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Dec, 11, 2008
UPDATE: MSU dropped their charges! I ask my readers to indulge me in going off-topic and being slightly political. I wanted to bring my readers attention to the fact that Michigan State University, the home of the Broad School MBA program, is no friend of student leadership according to FIRE (The Foundation for Individual Rights […]
Dec, 05, 2008
Sorry for the long hiatus. At least I can offer you something really long. In this first post of the month, I wanted to tackle one of the most exciting parts of the parts of the graduate admissions process….THE APPLICATION FORM. If you are starting to get sleepy, I understand, but THE REASON SCHOOLS ASK […]
Nov, 28, 2008
My former client and fellow blogger, Kaz, who I have previously interviewed, has a new column, MBA生ライブレポート. 私の以前のクライアントで、MIT Sloan在校生のKazが、MBA生活のコラムを書いていますので、紹介します。Kaz自身のブログはこちら（http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kaz1204）です。 私は以前、『あなたはMBAを必要としていますか？』という記事を書きました。 そこで紹介したチェックポイントを考えるにあたって、Kazのような在校生の日々の記録は、あなたに何かのヒントを与えてくれるかもしれません。 -アダム
Nov, 23, 2008
To my regular readers, you may have noticed that my posts in November have been rather minimal. Well, I am sorry, but as you imagine, I have been busy working with clients. I am preparing some posts for the blog, but my writing time has been in short supply. I can’t promise things will get […]
Nov, 23, 2008
I just wanted to let all Fall 2009 Stanford GSB Applicants (Click here for my full analysis of Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2008/2009), for 2nd and 3rd round, know that the online application question page does a awful job of presenting the Essay C questions. It states the following: “Essay C: Please answer […]
Nov, 14, 2008
I encourage all MBA applicants to read the BW article, “Crisis Hits the Business Schools,” by Alison Damast. This does not make for happy reading, but is great reporting on both the job outlook for graduates and the increase in applications this year.-Adam MBA留学
Nov, 13, 2008
DON’T CALL IT GSB. DEALBREAKER has published an email from Dean Ted Snyder on what to call Chicago Booth. All Booth applicants should only use one of the three names below. When you want to only use one word, call it “Booth,” and never call it “GSB.” And if you applied before the announcement, don’t […]
Nov, 07, 2008
The financial change the University of Chicago Business School has been looking for has arrived. Chicago GSB is dead. Long live Chicago Booth! It will be about three months before I can change the “Chicago GSB” name and tags in my posts, but what is in a name? Well in this case $300 million. Chicago […]
Oct, 23, 2008
I know that there is some repetition in this series of posts on interviewing for specific schools, but since most readers are likely to only look at posts for specific schools, I thought it best that each of these posts be self-contained. I have reviewed reports of Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management MBA applicant […]
Oct, 22, 2008
In this post I will analyze the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA Application Essay Questions for 2008–09. The Questions for 2008-09 have not changed from the previous year, but I have modified my analysis somewhat. To read a testimonial by my client accepted for Tuck for Fall 2008, see here. I will begin […]
