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| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: The Four Guiding Principles of Berkeley-Haas |
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It’s a new year for MBA admissions and there are new Haas essays! This time, you have fewer words (only 800) than last year to tell your story. The first thing you have to remember is be neat and tidy. More importantly though is your need to demonstrate how you embrace the four defining principles... View Article The post The Four Guiding Principles of Berkeley-Haas appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Loving Private Equity? Hack an MBA (Part 1) |
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“I want to go into private equity’” … ding, ding, ding…drink! Remember that old drinking game from college when you were say, watching Survivor, and Jeff Probst would say, “Here we go” and then everyone would take a shot? That’s how I sometimes feel when applicants tell me about their desire to get a job... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Loving Private Equity? Hack an MBA (Part 1) appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: 5 Things You Should Know Before Applying to an MBA Program |
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The AIGAC Annual Conference that I attended this week explores the latest trends in the graduate application process. Whether you are considering an MBA, law or other advanced degree, considerable planning and resources are required to apply and then attend. Relationships between career demands, school curricula, and the admissions process were discussed during the conference’s... View Article The post 5 Things You Should Know Before Applying to an MBA Program appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: 6 Must-Do Things in July to Move Your MBA Applications Forward |
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Early July is about two months before the first regular-decision MBA application deadlines, including HBS’s. You’re likely pretty overwhelmed by all there is to do, but it helps to lay out the tasks in steps to keep all the moving parts together. Here are some things you should do in July: 1. Revise Essay Outlines... View Article The post 6 Must-Do Things in July to Move Your MBA Applications Forward appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Loving Private Equity? Hack an MBA (Part 2) |
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As noted in my previous blog, a credible MBA applicant doesn’t just say they want to go into “private equity” but knows exactly what type of private equity. To answer this question, you first need to understand private equities’ different flavors. Some types of private equity are easier to understand than others. GEOGRAPHY Some private... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Loving Private Equity? Hack an MBA (Part 2) appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: How to Create the Best Possible Resume for Your MBA Application |
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An excellent resume is an important part of the MBA application because it gives Admissions Committees (AdComs) a snapshot of your work experience, education, skills and accomplishments. However, it is more than an updated version of the resume you used to land your current job. Put in the time to make your resume exceptional. Several... View Article The post How to Create the Best Possible Resume for Your MBA Application appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Loving Private Equity? Hack an MBA (Part 3) |
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In the past blog, I noted a couple of different flavors of private equity. Now, I want to discuss the most complicated category of PE investing which is the point in the life of the company when the investment is made. This would include anywhere from seed stage investments, all the way to investing in... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Loving Private Equity? Hack an MBA (Part 3) appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: Creating That Killer Wharton Essay |
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The legendary cylindrical tower edging Locust walk houses Wharton, a business school with a history of shaping the minds and clarifying the values of top business leaders. Wharton prides itself on team work, leadership, and instilling lessons of self-reflection and growth into the Learning Team—a group of six students placed together during pre-term to support... View Article The post Creating That Killer Wharton Essay appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: Duke Fuqua 25 Random Things: Do’s and Don’ts |
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Not surprisingly, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business is asking for the same 25 random things again this year. Having read this essay for more than a handful of years, I have seen a broad range of responses, some terrible, some brilliant. Through this ‘essay’ Fuqua wants to get to know who YOU are as a... View Article The post Duke Fuqua 25 Random Things: Do’s and Don’ts appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: NYU Stern – An Embarrassment of Choices |
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Many of us were applauding when earlier this year, NYU Stern unveiled two new one-year MBAs in Tech and Fashion & Luxury. With a tight focus on a single industry, and a duration of only one-year, Stern is bringing to the business school world a product that will serve many students well by being lower... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: NYU Stern – An Embarrassment of Choices appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis Blog: Business School Acceptance Rates – What Are My Chances? |
