Jul, 25, 2008
Dear Adam,I wonder if you could tell me what my chances to get to get admitted to HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Haas, Tuck, and MIT are. My scores are… My GPA is… I have worked for… I receive requests like the above via email to analyze someone’s profile to determine their chances for admission. Of course, […]
Jul, 23, 2008
11/9/08 Note: “The Chicago GSB” is now called “The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.” This is the fourth post in a four part series. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Before discussing an overall plan for addressing the Fall 2009 University of Chicago GSB’s MBA application questions, we need to look at the […]
Jul, 23, 2008
This is the third post in a four part series. Part 1. Part 2. Part 4. This is the second year that the University of Chicago GSB has required a slide presentation. Based on working with a client who was admitted there as well as with a couple of clients whose applications resulted in interview […]
Jul, 23, 2008
This is the second post in a four part series. Part 1. Part 3. Part 4. The biggest change to the University of Chicago GSB’s application for Fall 2009 admission is Essay 2: Please select one of the following two questions to answer. (1000 word maximum) Option 1 a) Please provide an example of a […]
Jul, 23, 2008
This is the first of a series of four posts on the University of Chicago GSB’s MBA application essays for Fall 2009 admission. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. This first essay question is very standard. It is greatly simplified and the maximum word count has been shortened in length by 50% from last year, […]
Jul, 17, 2008
Note: In addition the post below, see here for my analysis of the Wharton online application form. In this post, I will analyze the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s Fall 2009 (Class of 2011) MBA essay application questions for first-time applicants. You can find the full list of questions on the Wharton Admissions […]
Jul, 14, 2008
Well, the article “Credit crunch takes toll on student loans” in the FT makes for depressing reading:Just when overseas MBA students thought it was practical to consider returning to US business schools, the credit crunch has begun to hit them hard. Aspiring overseas MBAs who plan to enrol on US programmes later this year are […]
Jul, 10, 2008
Dear Readers,Well, now that I have finished analyzing Columbia January Term (will do September Term later this month) Harvard and Stanford, over the next two months, I am planning to analyze the 2009 application questions for MIT, Wharton, Kellogg, NYU, UCB Haas, UCLA, LBS, IMD, INSEAD, Chicago GSB, Cornell, Tuck, Darden, and Duke. Are there […]
Jul, 10, 2008
UPDATED TO REFLECT THE COMMENT I RECEIVED. The update follows the original post. ORIGINAL POST:One question that has been at the center of the Scoretop story is whether any of the VIP users could have been innocent. I was curious to see how obvious it was that Scoretop was selling real GMAT questions. Luckily, the […]
Jul, 08, 2008
This is the fifth of five posts analyzing the Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for 2008/2009 Admission. The first post provides an overall perspective on applying to Stanford GSB. The second post is on Essay A. The third post is on Essay B. The forth post is on Essay C.THINK ABOUT THE REST OF THE […]
