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Sep, 10, 2008
GMAC announced that they canceled the GMAT scores of 84 Scoretop users: The Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) has announced the completion of its investigation of GMAT® test takers who paid to receive active test questions on the Web site Scoretop.com, in violation of GMAC testing policies and procedures. As a result of the investigation, […]
Sep, 09, 2008
Steve Green and I attended the Tokyo MBA Tour last night. It was a very well attended event. For us it was a good opportunity to meet some alums we know, gather a couple of brochures, and see which schools were attracting the most attention. Among the big name programs in attendance were Yale, Cornell, […]
Sep, 07, 2008
If you need to calculate your 4.0 scale GPA, please see http://www.back2college.com/gpa.htm. This page provides a very clear explanation of how to do so. It also provides a calculator for determining GPA for every semester. -Adam Markusアダム マーカス
Sep, 07, 2008
Regardless of the weather, I will be at The MBA Tour tonight at The Palace Hotel. My colleague and fellow blogger, Steve Green, will also be attending. While I suspect I will do a bit of Twitter, mostly I will be gathering some brochures. Some video reporting will follow. If you go to this or […]
Sep, 07, 2008
The University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business is one of the most difficult MBA programs to be admitted to. The program is small and attracts a very diverse group of students. The objective of Haas admissions is certainly to find the best applicants in order to put together a diverse group of students […]
Sep, 07, 2008
My apologies to anyone who was expecting my report on the Chicago GSB September 7, 2008 Admissions Event. As my intrepid camerawoman(wife) and I left our home, we were rained upon and even with big umbrellas found ourselves soaked to the bone. Beating a hasty retreat home, we took it as a sign that this […]
Sep, 04, 2008
I plan on reporting on the following Tokyo MBA events:Chicago GSB, 9/7The MBA Tour, 9/8Stanford GSB, 9/21HBS, 9/29LBS, 10/7Wharton, 10/9Columbia, 10/27 This list is subject to change. Since twittering at the MIT event worked fairly well, I plan to continue doing it. Hopefully I will be able to Twitter at all of the events, so […]
Sep, 04, 2008
I just got back from the MIT Sloan Admissions event. I don’t know if anyone followed my Twitter Cast, but you can find it here (The posts will be dated September 3, 2008). The most important things that MIT admissions said: 1. 50% of applicants are admitted in first round and 50% in second, so […]
Sep, 04, 2008
I am posting my analysis of INSEAD’s essays for the September 2009 Intake (Class of July 2010). The questions are taken from the PDF. Over the years, I have had an opportunity to work with a number of clients admitted to INSEAD. For Fall 2008 admission, you can read testimonials by one of them who […]
Aug, 30, 2008
Adam and Steve are now posting videos at Youtube under the name “GradAdmissionsGurus,” but anything we post there will be posted here. In the first two of the videos below, Steve interviews Adam. In the third, Adam interviews Steve. As you can see, we are going for that natural video blog look which is further […]
