{"id":37101,"date":"2017-05-09T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/whats-the-first-step-in-applying-to-business-school\/"},"modified":"2017-05-09T00:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T07:35:00","slug":"whats-the-first-step-in-applying-to-business-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/whats-the-first-step-in-applying-to-business-school\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the First Step in Applying to Business School?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Assuming that your qualifications align with the requirements of the MBA programs you&rsquo;re targeting, the first step should be to <strong>determine if you are actually competitive for admission. <br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Start by comparing your <strong>basic credentials<\/strong> (i.e., GPA, GMAT or GRE, years of work experience) with those in the current class profile (easily found on the school&rsquo;s website). If your stats are within the &ldquo;middle 80%&rdquo; of admits, then the MBA admissions staff is likely to give your application a hard look.<\/div>\n<div>\nHowever, also be sure to consider your <strong>potential for improvement<\/strong>. There are untapped abilities you can feature, latent weaknesses you can reverse, and post-MBA aspirations you can present that will make you even more competitive.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\nFor most applicants, the best way to <strong>get a clear picture<\/strong> of themselves is through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbaexchange.com\/mba-evaluation\" target=\"_blank\">free evaluation from a professional admissions consulting firm<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbaexchange.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The MBA Exchange<\/a>. We&rsquo;ve worked with almost 5,000 individuals over the past two decades, including some with profiles like yours who were ultimately admitted to -- or rejected by -- the same programs. By tapping into such expertise and experience, you can boost your candidacy, fine tune your target list, and increase your chances for admission.<\/div>\n<div>\nBy taking the right first step, serious MBA applicants usually find that their subsequent steps are more efficient, effective, confident and successful.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assuming that your qualifications align with the requirements of the MBA programs you&rsquo;re targeting, the first step should be to determine if you are actually competitive for admission. &nbsp; Start&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}