When it comes to pursuing an MBA degree, there are substantial time and financial commitments involved that can make it difficult to achieve a suitable work-life balance. One source notes…
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If you’re here, congrats on the interview invitation! For whatever awesome MBA program(s) you applied to, this is the admissions committee’s chance to really get to know you as a living,…
This may very well be the single most common concern of hopeful MBA applicants… “Is talking about (x) in my application essays going to come across as too cliché?” And we…
Leadership is key in all applications at all levels of education and employment, not just for B-School. Why? Well, because everybody wants leaders. Leaders are sexy. Leadership means drive, focus,…
It’s no secret that management experience looks great on your MBA applications. A lot of aspiring B-School applicants ask us questions regarding the size of the teams they’ve managed. Is the actual number of…
Meet Lawrence. He’s currently attending The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. When Lawrence decided to apply to Booth he was 32 years old, with a GPA of 3.2…
Meet Chuck. He’s currently attending MIT’s Sloan School of Management. When Chuck decided to apply to Sloan he was 27 years old with a GPA of 4.8 (5.0 scale) and a…
The attractions of attending a rapid, pared-down and intensified one-year MBA program: It takes less time. It costs less. It requires less time out of the work force. Completing B-School in one year…
At Admissionado, our team hears this question time and time again regarding the GMAT: “I have taken my GMAT twice and I’m still not happy with my score. Should I accept…
The MBA world has been buzzing for the past few weeks about a new adjunct professor at Stanford GSB. None other than the inventor of “smizing”, Ms. Tyra Banks. We…