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Considering an MPP or MPA? Questions to Ask Before Applying
July 22, 2024
If you want to be president, you run for office. But what if you want to work FOR the president—or elsewhere in the government or nonprofit worlds? Increasingly, having a master’s level public policy degree can make a difference. Usually, that means either an MPP (Master of Public Policy) or MPA (Master of Public Administration)….
Tips for Your UCLA Anderson Application Essays
July 18, 2024
UCLA Anderson Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 What makes UCLA Anderson stand out among MBA programs is its location in a large city with many different industries, its collaborative culture, and the flexibility it offers to customize your business school experience. Anderson looks for applicants who embody the school’s three pillars: sharing success, thinking fearlessly, and…
Tips for Your Chicago Booth Application Essay
July 17, 2024
Chicago Booth Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 Chicago Booth, while well-known for its quantitative approach and highly flexible curriculum, continues to use the application process to identify strong qualitative thinkers who offer a broad diversity of experiences that will bring variety to class discussions and add complexity to the team dynamics the school emphasizes. Indeed, through…
Tips for Your Georgetown McDonough Essays
July 16, 2024
Tips for your Georgetown McDonough 2024-25 Application Essays Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business’s 2024–2025 application is one of the most flexible, with a required video essay, plus three options for your main essay. Which one should you choose? The answer will be different for everyone, so focus on the question that you can most…
Five Ways an MBA Can Help Future Entrepreneurs
July 15, 2024
Here at Stratus, aspiring entrepreneurs often ask us whether they should pursue an MBA, wondering whether the investment will truly pay off. Will they be better served with the on-the-job training of launching a new company rather than taking time away from work to go back to school? There are certainly high-profile examples of successful…
MBA Programs Offering Test Waivers
July 12, 2024
You have a killer GPA, excellent work progression, and the perfect letters of recommendation—and you even volunteer to save the whales or the environment or whatever other cause is near and dear to you. However, you’re not great with standardized tests, and you are afraid you’ll bomb the GMAT/GRE/EA. Does this one data point in…
Tips for Your Wharton Application Essays
July 9, 2024
Wharton MBA Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 For its application essays, Wharton doubles down and asks two questions that both require you to present your knowledge of its program. In short, Wharton really wants to know that you want to be at the school. So, thoroughly do your homework before you start writing — talk to…
Tips for Your MIT Sloan Application Essays
July 8, 2024
MIT Sloan Application Essay Tips, 2024–2025 MIT Sloan wants you to make your pitch for admission in a somewhat unique application essay format: a business cover letter. Although the information the admissions committee wants is not that different from what most programs seek, the presentation might be a bit daunting for some candidates. Sloan also…
How to Use the GMAC Common Letter of Recommendation to Enhance Your MBA Profile
July 8, 2024
When Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl this year, they had a playbook that they followed for every game situation. In an emergency room, doctors follow predefined protocols and procedures when handling medical emergencies such as suspected heart attacks and strokes. In military situations, standard operating procedures guide soldiers in…
Tips for Your Duke Fuqua Application Essays
July 3, 2024
Duke Fuqua Application Essay Tips, 2024-2025 Duke Fuqua presents its applicants with one of the most creative, and maybe challenging, essay prompts out there—asking candidates to come up with a list of more than two dozen “random” bits of information about themselves. Then, applicants need to craft a more traditional essay in which they explain…
Should You Take an MBA Admissions Test Even If It’s Not Required?
July 3, 2024
The global coronavirus pandemic disrupted standardized testing, making it challenging for MBA applicants in some parts of the world to secure a seat in a testing center. As a result, test takers could also opt to take an online (at-home) version of the GMAT, GRE, and Executive Assessment (EA), but this was not an option for…
Seven Must-Do Things in July to Move Your MBA Applications Forward
July 1, 2024
Early July is about two months before the first regular-decision MBA application deadlines. If you’re preparing to apply to business school, you’re likely pretty overwhelmed by all there is to do, but it helps to lay out the tasks in steps to keep all the moving parts together. Here are some things you should do in…