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Benefits of Starting Your Business School Campaign Now

Apr 09, 2013

As I write this, it's less than six months to the first round deadlines for business school application. And there's plenty you can do to get organized now. This means mapping out a strategy, juggling all the moving parts, executing, following up, and all while...

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Wrangling Recommendations for MBA Admissions

Sep 13, 2012

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As we come up to the business school application deadlines, 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 up a busy executive...

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More on Recommendations from HBS Admissions Director

Aug 17, 2012

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Letters of recommendations can be tricky to navigate, but MBA applicants need not worry as much as they need to. You will find a great deal of not-very-conflicting information on the web from admissions directors and other experts. In fact, I wrote a blog post...

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HBS Admissions Director Speaks Out on Application Process

Jun 26, 2012

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There are those who revere her and those who fear her--but one thing is certain about Dee Leopold, director of Harvard Business School admissions—she tells it straight. After the May 22 announcement that HBS would modify its [caption id="attachment_1285" align="alignleft" width="147"] You could wear this on...

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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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10 Tips for Getting Into B-School — Tip 6: Stay Sane

May 18, 2010

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Of the 10 Tips in this series, this one – stay sane, is my favorite. I’ve subtitled it “Get a Life” because it’s really, really easy to fall into the habit of spending 200% of your life focusing on the application process. You see, the...

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To Dare Greatly

Apr 11, 2010

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Many of the results are in. Most aspiring MBA students who submitted applications this season know where, and if, they are going to business school. Some students will not get their wish – they will have applied to one or many schools, and were not...

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Reapplication Strategies (Also Useful for First Timers)

Aug 06, 2009

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As usual, Rose Martinelli, the articulate head of admissions at the Chicago Booth School of Business posted an insightful series of articles on reapplying. I like the fact that she is so specific. She talks about filling out data forms carefully and rounds it up...

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Reflections on an evening with the Harvard Business School Admissions Director

Aug 01, 2009

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Last night at the high-ceilinged corporate offices of the Gap in San Francisco, Dee Leopold, head of the Harvard Business School admissions committee, held court with about 150 eager and aspiring students. Dee is particularly impressive, not only because she is head of admissions at...

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