Jul, 16, 2011
I wanted to provide some admissions advice for MBA applicants with entrepreneurial goals. As with all my advice, it is based simply on what is intended to generate a positive admissions result from an MBA program and is not primarily intended to be actual career advice. How will a specific MBA program help you achieve […]
Nov, 17, 2010
WHY NOT OFFICIALLY TELL APPLICANTS WHAT TO EXPECT? Any school has a right to change its policies and procedures. Wharton certainly had the right to change its interview style. That said, moving to 100% behavioral interviews without letting applicants know is just particularly mean and nasty for those unlucky enough to have been unprepared for […]
Nov, 17, 2010
As I indicated in my previous post on Wharton interviews, they have totally changed. Reported interviews now consist of 100% behavioral questions. See reports at http://gmatclub.com/forum/calling-all-wharton-2011-applicants-95623-900.html. Clear Admit now has a a full report up. See http://www.clearadmit.com/wiki/index.php?title=WhartonInterview.-Adam
Nov, 17, 2010
If you are applying for the Joint Wharton MBA/MA-Lauder Program, you will find yourself, not only writing the Wharton essays (See my previous post), but also writing up to an additional 2000 words. I have not worked on too many Lauder applications. Three actually, resulting in an admit for 2010 (See his testimonial here) and […]
Nov, 14, 2010
In this post I analyze NYU Stern MBA program’s essay questions for Fall 2011 Admission. This post is updated from last year, but the changes are all pretty minor because the questions did not change this year. New York University Stern School of Business MBA essay questions’ web page also includes great tips which you […]
Nov, 09, 2010
A NEW VERSION OF MY WHARTON INTERVIEW ANALYSIS WILL BE POSTED WHEN THE PROCESS OF FALL 2012 ADMISSION IS FULLY CLEAR. THE CONTENT BELOW IS BASED ON FALL 2011 ADMISSION. The post below simply collected information as it became released. Given Wharton’s horrible implementation of new behavioral interviews last year, it was updated as information […]
Sep, 09, 2010
In this post, I analyze the essay questions for Wharton for Fall 2011 admission. You can find my post on Wharton Lauder Essays here. My analysis of Wharton interviews can be found here. I updated my analysis of Essay Option 1 on 12/25.As a matter of disclosure, I should indicate that I am a sponsor […]
Sep, 22, 2009
In this post I analyze NYU Stern MBA program’s essay questions for Fall 2010 Admission. New York University Stern School of Business MBA essay questions’ web page also includes great tips which you can find here. Every year, I have seen some potential applicants to Stern look at the above questions and simply decide it […]
Jul, 24, 2009
In this post, I will analyze the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s Fall 2010 (Class of 2012) MBA essay application questions for first-time applicants. Wharton: A real commitment to admitting diverse candidatesFor Fall 2010, five of my comprehensive service clients were admitted to Wharton. You can find their results and testimonials as well […]
Feb, 07, 2009
In this post, I have decided to simply comment on the mostly helpful advice that Wharton provides in Tips on the Wharton MBA Admissions Interview. In addition to my own knowledge of Wharton MBA interviews, I am drawing on the reports found at accepted.com and clearadmit.com. For those who might be interviewing with J.J. Cutler, […]
