Class of 2016 Stanford GSB Essay 2: What do you want to do—REALLY—and why Stanford?
May, 27, 2013
This is the third of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]
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Class of 2016 Stanford GSB Essay 1: What matters most to you, and why?
May, 27, 2013
This is the second of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]
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Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016
May, 27, 2013
This is the first of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you […]
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INSEAD MBA Essay Questions for January 2014 and September 2014
May, 26, 2013
Here I discuss INSEAD’s essays for January 2014 (Class of December 2014) and September 2014 (Class of July 2015). In 2011, INSEAD changed the essays for the first time in many years. The deadlines for September 2014 and January 2014, can be found here. For information about INSEAD interviews, please see here. By the way, for […]
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Columbia Business School MBA Recommendation for January and August 2014 Admission
May, 25, 2013
In this post I analyze the Columbia Business School MBA recommendation MBA for January and August 2014 admission. For my analysis of the MBA application essays and whether to select J-term Class of 2015 or August Class of 2016, please see here. For my analysis of Columbia Business School application interviews, please see here. […]
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Stanford GSB Class of 2016 Essays & Recs just announced
May, 24, 2013
For my Class of 2016 Stanford GSB analysis see these five posts on overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. Stanford GSB Admissions on the new application: “The big news about essay questions for application to the Class of 2016 is that there is no news. Last year, […]
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Columbia MBA Essays for January and August 2014 Admission
May, 21, 2013
Columbia Business School has again changed their MBA application essay set. Those applying for January and August 2014 entry will find that they are likely to spend as much time thinking about how to answer Columbia’s essay questions as answering them. Given the limited space applicants will have to work with, coming up with […]
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What Kind of MBA Do You Need?
May, 21, 2013
This is the second of a three part series of posts on the overal topic of “Do you really need an MBA?” In the first post in this series, I discussed that overall question directly. I suggest reading that post, “Do You Really an MBA,” before proceeding to the post below. What Kind of MBA […]
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Do You Really Need an MBA?
Apr, 29, 2013
In this post, I offer some advice for those considering applying to MBA programs. In the second post in this series, I discuss the different types of MBA programs. I am not in the business of telling anyone that they need an MBA, only in helping committed applicants get into MBA programs. Frankly, I […]
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Visits to Booth and Kellogg and some thoughts on learning about MBA programs
Apr, 20, 2013
I know my blog has been quiet since April 2nd. For spring vacation, I went to Chicago, where I froze most of the time in very un-spring-like conditions. My parents and brother live there, so it was time to spend some quality time with the family. In addition, I visited both Booth and Kellogg. Both […]
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