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Showing Leadership in Your B-School Application
At Stacy Blackman Consulting, we do a lot of thinking about leadership – what is leadership, how best to showcase it, why it matters, and more. If asked what is the single most important quality for...
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MBA Admissions Tip: Explaining Frequent Job Switching
You’ve got a strong transcript, a solid GPA, and you aced the GMAT. You know you’re a strong candidate for pretty much any top MBA program. There’s just one thing standing in your way…your resume....
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Four Ways to Enhance Your Brand Name Work Experience for MBA Admission
In my last blog post I wrote that brand name company experience matters less than having substantive experience. I am not changing my tune on that in this post, but will let you know how brand name...
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How to Give Your Application as Much Weight as Possible
Although you may think that your grades, test scores, resume and application essay carry the most weight, the actual application form is important too. The boxes should contain valuable information...
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Online or Traditional MBA Program: Which is Right for You?
Business schools have become increasingly innovative in their approaches to management education in recent years, and it comes as little surprise that we’re seeing an increased interest in online MBA...
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Two Weeks Until the Deadlines – What Can You Do?
More so than any other year, this year we’ve had a ton of calls from people who the deadlines have snuck up on. Whether you were (or still are) engrossed in the election, busy at work, or simply...
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Welcome to the Accepted Family, Madeleine Wang!
The team at Accepted is happy to welcome Madeleine Wang as a new consultant. Madeleine is a former banker and management consultant who served as an MBA admissions committee member and admissions...
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Make a Difference at Michigan Ross: An Interview with Soojin Kwon
Today’s guest is Soojin Kwon, Director of Admissions at Michigan Ross. Soojin earned her Bachelor’s at Yale, her MPP at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and her MBA from Ross. She worked at Deloitte...
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7 Tips for Writing a Memorable Thank You Email
You’ve finally finished your b-school interview and are looking forward to heading home and crossing this experience off your MBA application to-do list. However, before you file the day away, it’s...
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Accepted’s Holiday Hours
We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season, enjoying time with family and friends. That’s how most members of Accepted’s staff will spend December 24, 25, 26, 31, and Jan 1 and 2. However, we also...
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How to Avoid the Mistake of Generic MBA Application Essays
On the surface, many applicants to elite MBA programs share similar backgrounds and traits. They are ambitious, driven, accomplished, and have strong academic records and impressive test scores. In...
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MBA Essay Boot Camp: 3 Tips for Writing an Effective MBA Essay When You’re...
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% The point of a boot camp is to get significant results very quickly, by working much more intensely and more often than you would during a regular...
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Seasons Greetings!
On behalf of the entire team at Stacy Blackman Consulting, I want to thank our loyal blog readers for logging on each day for the latest news from the B-school universe, and extend our very best wishes...
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Warm Holiday Wishes
This article originally appeared on blog.accepted.com. Applying to a top b-school? The talented folks at Accepted have helped hundreds of applicants get accepted to their dream programs. Whether you...
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More Business Schools Accepting GRE than Ever Before
Kaplan Test Prep has completed their 2016 survey of over 220 business school admissions officers. The survey was conducted between August and October 2016 and found that 92% of business schools are...
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Yes, People DO Get Accepted Round 3: From Rural Ohio to a Global MBA at...
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 Molly Weaver….....
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Get Organized Before the New Year
As 2016 draws to a close, we’re less than two weeks away from the first Round 2 deadlines. Are you ready? If you’re not a “list person,” it’s time to become one—at least until the rest of your...
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Bloomberg Businessweek Announces the Best International Business Schools of 2016
MBA seekers frequently go abroad in search of the best MBA programs. Having an international MBA often gives a head start to those seeking jobs in the global business world. However, determining which...
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The Importance of Obstacles in Your Application Essays
When applicants write about their accomplishments, whether in personal statements for graduate school or in b-school essays that ask for greatest accomplishments, challenges, and the like, they almost...
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Will a Low GMAT Score Doom Your MBA Application?
The GMAT. It’s an acronym that strikes fear in the hearts of many a prospective MBA student. And for good reason: while your GMAT score is just one data point out of your entire package for the AdCom...
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