You might be a non-traditional MBA applicant if: You don’t have mentors or role models that have both an MBA degree and an educational and professional background similar to yours, You don’t have several peers in your network that are pursuing or recently completed business school, or You don’t have a well-articulated plan to get […]
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I talked with a pre-MBA candidate recently who was feverishly studying for the GMAT, which she plans to take in two weeks. When I asked which business schools she was considering, she told me “top 10”. I kept it together, but internally I was having a fit. My disappointment had nothing to do with whether […]
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You will have some big decisions to make in the MBA application process, such as (1) which schools should I apply to, (2) should I retake the GMAT again, or (3) which school should I attend? Of course, these are incredibly important. In actuality though, the MBA application process is made up of so many […]
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A pre-MBA candidate recently asked me about building relationships with MBA admissions officers. She specifically wanted to know what to do when she didn’t make an immediate connection with an admissions officer – how should she proceed when she had made initial contact with an admissions officer but didn’t feel like they had really “clicked”? […]
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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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I launched DiversityMBAPrep.com in September and it’s been a pretty “good” ride so far. Talk to any entrepreneur and they will use non-descript words to share how business is going. “Good”, “it’s going”, “things are really starting to move”. The true translation goes something like this: (a) this building-a-business thing is harder than I thought […]
Read MoreTalk to just about any MBA applicant and they will give you an earful about the GMAT – about the studying, the time commitment (it can take over your life) and the stress. Oh the pesky GMAT. I always say – it’s not the most important part of your MBA application, but the GMAT is […]
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