{"id":48336,"date":"2020-04-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=48336"},"modified":"2020-04-13T13:08:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:08:42","slug":"linda-abraham-and-al-dea-discuss-covid-19-and-mba-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/linda-abraham-and-al-dea-discuss-covid-19-and-mba-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Abraham and Al Dea Discuss COVID-19 and MBA Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kp15446gcoz47p1vpn9ol6gj-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Linda-Abraham-and-Al-Dea-Discuss-COVID-19-and-MBA-Admissions.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Abraham and Al Dea Discuss COVID-19 and MBA Admissions\" class=\"wp-image-67941\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/how-will-covid-19-impact-your-mba-admissions-journey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linda Abraham, Accepted\u2019s founder and CEO, is usually the one asking the questions and eliciting other\u2019s views and insights as host of Accepted\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/listen-mba\/\">Admissions Straight Talk podcast<\/a>.&nbsp;However, when invited by Al Dea to be a guest on his new podcast, MBASchooled, the tables were turned. Linda was the one answering Al\u2019s excellent questions. Since the interview took place shortly after \u201csocial distancing\u201d became part of our everyday vocabularies, COVID-19 and its impact on MBA admissions and business school life took up much of the podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linda has been an MBA admissions consultant since 1994. She\u2019s seen booms and busts, 9\/11, The Great Recession, and the Great Economic Expansion that just ended. She gives her perspective on the unprecedented events we are living through. If you want to hear what this MBA admissions veteran sees for business schools, MBAs, and MBA applicants, tune in to \u201cHow MBA Applicants Can Respond to COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the show notes and to learn more about Al Dea\u2019s podcast, MBASchooled, please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mbaschooled.com\/2020\/04\/03\/episode-2-how-mba-applicants-can-respond-to-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba\/how-will-covid-19-impact-your-mba-admissions-journey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kp15446gcoz47p1vpn9ol6gj-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-MBA-Covid-Blog-Watch-small.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67787\" width=\"525\" height=\"263\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Many applicants find that now, more than ever, they have questions about navigating the admissions maze \u2013 our advisors are standing by ready to provide you with answers, bringing you closer to acceptance at your top choice MBA program.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Explore our MBA Admissions Consulting &amp; Editing Services<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services?utm_campaign=Blog&amp;utm_medium=blog_bio_mba&amp;utm_source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kp15446gcoz47p1vpn9ol6gj-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accepted_admissions_consulting.jpg\" alt=\"Accepted\" class=\"wp-image-64552\" width=\"47\" height=\"32\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For 25 years, Accepted has helped business school applicants gain acceptance to top programs. Our outstanding team of MBA admissions consultants features former business school admissions directors and professional writers who have guided our clients to admission at top MBA, EMBA, and other graduate business programs worldwide including Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Booth, INSEAD, London Business School, and many more.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\"><strong>Want an MBA admissions expert\u00a0to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/linda-abraham-and-al-dea-discuss-covid-19-and-mba-admissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">This article<\/a>\u00a0originally appeared on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog.accepted.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Applying to a top b-school? The talented folks at Accepted have helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to their dream programs. Whether you are figuring out where to apply, writing your application essays, or prepping for your interviews, we are just a call (or click) away.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Contact us, and get matched up with the consultant who will&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">help you get accepted<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Abraham, Accepted\u2019s founder and CEO, is usually the one asking the questions and eliciting other\u2019s views and insights as host of Accepted\u2019s&nbsp;Admissions Straight Talk podcast.&nbsp;However, when invited by Al&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,939,775,113,243],"tags":[2222,2042],"class_list":["post-48336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-applications","category-blog","tag-covid-19","tag-podcast","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48336","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48337,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48336\/revisions\/48337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}