The 2014 Wharton MBA deadlines have been published: Round 1 – October 1, 2013 Round 2 – January 7, 2014 Round 3 – March 27, 2014   Other top schools which have already published their 2014 deadlines include HBS, Stanford, INSEAD, Michigan, Berkeley and Columbia. You can find a list...

There are a bunch of INSEAD application deadlines coming up, both for January 2014 intakes (class of 2014 – December) and for September 2014 intakes (class of 2015 – July). Mark your calendars and please let us know how we can help you meet your INSEAD...

Good news, y’all! Linda Abraham’s awesome podcast, Admissions Straight Talk, is now available on Stitcher! So all you Stitcher people: run, don’t walk, to your nearest iPhone, Androiod, iPad, or PC and join Linda for a bi-weekly discussion of what’s new, thought-provoking, and useful in the...

The Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley has released the application deadlines for the 2013-2014 MBA admissions cycle.  The three round deadlines are: Round 1 Deadline: October 16, 2013 Notification: January 15, 2014 Round 2 Deadline: January 8, 2014 Notification: March 26, 2014 Round 3 Deadline: March 12, 2014 Notification: May 15, 2014   The...

The University of Michigan Ross School of Business has posted the MBA application deadlines for the 2013-2014 admissions cycle. This year’s deadlines are as follows: Round 1 Deadline: October 1, 2013 Notification: December 20, 2013 Round 2 Deadline: January 2, 2014 Notification: March 14, 2014 Round 3 Deadline: March 3, 2014 Notification: May 15, 2014 International...

Get ready to read about our next student blogger, Victoria Knight, who blogs at Let’s Get Operating. Victoria talks about her experience in MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations program. Read on for more information! Accepted: Let’s start by getting some basics: Where are you from? Where...

For my next Admissions Straight Talk podcast, I’m going to interview Victor Cheng. Victor has many claims to fame, including: Former McKinsey consultant, resume screener, and case interviewer. Passed 60 out of 61 case interviews and landed 7 consulting job offers. Author of Case Interview Secrets, an extremely...

A low GMAT score or a low GPA is not necessarily an MBA deal breaker. No adcom is going to admit or dismiss a candidate based solely on one semester’s poor GPA or a low verbal GMAT score without also reflecting on other numbers as...

This year, Columbia Business School (CBS) continues a trend that has developed over the past three seasons, once again reducing the number of words applicants can use to tell their story. Last year, CBS allowed applicants 200 characters with which to respond to its short-answer...

We are pleased to announce our MBA Application Writing Boot Camp dates for the 2013–2014 business school application season! Through nine hours of instruction and 30 minutes of one-on-one feedback from your expert instructor, an mbaMission Senior Consultant, we will guide you step-by-step through the process of creating a compelling...