Sep, 06, 2010
For Fall 2011 admission, I have somewhat revised my post on the Oxford Said Business School MBA application essay questions from my previous post. I have taken the questions from the Online Application. SHORTER ESSAYS: The only thing that has changed is the length of the essays. Essay 1 was 1000 words maximum and now is 750 […]
Aug, 30, 2010
You can find my Twittercast for the Columbia Business School Tokyo Event at http://twitter.com/adammarkus. The date would be August 30, 2010 from about 7pm-8:30pm Japan time. Main takeaways of interest (at least to me): 1. I had a chance to ask the admissions officer if much had changed since the former Director of Admissions, Linda […]
Aug, 29, 2010
I had the pleasure of working with six clients from six different countries who were admitted to MIT Sloan for Fall 2010. This was by far my best year ever for MIT. I lucked out as I had the great opportunity to work with some incredibly smart and thoughtful people who also had all demonstrated […]
Aug, 26, 2010
The Military to Business blogger (HBS, Class of 2012) has done an exceptional job analyzing the age of admission situation at HBS. Here is his key takeaway: “For those wondering about the best time to apply, let’s look at percentage of students matriculating by age groups at time of application: Age 23 and younger: 10% Age […]
Aug, 17, 2010
Updated August 18, 2010 Both to answer and to anticipate some likely questions, I have prepared the following FAQ: 1. What is the point of this blog? Are you selling something?Yes! I am selling my ideas on graduate admissions. The price is reading what I write. I am a professional graduate admissions consultant with a […]
Jul, 28, 2010
The following is my response to Chad Troutwine’s editorial, “Why You Should Pursue an M.B.A.” that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on July 27th. It is a slightly modified version of my comment attached to that editorial. As an MBA (I don’t follow the Wall Street style manual) admissions consultant since 2001, I am […]
Jul, 23, 2010
This post is on the forth of four of the “pick two” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2011 Admission.All the posts in this series: Overall Strategy, Accomplishments, Mistake, Option 1, Option 2, Option 3, and Option 4. My post on HBS interviews can be found here. My post on HBS […]
Jul, 18, 2010
This post is on the third of four of the “pick two” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2011 Admission.All the posts in this series: Overall Strategy, Accomplishments, Mistake, Option 1, Option 2, Option 3, and Option 4. My post on HBS interviews can be found here. 3. Tell us about […]
Jul, 14, 2010
This post is on the second of four of the “pick two” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2011 Admission.All the posts in this series: Overall Strategy, Accomplishments, Mistake, Option 1, Option 2, Option 3, and Option 4. My post on HBS interviews can be found here. My post on HBS […]
Jul, 14, 2010
This post is on the first of four of the “pick two” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 201 Admission.All the posts in this series: Overall Strategy, Accomplishments, Mistake, Option 1, Option 2, Option 3, and Option 4. My post on HBS interviews can be found here. My post on HBS […]
