UCLA Anderson’s 2010 MBA essay questions are now online. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Please be introspective and authentic in your responses. We value the opportunity to learn about your life experiences, aspirations, and goals. All responses to essays must be on double-spaced pages that are uploaded in document form,...

More and more schools are releasing their 2010 essay questions. The round one deadlines are moving earlier. And you need to start writing those essays. But how? Find out during our next free webinar “The Roadmap to Bold and Brilliant Essays” on Tuesday July 14 at...

NYU Stern 2010 MBA Deadlines Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material must be postmarked by the deadline date. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Application Due: November 15, 2009 January 15, 2010 March 15, 2010 Initial ...

Yale just released its 2010 MBA application deadlines and questions. I’ll post my tips on in a later post. I APPLICATION DEADLINES Round 1 Application Deadline — October 8, 2009 Decisions Due–December 18, 2009 Round 2 Application Deadline — January 7, 2010 Decisions Due–April 2, 2010 Round 3 Application Deadline —...

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 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...

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?,...

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...

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...

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...