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July 29, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Guidance for 2018-19 can be found HERE. With one of the smallest class sizes of top MBA programs and a culture of camaraderie, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth is known a “tight-knit community” and students really are as close to each other as they say. Because of this, the Tuck admissions committee…
July 26, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2018-2019) With three motivational essays and four short answer questions, INSEAD has one of the longer business school applications. So give yourself plenty of time think about the story you want to tell and the message you want to convey. Here are 5 tips to prepare to help you nail your INSEAD Essays:…
July 14, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2019-2020) It may just be the glory days of MIT Sloan. By sitting in the middle of the booming Boston economy, centered in the emerging world of biotech, leading a movement in sustainability, and sitting one block (yes, really one block) away from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and more venture capital firms than…
July 7, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Once you choose an image, decide the medium that you are most comfortable with. If you are the creative type, a presentation might be the way to go. Strong writers might choose an essay. Demonstrate through pictures and words how great a match Booth is for you and you for Booth. While some…
July 5, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2018-2019) Essay 1: Kellogg’s purpose is to educate, equip & inspire brave leaders who create lasting value. Tell us about a time you have demonstrated leadership and created lasting value. What challenges did you face, and what did you learn? (450 words) This question serves to highlight Kellogg’s deepest mission to develop strong…
July 3, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many of us were applauding when earlier this year, NYU Stern unveiled two new one-year MBAs in Tech and Fashion & Luxury. With a tight focus on a single industry, and a duration of only one-year, Stern is bringing to the business school world a product that will serve many students well by being lower…
July 3, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2020-2021) Not surprisingly, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business is asking for the same 25 random things again this year. Having read this essay for more than a handful of years, I have seen a broad range of responses, some terrible, some brilliant. Through this ‘essay’ Fuqua wants to get to know who YOU…
June 29, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The legendary cylindrical tower edging Locust walk houses Wharton, a business school with a history of shaping the minds and clarifying the values of top business leaders. Wharton prides itself on team work, leadership, and instilling lessons of self-reflection and growth into the Learning Team—a group of six students placed together during pre-term…
June 13, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Joining the ranks of a growing list of one-year Masters Programs, including the recently announced NYU Tech MBA and the now firmly established Cornell Tech MBA, is Carnegie Mellon’s Master of Science in Product Management (MSPM). This joint effort between the Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University‘s School of Computer Science is…
June 9, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Updated for 2019-2020) Yale SOM wants to know who you are beyond the application, what makes you tick and to what you are devoted. The best way to understand this is by asking about your biggest commitment. The Yale SOM essay prompt, “Describe the biggest commitment you have ever made” is a great platform to…
June 8, 2017
The GSB’s essays are the most expansive and demanding of all top MBA programs. With a 650-word essay that searches your soul, 400 words on Stanford itself, and four optional short answers that allow you to reveal purpose and impact, you should never feel that you have left anything on the table. With these essays,…
June 5, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Name that Los Angeles organization that has taken off like a rocket? If you guessed Snapchat, you’d be … wrong. In fact, since its IPO, its stock price has fallen by a few dollars. A better guess is the Los Angeles Dodgers, though they are hardly rockets as they remain in third place in…
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