We’ve had ongoing dialogs with a variety of kids over the past year who were planning on applying to the Harvard 2+2 program this year. Where did y’all go? We haven’t heard from any of you in awhile. How’s it going with your essays? Anyone else out there tackling 2+2 at the moment? Please get [...]
Learn More...Academic recommendations
March 14, 2012 by
Jumping back from all the post-admit decision-making debates to the other end of the process now…. You already know that you need to get letters of recommendation for your application to business school. Most schools require two; some want three. (You should not submit more than they ask for, by the way.) You also know,...
planning (way ahead) for HBS 2+2: which round?
January 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
HBS is in the air today, since the first of the HBS interview invites are going out today. This post is not about that. It is about HBS though, however it’s geared to people at the complete opposite end of the process. Awhile ago we has an exchange we had with a motivated Brave Supplicant [...]
Learn More...planning for HBS 2+2: GRE or GMAT?
December 1, 2011 by 1 Comment
We received a very polite inquiry about Harvard’s 2+2 program a few months back and thought we’d share our answer. This Brave Supplicant is still in college and is trying to figure out strategies for applying. With a target of applying in Round 1(with the October deadline) when should I take my GMAT/GRE exam? Also, [...]
Learn More...Why a non-traditional resume is not a good idea
September 15, 2011 by
Does your resume look like this? No, of course not. But maybe it looks like this? Or this? Or (hopefully not) this? No offense to the authors of those resumes, but they’re not appropriate for bschool applications. (And to be fair, they’re not being submitted for bschool apps either… so we’re not gonna critique them...
The one case (OK maybe two) when the GRE makes sense
June 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
>So we could’ve predicted it. We got the question right after our post last week: “What about ME? I’m unique and special and these are all my circumstances and in that case isn’t it OK for ME to take the GRE instead of the GMAT?” And yes, we have to admit, for one certain type [...]
Learn More...Is a European MBA the kiss of death?
January 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Last month we entertained a question via email that went like this: I am an Indian male engineer. There, I said it. I am in college so, had no shillings to use your charged services. I really hope you answer this!!! Please…please…please do. So i recently took GMAT and got [a great score]. Now, I [...]
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