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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 […]
Aug, 10, 2010
A member of the Ross Japan Alumni Club asked that post information about the Ross Information Session that will be held on August 26, 2010. The session will be followed by a cocktail party hosted by the Japan Alumni Club. -Adamアダムミシガンレセプション ～学校説明会と懇親会～ このたび、ビジネススクール出願を考えていらっしゃる皆様に、ミシガン大学Ross School of Businessをより良く知って頂くため、来る8月26日(木)にレセプションを開催いたします。 本レセプションの特徴は、入学審査官が来日して学校説明を行う「本会」と、卒業生も数十人参加予定、立食形式で懇親を深める「二次会」の二部構成を、アプリカントは共に無料にてご参加頂ける点です。両会、または、いずれか一方ご都合のつく会にお気軽にご参加頂き、ミシガンビジネススクール同窓会のネットワークをぜひ体感してみて下さい! そして、大人数のセッションでは聞けないような疑問を、この機会にぜひ色々とお尋ねになって下さい。 ◎本会 (学校説明会) ～入学審査官が来日し説明～日時 : 8月26日(木) 19：15～20：40 (19：00より受付開始)会場 : […]
Aug, 02, 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 GMAT Review, 12th Edition”の解説ブログの内容の一部をこちらにアップさせていただくことになりました。オリジナルは河野太一のGMAT OG12解説でご覧いただけます。なお、オリジナルのほうは予告なく内容を変更することがあり、ここに上げたものと相違があることがありますのでご了承ください。私のこれまでの記事やGMAT以外の話題についてはこちらをご覧ください。 SC16Retail stores […]
Aug, 02, 2010
My former client Ryuhei, London Business School MBA Class of 2011, was kind enough to email me his answers to some questions I had about the program. After studying international political science at KEIO University, Ryuhei worked for NTT DOCOMO in the telecommunications sector in a number of roles. These included brand marketing, intellectual property management, and […]
