Get your goals. Study the schools. Evaluate your qualifications. Check off the items on this list, and you will be ready to choose your target programs and begin work on those applications. Skip any of these steps, and your MBA applications will be weaker. This video,...

If you are applying to a top executive MBA program, then it’ll do you good to know a thing or two about the EMBA admissions process, namely, the competitive benefits and drawbacks of applying to one of the best Executive MBA programs. First,...

The third element you’ll need to examine in assessing your qualifications (in addition to your quantitative scores and your work experience) is your personal traits, with leadership skills at the top of the list. This part of your personal assessment is important when...

Most likely, if you’ve been dinged from all your top choice business programs, you’ve already considered reapplying next year. Step #1: Analyze why you were rejected first time around and determine what you will do to change the outcome. Can you change your...

“Begin with the end in mind” intones Stephen Covey, management guru. Indeed a solid MBA goal should drive many of the decisions surrounding your MBA application and education. Watch this video, Hone Your MBA Admissions Goals from Accepted’s Eye on Admissions series, to...

Financial Times ran an interesting article on a social media gaming start-up founded by some Harvard Business School alumni. It details the evolution of the company and states that the founders attribute their success to their experience at HBS. However, they also...

According to a Darden press release, the UVA business school has formally instituted concentrations within its full-time MBA program. MBA students will choose from the following career or theme tracks: Career Tracks: Asset Management/Sales & Trading Corporate Finance/Investment Banking Entrepreneurship Consumer Marketing Business To Business Marketing Supply Chain Management Theme...

Michelle Rogers was recently appointed to oversee full-time admissions at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business on an interim basis, reports a Kellogg press release. Starting April 29, Rogers will replace Beth Flye, former assistant dean of admissions for the last eight years....

Last week we talked about how you should assess your qualifications in light of your GPA and GMAT score. As we discussed, knowing where you stand amongst your competition will help you evaluate where you should apply. Here’s another important criterion to think...