May, 11, 2014
While I have had very few clients apply to MBA programs with a GRE rather than a GMAT score, as Poets & Quants’ John Byrne reports in “GRE Gaining Ground On The GMAT“, it is clear that is GRE becoming a real alternative to the GMAT. GRE is now important enough that US News & World […]
May, 09, 2014
Clients frequently ask me to assess their chances for MBA admission. They want to know how they compare with their competition. They want to know how to beat their competition. This is an extremely reasonable request. After all, admission to top MBA programs or other competitive graduate programs is a zero sum game: You get […]
May, 08, 2014
In this post, I discuss a number of things mostly relating to me. I don’t do this sort of thing often, but now seemed to be a good time. Since June of 2013, my wife and I have been living in different cities in order to expand our perspectives and live (not just travel) in […]
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 […]
