When you’re house-hunting, you know to be pretty thorough. Before signing a lease or mortgage, you scope out the place, check the corners for mold, size up any roommates, and…
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So, you led a multimillion-dollar project, motivated a large team to finish ahead of the deadline, or earned an exceptionally early promotion… pretty juicy achievements! But you’re having trouble making…
Well, former Booth applicants, we did it. We broke Booth. The 2018-19 prompts are out and by sheer teamwork and developing the most KICKASS PowerPoints human beings are capable of,…
Texas McCombs has joined the essay release flood with a resounding “more of the same, please!” The two mandatory prompts are more or less unchanged, and the first (“introduce yourself”)…
MIT Sloan has chosen to stick with last year’s prompts, in particular the rather tricky cover letter “essay.” The challenge here is that MIT’s adcom has a very precise notion…
C. E. O. No doubt a very seductive set of letters. Surely a recommendation bearing that stamp will be a bulletproof addition to your applicant file, right? Maybe not. It’s…
Stanford Graduate School of Business is sticking with their tried-and-true pair of prompts, prompts they’ve been using for years now, and for good reason. Stanford’s questions force applicants to connect…
“I want to join a top-tier management consulting firm and rise to the manager level within five years.” -Applicant A “I plan to join McKinsey in their digital practice and…
Don’t rehash your resume in your essay; it’s as simple as that. But what does that mean? First and foremost, your resume should speak for itself, without any explanation. If…
A common theme in B-school applications (in almost any application, actually) is the “what sets you apart” question. With thousands of candidates to assess, it’s understandable that the adcom would…