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Jun, 08, 2013
Harvard Law School has announced the LL.M. Program deadlines: “For the LL.M. class beginning in September 2014, the application deadline is December 1, 2013. (We strongly encourage all application materials be submitted by November 15, 2013.)” The application form has not been updated yet, but based on the deadline and materials page, it appears that nothing will […]
Jun, 06, 2013
If you are planning to apply to MIT Sloan and can’t visit the campus, I do recommend attending one of the their Sloan-on-the-Road Presentations. These tend to be popular (I know Tokyo maxes out each year), so I do recommend registering early. See the complete events schedule here.
Jun, 01, 2013
My former client, Singy 2013, is a management consultant with 8 years experience, joining straight after graduating from a national university in Tokyo. He had no experience working/living outside Japan before INSEAD. Singy 2013 provides some really great advice below. ————————————————————————————————————————————— Adam: What parts of the INSEAD program have you liked the most? The […]
May, 30, 2013
Dee Leopold just announced (30 May 2013) the full application deadlines and key application components on the From the Admissions Director blog. I will post my full analysis of the entire application after its release, but I wanted to provide an immediate reaction to what is a dramatic change: This is the only “essay” […]
May, 29, 2013
As part of the trend of ever earlier admissions deadlines, MIT Sloan, which always had a later MBA Round One admission deadline than its rival institutions, has joined the trend. Here are the deadlines: MBA Program Deadlines – For August 2014 Entry MBA Round I MBA Round II Applications must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. […]
May, 27, 2013
This is the fifth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]
May, 27, 2013
This is the forth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]
May, 27, 2013
This is the third of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]
May, 27, 2013
This is the second of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]
May, 27, 2013
This is the first of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you […]
