May, 16, 2014
While Columbia Business School is the only one of the three to actually have the application online for 2015 entry, Harvard Business School and Stanford GSB have also announced their essay and recommendation topics. I have already written about Stanford’s Class of 2017 essays and recommendations very briefly in Stanford GSB cuts 1 Essay […]
Apr, 29, 2014
One marketing gimmick, used the world over, is tell potential customers/applicants/survey test takers how easy it is to complete an application for whatever. I can’t prove that the Business School Admissions offices that I mention in this post had car insurance ads or membership card applications or “Please Take this Survey” requests in mind when […]
Mar, 04, 2014
As IMD completely changed its essay questions for Rounds 2-5 for January 2015 Admission, this post replaces my prior post on 2015 Admission. It also serves as an update and expansion on what I have previously written about the new R2-R5 essay questions. By the way, unless it is for curiosity’s sake, there is not […]
Feb, 03, 2014
Please see IMD MBA Admissions Essays for January 2015 Admission (R2-R5) for my full analysis of IMD MBA application. IMD’s sudden introduction of new essay topics that will replace the present MBA application essay questions for January 2015 admission has suddenly got applicants asking me whether to apply now for Round 1 or use the new […]
Feb, 02, 2014
Please see IMD MBA Admissions Essays for January 2015 Admission (R2-R5) for my full analysis of IMD MBA application. I will provide a fully revised post on IMD’s MBA application essays for January 2015 admission, but I wanted to simply provide a quick analysis of the new questions that were released on February 2, 2014. […]
Feb, 02, 2014
Please see IMD MBA Admissions Essays for January 2015 Admission (R2-R5) for my full analysis of IMD MBA application. My initial analysis of the new IMD questions can be found here. Like anyone who has signed-up as an applicant on the IMD website, I just received the following email: “You are receiving this e-mail because […]
Feb, 02, 2014
In this post I analyze the essay questions for the University of Cambridge Judge Business School for Entry in September 2014. I’m too late for the first two deadlines, but better late than never. Hopefully next year, I will get this up in time for first round. I have worked with eight clients to Cambridge […]
Jan, 25, 2014
In this post I will discuss the specific problem that some applicants will have if they previously started writing INSEAD’s MBA Application Essays for January and September 2014 Admission, but are now applying for January 2015 admission. Below I provide both the GOOD and BAD NEWS on converting your essays for 2014 admission to what […]
Jan, 21, 2014
Here I discuss INSEAD’s essays for January 2015 (Class of December 2015). INSEAD has changed the essays this year. The program deadlines for January 2015 can be found here. For information about INSEAD interviews, please see here. By the way, if you are applying for September 2014, see this post as the questions you need to […]
Jan, 21, 2014
This is my analysis of IESE Essays (2013-2014) for admission to the MBA Class of 2016. IESE offers an intensive case study based MBA program. It was founded with the active cooperation of HBS and its first-year is a core curriculum program where a section of approximately 70 students will take all the same classes […]
