In the era of social media saturation, business school hopefuls have to think about more than just drafting memorable essays, nailing interviews and marketing themselves effectively during the MBA application process. Today’s applicants must scrutinize their public persona on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and elsewhere to make...

MBA students and applicants live and breathe through social media, which is a good thing, considering the growing demand in the business world for employees with honed social media skills. According to a recent Financial Times article—which quotes me—this relatively new form of social dialogue...

In a Businessweek blog post, “MIT Brings Improv to the MBA Classroom,” Alison Damast describes the leadership focused MBA acting class called Improvisational Leadership: In the Moment Leadership Skills. The second-year course integrates creative arts into the more classic business school curriculum, and focuses on...

Accepted.com has been tweeting for two years, and with nearly 2,000 followers, we’re feeling the love out there in Twitter cyberspace! To celebrate the momentous occasion of hitting the big 2K and to show our appreciation of our followers, we’ve decided to give away one free...

Linda Abraham to discuss what college students and graduates need to know about applying for graduate school September 7, 2010 at 6 pm Pacific/ 9 pm Eastern on #CollegeChat Los Angeles, CA, September 1, 2010—Linda Abraham, a graduate school admissions expert and president of Accepted.com, will...

I received an interesting direct message from a fellow Twitterer this morning. This MBA applicant writes: do MBA programs negotiate at all about $ packages? I’d prefer to go to School A but School B gave me a pretty big merit scholarship.* *I substituted School A and...

It’s Thursday again and time for our next Thank You Thursday winner on Twitter! abbi_irelan / Abbi Irelan 7 followers · from Millsboro, Delaware · Marketer at Delaware Tech. Fan of color and design. Animal lover. Hyper, fun-loving, almost home owner. Congratulations on winning your choice of Accepted.com...

It’s Thursday again and time for our next Thank You Thursday winner on Twitter! ig4mer / Ray Chin 148 followers · from New York · Recent graduate in the marketing field. shotnottaken.wordpress.com/ Congratulations on winning your choice of Accepted.com Admissions Ebooks! We want to thank our Twitter followers. Twice...

Tweet! It’s Thursday again and time for our next Thank You Thursday winner! nicoleweltman/ Nicole Weltman 35 followers · from NY, NY · What up 2-1-2. Go Gators. Congratulations on winning your choice of Accepted.com Admissions Ebooks! We want to thank our Twitter followers. Twice a month, we...

Tweet! It is with great pleasure that we announce our first Thank You Thursday winner! “WorldTutorExch” Congratulations on winning your choice of Accepted.com Admissions Ebooks! As mentioned earlier this week, we’d like to thank our Twitter followers. So twice a month, we will randomly pick one of...