Jul, 23, 2008
11/9/08 Note: “The Chicago GSB” is now called “The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.” This is the fourth post in a four part series. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Before discussing an overall plan for addressing the Fall 2009 University of Chicago GSB’s MBA application questions, we need to look at the […]
Jul, 23, 2008
This is the third post in a four part series. Part 1. Part 2. Part 4. This is the second year that the University of Chicago GSB has required a slide presentation. Based on working with a client who was admitted there as well as with a couple of clients whose applications resulted in interview […]
Jul, 23, 2008
This is the second post in a four part series. Part 1. Part 3. Part 4. The biggest change to the University of Chicago GSB’s application for Fall 2009 admission is Essay 2: Please select one of the following two questions to answer. (1000 word maximum) Option 1 a) Please provide an example of a […]
Jul, 23, 2008
This is the first of a series of four posts on the University of Chicago GSB’s MBA application essays for Fall 2009 admission. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. This first essay question is very standard. It is greatly simplified and the maximum word count has been shortened in length by 50% from last year, […]
May, 11, 2008
As is usual for Chicago GSB admissions, they have provided some great advice, this time on the topic of reapplication. If you plan to reapply to Chicago GSB or are just looking for general reapplication advice, I suggest reading GSB’s “Making a Fresh Start.” I especially liked the following very useful advice that is really […]
Mar, 04, 2008
You can find an updated version of this post here. This seems to be a very tough year to get admitted. I think we can assume next year will be even worse because more Americans will be applying to graduate school in lieu of being unemployed or underemployed. When the US economy goes bad, applications […]
Jan, 17, 2008
File this one in the better late than never category. I have been busy with clients and thus not able to cover all the topics I had wanted to last year. For those who have not applied yet, I thought I would post my analysis of Columbia Business School’s very odd set of questions. If […]
Jan, 03, 2008
As usual, the University GSB provides great information related both to its own and other top MBA programs. Their just released “Admissions Insider: Top 10 Myths” is really worth looking at, so I have reproduced it in italics and added my own additional comments to it below: In monitoring the discussion forum, talking with GSB […]
Nov, 02, 2007
My Fall 2009 essay analysis can be found here. This is the second of two posts on New York University Stern’s essay questions for Fall 2008 admission. The first post is here. I suggest reading the first post before reading this one. There are two reasons that I am analyzing NYU’s essays. The first is […]
Nov, 02, 2007
My Fall 2009 essay analysis can be found here. This is the first of two posts on NYU Stern’s MBA Essays for Fall 2008 Admission. The second one is here. New York University Stern School of Business MBA essay questions’ web page also includes great tips for the questions, so I have included them. Let’s […]
