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GMAT or GRE? Both?

May, 11, 2014


While I have had very few clients apply to MBA programs with a GRE rather than a GMAT score,  as Poets & Quants’ John Byrne reports in “GRE Gaining Ground On The GMAT“, it is clear that is GRE becoming a real alternative to the GMAT. GRE is now important enough that US News & World […]


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Advice for Family Business MBA Applicants

May, 07, 2014


Amongst the many different types of clients I work with, applicants whose careers and/or future goals are related to their family businesses have special advantages and challenges. My family business clients have come from very diverse backgrounds.  I have had applicants whose families controlled businesses that were quite small, $1 million or less in annual sales, […]


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Stanford GSB: Additional Info, Resume, Employment History, Activities for Class of 2016 Admission

May, 27, 2013


This is the fifth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2016 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2016 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So you want […]


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A guide to my resources for reapplicants

Jan, 14, 2013


I wanted to let readers to my blog know about my resources for reapplicants. I think the best place to start is my June 2010 Reapplication for Success Webinar Transcript and Slides.  Also see MBA Reapplication: Why were you dinged? Now what?   For a more introspective take on graduate admissions rejection and recovery, please see The Warren […]


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Waitlisted? Now what?

Jan, 11, 2013


This is an updated and expanded version of a previous post on what do if you are waitlisted at an MBA program.   As MBA results roll in with  all their joy, pain, and annoyance have more or less emerged, some people will find themselves  admitted, others outright rejected, and others in that netherworld known as waitlist. […]


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London Business School Fall 2013 MBA Application Essay Questions

Sep, 11, 2012


In this post I analyze the London Business School’s MBA admissions essay questions for the Class of 2015. Thinking about London Business School reminds me of the strength of the alumni network, the quality of its academic research, its core competencies in finance and international business, the intensity of its campus community, and the emphasis […]


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Harvard Law School LL.M. Essay Questions for Fall 2013

Sep, 06, 2012


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.  Actually the application has not changed significantly for years and this is my first major update in about four years. The deadlines: For the LL.M. class beginning in September 2013, the application […]


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Stanford GSB: Additional Info, Resume, Employment History, Activities

Jul, 17, 2012


This is the fifth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015 Admission.  The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB interviews can be found here. In addition to the Class of 2015 posts, I also recommend reading and/or listening to my presentation, “So […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay 3 for Class of 2015 Admission

Jul, 17, 2012


The essays for the Class of 2016 are the same. See here.  I revised 2016 version of this post will be up soon. This is the fourth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford GSB […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015

Jul, 12, 2012


The essays for the Class of 2016 are the same. See here.  I revised 2016 version of this post will be up soon. This is the first of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015 Admission. The five posts are overall comments, Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, and additional information/resume/employment history/activities. My analysis of Stanford […]


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