Be sure to read my key posts on the admissions process.
Topics include: Essays, resumes, recommendations, rankings, and more!
Aug, 02, 2009
In what follows, I will analyze the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s MBA Essay’s for 2009-2010. For Fall 2009 admission, I had the opportunity to work with five clients who were admitted to UCLA. You find testimonials from three of them here. Here are the questions and instructions taken from UCLA’s website: GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Please […]
Aug, 02, 2009
BusinessWeek has a recent article about the fact that the GRE is now being increasingly accepted by MBA programs as an alternative to the GMAT. The article explained the nature of the competition between GMAT (GMAC) and GRE (ETS), but did not actually discuss, in any great detail, the subject that most applicants are likely […]
Jul, 30, 2009
In this post I discuss the essay questions for admission to the Columbia School of Business September (Early and Regular Decision) 2010 MBA. Finally, don’t forget to read my concluding remarks. EARLY VERSUS REGULAR DECISIONYou can find my detailed discussion of Early versus Regular Decision here. While I worked with two clients who were admitted […]
Jul, 29, 2009
The University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business is along with HBS and Stanford GSB, one of the hardest programs to get into. The program is small and attracts a very diverse group of students. The objective of Haas admissions is to find the best applicants in order to put together a diverse group […]
Jul, 29, 2009
In the post, I analyze Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business 2010 Application Essay Questions for the MBA and MMM programs. I have taken the questions from Kellogg’s website. Some thoughts on Kellogg’s location: A highly biased commentary on why location matters. Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business has the good fortune to be located […]
Jul, 24, 2009
In this post, I will analyze the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s Fall 2010 (Class of 2012) MBA essay application questions for first-time applicants. Wharton: A real commitment to admitting diverse candidatesFor Fall 2010, five of my comprehensive service clients were admitted to Wharton. You can find their results and testimonials as well […]
Jul, 23, 2009
HBS has posted its Class of 2011 Profile. The admission rate for Fall 2009 entry was 12% with 89% yield (It would be great to know what percentage of those who rejected HBS are going to Stanford. 9%?). The increase in Class size from 900 (Class of 2010) to 942 (Class of 2011) is certainly […]
Jul, 16, 2009
This post is on the fifth of five of the “pick two” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2010 Admission. You must answer two questions out of five of these options. All the posts in this series: Overall Strategy, Accomplishments, Mistake, Option 1, Option 2, Option 3, Option 4, and Option […]
Jul, 16, 2009
This post is on the forth of five of the “pick two” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2010 Admission. You must answer two questions out of five of these options. All the posts in this series: Overall Strategy, Accomplishments, Mistake, Option 1, Option 2, Option 3, Option 4, and Option […]
Jul, 16, 2009
This post is on the third of five of the “pick two” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2010 Admission. You must answer two questions out of five of these options. All the posts in this series: Overall Strategy, Accomplishments, Mistake, Option 1, Option 2, Option 3, Option 4, and Option […]
