London Business School, an internationally focused program in one of the most exciting cultural centers of Europe, has a diverse student body with 92% of its students coming from 69 countries of the world.
Application Deadlines:
 Round  1

Application deadline:              15 September 2017
Interview decision sent on:      5 October 2017

Interview period:                     Mid-October to early November 2017
Admission decision sent on:    22 November 2017

Round 2
Application deadline:              3 January 2018
Interview decision sent on:      1 February 2018

Interview period:                     Mid-February to early March 2018
Admission decision sent on:    27 March 2018

Round 3
Application deadline:              2 March 2018
Interview decision sent on:      5 April 2018

Interview period:                     Mid-April to early May 2018
Admission decision sent on:    22 May 2018

Round 4
Application deadline:              20 April 2018
Interview decision sent on:      10 May 2018

Interview period:                     Mid to end May 2018
Admission decision sent on:    19 June 2018

All application deadlines are 17:00 UK time. All Admissions Committee decisions are communicated via email and will be sent on the relevant deadline day by 23:30pm UK time.
Essays:
The essay questions remain unchanged from last year. The MBA applicants for the 2017-18 application season are required to write only one essay of 500 words. They also have an option to submit an optional essay.
Essay 1: What are your post-MBA goals and how will your prior experience and the London Business School programme contribute towards these? (500 words)
This is pretty straightforward Goals Essay question. You begin this essay with a statement about your post MBA career objectives. Explain what you plan to do after your MBA. Make sure your career objectives are both ambitious and realistic. Be as specific as you can about your goals and specify the industry, your role, and the companies that interest you.

In order to demonstrate how your professional experiences are aligned with these goals, provide a brief career history focusing on your career progression and the skills and knowledge you acquired at each job position. Also, discuss your rationale behind each career move and explain how your career so far has prepared you for your goals.

Then describe where you stand now, what skills you lack to fulfill your career aspirations, and how an MBA from LBS is aligned with your goals. This means that you have to provide a logical connection between your previous experience, your current need of an MBA degree from the LBS, and your future career goals. For this, you will need to do thorough research of the program so that you can draw out a link between specific resources/ offerings of the LBS and your career goals and interests. In addition, reach out to current students and alumni to gain their insights about the program and attend admission events to learn more about the school.

You may organize the essay in the following manner:

• Your Short Term Goals (approximately 100-150 words)
• Career history & accomplishments (approximately 100-150)
• How LBS can help you fulfill your post MBA goals (approximately 200 words)

Even though the essay prompt doesn’t require you to discuss your contribution to the school, it still makes sense (if space permits) to wrap up your essay by briefly stating what value you will bring to the school.
Essay 2-Optional
Is there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee should know about you and your application to London Business School? (500 words)
This optional essay is a great opportunity to touch upon other key aspects of your candidacy that you didn’t get a chance to discuss in any other parts of the application i.e. essay, résumé, application form. Since you are provided fields in the online application to address any academic weaknesses, e.g. academic probation, class withdrawal, etc., you can use this essay to address other weaknesses in your application such as low GPA, low GMAT, employment gap, choice of recommenders or any other extenuating personal circumstances. You may also provide here more information about your accomplishments, leadership experiences, interests or significant voluntary experience. Please note the word ‘should’ in the essay prompt and use this essay to provide information that you think is relevant to your candidacy.

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The London Business School has published the following essay questions for the 2017-2018 admissions season.
Required Essay
What are your post-MBA goals and how will your prior experience and the London Business School programme contribute towards these? (500 words)
Optional Essay
Is there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee should know about you and your application to London Business School? (500 words)

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The MBA 2020 application will open in early August. For additional information on applying, please visit the LBS admissions website.

 
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London Business School is a close-knit program with an international focus, set in one of the most exciting centers of culture in Europe. London Business School has student social clubs covering everything from board games to wine and spirits. The experience of living and studying in London is a formative part of LBS, and visiting the city and campus would be an excellent way to understand the benefits of the program.

