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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Guess what. Six months from now we will be at the beginning of October. Shocking, isn't it, that those of you who are thinking of applying to business school in the first round have only six months to figure it all out. You've got a...
Read MoreSome MBA admissions questions from clients and friends -- answers below On the Integrated Reasoning score Q: My overall score was 770, but my IR was only 5...
Read MoreSo, you've applied to business school last year and you didn't get the results you wanted. It's not great news, but it isn't the end of the world, and you've probably learned something from the experience. Now, many students I talk to are wondering whether to...
Read MoreI recently wrote an article for Poets and Quants on Round 3, checking in with a whole bunch of admissions officers for their official word on the subject. The quick answer: it's a smaller round, and if you do apply, do it with gusto. For those...
Read MoreYou can find countless articles on general resumes all over the web, but very little on the perfect MBA resume. I did write about it, walking through a template I've crafted after working with Stanford GSB first year students. But my colleague Candy LaBalle, who runs...
Read MoreIt's summer in the northern hemisphere, which means time to get a little more organized about the admissions process. It's a wonderful time to learn about schools. A little counter-intuitive, when students are out of classes and campuses are an empty husk of their former...
Read MoreI created this list for Poets and Quants, the premier MBA website. It was put on the front page a few days ago, and want to share these tips with all prospective MBA students. Here's why you must not wait, but do what you can...
Read MoreIt's that time of year for students to ask about MBA application chances for Round 3. I've personally seen a number of students go through successful third-round quests, but it isn't for the faint-hearted. Fewer Spaces, Tired Application Readers First the odds are more competitive, as admissions...
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As students rush to get their applications in for the second round of MBA admissions, schools are reaching out to students to separate true from false. Part of it is because everyone runs to forums to get their information rather than directly from schools. So...
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