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Behavioral Questions: MIT Sloan & Stanford GSB for Fall 2008 MBA Admissions

Oct, 26, 2007


CLICK HERE FOR FALL 2009 MIT SLOAN CLASS OF 2011 ESSAY QUESTION ANALYSIS. CLICK HERE FOR FALL 2009 STANFORD CLASS OF 2011 ESSAY QUESTION ANALYSIS. In this very long post (sorry it took so long for me to get it done, but I have been busy), I will look at behavioral questions in general, the […]


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MIT Sloan MBA Essays for Fall 2008 1st of 2 posts

Oct, 26, 2007


CLICK HERE FOR FALL 2009 MIT SLOAN CLASS OF 2011 ESSAY QUESTION ANALYSIS. This is the first in a series of two posts about MIT Sloan’s MBA Essays for Fall 2008. In this post, I will review the entire set of essay questions and provide analysis for the cover letter and supplemental information. The second […]


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Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2007/2008 & Tokyo Event

Oct, 25, 2007


Click here for my analysis of Stanford GSB’s essay questions for 2008/2009 if you want to apply for the Class of 2011. In this entry, I discuss how to approach the Stanford GSB essays generally, provide specific advice for Essays A and B, and discuss the 9/30/07 Tokyo Outreach Event. I discuss Essay C along […]


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The value of an MBA and the admissions process

Oct, 05, 2007


As readers to my blog may have gathered, I am fairly neutral about the value of an MBA. See here for example. I think it is great and valuable to some and a waste of time and money for others. Honestly to hold any other opinion would reduce my effectiveness as a counselor because I […]


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Wharton MBA Fall 2008 Essay Questions & Tokyo Event

Sep, 28, 2007


Click here for my Fall 2009 (Class of 2011) essay analysis. UPDATE AS OF 2/8/2008: I will not change my comments below regarding the ethics of Wharton because I think it is important that readers know what I had thought. I stand by my analysis of the essay questions, but given recent events, completely renounce […]


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How to write an MBA Leadership Essay

Sep, 28, 2007


You can find my analysis for Fall 2009 Admission here. In this post, I will specifically refer to Harvard Business School Essay 3a for Fall 2008: Discuss a defining experience in your leadership development. How did this experience highlight your strengths and weaknesses? HBS is about leadership. The HBS mission statement makes that clear: The […]


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HBS Essays: Choices! And easier too! (updated)

Sep, 28, 2007


You can find my analysis for Fall 2009 Admission (Class of 2011) to HBS here. This is the first in a series of posts on the Harvard Business School MBA Application Essays for the Class of 2010. Click for further analysis of Essay 2 and Essay 3a. It is rather obvious that the questions an […]


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Fall 2008 MBA "Failure Essay Quesions"

Sep, 27, 2007


This post has been updated for 2009. Click for my analysis for Fall 2009 Admission Analysis for HBS and Wharton. In this post, I will look at the “failure essay questions” asked by Wharton and Harvard Business School (click here for my initial analysis of the entire essay set). I think the reason both HBS […]


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Harvard LL.M. Essay Questions for Fall 2008

Sep, 22, 2007


As I discussed in my previous post, I think everyone who applies to top LL.M. programs should think about the Harvard Law School essay questions even if they don’t intend to apply to Harvard. Harvard has the most difficult set of essay questions that any LL.M. program asks and most who apply to Harvard will […]


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Why All LL.M. Applicants Need to Understand Harvard’s Questions

Sep, 22, 2007


After almost six years of counseling clients on US LL.M. admissions I have reached the conclusion that anyone applying to top LL.M. programs needs to understand the Harvard essays even if they are not applying there. When it comes to LL.M., I think Harvard Law School does. My reasoning is as follows: 1. Harvard Law […]


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