Apr, 25, 2011
I love reapplicants because they approach the admissions process with a level of commitment, realism, and focus that only the best first-time applicants can match. Failure is a harsh teacher, but for intelligent people, a great one. For fall 2011, my reapplicant clients obtained admission at HBS, Stanford GSB, Haas, Chicago Booth, INSEAD and Columbia University […]
Jan, 12, 2011
You should probably read my post, Overall MBA Application Interview Strategy, before reading this post.Clients frequently ask me how they should prepare for interviews. As I suggest in my post on Overall MBA Application Interview Strategy, I believe in a proactive approach to interview preparation based on actual practice of your key stories. You might not know […]
Nov, 16, 2010
10 KEY POINTS FOR WRITING AN EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATION: WHAT EVERY RECOMMENDER SHOULD KNOW In this post, I have provided some advice for recommenders (AKA “referees”). While this advice is focused on MBA recommendations (“recs”), much of what is here would apply to recs for other graduate programs. While this post is meant for your recommenders, […]
Jun, 21, 2010
My former client and member of the Class of 2011, the Japanese blogger at “sutebuu survival@Stanford GSB,” was kind enough to answer my questions regarding surviving his first year at Stanford. “Sutebuu” is one the smartest and nicest guys I know. I think you will find his views very insightful.—————————————————————————————– Adam: You are a really […]
Jun, 12, 2010
Below are the slides and an edited version of the transcript for my Reapplication for Success Webinar. The actual 48 minute Webinar can be found at http://www.aigac.org/summit/SummitVideos/summitVideo12.aspx. This seminar was part of AIGAC’s 2010 Graduate Admissions Virtual Summit. See here for a full list of all the presentations. WARNING: The 48 minute transcript and slides […]
May, 04, 2010
A Japanese member of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth’s class of 2011 was kind enough to answer my questions. “Tuck 2011” is a former client and one of the organizers of Tuck’s 2010 Japan Trek. As a matter of disclosure, I was one of the 2009 and 2010 Treks’ sponsors.—————— Adam: What […]
Apr, 14, 2010
On April 28th at 9pm PST, I will be presenting a webinar version of the post below as part of the AIGAC Graduate Admissions Virtual Summit. I will be taking questions as part of that webinar. For details, see http://www.aigac.org/summit/2010.This post has been updated from last year. Was your admissions game plan for Fall 2010 […]
Mar, 06, 2010
This post is updated from last year. Based on my own clients’ reports and those found at accepted.com and clearadmit.com, I think that there are five key things to consider when preparing for The Johnson School at Cornell University MBA interviews: 1. Interviewers use a standard list of questions according to a number of reports. […]
Dec, 01, 2009
Sorry for the long silence, but I have been a bit busy helping my clients. I have been suffering from extreme blog withdrawal. I would like to say that there will be a ton of posts in December, but that is probably not likely. I am also hoping to update IMD as their questions changed for […]
Oct, 08, 2009
A former client, a member of the Chicago Booth MBA Class of 2010, was kind enough to answer my questions. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー Adam: So, what did you learn during your first year at Booth? Booth2010: First year is mainly getting core classes done (Accounting, Microeconomics, Statistics) to be able to take more advanced classes. Form a […]
