Aug, 07, 2024
This will be a five part series of blog posts on the essays and rest of the application for admission to the Harvard Business School Class of 2027: –The first post focuses on overall strategy, the 3 essays and the goals statement. –The second post focuses on the application form questions. It will focus on […]
Oct, 06, 2021
In this post, I discuss why a reject is not always best understand as a problem with the application or the applicant. For understanding some of the reasons why your application and/or interview might have been flawed or why you might have been selecting the wrong school(s) to apply to I suggestion seeing “A guide […]
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 […]
Dec, 11, 2014
In this post, I discuss why a reject is not always best understand as a problem with the application or the applicant. For understanding some of the reasons why your application and/or interview might have been flawed or why you might have been selecting the wrong school(s) to apply to I suggestion seeing “A guide […]
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, 12, 2013
In this post I discuss MBA rejection, but for my less philosophical, but more practical advice on reapplication, please see A guide to my resources for reapplicants. While focused mostly on MBA rejection, what I write here applies to rejection from any graduate program or perhaps rejection of any kind. In a much earlier post, I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Aug, 14, 2009
Deborah Riger, Assistant Director of Marketing, MBA Programme, INSEAD, was kind enough to take the time to answer my questions about the MBA Program. Our interview was conducted both by telephone and email. By the way, Deborah will attending the World MBA Tour this September (Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, and Taipei). While these fairs can get […]
