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Helpful Tips for Reapplicants
Well, you had applied to your target schools last year and your applications were not accepted. We all know that every year it is getting harder to get into top MBA programs; the seats are few and the...
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Get Accepted to Columbia Business School
Dreaming of Columbia? Worried your application won’t make the cut? Find out what you need to do to get accepted! In this FREE, 1-hour webinar, Linda Abraham, Accepted Founder & CEO, will teach you:...
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Wharton MBA Student, Single Mom, Entrepreneur
With Mother’s Day coming up, this week’s show features a mother, MBA student, and entrepreneur. Meet Divinity Matovu, founder of MBA Mama [1:04] Divinity grew up in Wisconsin, attended USC (where she...
View Article30 Tips For MBA Admissions Success – Part 3 of 3
Matt Symonds is a Director of Fortuna Admissions and regular contributor to Forbes. The following is adapted from his original article posted March 31, 2016. The coaches at Fortuna have put together...
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B-Schools and Big Data
Just what is Big Data? And how is it used to make real business decisions? Anyone interested in the burgeoning field of business analytics should check out this story in the Wall Street Journal on how...
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6 Things You Can Do Now to Increase Your MBA Admissions Chances
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% There’s some luck involved in MBA admissions, but that doesn’t mean you have to just throw the dice and wait to see how things turn out. There are...
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Motherhood and the MBA
While it’s true that going to business school with children in tow is no cake walk, many MBA moms are finding more resources and support on campus than ever before. With Mother’s Day coming up, I...
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Wharton Expands Data and Analytics Training
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% Big data is changing the way businesses operate, and top B-schools are starting to take note. This week, the Wall Street Journal reported on...
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10 Tips for Better Essay Writing
Time to brush up on your basic writing skills! Want to show the adcom that you are a master of the written word, someone who knows how to convey their thoughtful experiences and insightful ideas...
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A Look at Life at MIT Sloan/Harvard Kennedy
This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Jessica Bixby, a...
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Don’t Be ‘Joe MBA’
As you begin to work on your Round 1 MBA materials, we have some advice for you: don’t try to be “Joe MBA.” One of the biggest mistakes we see applicants make is assuming that the surest route to...
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How to Use a Huge Failure to Your Advantage in Your B-School Application
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% A couple weeks ago, NPR ran a segment called When a Resume of Failure Becomes a Recipe for Success. Listening to it got me thinking about the role...
View ArticleHow to Select Your MBA Recommenders
With services that help candidates with MBA applications increasing in popularity, business schools have gotten very good at vetting candidates. Schools are able to detect personality, authenticity,...
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Stacy Blackman’s 2016 B-School Application Survey
2016 could be a life-changing year for you: You may already know that you’ll be headed to business school in the fall, or you might be planning to start your MBA journey now. Either way, exciting...
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2017 Columbia Business School Class Profile
Let’s take a look at who makes up Columbia’s class of 2017 (from the CBS website)… • Applications received: 5829 • Students accepted: 1048 • Students enrolled: 762 (Aug. entry class size – 559; Jan....
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Today’s MBA Applicants Know What They Want
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has released its 2016 mba.com Prospective Students Survey Report, which shows that business school candidates today consider applying to fewer program...
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What Does An MBA Admissions Consultant Actually Do?
A good admissions consultant does NOT write people’s essays for them. I figured we could just get that out of the way first. In fact, a good admissions consultant DOESN’T write people’s...
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Quick Point: Updated R1 Deadlines Calendar
HBS and Tuck have released their round one deadlines! Note that Tuck allows you to visit the campus and schedule an in-person interview. Historically, there have been limited spots for each date, so...
View ArticleHow is Your Columbia Application Going?
Now that Columbia's essay topics are out, we know that many of you have already gotten started! Below, we listed a few tidbits about Columbia to keep in mind as you are developing your story and...
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UNC Kenan-Flagler Fall 2017 MBA Application Deadlines
The University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School has published the MBA application deadlines for the 2016-2017 admissions cycle. They are as follows: Round 1 (early action) Application...
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