INSEAD, "the Business School of the World," brings together people, cultures, and ideas to develop responsible leaders who transform business and society. The one-year MBA program offered by INSEAD is…
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For the last few years, many business schools have made video essay a mandatory component of the application requirements. Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management is the first among the M7…
Greetings from Nanyang Business School. Nanyang Business School (NBS) is a premier business school within a leading technological university and has drawn on the best of East and West to…
You’re Not Seventeen Anymore, So Why Is Does Your MBA Personal Statement Read Like the One You Used For College?
0 We can all remember the good ol' days of high school, when our college counselor helped us write a Personal Statement to get into (or NOT get into!) our dream…
When it comes to word limits on Personal Statements, advice is all over the place. Some say you should obey them strictly, others say that you can go over by…
In the last 15 years, I've probably read 10,000 personal statements. As such, I've seen just about every way that somebody can fumble this vital part of their application. From…
When you start your Personal Statement, it can feel like you need to cram your entire life into a thousand words. You have so many things you've done, there are…
Applicants are often told that they need to begin their personal statements with a bang. Tell an over-the-top story, open with an emotional tear-jerker, or start things off with some…
The mission of Yale School of Management is “to educate leaders for business and society.” Yale seeks “students who care deeply about the problems afflicting our world" and “equips them…
In my career I have seen letters of recommendation from just about every angle. As an applicant, I had to get them, as a professor I wrote dozens of them,…