Have you been researching MIT Sloan? Then you know it is a very competitive program and you will have to put together the best possible application to have a chance at admission. To do so, wouldn’t it be helpful if you knew exactly what the...

When one thinks of passion, one doesn’t generally think of investment bankers. But the admissions committees are looking for passion in their applicants; so how are you – a computer guy, an engineer, a biology major, or yes, an investment banker – going to craft a...

Interview with Kara Keenan Sweeney, Director of Admissions, Marketing, and Financial Aid at the Lauder Institute [Show Summary] Kara Keenan Sweeney, Director of Admissions, Marketing, and Financial Aid at the Lauder Institute, takes us through the Lauder program: what is it, who it is a good fit...

Chicago’s Booth School of Business remaining at the top of The Economist’s ranking of the world’s top MBA programs for the second year in a row is only one of a few stable things in this year’s ranking, according to the Poets & Quants website. This is the seventh time...

Our webinar, Get Accepted to Chicago Booth, was a huge success! Attendees learned tips they can implement right away in their applications. If you missed it — or if you’d like to see it again – you’re in luck: it’s now available on-demand on our...

Here’s a look at MIT Sloan’s class of 2021 class profile, taken from the MIT website. Class size: 416Average work experience (years): 5Percent of women: 41%Countries represented: 54International students: 42%Average undergraduate GPA: 3.6Average GMAT: 727Median GMAT: 730GMAT range (middle 80%): 700-760GRE Quant range (middle 80%): 156-168GRE Verbal range (middle 80%): 156-168 Undergraduate majors* *The information in this table reflects data...

January may seem like worlds away, but if you don’t get crackin’ now, then these next 6-8 weeks will come and go before you can say “MBA 2020.” Hopefully, by this point, you’ve already taken your GMAT and decided on the MBA programs you’d like to...

The Booth MBA admissions committee focuses on three key dimensions in evaluating applicants: Intellectual fit in terms of ability and motivation to optimize its CurriculumPersonal and cultural fit in terms of synergy with its CommunityProfessional fit in terms of past and future Career This short series of posts will explore...

Learn how real students and recent grads have navigated their way through the business school admissions process and b-school itself with our What is Business School Really Like? series. Meet Mandar, a Kellogg grad and former biomedical researcher. Mandar, thank you for sharing your story with us! We’d like to...

“Chance favors the prepared mind,” said Louis Pasteur, and I agree. A successful Wharton Team-Based Interview is all about the team’s success and your contribution to the team. It’s not about strutting your stuff or dominating the conversation. It’s also not about being a wallflower or...