Sep, 01, 2009
At the time I write this, London Business School has not yet updated their website, but their newsletter of 8/31/09 (Thanks to a client who told me about this!), indicates that their essay questions for the Class of 2012 (August 2010 admission) will not change from those of the Class of 2011 (August 2009 admission).While […]
Aug, 16, 2009
My former client Yoshi Komada, London Business School MBA Class of 2010, was kind enough to email me his answers to some questions I had about the program. Prior to attending London Business School, he worked in financial, consulting and business development roles, including two years in the mergers and acquisitions department of a major […]
Oct, 12, 2008
Attending the LBS Event that was held in Tokyo on October 7th (you can see my full twittering of the event, if you go to this page and start with “02:57 AM October 07, 2008 from mobile web”), I was again reminded of the strength of the LBS alumni network, the quality of its academic […]
Jun, 20, 2008
Click here for all of my rankings tables together in one post. For the 3rd in my series of MBA rankings, I asked myself the following: HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO GET ADMITTED TO THE 54 “TOP 20” MBA PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE? After ranking programs by starting salary (“The 98”) and ranking them by average of […]
May, 14, 2008
My blog was recently referred to in the Businessweek Forums regarding the issue of LBS monitoring who attends their admissions events. Here is my slightly modified reply that I posted on the forum: I stand completely by my posting regarding LBS monitoring (See here and here). All the emails I quote are real. I deal […]
Nov, 13, 2007
As I reported in an earlier post, I had received an email on November 3rd from the London Business School Stating that I had not attended their event:Dear Adam,Thank you for your interest in the Full-time MBA Programme.Our records show that you weren’t able to attend our recent Information Session. We’re sorry to have missed […]
Nov, 02, 2007
For the rest of the story, see Part 2. Today, I received the following email from the London Business School:“Dear Adam,Thank you for your interest in the Full-time MBA Programme.Our records show that you weren’t able to attend our recent Information Session. We’re sorry to have missed this opportunity to meet you….” The only event […]
Oct, 31, 2007
In this post I analyze the contribution essay questions for Fall 2008 asked by Northwestern Kellogg, Duke Fuqua, University of Texas-Austin McCombs, Babson Olin, and the London Business School. MBA programs are looking for students who will make a contribution. And this really makes sense because of the collaborative nature of MBA education. While professors […]
