MBA Admissions Interviewing: Understanding Prior Interview Experience
Jan, 31, 2017
Please see my guest blog post for Service2School on “MBA Admissions Interviewing: Understanding Prior Interview Experience.”
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Brief thoughts on recent HBS MBA admissions interviews
Jan, 29, 2017
In this post, I discuss HBS MBA admissions interviews. My long prior post on that topic is here. This post builds on what is in that post so I suggest reviewing it first. For my detailed suggestions on overall interview preparation, please see: –MBA Application Interview Strategy –Interview Practice is ABOUT SPEAKING! –Further Comments on […]
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MIT Sloan MBA Essays for Fall 2017 Admission
Aug, 18, 2016
In this post I will discuss the Class of 2019 MBA application admissions essays for the MIT Sloan School of Management. You can see the my client results and testimonials here. Before analyzing MIT Sloan School of Management MBA Essays for Fall 2017 entry, I think it is important to take a look at MIT […]
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HLS Resume Template Collection for LL.M. Applicants
Jul, 31, 2016
In addition to the resume template I make available, Harvard Law School has a great collection of CV templates useful for anyone pursuing graduate studies in law. You can see other resume templates at the Harvard Law School site. This is a great collection of legal resumes for a variety of purposes. I don’t necessarily think […]
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Wharton MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2019
Jul, 28, 2016
In this post, I analyze the essay questions for the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for Fall 2017 admission. You can find testimonials from my clients admitted to Wharton in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 here. Unlike the trend in the last several years, where the number of essays or word count has […]
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INSEAD MBA Essay Questions for September 2017 Admission
Jul, 21, 2016
Here I discuss INSEAD’s essays for September 2017 Entry (Class of July 2018). The application has been updated and now there is a video component. As the details of what the video component is are not fully available at this time, I will update this post soon (July 21, 2016). Since 2001, when I began doing […]
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MBA Interviews: Gauging Client Attitudes and Experiences About Interviewing
May, 25, 2016
Below is an edited version of a paper I wrote for INSEAD’s Executive Masters in Consulting and Coaching for Change (For more about my experience at INSEAD, please here). I believe that it will be of interest to those who are applying for MBA programs and for other MBA admissions coaches. I explain why I think […]
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Some brief pointers for editing MBA and other graduate school application essays
Apr, 22, 2016
Chances are extremely high that when you initially write any application essay and even when you have a good working version of it going, it is likely to be over the word count. If it is not over the word count, especially at the initial stage that itself is actually a problem. In another blog post, […]
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Columbia Business School Re-applicant Essay
Apr, 22, 2016
For my main post on Columbia Business School MBA application for 2017 admission (January and August Early Decision and Regular Decision), see here. Based on my experience working with CBS reapplicants, Columbia is one of the most reapplicant friendly schools both in terms of the reapplication process for those who reapply within one year of their initial application […]
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IMD MBA Application Essays for 2017 Admission
Apr, 12, 2016
In this post, I discuss the application essays for 2017 admission to IMD. There have been changes to the short goals questions, but the three main essay questions have not changed from 2016. While IMD had rather significant staff turnover in 2014, which I discuss here, I still highly recommend reading my February 2014 and September 2012 interviews with IMD’s […]
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