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A Reminder: Answer the Question

Mar 01, 2016

People always ask: How do I make myself stand out in an MBA application? I have three words of advice: Answer the questions. Advice so simple it barely seems worth mentioning. At a recent school panel, a Yale School of Management admissions officer underscored just how...

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Hoop Dreams and the March Madness of Admissions

Mar 20, 2012

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Waiting to get admitted is enough to drive a person mad. So mad, that it's a wonder that the admissions process didn't grab the name "March Madness" before college basketball did. The expression goes back to 1939, but it has only been used in relation...

Berkeley Haas, Inspiration, Northwestern Kellogg, Uncategorized

Researching MBA Programs: Finding the Right Fit

Jul 12, 2011

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[caption id="attachment_667" align="alignleft" width="240"] Lots of angles (and curves) to measure[/caption] Believe it or not, all business schools are not alike. They each have their own personalities, including their own strengths and weaknesses. Even assuming you could get into every program (why not?) not every place will...

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A Treasury of MBA WaitList Strategies and Resources

Mar 26, 2011

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Quite a few of you are trying now to figure out what to do while hanging out on the waitlist for your top-choice MBA program. It’s a tough position, and I prefer the Wharton model, which doesn’t allow you to add anything. It is so...

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Diana Prince, Peter Parker, Clark Kent and You

Oct 18, 2010

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It’s been a few weeks since I have posted, and for that I apologize; the mad rush of applications for the first round of business school deadlines got the best of me. I’ve tried to encourage my applicants to start early (as I have...

Essays, Harvard Business School, Northwestern Kellogg

Answer the Question

Aug 31, 2010

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There are only a few real rules in writing. In fact, there are so few rules to good composition that the best-ever book on the subject, The Elements of Style, is only 105 pages and tucks tidily into a Kate Spade handbag. In business writing, and...

Harvard Business School, Northwestern Kellogg, Recommendations, Stanford GSB

A Treasury of Grad School Recommendation Resources

Aug 21, 2010

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It’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...

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Hard-science training and the MBA? You Got It!

Feb 15, 2010

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Recently I was interviewed by MBA Podcaster, the only broadcast source for cutting edge information and advice on the MBA application process. I was joined by a great group of experts on the MBA and the application: * Beth Flye, Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions...

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A Reminder: Answer the Question

Hoop Dreams and the March Madness of Admissions

Researching MBA Programs: Finding the Right Fit

A Treasury of MBA WaitList Strategies and Resources

Diana Prince, Peter Parker, Clark Kent and You

Answer the Question

A Treasury of Grad School Recommendation Resources

Hard-science training and the MBA? You Got It!

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