If you can’t visit LBS before you apply, make sure you reach out to one of the many Student Ambassadors available to share their experiences and tell you more about the school. To learn more about the culture at London Business School, you can read the LBS admissions blog where admissions staff and students (and many who are both) share their thoughts about the school and programs.

This application is streamlined, with only two essay questions. In order to showcase all of your career accomplishments, extracurriculars and personal attributes you will likely need to maximize other parts of the application, like your resume and recommendations. Talk to your recommenders about the experiences in your background you might want to highlight through their letters, and use your resume to describe key moments at work.

REQUIRED ESSAY
What are your post-MBA goals and how will your prior experience and the London Business School programme contribute towards these? (500 words)

Self-awareness about your strengths and interests will help you refine what you truly want in your career. To take your research into your post-LBS options deeper it could be helpful to talk to colleagues and alumni who have MBAs in your field to identify various career paths. Make sure that your career goals are both realistic and aspirational. Think about the short term roles post-MBA that may lead to your most ambitious longer term goals.

Your past experiences have certainly informed your post-MBA plans, and touching on those most relevant will be helpful to setting the background for your current pursuit of an MBA. To make this essay more than a rehash of your resume, think about explaining the rationale for your decisions throughout the essay. Why did you pursue your past experience and what has been the impetus behind subsequent career choices? At this point, why are you choosing LBS?

As you speak with current LBS students and visit campus or other events, learn as much as you can about the programs, professors, and classes that may help you achieve your goals. What do you think you will learn at LBS and in your time in London that will lead to achievement of your career goals? The network you create during your MBA will open doors for you, and preparing for this essay can help you to make the most of the experience.

OPTIONAL ESSAY
Is there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee should know about you and your application to London Business School? (500 words)

In describing the LBS vision, continued business impact, the school describes the culture: “We challenge how things are done and we teach our students to constantly question and innovate. We believe in providing our students with the most diverse, world-class and rewarding business education in the world.” This open-ended question is a great opportunity to touch on a personal story and add color to your story to demonstrate how you will be part of this culture. This could be the ideal place to describe a unique background, experience or attribute that did not fit elsewhere in the application.

Diversity can be about where you are from, the culture you identify with, the people you grew up with, or your approach to life. If diversity of experience or attitude doesn’t resonate for you, consider when you have approached a challenge and innovated. When have you taken a new view or challenged conventional wisdom? Global perspective is invaluable as well. Think about stories that could illustrate how you have demonstrated any of these qualities that are valued by LBS.
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If you are looking for guidance on your MBA application, Stacy Blackman Consulting can help with hourly and comprehensive consulting services. Contact us to learn more. Visit the website for Stacy Blackman Reviews, and check out the company’s e-publications for more in depth school-by-school guidance.

 

This week, for the first time ever, the Financial Times has published rankings simultaneously for the Americas and Asia-Pacific alongside the European tables. In the FT’s  2017 ranking of European business schools, the top 10 schools have remained the same this year with just  bit of shuffling of positions.

Here’s a snapshot of the top-ranked schools in the various regions.
Top Ten European Business Schools

• London Business School
• HEC Paris
• IE Business School
• University of St Gallen
• INSEAD
• SDA Bocconi
• IESE Business School
• ESADE Business School
• Rotterdam School of Management
• IMD

Top Ten Business Schools: Americas

• Wharton School
• Columbia Business School
• MIT Sloan School of Management
• Chicago Booth School of Business
• Michigan Ross School of Business
• Duke Fuqua School of Business
• Harvard Business School
• UCLA Anderson School of Management
• Kellogg School of Management
• Stanford Graduate School of Business

Top Ten Business Schools: Asia-Pacific

• Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• CEIBS
• National University of Singapore Business School
• IIM Ahmedabad
• HKUST Business School
• IIM Bangalore
• Nanyang Business School
• Tongi University SEM
• CUHK Business School
• University of Hong Kong

This FT composite ranking measures the quality and range of postgraduate programs. The table of 95 schools is based on their performances in the 2017 rankings for MBAs, Executive MBAs, Masters in Management and the two tables for executive education. For more detailed information, please visit the Financial Times by following the links above.
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London Business School values independence and original thought. Other values clearly displayed by LBS are multiculturalism and an international approach to business.

