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Sep, 28, 2010
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL ESSAY MICROSOFT WORD FILE TEMPLATE? Two clients have sent files in the last couple of weeks using the LBS template that the school provides applicants. I think there is something really odd going on with this template’s macros. In the first case, the essays would […]
Sep, 15, 2010
This is another post from Taichi Kono, author of two textbooks on TOEFL and one on TOEIC and a highly experienced TOEFL, TOEIC, and GMAT instructor. Most of his posts will be in Japanese. This post is on GMAT sentence correction. His other posts can be found here.-Adam ——————————————————————————————— 河 野塾代表の河野太一です。年来の友人であるAdam Markusさんのご厚意で、”The Official Guide for […]
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, 08, 2010
This is another post from Taichi Kono, author of two textbooks on TOEFL and one on TOEIC and a highly experienced TOEFL, TOEIC, and GMAT instructor. Most of his posts will be in Japanese. This post is on GMAT sentence correction. His other posts can be found here.-Adam ——————————————————————————————— 河 野塾代表の河野太一です。年来の友人であるAdam Markusさんのご厚意で、”The Official Guide for […]
Sep, 08, 2010
In this post I analyze the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA Application Essay Questions for Academic Year 2011–12 (Fall 2011). Question Three has changed from the previous year and have also updated and/or significantly revised some other parts of my analysis. To read a testimonial by one my two clients accepted for Tuck for […]
Sep, 06, 2010
For Fall 2011 admission, I have somewhat revised my post on the Oxford Said Business School MBA application essay questions from my previous post. I have taken the questions from the Online Application. SHORTER ESSAYS: The only thing that has changed is the length of the essays. Essay 1 was 1000 words maximum and now is 750 […]
Aug, 30, 2010
You can find my Twittercast for the Columbia Business School Tokyo Event at http://twitter.com/adammarkus. The date would be August 30, 2010 from about 7pm-8:30pm Japan time. Main takeaways of interest (at least to me): 1. I had a chance to ask the admissions officer if much had changed since the former Director of Admissions, Linda […]
Aug, 29, 2010
I had the pleasure of working with six clients from six different countries who were admitted to MIT Sloan for Fall 2010. This was by far my best year ever for MIT. I lucked out as I had the great opportunity to work with some incredibly smart and thoughtful people who also had all demonstrated […]
Aug, 26, 2010
The Military to Business blogger (HBS, Class of 2012) has done an exceptional job analyzing the age of admission situation at HBS. Here is his key takeaway: “For those wondering about the best time to apply, let’s look at percentage of students matriculating by age groups at time of application: Age 23 and younger: 10% Age […]
Aug, 17, 2010
Updated August 18, 2010 Both to answer and to anticipate some likely questions, I have prepared the following FAQ: 1. What is the point of this blog? Are you selling something?Yes! I am selling my ideas on graduate admissions. The price is reading what I write. I am a professional graduate admissions consultant with a […]
