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MBAnalysis Blog: Valentine’s Day Special – Best MBA Programs for Finding a Life Partner

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As Valentine’s Day bears down upon us, this is not a bad time to look at business school through a different lens, like which school you might want to attend if you’re looking for a life partner. Not exactly something the US News or Financial Times consider when they make their rankings, but in the…

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MBAnalysis Blog: 6 Things to Consider When Selecting an MBA Admissions Consultant

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Getting an MBA is possibly one of the biggest investments of your life. As you ponder a hundred-thousand-dollar-plus investment, there is likely to be a realization that you cannot do something as important as this on your own. While friends or colleagues may help, rarely do they have the expertise to move the needle much…

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MBAnalysis Blog: 5 MBA Interview Do’s and 5 Don’ts (Part 1)

To view an up-to-date version of this post, click here.  The first hurdle business school applicants have to cross is getting an interview. And at some schools that is nearly impossible. At Harvard Business School, for example, roughly 20% of applicants get to meet with an admissions committee member directly to plead their case. But…

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MBAnalysis Blog: 5 MBA Interview Do’s and 5 Don’ts (Part 2)

To view an up-to-date version of this post, click here.  So, you have been lucky enough to be invited to interview by your top choice MBA program. Congratulations! Your chances of being accepted have just risen from maybe 15% to roughly 50%. While you now have a great opportunity to cement your candidacy, here are…

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Poets & Quants: Why EQ Matters In Your B-School Application

by Nathan Allen Stratus Admissions Counseling is as an expert source in this article.  It was 1990 when researchers from the University of New Hampshire and Yale coined the term “emotional intelligence.” About a decade later, Daniel Goleman, a Rutgers University psychologist, wrote about the importance of emotional intelligence (popularly known as EQ, which stands for…

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Poets & Quants: Top MBA Schools Are On Sale

by Gregory Yang Business Schools Battle Ghostwriters Excerpt with Stratus Admissions Counseling is an expert source. She tells Financial Times that admissions committees tend to cross-check written essays with GMAT verbal subscores. If a well-written essay does not match a GMAT verbal score, it raises a red flag. “Admissions committees reach out to applicants with quick and…

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MBAnalysis Blog: Last Minute MBA Application? 8 Crazy Things To Think About

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With about two weeks to go before deadlines come fast and furious some of you may start thinking about more schools to which to apply. This may be a product of not getting into your dream school, and now you want to pursue plan B. Or, hopefully, you have gotten into your target school and…

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MBAnalysis Blog: 6 Ways You Can Blow Your MBA Essay

Most of you are working up a sweat to get these applications done. No doubt, the essay is likely tripping you up. And the reason is that MBA essays are a type of writing that you may have never done. Or it may have been years since you wrote something similar. In fact, you may…

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MBAnalysis Blog: Are You REALLY Applying Round 2?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With almost exactly a month until those Round 2 deadlines start coming fast and furious, NOW is the time to decide if you really are in good enough shape to submit a great application to your top choice MBA program. Just to give you some dates, from January 3 to the 24th some thirty schools…

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MBAnalysis Blog: 5 Things I Am Thankful For…With My Business School Applications

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As we all settle down to celebrate the greatest of all-American holidays and give thanks, now is not a bad time to take a different look at the business school applications you are working on. Sure, the application process can be a bear, but there may just be a few reasons to be grateful. 1….

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MBAnalysis Blog: MBA R1 Limbo – How to Reach Out to AdCom

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Today’s MBAnalysis blog post is guest-written by Donna Bauman) The chat rooms have been blowing up these past few weeks as many top MBA programs began to offer interview invitations. All your friends got a decision, but you have not heard a thing yet. This is more common than you think, as some candidates are…

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MBAnalysis Blog: Wisconsin MBA – 5 Reasons to Go!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I see in Wisconsin a great MBA program that prepares its students particularly well for entering hard to penetrate fields such as security analysis, arts administrations, and brand management. Here are my top five reasons for going to Wisconsin for a full-time MBA. 1. Are you ready to do what you are going to do?…

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