Introducing the B-School Bossypants! Two smart women give you straight talk on your profile and how to get admitted. Betsy from HBS (that's me!) and Pamela from CBS tell it like it is on all things MBA admissions. In today’s episode, the Bossypants talk to a...
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Many aspiring business school applicants wonder how to present themselves as authentic leaders before an admissions committee. They worry they don’t have a fancy title, they don’t have direct reports, or they haven’t thrown themselves in front of a land mine to save their fellow...
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When it comes to business school admissions, liberal arts get a bad rap. Too often applicants think that they have to have an undergraduate degree in business, engineering or hard science to be successful in the application process. Nothing could be further from the truth. Consider...
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[caption id="attachment_3622" align="alignright" width="152"] Barbara Coward[/caption] A guest post from Barbara Coward, a top education industry analyst, and founder of Enrollment Strategies, an advisory service to businses schools. If you are applying to a “top” business school, you’re far from alone. The full-time MBA programs recently ranked...
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 MoreIt's natural for MBA students to worry, and indeed they do. One thing they shouldn't worry about is the use of an admissions consultant. Well, at least an ethical and professional admissions consultant, that is. So here it is in black and white from one...
Read MoreAnswers technical questions about GMAT and GRE percentiles, the opportunity to retake, cancelling the score, and other puzzling mysteries. These days, more and more students are taking the GRE, and that's great. It is a slightly different style test from the GMAT, it is administered by a...
Read MoreFor those who are applying to business school, the question arises: should I take the GMAT or GRE? Or if you've already taken one or the other, you may be wondering if you should have taken a different test. In all honesty, I think the answer is...
Read MoreI cannot help myself: I just discovered that one of my mentees via 85 Broads is now starring in an admissions video for Columbia Business School. This is such delightful news! Here's the link to the page that asks prospective applicants to watch a video and...
Read MoreThe Financial Times' Global Rankings came out last Monday, and everyone is a winner. That's what I always say about rankings, because there are always ways to slice and dice the data so that a school can claim they are highly ranked according to someone. I,...
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