One of my favorite blogs is the Harvard Kennedy School Admissions Blog. The head of admissions consistently offers great advice for candidates of not just his program, but for all professional programs. I'm speaking directly to business schools. The great part is that he says...
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Stories work. In MBA admissions, investor pitches, in business school classrooms, and on TED. If you want to stand out in front of a bored admissions reader, you need to engage her. You probably already know this, because storytelling as a meme has been in...
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Poets & Quants just published an article about it being a "buyers market" for MBA applications, concluding that it is *possibly* a lot easier to get in to business school than it was, say, a few years ago. I'm not so sure that's a blanket statement...
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It's a tough time in the admissions cycle. At least for prospective students. Most have submitted applications and are waiting for interviews, or have had interviews and are waiting for decisions. There’s an absence of information that ‘s unnerving. It’s just plain stressful. So is...
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I am not a very good athlete, so you can imagine everyone's surprise when I decided to pick up a new sport. I decided to learn to row – not in a traditional rowboat, but in a long skinny shell with two 10-foot oars. It...
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Everybody does it. The minute they see the name of someone they want to know more about, they rush to LinkedIn. It's the world's database, and so very useful. So useful, in fact, that to position yourself for business school or your next career step,...
Read More[caption id="attachment_846" align="alignright" width="256"] You are thinner, of course[/caption] Writing MBA essays can be hard work. If you know anyone who is applying to business school you may have heard them muttering to themselves, “What does matter most to me and why?” (Stanford GSB) or “What...
Read MorePeople 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...
Read MoreNote: this post is not just relevant for business school, but appropriate for any position in a team-based company. Welcome to the MBA admissions waiting game. And it’s interview season! The rules for interviewing for a spot in the next business school class are really no...
Read MoreIt's summer in the northern hemisphere, which means time to get a little more organized about the admissions process. It's a wonderful time to learn about schools. A little counter-intuitive, when students are out of classes and campuses are an empty husk of their former...
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