May, 07, 2014
Amongst the many different types of clients I work with, applicants whose careers and/or future goals are related to their family businesses have special advantages and challenges. My family business clients have come from very diverse backgrounds. I have had applicants whose families controlled businesses that were quite small, $1 million or less in annual sales, […]
Apr, 29, 2014
One marketing gimmick, used the world over, is tell potential customers/applicants/survey test takers how easy it is to complete an application for whatever. I can’t prove that the Business School Admissions offices that I mention in this post had car insurance ads or membership card applications or “Please Take this Survey” requests in mind when […]
Feb, 14, 2014
Are you presently stuck at home because of the lousy weather in the United States or Japan? Do you have any free time? Maybe you don’t have any Valentine’s Day plans. I have some suggestions for you: 1. Take a few minutes and get a chance to win to $500 just because you […]
Feb, 13, 2014
In this post I discuss preparing for New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business MBA admissions interviews. Before reading this post, I suggest reviewing some or all of the following previous posts: –MBA Application Interview Strategy –Interview Practice is ABOUT SPEAKING! –Further Comments on MBA Admissions Interviews –General Characteristics of Admissions Officers, […]
Feb, 12, 2014
In this post, which is significantly updated, I discuss how to prepare for an MIT Sloan MBA admissions interview. If you have been invited to interview for the Class of 2016, this post is for you! Beyond my 16 comprehensive service clients admitted to MIT Sloan since Fall 2008 entry (I began my own consulting […]
Feb, 11, 2014
I have a request: could you spare a few minutes to complete an MBA admissions survey? You will get a chance to win $500. If you have been admitted to or applying to MBA programs with a 2014 start date, this survey is for you. I’m a member of AIGAC, the Association of International Graduate […]
Feb, 10, 2014
This post supplements my main post on preparing for Wharton MBA Admissions Interviews. It provides a list of the common non-Team-Based Discussion questions that are part of the one-to-one interview. Like he has done with many other schools, my colleague, Steve Green has compiled the following list of questions from from all the reports […]
Feb, 03, 2014
Please see IMD MBA Admissions Essays for January 2015 Admission (R2-R5) for my full analysis of IMD MBA application. IMD’s sudden introduction of new essay topics that will replace the present MBA application essay questions for January 2015 admission has suddenly got applicants asking me whether to apply now for Round 1 or use the new […]
Feb, 02, 2014
Please see IMD MBA Admissions Essays for January 2015 Admission (R2-R5) for my full analysis of IMD MBA application. My initial analysis of the new IMD questions can be found here. Like anyone who has signed-up as an applicant on the IMD website, I just received the following email: “You are receiving this e-mail because […]
Jan, 28, 2014
This post has been updated for admission to the Kellogg MBA Class of 2016. Just as with essays, interviews for the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management MBA applicant interviews are all about fit. I could not really tell you how many Kellogg mock sessions I have conducted since 2001, when I started working as an admissions consultant, […]
