Apr, 11, 2016
With the results from MIT Sloan for Round 2 now in, I wanted to give my quick take on this past season. For me personally, I worked with a reduced number of clients from the previous year because I was focusing on my part-time degree studies at INSEAD, so I had a somewhat lower headcount […]
Mar, 29, 2016
Last month I completed the modules for my Executive Masters in Consulting and Coaching for Change at INSEAD. I began the program in September 2014 and will graduate after writing my thesis (ongoing) in October 2016. Regular readers of this blog perhaps noticed a reduced level of posting over the last year and a half. […]
Jan, 17, 2016
Are you waiting for MBA application interview invitations? Now is the time to start your preparation. For my detailed suggestions on overall interview preparation, please see: –MBA Application Interview Strategy –Interview Practice is ABOUT SPEAKING! –Further Comments on MBA Admissions Interviews –General Characteristics of Admissions Officers, Students, and Alumni Interviewers –Recovering from a bad answer […]
Nov, 19, 2015
As an MBA admissions consultant, I help clients with their B-school applications. I advise on essays. I sometimes edit essays. I don’t write essays. I believe in helping applicants use their own own voice. I always thought this was the right thing to do and that ghostwritten essays were not only unethical, but highly risky […]
Nov, 15, 2015
Every year I have clients who get rejected from HBS and get admitted to other top MBA programs. This year has been no different. One of those who was rejected in R1 and offered an interview at another Top 10 business school asked me if it had been a waste of time to apply to […]
Oct, 06, 2015
If you get an HBS interview invite… The most important thing to do is quickly decide when and where you want to interview. Spaces at all the hub interview sites tend to fill up early, so if you are not planing to come for a campus interview, reserve your space as soon as […]
Sep, 30, 2015
In this post, which is significantly updated, I discuss how to prepare for an MIT Sloan MBA admissions interview. If you have been invited to interview for the Class of 2018, this post is for you! Beyond my 18 comprehensive service clients admitted to MIT Sloan since Fall 2008 entry (I began my own consulting […]
Sep, 29, 2015
In this post I provide advice on how to prepare for a Columbia Business School MBA interview. You can find my post on Columbia Essays here. Beyond my 29 comprehensive service clients admitted to Columbia since 2008 entry (I began my own consulting service in September 2007), I have worked with additional clients only on interviews. and more […]
Sep, 29, 2015
In this post I discuss MBA admissions interviews for the University Chicago Booth. Beyond my 25 comprehensive service clients admitted to Booth since Fall 2008 entry (I began my own consulting service in September 2007), I have worked with additional clients only on interviews. and more still from 2001-2007 when I was working for a test prep company’s admissions […]
Sep, 29, 2015
Stanford GSB’s is the hardest MBA admission interview invitation to get on the planet. If you have been invited, your chance of admission just went from about 6.5% (depends on the year) to 50%. The odds are much better, now you must close the deal. While a poor interview is unlikely to result in admission, the […]
