Tag : Columbia Business School

  • 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…

  • Humanities and MBA admissions

    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….

  • Harvard Business school

    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 in the top 10 by U.S….

  • Leadership guru Bill George

    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…

  • 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…