Archive for January, 2011
Why Wasn’t I Admitted?
Getting rejected is tough to deal with. What makes it even more difficult is that few MBA programs give rejected applicants specific feedback on why they didn’t get in. Applicants just want to know what they “did wrong” to not get in,...
Knewton Video: Parallelism Errors on the GMAT
// We recently a released a new and improved on-demand video player in our GMAT course, and to spread the word we’re releasing the first Sentence Correction lesson in nine handy installments. If you’re looking improve your score in SC, be sure to watch...
IMD 2011 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
This IMD 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. You can access the entire series at http://blog.accepted.com/acceptedcom_blog/tag/2011-mba-application-tips. My tips for answering IMD’s essay questions are...
GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 31): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning
Math (DS) Series is such that . How many elements of the series are bigger than ? 1. 2. OA and Explanation GMAT Daily Deals § Receive a $200 rebate from Kaplan, plus GMAT Club discount of $150 when you enroll...
In the Sunshine: USC Marshall MBA Admissions Q&A This Week!
Situated in sunny Southern California, USC’s Marshall School of Business offers its students remarkable opportunities to develop their careers in a global context. With Marshall’s strong ties to media and entertainment, an in-depth international focus (including insights into the Pacific Rim and Latin American countries),...
Race to 1,000 Finish Line – “Like” Us Now and Save!
We reached our goal of 1,000 Facebook fans in record time! In appreciation of your efforts, we already sent an update to all our fans with a discount of 50% off their first hour of admissions consulting/editing . Didn’t “Like” us before the buzzer? We’ll be...
Financial Times Global 2011 MBA Rankings
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for—the Financial Times published its 2011 ranking of global MBA programs! First the rankings; then some thoughts. Top 20 Global MBA Programs (last year’s position is in parentheses) 1. London Business School – UK (1) 1. University of Pennsylvania Wharton – USA...
More on Application Do’s and Don’ts
A recent blog from KT had a great summary of application do’s and don’ts following his own unsuccessful application year (he’s waitlisted still – so there is hope!). I wanted to add a few thoughts and perhaps even illuminate a point for KT and others...
Lights, Camera…Business?
A recent GMAC article describes an innovative program at NYU that, as the article puts it, bridges the gap between “the ‘creatives’ and the ‘suits.’” New York University’s joint MBA/MFA degree program, a partnership between the Stern School of Business and the Kanbar Institute of Film...
GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 28): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning
Math (DS) If is an integer, is ? 1. 2. OA and Explanation GMAT Daily Deals § Receive a $200 rebate from Kaplan, plus GMAT Club discount of $150, plus a $105 bonus when you enroll in a course by...