This application is streamlined, with only two essay questions. In order to showcase all of your career accomplishments, extracurriculars and personal attributes you will likely need to maximize other parts of the application, like your resume and recommendations. Talk to your recommenders about the experiences in your background you might want to highlight through their letters, and use your resume to describe key moments at work.

Understanding the culture at London Business School will be important to answering the essay questions and preparing the rest of your application for admission. One of the best ways to get to know LBS is to visit campus, and/or interact with a London Business School Student Ambassador. Once you have a good sense of the school and how you will take advantage of the opportunity to attend LBS, you will be better prepared to approach the essay questions.
REQUIRED ESSAY
What are your post-MBA goals and how will your prior experience and the London Business School programme contribute towards these? (500 words)

Self-awareness about your strengths and interests will help you refine what you truly want in your career. To take your research into your post-LBS options deeper it could be helpful to talk to colleagues and alumni who have MBAs in your field to identify various career paths. Make sure that your career goals are both realistic and aspirational. Think about the short term roles post-MBA that may lead to your most ambitious longer term goals.

Your past experiences have certainly informed your post-MBA plans, and touching on those most relevant will be helpful to setting the background for your current pursuit of an MBA. To make this essay more than a rehash of your resume, think about explaining the rationale for your decisions throughout the essay. Why did you pursue your past experience and what has been the impetus behind subsequent career choices? At this point, why are you choosing LBS?

As you speak with current LBS students and visit campus or other events, learn as much as you can about the programs, professors, and classes that may help you achieve your goals. What do you think you will learn at LBS and in your time in London that will lead to achievement of your career goals? The network you create during your MBA will open doors for you, and preparing for this essay can help you to make the most of the experience.
OPTIONAL ESSAY
Is there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee should know about you and your application to London Business School? (500 words)

In describing the LBS vision, continued business impact, the school describes the culture: “We challenge how things are done and we teach our students to constantly question and innovate. We believe in providing our students with the most diverse, world-class and rewarding business education in the world.” This open-ended question is a great opportunity to touch on a personal story and add color to your story to demonstrate how you will be part of this culture. This could be the ideal place to describe a unique background, experience or attribute that did not fit elsewhere in the application.

Diversity can be about where you are from, the culture you identify with, the people you grew up with, or your approach to life. If diversity of experience or attitude doesn’t resonate for you, consider when you have approached a challenge and innovated. When have you taken a new view or challenged conventional wisdom? Global perspective is invaluable as well. Think about stories that could illustrate how you have demonstrated any of these qualities that are valued by LBS.

 
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If you are looking for guidance on your MBA application, Stacy Blackman Consulting can help with hourly and comprehensive consulting services. Contact us to learn more. Visit the website for Stacy Blackman Reviews, and check out the company’s e-publications for more in depth school-by-school guidance.

London Business School (LBS) has made no changes at all to its application essay questions this year (after several previous years of regular amendments), so perhaps the program has settled on prompts that deliver precisely what the admissions committee is seeking. In truth, the school stipulates that only one essay is actually required—one that largely constitutes a traditional personal statement—but some candidates may want to seriously consider submitting an additional essay if they have elements in their profile they believe are crucial to a fair and thorough evaluation. In our analysis that follows, we help you decide and craft your approach, whether you ultimately write just one essay for LBS or two.

Essays are a vital part of your application and we recommend that you spend a significant amount of time in their preparation.

Essay 1: What are your post-MBA goals and how will your prior experience and the London Business School programme contribute towards these? (500 words)

As we noted earlier, LBS’s primary essay prompt essentially requests several elements of a traditional personal statement. You will need to show that you have a long-term vision for yourself and your career and that you have a clear plan for how to get there via an LBS MBA. The basic assumptions, of course, are that business school is the next logical and necessary step in your progress and that you need the LBS program in particular, because it offers specific experience, knowledge, skills, exposure, and/or other elements that are necessary for you to attain your long-term aspirations and chosen career. Ideally, you have already researched the school thoroughly to discover these important resources and areas of fit, but if not, do not skip this important step and/or refer only to basic offerings most business schools  have. Your essay must be LBS specific. Demonstrating your authentic interest in the program by offering concrete examples and drawing clear connections between what it offers, what you need, and who you are is key to crafting a compelling essay response here.