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“So What Are My Chances?” Is the most pressing question every MBA applicant is thinking about as they start the business school admissions process. Sometimes it is asked outright, sometimes it is just hinted at, and sometimes it is not asked at all. But it is always there. And we, at Stratus, know that’s what... View Article The post MBAnalysis Blog: Business School Acceptance Rates – What Are My Chances? appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: 5 Summer Tips to Put Your Law School Applications Ahead of the Curve |
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If you’re applying to law school, the month of July isn’t just about barbecues and beach volleyball. This month is an opportunity to make important early progress in your law school application process. Here are five key priorities through the month of July: 1. Create an Account on LSAC.org The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC)... View Article The post 5 Summer Tips to Put Your Law School Applications Ahead of the Curve appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: How to Ace the Kellogg MBA Essay |
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Essay 1: Kellogg’s purpose is to educate, equip & inspire brave leaders who create lasting value. Tell us about a time you have demonstrated leadership and created lasting value. What challenges did you face, and what did you learn? (450 words) This question serves to highlight Kellogg’s deepest mission to develop strong leaders who create... View Article The post How to Ace the Kellogg MBA Essay appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis: Your Mother was Wrong, You Really are Just Average |
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“Welcome to the MBA admissions process where all applicants can do math, all students speak fluent English, and all candidates are above average.” Garrison Keillor (sort of). In my last blog post, I wrote about weighing your chance of acceptance at a top program if you were an average candidate. I really put the emphasis... View Article The post MBAnalysis: Your Mother was Wrong, You Really are Just Average appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: Booth: Where a Picture is Worth 1000 Words |
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Once you choose an image, decide the medium that you are most comfortable with. If you are the creative type, a presentation might be the way to go. Strong writers might choose an essay. Demonstrate through pictures and words how great a match Booth is for you and you for Booth. While some of you... View Article The post Booth: Where a Picture is Worth 1000 Words appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MIT Sloan: Sitting on Top of the World |
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Five Tips to Help for your MIT Sloan Cover Letter It may just be the glory days of MIT Sloan. By sitting in the middle of the booming Boston economy, centered in the emerging world of biotech, leading a movement in sustainability, and sitting one block (yes, really one block) away from Facebook, Google, Microsoft,... View Article The post MIT Sloan: Sitting on Top of the World appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: The Top 5 Questions You Need to Ask When Considering An MBA |
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The MBA application process is a major life event. Whether it’s a wedding, a baby, job, move or pursuing an advanced degree, life events tend to raise the same handful of questions. These questions have several things in common, including expense, time, opportunity for growth, and lots of preparation. While new trends in MBA admissions... View Article The post The Top 5 Questions You Need to Ask When Considering An MBA appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBA Admissions Tips: Optional Essay Do’s And Don’ts |
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It is tempting to think that you can win the heart of the admissions committee by adding an optional essay. You may be burning to expand upon the cross-cultural insights you learned from your trek to Peru. But, before you power up your PC, think about the point of the optional essay. Quite simply, it... View Article The post MBA Admissions Tips: Optional Essay Do’s And Don’ts appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: MBAnalysis: Cornell Tech, The Best of All Worlds |
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What do you get when you combine a blue chip business school with a Nobel Prize winning foreign university? A piece of start-up nation in the middle of Silicon Alley? Technical know-how with Ivy League business sensibilities? Plus a $2 billion glimmering new campus? You get the Cornell Tech MBA. An MBA program that takes... View Article The post MBAnalysis: Cornell Tech, The Best of All Worlds appeared first on Stratus. |
| FROM Stratus Prep Feed: The Do-Over: 5 Tips for Business School Reapplicants |
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If you did not get the news you wanted last year in the MBA Admissions process, you may be wondering how to approach the reapplication process. Once you have allowed yourself time to accept the disappointment, here are five tips for approaching this next application cycle to get the desired result. 1. Confirm Reapplicant Requirements.... View Article The post The Do-Over: 5 Tips for Business School Reapplicants appeared first on Stratus. |
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