Sep, 15, 2009
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. This year HLS only has an online application. That is the big change! Actually the application has not changed for years, so this post is only slightly modified from […]
Sep, 03, 2009
Steve and I attended The MBA Tour tonight. The location, the Keio Plaza, was rather nice and real improvement on The Palace Hotel (now being rebuilt). The crowd was good and with 39 schools in attendance, it was a large event. Below we discuss the event, which undermined my old pen theory. We also discuss […]
Sep, 02, 2009
Steve Green and I attended The World MBA Tour here in Tokyo tonight. I had initially posted this as video that was so awful that I had wanted to just upload the audio, but unable to do it myself, I initially posted the video. Luckily, one of my clients was kind enough to create an […]
Sep, 02, 2009
Before analyzing MIT Sloan School of Management MBA Essays for Fall 2010, I think it is important to take a look at MIT Sloan’s core values: Mind and Hand The moment you step onto the MIT Sloan campus, you feel the palpable sense of energy and opportunity that is fueled by MIT’s credo of mens […]
Sep, 01, 2009
At the time I write this, London Business School has not yet updated their website, but their newsletter of 8/31/09 (Thanks to a client who told me about this!), indicates that their essay questions for the Class of 2012 (August 2010 admission) will not change from those of the Class of 2011 (August 2009 admission).While […]
Aug, 28, 2009
Below is an email-based interview I conducted with Peter von Loesecke, the CEO and Managing Director of The MBA Tour LLC. He provides a very good explanation about the value of The MBA Tour is to applicants as well as some interesting information on attendee trends in the US, Japan, and the rest of Asia. […]
Aug, 19, 2009
UPDATED ON 9/8/2009. In this post I will analyze the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA Application Essay Questions for Academic Year 2010–11 (Fall 2010). The questions have not changed from the previous year, but I have modified my analysis somewhat. To read a testimonial by my client accepted for Tuck for Fall 2009, […]
Aug, 02, 2009
In what follows, I will analyze the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s MBA Essay’s for 2009-2010. For Fall 2009 admission, I had the opportunity to work with five clients who were admitted to UCLA. You find testimonials from three of them here. Here are the questions and instructions taken from UCLA’s website: GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Please […]
Jul, 30, 2009
In this post I discuss the essay questions for admission to the Columbia School of Business September (Early and Regular Decision) 2010 MBA. Finally, don’t forget to read my concluding remarks. EARLY VERSUS REGULAR DECISIONYou can find my detailed discussion of Early versus Regular Decision here. While I worked with two clients who were admitted […]
Jul, 29, 2009
The University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business is along with HBS 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 group […]
