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Global Experience Boosts MBA Admission Chances

Jun 03, 2013

One of the best ways to differentiate yourself as an MBA application is through global work experience. Many of the students I have mentored who have worked for at least a year in a country other than their own with a different culture and language...

Chicago Booth, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Uncategorized

What You Can Do NOW to Boost Your MBA Application

May 09, 2012

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With deadlines for MBA applications about six months away, you might think there's not much you can do to prepare right now other than take the GMAT or GRE. Even if you’re planning to apply to schools next year, you may think that your profile...

Inspiration, Uncategorized

Leadership Do’s & Don’ts Learned from the Oscars

Feb 28, 2012

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While Joan and Melissa Rivers commented on Oscar styles, Master Admissions focused on the lessons for leadership, especially for those [caption id="attachment_1077" align="alignright" width="196" caption="Surprise! Angie was a don't!"][/caption] thinking about applying to business school, a job, or accepting an international award. Here are five takeaways from...

Essays

What have you learned from a mistake?

Sep 21, 2011

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The MBA essay that asks about learning from a mistake scares almost everyone. This is a question that, in various forms, can be found on many applications, notably that of Harvard Business School. For those of you who are petrified of writing the “mistake” essay, take...

Chicago Booth, Harvard Business School, Inspiration, Stanford GSB, Wharton

GMAT, GRE, LSAT and Your Brain

Mar 09, 2011

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Starting to think about taking the GMAT, GRE or LSAT? This is actually the time to start looking into courses, figuring out whether you want to take a class or get a private tutor, or whether doing the online/whiteboard route works for you. You can...

Essays, Inspiration, Uncategorized

Advice from Warren Buffett on, yes, MBA essays

Dec 20, 2010

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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...

Harvard Business School, Uncategorized, Wharton

Non-Traditional MBA Candidates and “Bizability”

Dec 09, 2010

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It’s funny, but almost everyone I know is a non-traditional candidate for their MBA. And it scares them. They think everyone else applying to business school comes from consulting or finance, and those not from those fields should just give up. We all know a...

Essays

Inserting Emotional IQ into Your MBA Essays

Dec 02, 2010

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Look 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...

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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What have you learned from a mistake?

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Inserting Emotional IQ into Your MBA Essays

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