Apr, 02, 2013
“HBS2014” was kind enough to answer my questions. HBS2014 is a former client and a member of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2014. HBS2014 is Asian and in his early 30s. ———————————————————————————————————————– Adam: How hard has the first year at HBS been for you? HBS2014: The day-to-day work is not […]
Feb, 23, 2013
My five-part analysis of the application for admission to the Stanford Class of 2015 (2013 entry) begins with Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015. The following post focuses on admissions interviews for Stanford GSB. Stanford GSB’s is the hardest MBA admission interview invitation to get on the planet. If you have been […]
Feb, 04, 2013
This will be a rather brief post on MBA Admissions Interviews for the Yale School of Management MBA Class of 2015. Based on a client report (I had one client who was admitted there in R1, you can find that client’s testimonial as well) and the sole report in Clear Admit (Accepted had no reports for […]
Feb, 03, 2013
In this post, I discuss how to prepare for Wharton Round 2 Interviews for fall 2013 entry. This post consolidates my three previous posts on Wharton Interviews for the Class of 2015: Wharton Group Interview Questions Now Made Public (Round 1, not Round 2) More details about Wharton MBA Interviews for 2013 entry Wharton Interviews for […]
Jan, 28, 2013
As I have been doing since 2008, I wanted to provide my Global Top 100 MBA Rankings for 2013. The rankings below should hopefully be of value for both those engaged in initial school application selection and for admitted applicants who have been accepted to multiple programs and need to determine where to go. Programs […]
Jan, 27, 2013
This is my analysis of IESE Essays (2012-2013) for admission to the MBA Class of 2015. IESE offers an intensive case study based MBA program. It was founded with the active cooperation of HBS and its first-year is a core curriculum program where a section of approximately 70 students will take all the same […]
Jan, 20, 2013
This post has been greatly expanded from prior versions and has been updated for admission to the Kellogg MBA Class of 2015. 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, […]
Jan, 14, 2013
File this one under “better late than never.” 2012 was a busy year. In this post I analyze NYU Stern MBA program’s essay questions for fall 2013 Admission. New York University Stern School of Business MBA essay questions’ web page also includes great tips which you can find here. Every year, I have seen some potential applicants […]
Jan, 14, 2013
I wanted to let readers to my blog know about my resources for reapplicants. I think the best place to start is my June 2010 Reapplication for Success Webinar Transcript and Slides. Also see MBA Reapplication: Why were you dinged? Now what? For a more introspective take on graduate admissions rejection and recovery, please see The Warren […]
Jan, 12, 2013
In this post I discuss MBA rejection, but for my less philosophical, but more practical advice on reapplication, please see A guide to my resources for reapplicants. While focused mostly on MBA rejection, what I write here applies to rejection from any graduate program or perhaps rejection of any kind. In a much earlier post, I […]
