Aug, 19, 2011
I work with a very large percentage of MBA clients who are focused on having future careers in finance. In this post I briefly discuss the current financial career climate and the way admissions offices seem to be reacting to it. Then I provide some advice about what applicants can do in their MBA admissions […]
Aug, 19, 2011
In this post I will discuss the Class of 2014 MBA application admissions essays for MIT Sloan. I have taken the essay topics from the online application for 2012 admission. My analysis of LGO specific questions can be found here. You can read testimonials from some of my clients admitted to MIT Sloan for the […]
Aug, 14, 2011
An applicant’s potential employability is not an abstract consideration for admissions officers. Based on my conversations with MBA admissions officers since 2001, I can say with certainty that one factor impacting admissions decisions is potential to be employed. In addition to being hired by someone else, self-employment (entrepreneurship) counts as employment for this purpose Schools […]
Aug, 13, 2011
This post is on the University of Chicago Booth’s MBA application essays for 2011-2012 admission application. As is usual, Chicago Booth has again changed its questions. I never get a break with this school! I have taken the Class of 2014 questions from the Booth website with additional commentary from the Booth Insider. In addition […]
Aug, 03, 2011
In this post I analyze the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA Application Essay Questions for Academic Year 2012–13 (Class of 2014). I had two clients admitted to Tuck for the Class of 2013. You can find a testimonial by one of them here. To read a testimonial by one my two clients accepted for Tuck […]
Aug, 02, 2011
THE SOLE FUNCTION OF MBA APPLICATION CAREER GOALS IS TO GET YOU ADMITTED Please keep in mind that I am a graduate admissions consultant, not a life coach or career counselor. My advice regarding goals is strictly limited to what I think will get an applicant admitted, not what they actually do. I think applicants […]
Aug, 02, 2011
In this post, I analyze the essay questions for Wharton for Fall 2012 admission. You can find testimonials from my clients admitted to Wharton in 2009, 2010, and 2011 here. My preparation guide to Wharton interviews is here. NOT SUCH A GOOD SET OF ESSAYS TO START WITH If you ask generic questions, you get generic answers. […]
Jul, 21, 2011
In the post, I analyze Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business 2012 Application Essay Questions for the MBA and MMM programs. I have taken the questions from Kellogg’s website. I had three clients admitted to Kellogg’s MBA Class of 2013, You can find testimonials from two of them here. On my admissions consulting service website there […]
Jul, 21, 2011
One strategy that I consistently use with all of my MBA, LL.M., MPA, MPP, Ph.D., and other graduate program clients is that I encourage them to initially not worry about word count (or page count, line count, or character count). The reason to write more than the word count is that the best part of […]
Jul, 19, 2011
This is the first of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2014 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 2014 posts, I also […]
