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Topics include: Essays, resumes, recommendations, rankings, and more!
Sep, 09, 2015
I wanted to let any MBA applicants in Tokyo know about upcoming interview workshops I will be co-leading in Tokyo, Japan in October. MBA Interview Workshop: Proactive Interview Preparation and Active Listening Offered by Adam Markus and John Couke We will hold this workshop twice in 2015: Sunday, October 11th, 3:00pm-6:00pm Saturday, […]
Jun, 27, 2015
In this post I analyze the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA Application Essay Questions for Academic Year 2015–16 (Class of 2018). Tuck is great school in a small town. This is both its strength in terms of forming a close knit community and weakness in terms of being a location that some find […]
Jun, 25, 2015
Big news from GMAC. The GMAT is certainly becoming even more friendly to test takers. Effective July 15th, the GMAT can retaken after 16 days and not the current 31 days. Another great change for test takers is that cancelled tests will not be reported to schools. All the details are below and here: […]
Jun, 17, 2015
In this post I discuss graduate degree planning. Whether you are applying for admission to programs with a start this year, next year, in a few years, or maybe in five years or more, having a plan in place increases your chances of success. While I work mostly with MBA applicants (Clear enough from reviewing […]
Jun, 07, 2015
In this post I analyze the Harvard Business School MBA Application for the Class of 2018. In addition to discussing overall HBS application strategy and the required essay, I will discuss key parts of the application form, resume, and transcript. I also provide some advice at the end of this post for HBS reapplicants. I […]
May, 15, 2015
Now that the 2016 entry essays for Columbia, HBS, MIT, Stanford and Wharton (schools all link to my analysis for 2016 entry) are known, I have an opinion about which school to start with, but the answer just really depends on the applicant. Every year, my early bird clients always ask me which school […]
May, 15, 2015
NOTE: An updated and expanded version of my analysis of the HBS essay and application for 2016 entry can be found here. While the Harvard Business School application for 2016 entry will not go live until mid-June, the essay was released today, May 15th. Until I see the online application form for the Class […]
May, 14, 2015
Please note this post has been updated to reflect changes (A CV is now required and the Job essays have changed) made to the INSEAD application after this post was originally published on May 14, 2015. I will make further changes should information about the CV and the recommended length of the job essay content […]
May, 10, 2015
In this post I will discuss the Class of 2018 MBA application admissions essays for the MIT Sloan School of Management. You can see the my client results and testimonials here. BIG CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS AT SLOAN On May 7, 2015, MIT Sloan’s Admissions Director, Dawna Levenson, announced the following: “By popular demand, […]
May, 09, 2015
In this post, I analyze the essay questions for the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for Fall 2016 admission. You can find testimonials from my clients admitted to Wharton in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 here. While Wharton has not changed their website yet to indicate that the application essays from 2015 […]
