Reflections on an evening with the Harvard Business School Admissions Director
Last night at the high-ceilinged corporate offices of the Gap in San Francisco, Dee Leopold, head of the Harvard Business School admissions committee, held court with about 150 eager and aspiring...
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Aiming for a Business Career: A How-To for College Students and Recent Grads
May the odds be ever in your favor My day job is helping people get into the business schools in the world, and most of my paying clients are a few months away from filling out their applications. In...
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Global Experience Boosts MBA Admission Chances
One of the best ways to differentiate yourself as an MBA application is through global work experience. Many of the students I have mentored who have worked for at least a year in a country other than...
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Wharton -- One of the Best Business Schools in the World
I had the pleasure of being hosted by the admissions folks at Wharton last week for a full day of education about the MBA program and experience. Ankur Kumar, head of admissions, was quite open about...
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HBS Admissions Director Discusses the 2013 Application
Harvard Business School likes to be innovative, and that filters down into the admissions office. This time, the admissions board has taken away formal essays, letting the candidate fill in he or she...
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Two Weeks Away! Admissions Workshop in San Francisco July 16
If you're going to San Francisco... Come to the Harvard Club of San Francisco's MBA Application Workshop. I'll be running this fun and interactive session that will help you clarify and organize your...
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Exclusive!: Wharton Student Career Stats
During my recent trip to Philadelphia I learned an interesting career fact: for the Wharton class of 2013, 28% indicated they wanted a career in private equity or venture capital, and 11% landed such...
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Moneyball, Liar's Poker and Everything Else Michael Lewis Writes...
...is brilliant. Lewis might be most adept person on the planet in putting the human face on business concepts. When we think about presenting ourselves in writing, for example through admissions...
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Storytelling to Demonstrate Your Real Self
Now that it's application season, students who want to attend the best business schools in the world have been asking me HOW to stand out from the rest of the pack and show just how interesting they...
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Some Common Answers to MBA Questions
Now that most of the MBA application questions are out, I thought it might be timely to go back to basics for a little Q&A about the admissions process. This was just published in on a website...
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How Focused Do I Have to Be In My Career Goals?
Over at Wall Street Oasis, I've been running a Q&A forum, answering all kinds of questions from specific application tips, to queries about career goals. Yesterday, I received and answered a...
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Between Round 1 and Round 2 -- And Some Interview Tips Too
This is the in-between season for MBA applicants, characterized by anxiety for everyone, including me. Reason: those who have already met their first-round deadlines have nothing to do but wait, and...
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Why Applying to Business School is Like A (Successful) Job Hunt
I always find that the people who work in business schools offer a lot more real advice about the application process than I can, and people at the Tuck school stand out as being the most helpful. This...
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Stanford GSB Debunks MBA Application Myths
Students who are applying to business school are rightfully nervous about their chances for getting in. And there are some urban myths that certainly go around the blogosphere about interviews, campus...
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Tuck School Also Debunks MBA Application Myths
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...
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Apply Now or Later?
"When should I apply?" That's one of the first things students ask when planning their MBA application process. The highly personal answer depends on both strategic and tactical considerations. The...
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Exclusive!: Wharton Student Career Stats
During my recent trip to Philadelphia I learned an interesting career fact: for the Wharton class of 2013, 28% indicated they wanted a career in private equity or venture capital, and 11% landed such...
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Moneyball, Liar’s Poker and Everything Else Michael Lewis Writes…
…is brilliant. Lewis might be most adept person on the planet in putting the human face on business concepts. When we think about presenting ourselves in writing, for example through admissions...
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Storytelling to Demonstrate Your Real Self
Now that it’s application season, students who want to attend the best business schools in the world have been asking me HOW to stand out from the rest of the pack and show just how interesting they...
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Some Common Answers to MBA Questions
Now that most of the MBA application questions are out, I thought it might be timely to go back to basics for a little Q&A about the admissions process. This was just published in on a website...
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