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Inserting Emotional IQ into Your MBA Essays

Dec 02, 2010

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

10 Tips, Berkeley Haas, Stanford GSB

10 Tips for Getting Into Business School — Tip 10: Be Yourself

Aug 09, 2010

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Happy August! Believe it or not, the summer is almost over -- but not yet, so no need to be needlessly stressed. I’m finally going to discuss the 10th, and final tip of the 10 Tips to Make Your MBA Application Rock. ...

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Upcoming Bay Area MBA Admissions Events

Jul 27, 2010

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This is that time of year where you have your pick of many events. . It's not too early to start talking to MBA admissions officers, and to help you plan your events, I've posted below a list of receptions that are already on the calendar. ...

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The GMAT (or GRE) and Tunnel Vision

Jul 20, 2010

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It seems like I haven’t blogged in a while, and for that I apologize. This past week I went back to the east coast and got to meet with admissions officers from some excellent schools: Georgetown, Cornell, and Wharton. Each has its own strength –...

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10 Tips for Getting into Business School — Tip 9: Work Only on What You Can Control

Jul 07, 2010

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Welcome back to the 10-Tips series. We're down to the wire -- here on Tip 9, Work Only on the Part You Can Control. I was anxious about mentioning the element of chance involved in the business school application process. I didn’t want the...

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What Admissions Officers Tell Us

Jun 24, 2010

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The admissions process to business school is getting increasingly transparent. As a result, more students are focused on applying to the right school, rather than a scatter-shot of programs in the top rankings. That’s a good thing – for you, the applicant, and for the school,...

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10 Tips for Getting Into Business School — Tip 8: Talk Around

Jun 08, 2010

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Sorry for what may have appeared to be a break in the 10 Tips series, I gave a webinar for 85 Broads last week, where we reviewed all 10 Tips, complete with a snazzy PowerPoint presentation. In terms of blogging, I’ve still got three more...

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