MBA
Why Write a Blog Post Series on MBA Goals?
This post is the first of five posts in our new Why MBA series. A few years ago, in the good old days when Wharton still offered feedback to rejected applicants, I talked with a potential client who happened to be reapplying to Wharton. ...
A Second or Third Look, but Not a Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
With application deadlines looming for many MBA candidates, we thought we would share a piece of advice that might help alleviate some deadline-related stress. After you have completed (but not yet submitted!) your application(s), find one individual you trust—whether a professional consultant or someone with...
MBA Dictionary: How to Talk Like a CEO
The world of business is characterized by a language all its own. Looking to improve your own communication style, understand others better, or see a familiar world through a new lens? Here are 15 corporate and academic terms you should know if...
MIT Sloan Fellows 2012 Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips.
MIT Sloan Fellows 2012 Essay Questions This 2012 MIT Sloan Fellows Admissions tip post is one of a series of posts providing Executive MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top EMBA programs around the world. Statement of Objectives: What are your immediate and ultimate...
Is a One-Year MBA Program Right for You?
The “traditional” MBA experience — two years, full-time, with a summer internship after the first year — isn’t right for every applicant. Many MBA students choose alternative paths, deciding to get an Executive MBA, attend school part-time, or take classes online. For ...
The Evolution of the MBA
September 27th, 2011 by Harrison Kratz Masters in Business Administration, MBA@UNC Blog Business education has been evolving since the inception of the MBA in the late 19th century and is now innovating at a faster rate than ever before. With the launch of our full online...
Notre Dame Mendoza 2012 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
This Notre Dame Mendoza 2012 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. Check out the entire 2012 MBA...
Is the GRE the new GMAT?
There are two things MBA applicants have always dreaded: the GMAT exam and the mountain of debt they’ll be paying off for the next 20 years. Although both aspects were once thought to be inevitable in the MBA process, we’ve found a little loophole that...
UT McCombs 2012 MBA Application Questions, Deadlines, Tips
UT McCombs 2012 MBA Essay Questions This UT McCombs 2012 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. Check out...
Epidemic Among Applicants!
Your personal statements, application essays, and statements of purpose are suffering. It’s serious. And could be fatal to your application. This latest epidemic of vacuous, declarative sentences that either state the obvious or make non-credible claims has reached epic proportions in applicant essays, personal statements, and...
