Nov, 22, 2010
This is a follow-up to my post, 10 KEY POINTS FOR WRITING AN EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATION. I suggest reading that post first. In my previous post I provided some general guidelines for selecting the right recommender:“It is important that you select recommenders who know you well enough to serve as effective advocates on your behalf. Selecting […]
Nov, 17, 2010
If you are applying for the Joint Wharton MBA/MA-Lauder Program, you will find yourself, not only writing the Wharton essays (See my previous post), but also writing up to an additional 2000 words. I have not worked on too many Lauder applications. Three actually, resulting in an admit for 2010 (See his testimonial here) and […]
Nov, 16, 2010
10 KEY POINTS FOR WRITING AN EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATION: WHAT EVERY RECOMMENDER SHOULD KNOW In this post, I have provided some advice for recommenders (AKA “referees”). While this advice is focused on MBA recommendations (“recs”), much of what is here would apply to recs for other graduate programs. While this post is meant for your recommenders, […]
Nov, 15, 2010
The University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business is along with HBS, MIT Sloan, and Stanford GSB, one of the hardest programs to get into. The program is small and attracts a very diverse group of students. The objective of Haas admissions is to find the best applicants in order to put together a diverse […]
Nov, 14, 2010
In this post I analyze NYU Stern MBA program’s essay questions for Fall 2011 Admission. This post is updated from last year, but the changes are all pretty minor because the questions did not change this year. New York University Stern School of Business MBA essay questions’ web page also includes great tips which you […]
Nov, 09, 2010
A NEW VERSION OF MY WHARTON INTERVIEW ANALYSIS WILL BE POSTED WHEN THE PROCESS OF FALL 2012 ADMISSION IS FULLY CLEAR. THE CONTENT BELOW IS BASED ON FALL 2011 ADMISSION. The post below simply collected information as it became released. Given Wharton’s horrible implementation of new behavioral interviews last year, it was updated as information […]
Nov, 07, 2010
In the post, I analyze Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business 2011 Application Essay Questions for the MBA and MMM programs. I have taken the questions from Kellogg’s website. Some thoughts on Kellogg’s location: A highly biased commentary on why location matters. Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business has the good fortune to be located in one of […]
Oct, 12, 2010
In what follows, I will analyze the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s MBA Essay’s for 2010-2011.As a sponsor of the 2010 Japan Trek, I had a wonderful opportunity to meet with a cross section of Anderson students and I was impressed by their maturity, diversity, and warmth. Visiting Anderson briefly this May, I could see […]
Sep, 09, 2010
In this post, I analyze the essay questions for Wharton for Fall 2011 admission. You can find my post on Wharton Lauder Essays here. My analysis of Wharton interviews can be found here. I updated my analysis of Essay Option 1 on 12/25.As a matter of disclosure, I should indicate that I am a sponsor […]
Sep, 08, 2010
In this post I analyze the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA Application Essay Questions for Academic Year 2011–12 (Fall 2011). Question Three has changed from the previous year and have also updated and/or significantly revised some other parts of my analysis. To read a testimonial by one my two clients accepted for Tuck for […]
