Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the third of four “Question 3” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. You must answer two out of four of these questions. All my posts in this series: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. Question 3: 3.What area of the world are you […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the second of four “Question 3” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. You must answer two out of four of these questions. All my posts in this series: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. Question 3: 2. Discuss how you have engaged with […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the first of four “Question 3” questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. You must answer two out of four of these questions. Here are all the posts in this series: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. Question 3: 1. What would you like […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the second of two required questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. My posts in this series are: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. 2. What have you learned from a mistake? (400-word limit)I think the reason HBS, as well as many other schools, […]
Jun, 16, 2008
This post is on the first of two required questions for the Harvard Business School MBA Application for Fall 2009 Admission. All my posts in this series: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. 1. What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you view them as such? (600-word limit) HBS has […]
Jun, 15, 2008
This post is focused on overall strategy for HBS MBA Questions for Fall 2009 Admission. All the posts in this series are: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4.THE QUESTIONS Two Required Questions: 1. What are your three most substantial accomplishments and why do you view them as such? (600-word limit) 2. What have […]
May, 16, 2008
NOTE: I HAVE NOW PREPARED A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE HBS ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR FALL 2009 ADMISSION: Overall Strategy 1 2 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4. Feel free to read the read post below, but I suggest you read my full analysis as the remarks below were merely tentative. In honor of my client admitted to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
