Sep, 11, 2024
This is a short post on the MIT Sloan Essays for the Class of 2027. I am too busy to do a full post right now, but wanted to provide basic essay analysis. This is an update and revision to my prior posts on MIT. CORE LEARNING POINTS: (1) Making a pure fit argument (2) […]
Aug, 07, 2024
This will be a five part series of blog posts on the essays and rest of the application for admission to the Harvard Business School Class of 2027: –The first post focuses on overall strategy, the 3 essays and the goals statement. –This second post focuses on the application form questions. It will focus on […]
Jul, 07, 2024
This will be a five part series of blog posts on the essays and rest of the application for admission to the Harvard Business School Class of 2027: –This post focuses on overall strategy. It will provide the basis for thinking about what HBS wants to know about you and why. It will discuss the […]
Jun, 15, 2024
In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA (also MBA and MSX) essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2027 . My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. For an overall quick analysis on M7 schools essays see here for an earlier post. You can find results and/or testimonials […]
May, 22, 2024
Columbia Business School has just announced the deadlines and essay questions for the J-term Class of 2026 admission. As they have not stated the deadlines for August 2025 (Class of 2027) admission, I am going to make a second post for this purpose instead of one unified post. BIG CHANGE for J-term: The final deadline […]
Aug, 09, 2023
My clients frequently ask me how much time they have to invest in learning about the MBA programs they will be applying to. That is, how many live or online information sessions, how many alumni and/or current students do they need to contact, and how much do they need to master the school’s curriculum and […]
May, 18, 2023
In this post, I will be analyzing the essay question and key components of the HBS Application for the Class of 2026. In addition to discussing overall HBS application strategy and the required essay, I will discuss key parts of the application form, resume, and transcript. I also provide some advice for HBS reapplicants and […]
May, 18, 2023
In this post, I analyze the Stanford GSB MBA (also MBA and MSX) essays and additional information/resume/employment history/activities for Class of 2026 . My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. For an overall quick analysis on M7 schools essays see here for an earlier post. You can find results and/or testimonials […]
Mar, 31, 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic is a pure example of a VUCA (Volatility Uncertainty Complexity Ambiguity) situation. To get my head around how it would impact MBA students and applicants, I engaged in some scenario analysis and as the situation develops, so is my thinking. In this post I give some initial suggestions for how to think […]
Mar, 24, 2020
In general, whatever HBS does, I assume there is a good chance the rest of the business school world will follow. Harvard Business School is at the top of food chain, regardless in whatever their ranking at the moment might be or relative difficulty of entrance. That has been one of my core assumptions about […]
