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A gap in a candidate’s MBA resume always gives me pause. When I was Associate Director of Admissions at UCLA Anderson, my team and I often probed into these breaks…
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On July 1, Erika James succeeds Geoff Garrett as Dean of The Wharton School, my alma mater. The late February announcement – sandwiched at the end of Black History Month and…
The Wharton School debuted a new required MBA essay question for the 2020-2021 application. Like Columbia’s new essay question, it pushes candidates to get more personal while giving them greater…
The decision to make a career transition can be exciting, but at the same time intimidating. Add in a global pandemic that’s upending industries worldwide and you likely have extreme…
Fortuna Director Caroline Diarte Edwards is co-hosting a weekly podcast, Business Casual, with Poets&Quants Editor-in-Chief John Byrne and ApplicantLab Founder Maria Wich-Villa. Each 30-minutes session is packed with valuable insights and…
The Covid-19 Crisis presents a special opportunity to be of service with your expertise – especially for MBA hopefuls who are light on extracurriculars. I was incredibly gratified to receive…
Columbia Business School just posted its deadlines for the Class of 2023, along with a new essay question that goes further than before to push candidates to get personal. Unlike…
Join our free, live webinar, A Winning MBA Admissions Strategy for SE Asian Applicants, on June 6/7 (depending on your time zone). I’m hosting this one-hour strategy session designed for students…
Our second in this series of conversations from the CentreCourt MBA Festival include candid insights from the MBA Admissions gatekeepers at Harvard Business School, Kellogg Northwestern, UT Austin McCombs and…
View the candid insights shared by these elite admissions gatekeepers on topics ranging from Covid-19 admissions changes to what they’re seeking in applicants, recommender advice, mistakes to avoid, and…