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 […]
Dec, 30, 2007
While I most certainly believe in the importance of effective self-marketing when applying for an MBA or actually any kind of degree, I believe more in the truth. For obvious reasons, MBA applicants in particular are easily drawn into the traps of the pure self-marketing strategy, but this can be the case with anyone applying […]
Dec, 15, 2007
Situation: You applied first round and were rejected by one or more Business Schools for Fall 2008 admission. Alternatively you applied first round, but have been put on the waitlist. In any event, your first round MBA applications have been less than a success, if not an outright failure. This is a common enough situation […]
Dec, 11, 2007
Image the following hypothetical situation: You are in a selection process involving 10,000 candidates and only 10% will be accepted. In order to differentiate yourself from the other 9999 candidates, you begin collecting reports on them. After all if you have to market yourself and be viewed as unique you better know who your competition […]
Nov, 21, 2007
This post analyzes the essay questions for Fall 2008 Admission to RSM Erasmus University’s International Full-Time MBA Program. In doing so, I will make reference to the Information Session and Masterclass that I attended in Tokyo on November 13, 2007. Depending on what chart you look at RSM ranks 18th (Wall Street Journal Recruiter’s Poll), […]
Nov, 10, 2007
In this post, I will analyze Duke University ‘s Fuqua School of Business MBA Essays for Fall 2008 Entry. Take a close look at the Fuqua’s website including the video Higher and Higher which you can find here. The video will give a general sense what Fuqua takes pride in and an idea of some […]
Nov, 06, 2007
Below I analyze the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA Application Essay Questions for 2007–08 and discuss the Tokyo Reception I attended on 11/2/07. I attended the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth’s November 2nd Tokyo Reception. It had some unusual features. First, it was held on the very same evening as the MBA […]
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 […]
Oct, 31, 2007
In this post I analyze the contribution essay questions for Fall 2008 asked by Northwestern Kellogg, Duke Fuqua, University of Texas-Austin McCombs, Babson Olin, and the London Business School. MBA programs are looking for students who will make a contribution. And this really makes sense because of the collaborative nature of MBA education. While professors […]
