Tag Archive | "Medical School Admissions"
Current, Fun Stuff, MBA
World Cup games have captivated much of the world’s attention over the past month, and Sunday’s match-up between Spain and The Netherlands will determine who wears the 2010 crown.
As I followed this first African World Cup, I marveled at how close many of the games were, and how relatively minor plays decided the outcomes. Spain [...]
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What do investor Warren Buffett, entrepreneur Ted Turner, Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy, American television journalists Meredith Vieira & Tom Brokaw, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger and Nobel laureate Harold Varmus all have in common?
All were rejected by Harvard.
In a Wall Street Journal article of March 24, 2010, these (and other) thought and business leaders [...]
Blog, Books, Current, MBA
I am slowly (more slowly than I anticipated) applying the principles established in Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s Made to Stick to personal statements and application essays. For this post: Concreteness.
The third of Made to Sticks six key principles, concreteness, doesn’t seem to apply to intangibles like leadership, achievement, teamwork, or character – the topics [...]
MBA, Other
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* In the State of the Union address, President Obama urged colleges to “get serious about cutting their own costs.” To assist in [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
In my non-admissions life, I recently went to a lecture given by a biographer whose work I admire. In the course of his talk he mentioned that while writing about genius has merit, writing about typical folks and their extraordinary achievements is more valuable. The compelling story — the inspiration, and attention grabber — resides [...]
Blog, Books, Bschool Life, Career, Current, GMAT, MBA
Thanks, A Beautiful Mind, for bringing this up…Although these tips don’t come early enough to help you with your Ross essays, hopefully they will help you and others struggling to meet deadlines for schools with later deadlines.
Some people appreciate the challenge; some people despise it. Some people don’t have much to say and never need [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
It’s been yet another busy week in the world of college and graduate admissions. Let’s take a look.
The debate continues over the value of an MBA versus a one-year Master’s in a business-related field. The Wall Street Journal reports that many students are switching their plans to include the shorter, less expensive, M.A. alternative, rather [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
“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 [...]
Books, Bschool Life, Current, MBA, Other
Financing Your Future: Winning Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards for Grad School, by Linda Abraham and Rebecca Blustein, shows you how to get the financial support you need to attend the graduate school of your choice.
In Financing Your Future, an instantly downloadable ebook, you’ll learn about:
Different types of scholarships.
When to apply for financial aid.
How to assemble [...]
Career, Current, MBA, Other
I am almost finished reading Made to Stick by the brothers Chip and Dan Heath. I recommend it highly to those of you in sales, communications, or teaching. Quant jocks? You probably don’t need it.
The authors researched and identified the factors that cause communications to succeed or fail. They boiled their research down to “six [...]
