Now that most top business schools have released their essay questions for for the entering class of 2013, there's a lot of talk about the reduced essay word count. It started with Harvard Business School’s announcement on May 22 to reduce the essay portion of the...
Read MoreOn May 22, 2012, after dropping hints for years, Dee Leopold, director of admissions for Harvard Business School announced that they are [caption id="attachment_1238" align="alignright" width="218"] This is really my diploma[/caption] revising their application process in a significant way. For those of you who may have missed...
Read MoreHere's an article by my colleague and friend, Candy LaBalle, founder of mbaSpain on international student approaches to the MBA admission process MBA admissions consultants help applicants in everything from choosing schools to essay brainstorming to resume editing. But, when dealing with non-US applicants, we also...
Read MoreThis article was originally published in Forbes Woman. You can see more at this link. If someone were to ask which countries in the world have more women than men preparing for their MBA by taking the Graduate Management Admissions Test, you might guess the...
Read MoreImagine this: an admissions interviewer has read hundreds of essays, maybe thousands, by eager students trying to gain admission to their school. Many of those essays are written by those who are fully qualified, but just put down a laundry list of their accomplishments, like...
Read MoreLook at any business school’s website and you will see that the school’s primary goal is to teach leaders. “We educate leaders who make a difference in the world,” proclaims Harvard Business School’s mission page. Stanford’s leaders are “innovative, insightful, and principled.” Wharton says its...
Read MoreIt’s about six weeks from the first deadlines for applying to business school, and thousands of aspiring MBA students are asking their bosses, former bosses, senior colleagues, and even clients for recommendations to business school. Some might argue that it’s already too late to hit...
Read MoreIt seems like I haven’t blogged in a while, and for that I apologize. This past week I went back to the east coast and got to meet with admissions officers from some excellent schools: Georgetown, Cornell, and Wharton. Each has its own strength –...
Read MoreThe other evening, someone asked me if l had seen the definition of leadership change since I started Master Admissions, and the answer is “absolutely.” Why do I say that? Because I have personally evolved on what I think a leader is made of, and as...
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