Because 500 words is not a lot, avoid going into excessive detail about your past, though you will need to offer enough information to provide context and support for your stated goals. As we have observed, this essay largely encompasses a standard personal statement, so we encourage you to download your free copy of the mbaMission Personal Statement Guide. In this complimentary guide, we present a much more detailed discussion of how to approach and craft this kind of essay, along with multiple illustrative examples.

Optional Essay: Is there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee should know about you and your application to London Business School? (500 words)

Applicants often use the optional essay to explain confusing or problematic elements of their candidacy—a poor grade or GPA, a low GMAT or GRE score, a gap in work experience, etc.—and LBS’s can certainly be used in this way. If you feel you need to clarify an aspect of your profile, first check the other parts of the school’s application, which already includes several opportunities to address certain issues (such as academic performance and disciplinary instances). If you can discuss your concern there instead, do so, and avoid using this essay to simply repeat any information provided via that avenue. If you have a problem to address that is not mentioned in the LBS application, we suggest downloading a copy of the mbaMission Optional Essays Guide, which is also available for free, and in which we offer detailed advice on deciding whether to take advantage of the optional essay and, if so, how best to do so to mitigate any concerning elements of your application.

However, if you do not feel your candidacy includes any elements in need of further clarification, you might use this essay instead to offer a more rounded, positive representation of yourself—but be thoughtful about this opportunity. Do not just copy and paste an existing essay you wrote for a different school here and hope for the best. Take a step back and carefully consider what the admissions committee already knows about you from the other parts of your application, including, of course, your other essay. Then, do your utmost to develop and convey a narrative that is truly crucial to understanding your character. Because this question is so open-ended, your options are somewhat limitless. You will need to honestly check your instincts and ask yourself whether you are simply tacking something extra onto your application with this essay or whether you are presenting an authentic representation of who you are as an individual. Be mindful and respectful of the admissions committee’s time, and remember that each additional file you submit requires more resources on behalf of the admissions office, so whatever you write must be truly worthwhile and clearly reveal that you made good use of this opportunity to provide further insight into your candidacy.

Business schools outside the United States are increasingly popular among MBA hopefuls, and we at mbaMission are proud to offer our latest publications: Program Primers for international b-schools. In these snapshots we discuss core curriculums, elective courses, locations, school facilities, rankings, and more. Click here to download your free copy of the London Business School Program Primer.

The Next Step—Mastering Your LBS Interview: Many MBA candidates find admissions interviews stressful and intimidating, but mastering this important element of the application process is definitely possible—the key is informed preparation. And, on your way to this high level of preparation, we offer our free Interview Primers to spur you along! Download your free copy of the London Business School Interview Primer today.

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Hello Admission Consultants,

I am working on my applications and LBS & INSEAD are my dream schools.
Could you tell me if I have a realistic chance? If not, which schools could I target?
And how could my story be done effectively?

GMAT - 720 - Q47, V33, IR-5
Indian Male
Chartered Accountant
Profile - Internal Audit
Age- 29

Workex - 72 months
20 Months - Very Large e-Commerce Company in India
10 Months - Large e-Commerce Company in Middle East
48 Months - Mid-sized start-up in India (startup focused on Health-Tech and Wearables)

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I have created significant impact in each of my companies including driving large fin-tech initiatives.
I have worked with C-Suite and investors. I led fund-raise during my stint in the health-tech start-up.

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Why MBA ?

Move into a focused Product / Senior Manager Fin-tech role in Europe which is the current center of innovation. In the LT, start my own P2P lending marketplace start-up

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Acads are average, nothing that stands out like IIT or any of that sort.

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I have noted from my interactions with a couple of admits that current and past pay is asked in the application forms.

What is the kind of average Pre-MBA salaries for Indians who do get accepted?