I had the great pleasure to address 60 participants in the Yale Global Pre-MBA program on Sunday evening. Their enthusiasm and thoughtful questions were so energizing – I can’t wait to see them in the MBA applicant pool in a couple of years. When my good friend and event organizer, Chris Grey, Associate Director of […]
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This is adapted from a blog that I write last year. This is the time of year that MBA candidates are strategizing on how to get admitted to their dream schools. Possibly a little overwhelmed by the application process, many may be considering whether to employ an admissions consultant. The thought of having a personal […]
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I started writing a blog about how to make the most of campus visits. For most schools, late spring and summer are the worst times for MBA applicants to visit campus – the semester is complete, students aren’t on campus and admissions officers are slowly recovering from the long admission season. In fact, many schools […]
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In the last week or two, several business schools have released their essay questions for the next MBA application season. This, in turn, has led news outlets and admissions-related websites to feverishly analyze any changes to the essays questions to determine what that might signal for the next crop of MBA applicants. As an MBA […]
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In the next couple of weeks, I will be putting my house on the market for sale. The house isn’t very big, but of course we’ve managed to accumulate a lot of things over the years. So my dearest aunt is spending a week with us to clear out the clutter and spruce up the […]
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MBA candidates are so anxious to know what business schools want in MBA applicants. They want the inside scope on the ideal or model applicant so they can follow the blueprint to get admitted to business school. Of course, business schools have the same party line – there is not an ideal MBA candidate, but […]
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The list of MBA programs that accept the GRE continues to grow. While most top business schools now allow applicants to submit a GRE score in place of the GMAT, candidates’ concern about doing so has only grown. Candidates worry about how their applications will be considered and whether schools really prefer the GMAT over the […]
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Imagine you are standing in front of a wooden door. You think you might want to go through it, but the door seems pretty impossible to open. The door is heavy with only a small doorknob that doesn’t seem nearly durable enough to swing open the door. In fact, you think the door may be […]
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In January, I wrote a blog about the steps candidates needed to take to be on track to submit MBA applications in the fall – essentially 12 months to business school applications. With a couple of days until May, the application season inches closer and closer. Now with only 5-6 months until 1st round application […]
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I was on vacation last week. Actually, I am going to stop calling it a vacation and instead more accurately say I was “working remotely from a hotel with a gorgeous view of the Pacific Ocean”! Tomorrow my eBook comes out about the diversity outreach efforts of the top 50 MBA programs. When I started […]
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