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The Top Seven Reasons Why You Should Apply Through The Consortium
December 5, 2025
In recent years, business schools have increased their commitment to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion across their programs. While we all work toward empowering diversity and inclusion in our workplaces, The Consortium for Graduate Study Management partners with business school programs to help grow the number of African American, Hispanic, and Native American business leaders. Consortium applicants…
First-Gen and MBA Bound: Tips for Standing Out in Your MBA Applications
December 4, 2025
Applying to business school is challenging for everyone. But if you were the first in your family to attend college, the process can feel especially overwhelming. From navigating college on your own to figuring out financial aid, internships, and career paths with limited guidance, you’ve already climbed mountains that most other MBA applicants never even…
How to Get into Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
December 3, 2025
How to Get into Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management Kellogg School Program Overview The Kellogg School of Management takes pride in its emphasis on teamwork and its student-centered, collaborative culture. The school opened its state-of-the-art flagship building, the Global Hub, in 2017. The Hub is the pride of Kellogg and an architectural gem, featuring…
Understanding Private Equity and Venture Capital: What MBA Applicants Need to Know
December 2, 2025
For years, private equity (PE) was the holy grail for many MBA candidates and students. Given the growth of the sector, an MBA is no longer required for certain roles, but firms still recruit heavily at top schools. Many candidates I talk to are interested in PE or venture capital (VC), but they don’t have…
How to Get into INSEAD
December 2, 2025
INSEAD, boasting two intakes and a three-language entry requirement, has consistently been one of the top business schools in the world, ranking #1 globally in the Financial Times MBA Rankings in 2016 and 2017.
December Tips for Round 2 MBA Applicants
December 1, 2025
With Round 2 MBA deadlines just around the corner, it’s crunch time to perfect your applications. At Stratus, our team-based approach helps applicants tackle every component strategically – from resumes and essays to recommendations. To help you maximize your chances of success, I have asked Stratus’ experienced counselors to share their top insights for Round…
Understanding Private Equity and Venture Capital: What MBA Applicants Need to Know
November 30, 2025
For years, private equity (PE) was the holy grail for many MBA candidates and students. Given the growth of the sector, an MBA is no longer required for certain roles, but firms still recruit heavily at top schools. Many candidates I talk to are interested in PE or venture capital (VC), but they don’t have…
How to Get into Columbia Business School
November 29, 2025
How are you going to take advantage of being at the ‘very center of business?’ Your answer to this question is one of the keys you need to unlock a future at the prestigious Columbia Business School (CBS). As in general with New York City, it really is all about location, location, location in your application, whether physically or figuratively.
Plan B for Your MBA Applications: Seven Steps to Take Now
November 28, 2025
As Round 1 MBA decisions start rolling in for both interview invitations and acceptances, now is the time to think about a Plan B—including which MBA programs, if any, you might wish to target for Round 2. Remember that to land a seat at your dream business school, you need to be a strong applicant…
How to Get into Harvard Business School
November 25, 2025
Many people are intimidated by the prestige of Harvard – the worldwide reputation, internationally known professors, beautiful campus with manicured lawns – but once students settle in to the HBS experience along with hundreds of diverse peers from around the world, it just feels like the perfect place to earn your MBA.
MBA Application Tips for LGBTQIA+ Candidates
November 25, 2025
Each year, business schools strive to admit groups of students who are diverse among multiple dimensions: demographic backgrounds, work experiences, countries of origin, and even future career plans. Schools want to create a welcoming environment for all, and that has increasingly included their LGBTQIA+ candidates and students. Some top business schools have even developed specialized…
How to Write a Compelling GMAT Test Waiver Request
November 24, 2025
Not too long ago, the GMAT was the sole gateway to a top MBA program. These days, the GMAT is starting to become less of a “must” with each increasing year due to many contributing factors—notwithstanding a global pandemic, schools wanting to access a more diverse swath of applicants, and admissions committees gathering data on…