Maverick of the “En Route to MBA” blog gives excellent advice to waitlisted MBA applicants in his recent post “Waitlist -> Admit - How?” based on his experience getting accepted from the Carey waitlist.  (Congrats Maverick!) Maverick refers to a “waitlist appointment” in his post.  If you...

Stuck on a train or bus? Would you like to read this blog when on the go? (but not driving.) And do you even want it to look nice on your Iphone, Blackberry, or PDA of choice? Now you can have it all. The Accepted Admissions...

Regular readers of this blog know that last Thursday I started a short series, ”MBA in Finance: Forget It?” I posed a less provocative version of that question to several admissions directors and with their permission posted their responses. While their replies varied and emphasized different...

The first 2010 MBA Admissions Telethon is this Wednesday. Anyone (first-time applicant or reapplicant) applying next fall is welcome to participate this Wednesday March 4 between 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT/4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET / 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM GMT. Ahh,...

Why the Interview? Many admissions experts believe the interview to be one of the most critical components of the MBA application process. It is an opportunity for the admissions team to get to know the real you, evaluate your fit into the program, and of course...

And the envelope please… Oh that’s for the Academy Awards in April. I’m too early. :-/ But not too early to start helping you with next fall’s applications. In any case, the questions are : What are your post-MBA goals? It may seem a premature question at...

The Wall St. Journal continues the drum beat of bad news. Recruiting is down at business schools. A survey by the MBA Career Services Council, an association of business school career offices, reveals: 56% of surveyed career office representatives – a significant jump over the fall figure of...

The best thing about Business School (even before school starts) discussion is here. Interview at Duke (Fuqua) and UNC. Read different impressions in this thread.

Would you rather spend some time studying or socializing? Read a related discussion in our forum. Interview etiquette tips on name pronunciation are given here.

Internship/Full-Time interview bidding systems in Chicago (Booth) and UVA (Darden) are explained by current students in this thread. Is it possible to achieve a 150-point increase in the GMAT score in less than 2 months? It is. Read an inspiring debrief in our forum.