Tuesday Tips: 2015 Harvard Business School MBA Application Essay Tips
This year Harvard Business School has decided to continue with one open-ended essay. The question has changed slightly and focused emphasis on the case method and your interaction with classmates. The...
View ArticleDoes "leadership" really matter to your MBA candidacy?
We're very pleased to share this guest post by Caryn A. Levine. A dual-degree graduate of Kellogg’s MMM Program, Ms. Levine earned both an MBA and an MEM (Masters in Engineering Management) at...
View ArticleHBS Admissions to Launch New ‘MBA Voices’ Blog
HBS Admissions Director, Dee Leopold Dee Leopold, director of MBA admissions at Harvard Business School, made a couple of interesting announcements on her blog last week. For one, the space has been...
View Article2015 Survey Results of Prospective MBA Applicants
More than 34% of business school applicants believe that the admissions process is less rigorous for women, the annual survey by Stacy Blackman Consulting reveals. The poll also indicated that 63.46%...
View ArticleCan You Get Into B-School With Low Stats?
Yes! Not everyone who goes to Harvard scores a perfect 800 and has a GPA of 4.0 (in fact, very few actually hit those perfect scores). If you’re stats are less than ideal, that doesn’t (always) mean...
View ArticleHarvard Business School Launches Gender Initiative
In an effort to accelerate the progress of women leaders, Harvard Business School announced this week it will launch the Gender Initiative to to support research, teaching, and knowledge dissemination...
View ArticleMichigan Ross Dean to Step Down in 2016
Alison Davis-Blake has announced she will resign as dean of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business when her five-year term ends in June 2016, according to an e-mail sent to Ross School...
View ArticleColumbia Applicants – Have You Registered?
Hey future Columbia students, have you signed up for our upcoming webinar, Get Accepted to Columbia Business School? The webinar will take place at 10:00 AM PST/1:00 PM EST on Wednesday, May 27, 2015....
View ArticleMIT Sloan 2016 MBA Essay Tips & Deadlines
Stata Center at MIT This year's MIT MBA application is significantly different from last year's -- and those that preceded it. No cover letter, which was part of MIT's application for years, and no...
View ArticleThe Unconventional Guide To Writing For The GMAT
Prepare to think on your feet Structure gets all the limelight. Structure is undoubtedly a huge deal on the GMAT AWA. After all, you are being graded in part by a computer. But there is still much to...
View ArticleMBA Admissions Consulting Webinar: The 3 Biggest Problems that Can Derail...
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% Are you a first-time MBA applicant looking to get admitted to your target b-schools? Are you a re-applicant determined to avoid any previous...
View ArticleMichigan Ross 2015-2016 MBA Essay Questions
The University of Michigan Ross School of Business has posted the following MBA essay questions for the 2015-2016 application cycle. While the first essay also appeared last year, the second is a...
View ArticleMichigan Ross 2015-2016 MBA Application Deadlines
The University of Michigan Ross School of Business has announced the following MBA application deadlines for the 2015-2016 admissions cycle. Round 1 Application due: October 5, 2015 Decision released:...
View Article3 KEY THOUGHTS ABOUT COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL’S 2015 ESSAYS
By Adam Hoff, Amerasia Consulting Group This year the schools are releasing the essays earlier than ever and it's going to be tough to keep up with the onslaught if I write my usual multi-thousand word...
View ArticleBusiness School Rankings by Industry – Top MBA Programs in Finance for 2015
By Paul Lanzillotti, Amerasia Consulting Group Today's blog post is going to be the first in a series that covers business school rankings. More specifically, it's Amerasia's attempt at ranking top MBA...
View ArticleYou Really Should Watch This Harvard Business School Video from 2007
By Paul Lanzillotti Amerasia Consulting Group If you're applying to HBS this fall (2015), you really should watch the video that Deep Leopold and friends reference in their essay instructions. Per...
View ArticleFuqua Business School Profile
EXPARTUS MBA Admissions Consulting%%www.expartus.com%% Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business is one of the newer graduate schools in the United States, having enrolled its first class just 45...
View ArticleINSEAD Deadlines, Essays for September 2016 Intake
Here are the application deadlines for the INSEAD MBA Program’s Class of July 2017. Round 1 Application due: September 16, 2015 Decision notification: November 27, 2015 Round 2 Application due:...
View ArticleTop MBA Programs in Technology – Business School Rankings (Updated 2015)
By Paul Lanzillotti, Amerasia Consulting Group OUR RANKING OF BUSINESS SCHOOL PROGRAMS BY PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES ENTERING THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IN 2014. Today's blog post is a follow up to our Top...
View ArticleDon’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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