Feb, 04, 2009
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business interviews are by invitation only. You’ll find that it may vary whether interviews are blind or not. The best advice is to be prepared and consistent about your story. Interviews are conducted by admissions on-campus, by telephone, and at selected locations worldwide. USC interviews last 30-45 minutes. […]
Feb, 03, 2009
HBS second round invites will be coming on 2/9:On February 9 we will send out invitations to interview. The invitation will come in an email from HBS MBA Admissions and will contain detailed instuctions about how to sign up for interviews both on campus and in hub cities. Please be assured that if we see […]
Dec, 22, 2008
I am frequently asked questions from MBA, LL.M., MPA, and other graduate school applicants about how much consistency there should between their application (essays, resume, and application form content) and their recommendations. This is a complex and annoying issue for many applicants, especially if they themselves and/or their recommenders come from countries where such recommendations […]
Dec, 11, 2008
This question always comes up, so I want to provide my official answer: If your MBA application is truly weak for 2nd round and you can get it better by 3rd round, apply in the 3rd round. Now, of course, this is a trick answer. “Weak” is a relative term. “Weak” for HBS or Stanford […]
Dec, 05, 2008
Sorry for the long hiatus. At least I can offer you something really long. In this first post of the month, I wanted to tackle one of the most exciting parts of the parts of the graduate admissions process….THE APPLICATION FORM. If you are starting to get sleepy, I understand, but THE REASON SCHOOLS ASK […]
Nov, 23, 2008
I just wanted to let all Fall 2009 Stanford GSB Applicants (Click here for my full analysis of Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2008/2009), for 2nd and 3rd round, know that the online application question page does a awful job of presenting the Essay C questions. It states the following: “Essay C: Please answer […]
Oct, 23, 2008
I know that there is some repetition in this series of posts on interviewing for specific schools, but since most readers are likely to only look at posts for specific schools, I thought it best that each of these posts be self-contained. I have reviewed reports of Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management MBA applicant […]
Oct, 12, 2008
Attending the LBS Event that was held in Tokyo on October 7th (you can see my full twittering of the event, if you go to this page and start with “02:57 AM October 07, 2008 from mobile web”), I was again reminded of the strength of the LBS alumni network, the quality of its academic […]
Oct, 08, 2008
This is greatly expanded and altered post from one I did in 2007. In this post I will provide some general advice for preparing for MBA interviews. The methods I outline are the ones I use with my clients. Some will no doubt think it is odd that my first substantive post for October 2008 […]
Oct, 07, 2008
Three of Japan’s Most Experienced Graduate Admissions Consultants Now Offer a Joint Interview Referral Program H. Steven Green (http://hstevengreen.com/home.html), Adam Markus (http://adammarkus.com/), and Vince Ricci (http://vinceprep.com/) are pleased to announce that they have established an interview practice referral service. Each consultant’s clients will now have the opportunity to do interview practice with two other great […]
