Tag : Applications

  • Betsy Massar MBA admissions

    What does an admissions committee look for? It’s not all odds or chances, or thumbs up or thumbs down. They have real discussions about a candidate’s strength, her potential, and importantly, the information they have chosen to share. Betsy joined a panel at the Poets…

  • 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 do you hope to gain professionally from the…

  • 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…

  • On May 22, 2012, after dropping hints for years, Dee Leopold, director of admissions for Harvard Business School announced that they are revising their application process in a significant way. For those of you who may have missed it, here are the details: Essay Questions…

  • Imagine 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…