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Character Prevails: Stanford & Harvard Business School MBA Applications
Have you ever heard of the term “double admits”? That’s what we in the MBA admissions consulting industry call those singular applicants who receive admissions offers from both Harvard Business School...
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Tuesday Tips: Berkeley Haas Fall 2019 MBA Essay Tips
Haas School of Business at University of California Berkeley is both highly selective and a small class. With a much larger admissions pool than the school can admit, it’s important to stand out from...
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Tuck School Fall 2019 MBA Essay Questions
Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business has announced the updated MBA essay questions for the 2018-2019 admissions season. Last month, the school shared a new, crystallized set of guiding principles it...
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UT McCombs School Fall 2019 MBA Essays
The UT McCombs School of Business has confirmed the MBA essay questions for the 2018-2019 admissions season. They remain unchanged from the previous cycle. Essay One We will learn a lot about your...
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Navigating Student Loan Repayment Plans
Thinking of pursuing an MBA, but also among the 70 percent of college graduates carrying student loan debt? Given that the standard repayment timeline is a decade, it’s not unreasonable to wonder...
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How to Juice Your Achievements In Your MBA Essays
So, you led a multimillion-dollar project, motivated a large team to finish ahead of the deadline, or earned an exceptionally early promotion… pretty juicy achievements! But you’re having trouble...
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The Bigger Picture: Choose
You probably haven’t heard of the movie Sliding Doors. It was released in 1998 and wasn’t exactly a blockbuster. The official description of the movie: A London woman’s love life and career both hinge,...
View ArticleHaas Names Interim Dean
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has named Laura D’Andrea Tyson the school’s interim dean starting in July. Tyson is a...
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Successful Reapplicant to Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB
After being rejected by six top schools, Ed Redden reapplied the following year and won acceptances to both Harvard and Stanford’s MBA programs. Everyone hates rejection, but when it comes in the form...
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MBA Program Research and Campus Visits
When you’re house-hunting, you know to be pretty thorough. Before signing a lease or mortgage, you scope out the place, check the corners for mold, size up any roommates, and get a feel for the...
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MBA Application Pitfalls
As you may recall in our recent blog post, “Courting Your Target Business Schools,” we stressed the importance of showing interest in your target schools during the MBA application process. One common...
View ArticleHaas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, Essay...
Last year, we noted that the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, seemed to have begun embracing the less-is-more movement with regard to its application essays, having...
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Chicago Booth MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
Chicago Booth, which has never shied away from change, has changed its MBA application essays almost entirely this year. A few highlights: • Booth went from one required essay with a visual...
View ArticleThe No-nonsense Way To Get Admitted To Your Dream School
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% Are you planning to apply to business school this year? Then you don’t want to miss this upcoming EXPARTUS webinar, “The No-nonsense Way To Get...
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UCLA Anderson MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
Although UCLA Anderson’s application has changed slightly this year, Anderson's big news has nothing to do with its application this year and everything to do with change at the top: The school is one...
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MIT Sloan MBA Application Tips & Deadlines
What’s new at MIT Sloan? While innovation is “in the air” at MIT Sloan, they are enjoying a period of relative stability amidst the excitement of constant creativity. They added a Round 3 two years...
View ArticleMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan) Essay Analysis, 2018–2019
The MIT Sloan School of Management’s application essay prompts make for an unusual but comprehensive set! First, you will have to provide the program’s unique “cover letter” essay. Then, you will be...
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Tips for Picking Great MBA Recommenders
Although Round 1 applications aren’t due until the fall, it’s definitely not too early to start thinking about who’s going to support you as you pull together your materials. Your recommenders in...
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Show Intellectual Vitality to Get into Stanford GSB
Are you vying for a spot at one of America’s most elite business schools? Well then you need to understand what Stanford GSB’s admissions criteria of “Intellectual Vitality” is and how you can...
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Do You Have What Stanford’s Looking For?
If you’re planning to apply to Stanford GSB, you know your application must be exceptional: when you’re competing for a spot at a top program that only accepts under 6% of its applicants, you need to...
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