The EMBA Council conducted a survey, which shows that 97% of Executive MBA graduates thought that their EMBA programs reached or exceeded their expectations and improved their careers, reports the Financial Times in “EMBAs deliver real benefits.” The survey was completed by 3,348 EMBA graduates of 112 different EMBA programs and produced the following data: 32% of [...]

Duke University is once again expanding its global footprint, by forging two new partnerships in China. The new cooperative will create new educational and research opportunities. According to a press release by Duke University’s Office of News & Communications, a groundbreaking ceremony was held last Friday in China along with a formal announcement of the partnership [...]

As an EMBA applicant, you have many years of impressive experiences and intriguing insights. How will you fit them all into your essays? You won’t. In fact, you shouldn’t. It’s an intuitive response to want to, but it’s the wrong response. Trying to do so will only create a muddle, especially if you succeed in “fitting [...]

“My visit to the cemetary on Friday gave new meaning to ‘Black Friday’ for me.” Actually it didn’t. But if it had, that line would have provided a strong opening to this post on the second of Made to Stick’s six principles of memorable, persuasive communication: Unexpected. You expect me to post about writing and admissions, not [...]

The only 2010 MBA Admissions Telethon before the round 2 deadlines is this Monday. MBA applicants applying round 2 or later are welcome to participate this Monday, November 23, 2009 between 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET/ 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM GMT. Ahh, you ask, “What is the MBA Admissions [...]

BusinessWeek has published its biannual rankings of EMBA programs. The top five EMBA programs are: Kellogg Chicago Booth Wharton Columbia USC Marshall BusinessWeek also published its part-time MBA program rankings and its rankings of executive education programs. Its methodology in all three cases focuses on “end-user satisfaction.” The articles and videos accompanying the rankings are recommended if you are considering an EMBA or [...]

Wharton 2010 EMBA Application Essay Questions The Wharton EMBA adcom shows a very clear focus in its set of essay questions (in black font).  It wants to understand your goals and how executive business studies support them (essay 1), it wants to get a glimpse of you as a person and a professional (essay 2), and [...]

There is so much happening at this time of year! It’s time for a round-up: Notre Dame Mendoza MBA Admissions Chat: Join Accepted.com for a chance to get insights into Notre Dame’s dynamic MBA program, on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET/5:00 PM GMT. Brian Lohr, Notre Dame’s Director of Admissions and [...]

The Access MBA Tour kicks off this Saturday in Manhattan and proceeds to Montreal on September 21. It then continues to nineteen additional cities throughout Europe and the Middle East in October and November.  Top businessschools, like Chicago Booth, INSEAD, IE, IESE, and HEC, participate in the Access MBA Tour. Check out the participating schools [...]

It may seem like a contradiction, but an effective EMBA application strategy will simultaneously make you stand out as an applicant and show how you fit with the program in question. If you’re a mid-level manager at a global IT company, or an entrepreneur whose enterprise is on the verge of growing beyond your capacity to [...]