Posts Tagged ‘MBA Admissions’
2012 Applicants: Time to Poke the Box
I just finished Seth Godin’s Poke the Box, an ode to initiative, innovation, and overcoming fear of risk and failure. In this short book, which Godin alternately and accurately refers to as a “manifesto” and a “rant,” he motivates the reader to just do...
MBA Admissions News Round Up
Last week Wharton launched a new educational website geared towards high school students, Knowledge@Wharton High School. The site will teach high schoolers about business practices and keep them up-to-date with relevant business news. Wharton professors will also have a space on the site to post...
Free Executive MBA Special Report Available NOW
Are you applying to a top executive MBA program? If so, then you’re going to need to make sure that your candidacy stands out from the crowd of other applicants, and there’s only one way to do that—through creating a strong application that highlights your...
2011 HEC Paris MBA Admissions Director Interview Posted
Thank you to Marie-Laurence Lemaire, HEC MBA Program’s Senior Business Development Manager for joining us last week for an excellent Q&A on HEC’s admissions practices, international perspective, scholarships, student life, and curriculum. You can read the whole HEC Paris MBA Q&A transcript, listen to the...
Is Business School Too Expensive in this Economy?
We recently posted a blog on the most common motivations among business school applicants. Data in a related GMAC article shows that applicants view high b-school tuition as a worthy investment into their futures. The point of the article is that, contrary to...
4 To-Do’s for Accepted Grad School Applicants
Should you kick back on a beach? Or go for a latte with a colleague? Find out why both may be in order in this video from Eye on Admissions where Linda Abraham outlines four action items that should be on the to-do lists...
MBA & EMBA Admissions News Round Up
Following in the trend of curriculum overhauls, Cornell Johnson will be making significant changes to its executive MBA program to allow for more elective classes. According to a Financial Times b-school new bulletin, the top EMBA program will also be ramping up...
How to Save Room on Your Resume (Part 2 of 5)
This resume tip comes to us from Igor Khayet, founder of My Resume Shop. As a professional resume writer, one of the most common questions I get asked is how to shorten a resume to one page without losing critical information. This question does not only...
MBA Admissions News Round Up
CMU Tepper‘s Provost and Executive Vice President, Mark S. Kamlet, was recently appointed Acting Dean of the business school effective January 1, 2011. The current dean, Kenneth Dunn, will be stepping down on that date, and Kamlet will serve in his place until a new...
Application Essay Questions: 2 Must-Know Tips on Answering them Right
The best way to ace your application essays or personal statements is to ANSWER THE ESSAY QUESTIONS. This may sound like an easy feat, yet so often applicants go into the essay writing process with ulterior motives: to write their preconceived essays based only loosely...
