: You’re applying to Harvard Business School. We can see your resume, academic transcripts, extracurricular activities, awards, post-MBA career goals, test scores, and what […]
May, 17, 2014
The highly experienced TOEFL, GMAT and IELTS instructor, Taichi Kono , author of five English language textbooks including two on TOEFL , was kind enough to answer my questions on TOEFL and IELTS. I previously posted Taichi’s Japanese language blog posts on GMAT Sentence Correction (The whole series can be found on Taichi’s blog). The […]
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
Update: TOEFL will be accepted in the UK under certain conditions. See Using TOEFL® Scores to Apply to U.K. Universities. Except for this paragraph and the title, the rest of this post has not been updated. If you have been preparing to take the TOEFL and plan to apply to graduate programs in the UK and […]
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, 09, 2014
Clients frequently ask me to assess their chances for MBA admission. They want to know how they compare with their competition. They want to know how to beat their competition. This is an extremely reasonable request. After all, admission to top MBA programs or other competitive graduate programs is a zero sum game: You get […]
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, […]
Apr, 29, 2014
One marketing gimmick, used the world over, is tell potential customers/applicants/survey test takers how easy it is to complete an application for whatever. I can’t prove that the Business School Admissions offices that I mention in this post had car insurance ads or membership card applications or “Please Take this Survey” requests in mind when […]
Feb, 16, 2014
My comments below are based on my experience and my review of McCombs School of Business in University of Texas at Austin MBA interview reports found at accepted.com. Before reading this post, I suggest reviewing some or all of the following previous posts: –MBA Application Interview Strategy –Interview Practice is ABOUT SPEAKING! –Further Comments on MBA Admissions […]
