15 Student Ventures Selected for HBS’s Rock Accelerator Program
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% What do FastFloss, the “comfortable, easy and quick way to floss all your teeth at once” and Waypoint, a system that uses “augmented reality to...
View ArticleAdmissions Tips for Vanderbilt Owen’s MBA Program
This week we welcome Christie St. John, Director of Admissions at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Christie earned her PhD in French and Italian from Vanderbilt and worked...
View ArticleHKUST MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
Applicants seeking an MBA with high placement rates throughout Asia may find HKUST the perfect fit for their needs. The Financial Times ranks HKUST #15 in the world, 68% of the class successfully...
View ArticleDeadlines Are Approaching – Will Your Application Be Ready?
There are still a few days left of our November special! With deadlines looming, it’s natural to feel a little pressured (or more than a little). But don’t let stress harm your application. Instead of...
View ArticleWhat Really Happens During an MBA Admissions Committee File Review
You may agonize over your application for months, but an adcomm may spend less than 15 minutes reviewing your file. What happens during that critical quarter-hour can literally change your life. This...
View ArticleFortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2017 – US Business Schools
Fortuna Admissions has compiled the results of the big five MBA rankings of the last 12 months to produce the Fortuna Ranking of MBA Rankings 2017. How do the top business schools in the US perform...
View ArticleLondon Business School MiM Essay Questions, Tips & Deadlines
The London Business School Masters in Management application essay questions indicate that the adcom values and seeks applicants who, at an early state in their careers, already have...
View ArticleBloomberg Businessweek Announces Best Business Schools in 2017
You’re getting ready to apply to a full-time MBA program, but which program will best prepare you for job success? Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2017 ranking goes straight to that issue. The Employer...
View ArticleMBAnalysis Blog: 5 Things I Am Thankful For…With My Business School Applications
As we all settle down to celebrate the greatest of all-American holidays and give thanks, now is not a bad time to take a different look at the business school applications you are working on. Sure,...
View ArticleSpotlight On: New Center for Gender, Equity & Leadership at Berkeley Haas
Business schools play a critical role in helping workers, companies, and leaders adapt to meet the needs of the 21st-century workforce. Earlier this month, the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business...
View ArticleIndian School of Business ( ISB) Essay Questions Analysis- 2017-18
The Indian School of Business PGP program is the best choice for MBA applicants who want to build or advance their careers in India. Each applicant to the Post Graduate Programme in Management at the...
View ArticleWill Your Anxiety Hurt Your GMAT/GRE Score?
It’s natural to be anxious about the GRE or GMAT – after all, your future educational options could depend on how well you perform. But the bind is this: if test-taking anxiety paralyzes you, you...
View ArticleHow Reading Can Help You Get Into B-School
Setting aside time to read over the next few months is one of the smartest things you can do to enhance your candidacy for top-flight MBA programs. The broader your knowledge base, the more interesting...
View Article5 Ways to Maximize Time This Thanksgiving Break
For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving this week, turkey, football and Black Friday specials are probably consuming your thoughts! As tempting as it may be to put your applications on the back...
View ArticleYour 4 Step Guide to Beating Those MBA Round 2 Deadlines
January may seem like worlds away, but if you don’t get crackin’ now, then these next 6-8 weeks will come and go before you can say “MBA 2018.” Hopefully by this point you’ve already taken your GMAT...
View ArticleBloomberg Businessweek Releases MBA Rankings
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% Harvard Business School has held onto its first-place spot in Bloomberg Businessweek’s ranking of MBA programs in the United States. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
On behalf of the entire team here at Stacy Blackman Consulting, today we’d like to wish our U.S.-based followers and clients a lovely Thanksgiving and a joyous holiday season. In this time of...
View ArticleApplying To Business School With Gratitude
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% Yesterday was Thanksgiving, an important American holiday that brings friends and families together. I want to remind applicants to stay positive...
View Article5 Podcasts to Feed Your Mind This Thanksgiving Weekend
When you finally emerge from your Tryptophan coma this Thanksgiving weekend and have a hankering for some food for thought, check out these illuminating podcasts from b-schools and beyond that cover...
View ArticleUsing Head, Heart and Gut for GMAT and GRE Success [Part 1]
Here’s what I believe: Tests not only measure what you know, they also measure how well you take tests. It’s extremely rare that someone waltzes into a GRE or GMAT center without preparation and aces...
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