Mar, 24, 2013
I had the pleasure of meeting IESE’s Dr. Kimio Kase in February. While that conversation was off-the-record, Dr. Kase was kind enough to answer my questions below. Dr. Kase has had extensive experience assisting Japanese applicants with IESE’s MBA program. While his remarks below will be of particular interest Japanese applicants, I believe anyone considering […]
Feb, 23, 2013
My five-part analysis of the application for admission to the Stanford Class of 2015 (2013 entry) begins with Stanford GSB MBA Essay Questions for Class of 2015. The following post focuses on admissions interviews for Stanford GSB. Stanford GSB’s is the hardest MBA admission interview invitation to get on the planet. If you have been […]
Feb, 04, 2013
This will be a rather brief post on MBA Admissions Interviews for the Yale School of Management MBA Class of 2015. Based on a client report (I had one client who was admitted there in R1, you can find that client’s testimonial as well) and the sole report in Clear Admit (Accepted had no reports for […]
Feb, 03, 2013
In this post, I discuss how to prepare for Wharton Round 2 Interviews for fall 2013 entry. This post consolidates my three previous posts on Wharton Interviews for the Class of 2015: Wharton Group Interview Questions Now Made Public (Round 1, not Round 2) More details about Wharton MBA Interviews for 2013 entry Wharton Interviews for […]
Jan, 28, 2013
As I have been doing since 2008, I wanted to provide my Global Top 100 MBA Rankings for 2013. The rankings below should hopefully be of value for both those engaged in initial school application selection and for admitted applicants who have been accepted to multiple programs and need to determine where to go. Programs […]
Jan, 27, 2013
This is my analysis of IESE Essays (2012-2013) for admission to the MBA Class of 2015. IESE offers an intensive case study based MBA program. It was founded with the active cooperation of HBS and its first-year is a core curriculum program where a section of approximately 70 students will take all the same […]
Jan, 20, 2013
This post has been greatly expanded from prior versions and has been updated for admission to the Kellogg MBA Class of 2015. Just as with essays, interviews for the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management MBA applicant interviews are all about fit. I could not really tell you how many Kellogg mock sessions I have conducted since 2001, […]
Jan, 14, 2013
I wanted to let readers to my blog know about my resources for reapplicants. I think the best place to start is my June 2010 Reapplication for Success Webinar Transcript and Slides. Also see MBA Reapplication: Why were you dinged? Now what? For a more introspective take on graduate admissions rejection and recovery, please see The Warren […]
Jan, 11, 2013
This is an updated and expanded version of a previous post on what do if you are waitlisted at an MBA program. As MBA results roll in with all their joy, pain, and annoyance have more or less emerged, some people will find themselves admitted, others outright rejected, and others in that netherworld known as waitlist. […]
Dec, 18, 2012
IMD (The Institute for Management Development), consistently ranked among the best MBA programs in the world, is a small intensive one-year program that starts in January. IMD, along with Columbia January Term and INSEAD (INSEAD has both September and January start dates) are three of the best options for those who want to start in January 2014 at a […]
