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| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Creating Your Own Business Rankings – The 5 Cs |
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While business school rankings remain controversial, here are some things to think about when you create the only ranking that is important, your own! We like to call these guideposts the 5 Cs. Curriculum Does the school offer the academics that gets you to your short term career goal? This question has to be answered... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Creating Your Own Business Rankings – The 5 Cs appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Columbia Business School and Rolling Admissions |
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And we’re off to the races…if you are applying to Columbia Business School; that is. As of today, the CBS application is open, and as one of the few schools with rolling admissions, it also means that there is some advantage to applying before the deadline. These dates for Columbia get pretty confusing, pretty quickly.... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Columbia Business School and Rolling Admissions appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: Indian Women: Six Tips to get Admitted to a Top MBA Program |
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Business schools are luring the best female candidates from the around the world and enrollment of women is on the rise at top programs. Here are six things Indian women applicants can do to increase their odds. 1. Portray a Well-Rounded Profile Admission to Indian educational institutions is focused on academic history. Business schools around... View Article The post Indian Women: Six Tips to get Admitted to a Top MBA Program appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: NYC, Fashion, and One-Year MBAs |
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NYU Stern recently announced two new one-year MBA programs with one focused on Technology and the other on Fashion & Luxury. Both programs are May to May programs with the first cohort starting in 2018 with applications due this fall. The addition of these programs are unsurprising, given NYU’s integration with Silicon Alley (the name given to... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: NYC, Fashion, and One-Year MBAs appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: The Forte Foundation |
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If you are a woman and considering business school, you must connect with the Forte Foundation which is a non-profit dedicated to helping women attend business school and then succeed professionally. They do this through scholarships, mentorship, conferences, workshops, networking and in other ways. As Elissa Sangster, the Executive Director explains, “the Forte Fellowship is not... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: The Forte Foundation appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: When to Apply to Business School? |
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As essay questions and deadlines begin to be posted for most of the top business schools, one of the first questions that comes to mind is, “When should I apply?” or, more specifically, “What round should I apply in?” With most schools, there will be three rounds of application deadlines: generally in September, early January... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: When to Apply to Business School? appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Does “Size Matter” When Getting an MBA? |
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When asked why one business school is not like the other, most applicants will talk about things like scores, job placement, industries that grads go into, location, weather, and a few other things. What prospective applicants are less likely to mention is class size. This is always surprising to me, because out of all the... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Does “Size Matter” When Getting an MBA? appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: Six Tips for MBA Application Preparation in June |
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Only 100 days until Round 1 MBA applications are due! Before you read on, visit the websites of ALL of the programs you are considering and sign up to receive information. You will be notified when each school’s application comes live as well as receive some school specific tips from admissions. Now, what else should... View Article The post Six Tips for MBA Application Preparation in June appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Ross’ Essays Devious? Yes! |
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On Thursday, May 25, 2017, University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business unveiled its new application deadlines and essays. They seem to be really excited by them. Clearly, a lot of care has been taken in moving away from last year’s more traditional essays (“What are you most proud of?” “Career path?”) to essays that... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Ross’ Essays Devious? Yes! appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: How to Write a Great HBS Essay |
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HBS asks an open-ended question that can be hard to decipher but really, the admissions committee is just looking to learn more about who you are and what drives you. Follow this approach to help put together a strong and compelling HBS essay. Like last year, the sole essay prompt for HBS is: As we... View Article The post How to Write a Great HBS Essay appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Yale SOM – Full of Surprises |
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As Yale School of Management becomes one of the first business school to release its application dates, it is clear that Yale has now cemented its place among the top ten-ish business schools. But it has not always been this way. In fact, it took about 20 years for the Yale School of Organization and Management –... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Yale SOM – Full of Surprises appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: Insider Insight to Nail the Ross Essay (and Short Answers!) |
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The Ross essay starts off by asking a fairly standard question about your short-term and long-term goals. Then it gets more difficult with three short answer questions culled from nine different choices. Follow this approach to help tackle the long and the short of it. The University of Michigan-Ross MBA experience is filled with a... View Article The post Insider Insight to Nail the Ross Essay (and Short Answers!) appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: PR Professional to MBA: 5 Secrets to Success |
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Many people working in public relations or other communications role do not consider the possibility that an MBA could be a very helpful step in their professional path. It’s hard to know that an MBA would help open doors for you if you don’t know anyone who has gotten one. Here are five tips for... View Article The post PR Professional to MBA: 5 Secrets to Success appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: Tips on Writing the Columbia Business School Essay: Loving that New York Frame of Mind |
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Like many of us, Columbia Business School just wants to be loved. For a successful candidate that means making it clear to CBS that it is your first (and possibly only) choice for business school, and that NYC is the best place for you to spend two years. If this is you — and you... View Article The post Tips on Writing the Columbia Business School Essay: Loving that New York Frame of Mind appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Feel Like a Rocket at UCLA Anderson School of Management |
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Name that Los Angeles organization that has taken off like a rocket? If you guessed Snapchat, you’d be … wrong. In fact, since its IPO, its stock price has fallen by a few dollars. A better guess is the Los Angeles Dodgers, though they are hardly rockets as they remain in third place in the... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Feel Like a Rocket at UCLA Anderson School of Management appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis: Inside names and outside names; names I love |
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When I was in high school, every night I would call my friend, Kenny Chin, to go over the homework. Yes, it was every night. I would always ask, “Is Kenny there?” At that point, I would hear his mother yell the Chinese version of his name (which I can no longer remember, let alone... View Article The post MBAnalysis: Inside names and outside names; names I love appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: How to Search Your Soul in Your Stanford GSB Essays |
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The Stanford GSB has used the same two essay questions for years now, and they capture very well what the GSB is looking for in its applicants. Despite Kirsten Ross’ recent arrival as Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, GSB is still looking for students who are introspective and willing to show vulnerability. The... View Article The post How to Search Your Soul in Your Stanford GSB Essays appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: Four Tips for Committing to Yale SOM |
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Yale SOM wants to know who you are beyond the application, what makes you tick and to what you are devoted. The best way to understand this is by asking about your biggest commitment. The Yale SOM essay prompt, “Describe the biggest commitment you have ever made” is a great platform to unveil to the... View Article The post Four Tips for Committing to Yale SOM appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Excited to be a Product Manager? Take a look at this! |
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Joining the ranks of a growing list of one-year Masters Programs, including the recently announced NYU Tech MBA and the now firmly established Cornell Tech MBA, is Carnegie Mellon’s Master of Science in Product Management (MSPM). This joint effort between the Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University‘s School of Computer Science is focused... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Excited to be a Product Manager? Take a look at this! appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: Are You Wonder Woman or Spider-Man? Stratus Can Uncover Your Superpowers! |
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In my 15+ years in MBA admissions, I have seen many MBA applicants struggle to connect the dots between what they have done in the past and their career goals. One client had a career with several turns, including a job at a bank and a role managing inventory levels for a consumer health product... View Article The post Are You Wonder Woman or Spider-Man? Stratus Can Uncover Your Superpowers! appeared first on Stratus. |
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