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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 […]
Oct, 20, 2008
While the total cancellation of the CitiAssist program is certainly not unexpected, The Harvard Crimson is reporting that the entire program has been halted for all new loans: Graduate students at Harvard are not alone in facing rising interest rates on their student loans after Citigroup, the struggling financial services giant, cancelled a program designed […]
Oct, 18, 2008
There are two reasons that I am analyzing NYU’s essays for Fall 2009 Admission. The first is that I am working with a number of clients applying there. The second is that I really like Essay 3. I have worked with a number of clients admitted to NYU. You can find a testimonial from one […]
Oct, 15, 2008
I was asked to announce that the current UNC Kenan-Flagler Japanese MBA students will be having an online chat for applicants on November 8th. The details are below. I would highly encourage all Japanese applicants interested in applying to UNC to participate in this.-Adam イベント情報————————– 受験生向けチャットのお知らせ new! (2008/10/6) 日本人在校生がチャットで受験生のみなさんの疑問にお答えします。 日時 2008年11月8日（土） 日本時間 : 午後10時半〜11時半 米国東部標準時間 […]
Oct, 12, 2008
Attending the LBS Event that was held in Tokyo on October 7th (you can see my full twittering of the event, if you go to this page and start with “02:57 AM October 07, 2008 from mobile web”), I was again reminded of the strength of the LBS alumni network, the quality of its academic […]
Oct, 12, 2008
On October 1st, Harvard Business School’s Admissions Director posted the following “Class of 2010 Graduation Years” chart: As you can see, the 11 members of the Class of 2010 who received their undergraduate degrees in 1999 (approximately age 31 or older) or earlier represented 1.2% of the Class of 2010. Combine that with the Class […]
Oct, 10, 2008
I suspect we will learn fairly soon how many schools have been impacted by the end of unsecured CitiAssist loans for international students. The story is starting to appear widely. In addition to the New York Times piece on MIT Sloan and information on the Ross site, Clear Admit has just reported that program ended […]
Oct, 09, 2008
As with any news story, please see more recent posts as well comments on this post for updates. This is not good. I have not yet determined whether this only applies to MIT or covers other schools that used Citibank. NY TIMES: Credit Crisis Is Bad News for M.B.A. Students By Catherine Rampell … and […]
