Sep, 07, 2012
In this post I provide advice on how to prepare for a Columbia Business School MBA interview. You can find my post on Columbia Essays here.For general advice on interview preparation, please see here, here, and here. Columbia Business School offers only one flavor of admissions interview: “Columbia Business School Ambassador” alumni invitation-only interviews. You […]
Sep, 06, 2012
Harvard Law School has “updated” their Master of Law application page for Fall 2010 admission, so I am updating my post Harvard LL.M. program as well. Actually the application has not changed significantly for years and this is my first major update in about four years. The deadlines: For the LL.M. class beginning in September 2013, the application […]
Sep, 05, 2012
In this post I analyze the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA Application Essay Questions for Academic Year 2012–13 (Class of 2015). Tuck is great school in a small town. This is both its strength in terms of forming a close knit community and weakness in terms of being a location that some find […]
Aug, 11, 2012
For my most recent post on Wharton interviews, please see Preparing for Wharton Interviews for the Class of 2015. I should consolidate this post, this other post, and the actual group interview questions, but will do so after Round 1. Wharton has radically altered their MBA admissions interviews for fall 2013 entry. This post was last updated on August […]
Aug, 11, 2012
In this post, I analyze the essay questions for Wharton for Fall 2013 admission. You can find testimonials from my clients admitted to Wharton in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 here. Wharton has again changed both its essays and has a new approach to interviews. For my most recent post on Wharton interviews, please see Preparing for Wharton Interviews […]
Jul, 27, 2012
I think all applicants planning on MBA application for 2013 entry, should take a look at Heavy Round One Volume Expected, an article by John Byrne in Poets & Quants. Byrne has been communicating with some other admissions consultants about the fact that they anticipate a very heavy first round (R1) this year because of […]
Jul, 27, 2012
You can find an audio interview with me on CareerEdge Japan where I discuss the graduate admissions consulting services I offer, the types of clients I work with, and some of my consulting methods. For those considering using my services or if you are just curious to know what I do, this interview is a […]
Jul, 22, 2012
Given the decreases in total word count and number of essays at HBS, Columbia, Stanford, MIT, etc, clearly brevity is the soul of the MBA application for 2012-2013. Applicants to top US MBA programs in 2012-2013 will surely find themselves experiencing both the benefits and limitations of having very short essays to write. While applicants will […]
Jul, 17, 2012
This is the fifth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015 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 2015 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So […]
Jul, 17, 2012
The essays for the Class of 2016 are the same. See here. I revised 2016 version of this post will be up soon. This is the fourth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015 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 […]
