Archive for June, 2009
Cliffs Notes GMAT Cram Plan is available for pre-order from Amazon
Originally to be published in January 2010, CliffsNotes GMAT Cram Plan has been released for pre-order today on Amazon. This usually means a month or two until the book comes out. It promisses to offer 2 month, 1 month and 2 week study plans –...
Chicago Booth 2010 MBA Essay Questions
Chicago has published its 2010 MBA deadlines and essay questions. Chicago has changed questions 1 & 2 and added a short reapplicant question. My tips will follow, but in the meantime, here are Chicago Booth’s 2010 essay questions and deadlines. Chcago Booth Deadlines Round Submission Deadline Mid-Decision Notification Decision Notification Round...
NYU Stern 2010 Application Deadlines & Essay Questions
NYU Stern 2010 Application Deadlines Application Due: November15, 2008 January15, 2009 March 15, 2009 Initial Notification* By: February 15, 2009 April 1, 2009 June 1, 2009 NYU Stern 2010Essay Questions Stern has posted its questions and provides extensive directions and tips to help you respond to them. I am just going to post the...
MBA Admissions: Responses to MBA Applicant Blog Posts
I stumbled across a couple of posts by new MBA bloggers. One blogger is about to start b-school, and one wants to apply. My thoughts on two of their posts: In “My first Blog – Who am I” and Why do I want to do an MBA?,...
Women and MBA Webinar by Princeton Review
Tuesday, July 14 @ 8-9:30pm EST The Princeton Review and the American Association of University Women are proud to support women who are considering pursuing an MBA to further their educational and professional lives. Attend this online event and get the...
Report From AIGAC Conference: Buzz vs.Substance
The AIGAC conference this year was fantastic. The first day consisted of presentations from Pete Johnson of Haas, Christie St. John of Tuck, Cassandra Pittman of INSEAD, Wendy Huber of Darden, Soojin Kwon Koh of Ross, and Bruce Delmonico of Yale’s SOM. During the second...
Princeton Review 1,012 GMAT Practice Questions Book Review
Princeton Review 1,012 GMAT Practice Questions (Look up details on Amazon) The book indeed contains 1,012 questions – counted myself . It starts with a diagnostic test (37q and 41v questions). There are a total of 55 different “drills” targeting various interesting and often neglected...
Wharton 2010 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips.
2010 Wharton MBA Deadlines Round Due Date Notification Round 1 Oct 1, 2009 Dec. 18, 2009 Round 2 Jan 5, 2010 Mar. 26, 2010 Round 3 Mar 9, 2009 May. 14, 2010 Wharton 2010 MBA Essay Questions Wharton’s new admissions director is putting his imprint on the application. All the questions, except the optional, are new. My comments are...
Personal Statements are Difficult!
On Twitter I frequently see tweets lamenting the difficulty inherent in writing personal statements. It’s true, they are a pain, especially if you are the kind of person who does not like self-reflection or self-expression. In listening to a podcast on an entirely unrelated topic, I...
Earlier Round 1 MBA Application Deadlines/Notification Dates
Several top MBA programs have released their 2009-2010 application deadlines and essay questions, and I am noticing an interesting trend for those programs that have three rounds. Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford have all moved their Round 1 deadline to the first week in October and...